The Intersection
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAt the intersection of business and art. Interviews with creatives and artists along side business people and entrepreneurs from all around the world.
Hosted by Matt Smith. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support
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Matt's Entrepreneurial Journey: 8 Years Distilled In 30min
December 24, 2023 09:18 - 32 minutes - 61.5 MB{Listen to the full experience on my Substack Matt's Recap} Custom resume for VaynerX & Mike Boyd Jr https://open.substack.com/pub/mattsrecap/p/matts-entrepreneurial-journey-8-years?r=2dcz9j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support
Chicago’s #1 Music Business Lawyer: Artists, Understand Your Value!
October 28, 2023 12:00 - 52 minutes - 96.5 MBEddie is a seasoned professional in the music industry. As an attorney, he founded 'Protect and Collect,' specializing in intellectual property. He's taught at SAE, is an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago, and has spoken at major events like South by Southwest. Sometimes Eddie is a DJ! Eddie is deeply ingrained in Chicago's music and cultural ecosystem. Follow Eddie on Instagram or visit his law firm’s website with the links below: Eddie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sa...
The Stitch Gawd on Making Custom Jackets For Kendrick, Bad Bunny, and Kanye
October 15, 2023 21:51 - 58 minutes - 109 MBEmma Mckee is a legendary cross stitcher. In 2014, Emma stitched her first piece: An adaptation of Will Prince’s artwork for Chance the Rapper’s song “Hey Ma.” She followed that with a piece for street artist JC Rivera, Chicago’s “Bear Champ.” Her portfolio expanded from there, as she firmly planted herself within Chicago’s rap community, as the scene’s preeminent — and only — hip-hop cross stitcher, earning the name Stitch Gawd .Since 2014, she’s created countless pieces for musicians an...
Sam Thousand on Unity Through Art
October 08, 2023 21:49 - 51 minutes - 95.1 MBSam Thousand is a musician, event curator, and director. Sam speaks on his career in the performing music space, his vision to create ChiBrations to bring more discoverability to the rising arts scene in Chicago, and how he believes art has the potential to unify us in incredible ways. #mattsmith #theintersection #theintersectionpod #theintersectionpodcast #samthousand Follow Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samthousand/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify...
Zehra Naqvi: From Art History to Venture Capital & Crafting Authentic Communities
October 03, 2023 19:57 - 44 minutes - 82.7 MBIn my interview with Zehra, we discuss how her understanding of art history informs her work in Venture Capital. We talk about the events she curates in New York, from breakfasts and panel discussions to pottery classes and workout sessions. Zehra emphasizes the value of genuine engagement, diversity, and community-building, highlighting the need for meaningful connections and respecting participants' time. Follow Zehra on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zehranaqvi_ --- Send in a voice mess...
Chris Vergara on Mastering The Creative AND Business Sides Of Directing. Shooting for Chance The Rapper, G-Eazy and more
September 24, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes - 110 MBChris Vergara is an up and coming Director & Creative strategist. Chris has directed videos for Chance The Rapper, G-Eazy, SuperStarKami, Dry Boy, and more… Not only music videos, but Chris has made corporate videos, travel videos, short documentaries, Chris has done it all. Chris and Matt have a unique shared history, meeting each other as budding entrepreneurs in the creatives scene and growing along side each other since. Chris speaks on his journey in the field, his own creative proces...
Jaeson Ma on starting 88Rising, Bridging East & West, Moving Culture Forward
September 18, 2023 12:00 - 58 minutes - 109 MBMatt interviews Jaeson, the founder of 88rising and OP3N. Jaeson shares his incredible story of growing up in the Bay Area in the 80s and 90s and how he was exposed to hip hop culture, kicked out of three high schools, became a youth pastor, paying Bruno Mars only $1,500 to record four Christian rap tracks with him before the fame, and even being mentored by MC Hammer who brought him around the early buildings of YouTube, PayPal and more. Jaeson talks about East West Ventures and 88Rising, ...
Jamie Cho on The Creator Economy And Empowering Creatives
September 03, 2023 22:25 - 30 minutes - 57 MBJamie Cho is a marketing lead at Wildr, working to make social media a more positive space. Her background is focused on consumer social & our conversation was focused around empowering creatives in the creator economy. Follow Jamie: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoonseojamiecho/ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/itsjamiecho #theintersectionpodcast #nostopmatt #theintersection --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support t...
Ruben Harris Breaks Down The Future Of Job Training
August 27, 2023 23:50 - 19 minutes - 35.8 MBRuben Harris is the CEO of Career Karam, the number one destination for career guidance & the largest platform to help workers find job training programs and get jobs in tech. Rubin has helped tens of thousands of people get into tech and inspire people to see that you can get into tech regardless of how much experience you have, where you come from, what school you went to, or what struggles you've been through. Career karma has raised over $50 million to date. Ruben has advised the cities ...
Georgia Dienst on Google X, Coaching CEOs, Global Entrepreneurship.
August 14, 2023 00:15 - 42 minutes - 79.1 MBGeorgia Dienst's background includes Google, Google's Innovation Lab Google X, Kernel innovating in the field of neuroscience and neuromedicine. Today she's a CEO coach to VC backed founders. See her website: https://www.georgiadienst.com/ #theintersection #theintersectionpodcast #mattsmith --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support
ThoughtPoet on Building A New Chicago From The Ground Up
July 09, 2023 15:39 - 1 hour - 129 MBMatt and Isiah ThoughtPoet Veney get deep into room for improvement in Chicago's creative scene and the city as a whole. ThoughtPoet is a writer, photographer, community organizer. ThoughtPoet has been featured in The Field Museum, The Chicago Tribune, Essence Mag, Southside weekly, and The Chicago Reader. He’s done work with G herbo, Taylor Bennett, Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper, and even grew up on the same block as Mick Jenkins! ThoughtPoet captures so much history and humanity through ...
David Umeh on Betting On Music & Clouty.io
June 05, 2023 17:43 - 42 minutes - 78.5 MBDavid Umeh is the founder of Clouty.io - Clouty turns real-time music data into tradeable indexes. Allowing you to track, buy, and sell interest in the songs that make up your favorite genres in real-time. The Clouty MUSIQ index is live on the Bloomberg Terminal and has been featured in the Financial Times. _______________________________________ Follow David Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umehzingrace/ _______________________________________ Follow Matt Instagram: https://www.instag...
TroyFromChicago on Directing for Chance The Rapper, Joey Badass, Vic Mensa, NIKE, Roc Nation & More.
May 28, 2023 07:22 - 30 minutes - 56.1 MBTroyFromChicago is a Emmy Award winning cinematic director and and photographer. His work has been featured in Billboard, TIME Magazine, the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Basel: Switzerland, and more. Troy has directed or been a part of the production of videos for Vic Mensa, Chance The Rapper, Joey Purp, Super Start Kami, Joey Badass, Lucki, Matt Ox, and more.. ____________ Follow Troy: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/troyfromchicago/ Website: https://www.troyfromchicago.com/ Fo...
Enitain Bereola on 3X Best Selling Books, Largest E-commerce Platform for Black Businesses and more.
May 22, 2023 17:03 - 39 minutes - 72.6 MBEnitan is a 3x best selling author on dating and relationships in the modern world. Enitan is the co-founder and creative director of FLOURYSH, the largest platform to shop and discover Black-owned businesses. He’s produced short films, been a keynote speaker at Stanford & Harvard, partnered on projects with Usher, even majored in computer science and interned at HP in Silicon Valley! Follow Enitan: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bereolaesque/ FLOURYSH site: https://flourysh.com/ ...
Sonia Nagar on Pritzker Group And Going From Founder to VC
May 14, 2023 19:26 - 35 minutes - 81.7 MBSonia Nagar is a general partner venture capitalist at the Pritzker Group. With a background in mechanical engineering, self-taught programming skills, an MBA from Harvard, and experience launching an e-commerce startup herself, Sonia has an impressive track record in the business-building world. ______ Follow Sonia: Sonia’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonias3/ ______ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt ...
Gale Wilkinson on VITALIZE VC, Angel Investing, and 10+ years in Venture Capital.
May 12, 2023 15:41 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBGale Wilkinson is the founding partner at VITALIZE VC where she invests in early stage startups. Gale is well known as a venture capitalist in Chicago and on Twitter. democratizing access to angel investing through Vitalize Angels, the world’s first angel group for both accredited and non-accredited investors. ______ Follow Gale: Gale’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/galeforcevc?s=21&... Gale’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/galevc ______ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagr...
Wally Green on Ping Pong in North Korea for Peace, Diminishing Ignorance, and more.
April 30, 2023 12:35 - 59 minutes - 112 MBWally Green is a professional ping pong legend. As US ambassador for ping pong, Wally has played in North Korea for world peace and diplomacy and represented the US all around the world in Germany, Japan, South Korea, China, Croatia, and more. He’s been featured in the New York Times and Olympics.com. He’s been on the Steve Harvey show. He was featured in an award winning documentary called “The Tables”. He’s a TEDx speaker. And Wally is famous for being able to beat anyone in ping pong wi...
Ian Brock on Dream Hustle Code, Getting Kids Into Tech, and "The New Nerd"
April 16, 2023 16:57 - 40 minutes - 75.6 MBIan Brock is the founder of Dream Hustle Code, making tech and being in the tech industry cool for kids that would have otherwise seen the space as lame or felt alienated by it. At only 18 years old Ian is an accomplished entrepreneur who has rubbed shoulders with the likes of Oprah, Steve Harvey, Ben Horowitz, G Herbo, Robert F. Smith, Eric Thomas and many more. Follow Ian Dream Hustle Code Website: https://www.dreamhustlecode.com/ Ian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ian__brock/ ...
Scott Kitun on SongFinch, TechNori, and disliking NFTs
April 12, 2023 00:57 - 58 minutes - 109 MBScott Kitun is the founder of Tech Nori, one of the truly OG startup content and community brands that contributed a lot to the startup ecosystem in Chicago over the years. Scott is the founder of Song Finch, a company that makes it easier for independent music artists to make money without having to be super famous, letting you make money from selling custom songs for people. Songfinch was named the 166th fastest growing company in 2022 by Inc magazine. Scott is also a founding partner at O...
Kim Aponi on Chi Products, Being an Artist, Traveling, Trusting Intuition.
April 02, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 94.6 MBKim Aponi is a fashion designer, event curator, painter, and all around artist. She is the founder of Chi Products, a clothing and design brand representing Chicago and the world. Her team is based out of New York. She’s worked with Adidas, Pyer Moss, and collaborated with Urban Outfitters. She’s on the Vic Mensa team and is tapped in with a lot of music talent in Chicago. From throwing several hundred person events in Chicago to moving her team to New York, she’s an all around creative supe...
NoCapSawBuck on Punk, Hollyweird, Music, Being Yourself.
March 26, 2023 04:06 - 36 minutes - 67.6 MBNoCapSawBuck is a recording artist, designer, and culture curator based out of Chicago. Follow SawBuck on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nocapsawbuckk/ ____________________________________ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support
Maddie Wang on Founders Communities & Community Building
March 19, 2023 05:10 - 29 minutes - 55.2 MBMaddie Wang is the founder of Founders Cafe, an online support network made up of founders from Y-Combinator, Harvard, Stanford and more. She has a bunch of cool accolades including making $60,000 as a 13 year old off of a MineCraft server she ran, or making $120,000+ as a 19 year old off of her own Amazon store. Maddie worked on many startup projects through college and ended dropping out Stanford to work on Founder Cafe. As of this recording, Maddie travels around the world working on Foun...
Paige Finn on Behind Genius Ventures and Making VC Cool
March 05, 2023 17:43 - 39 minutes - 72.6 MBPaige Finn Doherty is the Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures where they invest in the future of work and the future of play. She has a background in mechanical engineering, computer science, and building dope sh*t! She’s based out of San Deigo. Behind Genius Venture’s Website: https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/ Follow Paige on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paigefinnn _____ Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonst...
Nait Jones on Chillin With Ye & Zuckerberg, Cultural Geniuses, And Being At a16z.
February 27, 2023 04:41 - 56 minutes - 105 MBNait Jones is an expert on the intersection of technology and culture. Nait was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz for 8 years where he led TxO, the Talent Opportunity Initiative. TxO is A fund that invests in and searches for cultural geniuses and founders with unconventional backgrounds. Nait Jones also helped create Royal, partnering with Nas and various other musicians to use NFTs to invest in music. Having no degree and living out of his car Nait moved to Silicon Valley where he rose the ...
SoloCelo on Performing at SXSW & Summer Smash, Meeting ASAP Rocky, Going Viral on TikTok.
February 21, 2023 17:45 - 49 minutes - 92.6 MBSoloCelo is a recording artist from Chicago now based in LA and very close friend of Matt’s since elementary school. Within the past year Solo has gone from a few 1000 to over 190,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. He’s built a small but growing loyal fanbase at the intersection of hip-hop, rock, pop, and rnb sound. He’s been featured in Gary Vee’s Monday to Monday playlist of upcoming artists to watch. He’s won the Rising Artist showcase hosted by Social Works in Chicago and performed at Sum...
#14 - Sonny | Recording Artist
February 12, 2023 17:13 - 25 minutes - 47.7 MBSonny is a recording artist and creative based in Chicago. He holds over 15 million streams on Spotify, been named an artist to watch by Lyrical Lemonade, featured in Vogue, opened up for Pusha T at Radius in Chicago and more. He's a part of a creative collective called High Life and is generally very tapped into the network of underground creatives and artists in Chicago. ____ Follow Sonny Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3KDKJ7Z0kgJrQS1CH43PM4 Instagram: https://www.instagram...
Sonny on Getting Offered 6-Figure Deals, Opening For Pusha T and more
February 12, 2023 17:13 - 25 minutes - 47.7 MBSonny is a recording artist and creative based in Chicago. He holds over 15 million streams on Spotify, been named an artist to watch by Lyrical Lemonade, featured in Vogue, opened up for Pusha T at Radius in Chicago and more. He's a part of a creative collective called High Life and is generally very tapped into the network of underground creatives and artists in Chicago. ____ Follow Sonny Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3KDKJ7Z0kgJrQS1CH43PM4 Instagram: https://www.instagram...
#13 Jeff Osuji - Founder Of Eventnoire
February 05, 2023 16:56 - 26 minutes - 50 MBJeff Osuji is the founder of Eventnoire. The company has been the ticketing platform for Hyde Park Fest, Chance The Rapper Night At The Museum, Techrise, NBA Allstar Weekend Events and more. Jeff has a background in advertising, marketing, and hosting many events. Jeff & Eventnoire have been recognized and won pitch competitions with Google for Startups, Mountain Dew, P33, and more. Contact & follow Eventnoire: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eventnoirehq/ Twitter: https://twitte...
Jeff Osuji on Creating The Premier Event Platform For The Culture
February 05, 2023 16:56 - 26 minutes - 50 MBJeff Osuji is the founder of Eventnoire. The company has been the ticketing platform for Hyde Park Fest, Chance The Rapper Night At The Museum, Techrise, NBA Allstar Weekend Events and more. Jeff has a background in advertising, marketing, and hosting many events. Jeff & Eventnoire have been recognized and won pitch competitions with Google for Startups, Mountain Dew, P33, and more. Contact & follow Eventnoire: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eventnoirehq/ Twitter: https://twitte...
#12 - Claude Cimeus on Improving Chicago's Tech Ecosystem, Tech Week Chicago, And Chicago's Food Scene.
January 29, 2023 01:00 - 35 minutes - 65.5 MBClaude Cimeus is an an entrepreneur, Director of Platform At P33, and has lead a new wave of tech events in Chicago post-covid. Most noteablely, Claude led Tech Week Chicago, a 3 day long series of panels, networking, after-parties, and even brought Pusha-T to the club! Claude only eats out so we talked restaurants in Chicago, sports, growing up in Haiti, working with political figures in Illinois and much much more! Follow Claude: on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaudeCimeus on Instagra...
Claude Cimeus on Improving Chicago's Tech Ecosystem, Tech Week Chicago, And Chicago's Food Scene.
January 29, 2023 01:00 - 35 minutes - 65.5 MBClaude Cimeus is an an entrepreneur, Director of Platform At P33, and has lead a new wave of tech events in Chicago post-covid. Most noteablely, Claude led Tech Week Chicago, a 3 day long series of panels, networking, after-parties, and even brought Pusha-T to the club! Claude only eats out so we talked restaurants in Chicago, sports, growing up in Haiti, working with political figures in Illinois and much much more! Follow Claude: on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaudeCimeus on Instagra...
Senite on Backyard Shows To Headlining Concert Halls In A Year
January 22, 2023 16:40 - 28 minutes - 52.3 MBSenite is a singer and song-writer based out of Chicago, IL. Within a year and a half she went from a very modest audience & performing in backyard stages to filling concert venue halls and pulling in over a million streams. She’s very connected to the hive-mind of super talented rising Chicago creatives and artists of all kinds. Learn more about Senite Senite's Website: https://www.senite.co/home Senite's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_senite/ Senite's Twitter: https://twitter...
#11 Senite: From Backyard Shows To Concert Halls
January 22, 2023 16:40 - 28 minutes - 52.3 MBSenite is a singer and song-writer based out of Chicago, IL. Within a year and a half she went from a very modest audience & performing in backyard stages to filling concert venue halls and pulling in over a million streams. She’s very connected to the hive-mind of super talented rising Chicago creatives and artists of all kinds. Learn more about Senite Senite's Website: https://www.senite.co/home Senite's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_senite/ Senite's Twitter: https://twitter...
#10 Andy Dunn: Selling for $300M, Bi-Polar, Pumpkin Pie.
January 22, 2023 16:35 - 38 minutes - 71.7 MBAndy and I both share Bi-Polar disorder and being an entrepreneur in the midst of struggling with episodes. Andy and I explore the complexities of Bi-Polar disorder and describe the shared experiences someone with Bi-Polar ends up going through. We talk improve the cost of support for mental health, selling his company for $300M, his book Burn Rate: “Launching A Startup and Loosing My Mind.” And his new venture and app Pumpkin Pie, a new social media platform to make platonic friendships. L...
Andy Dunn on BiPolar, Selling Bonobos For $300M, and His New Startup Pumpkin Pie
January 22, 2023 16:35 - 38 minutes - 71.7 MBAndy and I both share Bi-Polar disorder and being an entrepreneur in the midst of struggling with episodes. Andy and I explore the complexities of Bi-Polar disorder and describe the shared experiences someone with Bi-Polar ends up going through. We talk improve the cost of support for mental health, selling his company for $300M, his book Burn Rate: “Launching A Startup and Loosing My Mind.” And his new venture and app Pumpkin Pie, a new social media platform to make platonic friendships. L...
Jewel Ifeguni on Bringing Representation To Tech & Media
January 08, 2023 15:58 - 27 minutes - 50.8 MBJewel Ifeguni is an associate producer at Decoy Games, a black-owned video game studio where only 2% of the gaming industry is made up of black people. She's the founder of You Matter Studios, a media studio with a focus on improving representation in media. And she has worked at Minecraft at Mojang at Microsoft as a Technical Project manager. Follow Jewel here: https://www.instagram.com/jewelzofthenile/ Learn more about Decoy Games: https://www.decoygames.com/ -------------- Follow ...
#9 - Jewel Ifeguni: Producer At Decoy Games
January 08, 2023 15:58 - 27 minutes - 50.8 MBJewel Ifeguni is an associate producer at Decoy Games, a black-owned video game studio where only 2% of the gaming industry is made up of black people. She's the founder of You Matter Studios, a media studio with a focus on improving representation in media. And she has worked at Minecraft at Mojang at Microsoft as a Technical Project manager. Follow Jewel here: https://www.instagram.com/jewelzofthenile/ Learn more about Decoy Games: https://www.decoygames.com/ -------------- Follow ...
#8 - Baco
January 01, 2023 22:44 - 29 minutes - 54.6 MBBaco is a multi-disciplinary artist from Chicago, mainly focused on music. Follow Baco on Instagram: @lovebaco —— Reach out to Matt on Instagram: @nonstop.matt Twitter: @nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support
Baco on Being Dynamic And Thinking Outside The Box
January 01, 2023 22:44 - 29 minutes - 54.6 MBBaco is a multi-disciplinary artist from Chicago, mainly focused on music. Follow Baco on Instagram: @lovebaco —— Reach out to Matt on Instagram: @nonstop.matt Twitter: @nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support
#7 - Landon Campbell: Early Stage Investor at Drive Capital
December 25, 2022 15:14 - 32 minutes - 60.3 MBLandon Campbell is an early stage investor at Drive Capital, a podcast host where he has interviewed the likes of Steve Wozniak, he’s a frequent event host in Chicago for technology and venture capital, and he’s a TedX speaker! Reach out to Landon on Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn (Landon W. Campbell) Follow Landon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/landon20s Follow Landon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/landon20s/ Learn more about Drive Capital: https://drivecapital.com/ Listen t...
Landon Campbell on Being a VC At 24 + Bringing More Early Capital To Chicago
December 25, 2022 15:14 - 32 minutes - 60.3 MBLandon Campbell is an early stage investor at Drive Capital, a podcast host where he has interviewed the likes of Steve Wozniak, he’s a frequent event host in Chicago for technology and venture capital, and he’s a TedX speaker! Reach out to Landon on Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn (Landon W. Campbell) Follow Landon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/landon20s Follow Landon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/landon20s/ Learn more about Drive Capital: https://drivecapital.com/ Listen t...
#6 - Makafui Searcy: Owner Of Fourtune House
December 19, 2022 00:02 - 40 minutes - 75.5 MBMakafui Searcy is the owner of Fourtune House, a creative empowerment workshop and event space on the South Side of Chicago in Bronzeville. At 22 years old, Makafui has lead a way for empowering the creative development of young artists to access reassures and opportunities. Makafui’s inner circle consists of some of Chicagos most talented rising artist from musicians, to film makers, to visual artists and more. Makafui has a well-rounded mind and is an avid explorer from many counties to ma...
Makafui Searcy on Creating An Art Renaissance And Running Fourtune House
December 19, 2022 00:02 - 40 minutes - 75.5 MBMakafui Searcy is the owner of Fourtune House, a creative empowerment workshop and event space on the South Side of Chicago in Bronzeville. At 22 years old, Makafui has lead a way for empowering the creative development of young artists to access reassures and opportunities. Makafui’s inner circle consists of some of Chicagos most talented rising artist from musicians, to film makers, to visual artists and more. Makafui has a well-rounded mind and is an avid explorer from many counties to ma...
#5 - Eric Zhu: Founder of Aviato
December 11, 2022 01:15 - 15 minutes - 28.2 MBEric Zhu is a 15 year old 2x exited founder, investor, and current founder at Aviato. Eric has raised over $500K in his high school bathroom over video calls. Eric and I talk about what its like being such a young founder and more about what he's working on at Aviato. Learn more about Eric: https://ericzhu.co/ Learn more about Aviato: https://www.joinaviato.com/ ---- Watch the Intersection on YouTube: https://fanlink.to/theintersection Follow The Intersection on Instagram (DM to reach o...
Eric Zhu on Raising $700,000 In His High School Bathroom On Zoom
December 11, 2022 01:15 - 15 minutes - 28.2 MBEric Zhu is a 15 year old 2x exited founder, investor, and current founder at Aviato. Eric has raised over $500K in his high school bathroom over video calls. Eric and I talk about what its like being such a young founder and more about what he's working on at Aviato. Learn more about Eric: https://ericzhu.co/ Learn more about Aviato: https://www.joinaviato.com/ ---- Watch the Intersection on YouTube: https://fanlink.to/theintersection Follow The Intersection on Instagram (DM to reach o...
Aaqib Usman on Launching Light Pong, Growing Up In Kuwait, and Moving To NYC From Chicago
December 05, 2022 03:05 - 33 minutes - 61.9 MBAaqib Usman is the founder of Light Pong, the world's first 1-Dimensional game console or you could say the world's first connected toy company. As of this recording, I happen to work for Light Pong! Aaqib is an entrepreneur with an extensive background in bringing together the physical and digital worlds. He's previously the founder of Midwest Immersive, a tech installation and tech-based experiential company where he did work for Verizon, Progressive and many other companies. You can conn...
#4 - Aaqib Usman: Founder of Light Pong
December 05, 2022 03:05 - 33 minutes - 61.9 MBAaqib Usman is the founder of Light Pong, the world's first 1-Dimensional game console or you could say the world's first connected toy company. As of this recording, I happen to work for Light Pong! Aaqib is an entrepreneur with an extensive background in bringing together the physical and digital worlds. He's previously the founder of Midwest Immersive, a tech installation and tech-based experiential company where he did work for Verizon, Progressive and many other companies. You can conn...
Gabe Tavas on Creating Artificial Wood To Combat Deforestation And BioTech
November 27, 2022 17:48 - 38 minutes - 71.8 MBGabe Tavas is the founder of Symmetry Wood. At Symmetry Gabe has developed Pyrus, a material made from bacteria that closely mimics wood to prevent deforestation. Gabe and Symmetry won the national James Dyson award and have been featured in the World Economic Form. Gabe is a long time friend of mine and we worked as co-founders for 3 years on and off on different projects. Gabe is an avid maker-of-things, sustainability specialist, and materials specialist. Learn more about Symme...
#3 - Gabe Tavas: Founder of Symmetry
November 27, 2022 17:48 - 38 minutes - 71.8 MBGabe Tavas is the founder of Symmetry Wood. At Symmetry Gabe has developed Pyrus, a material made from bacteria that closely mimics wood to prevent deforestation. Gabe and Symmetry won the national James Dyson award and have been featured in the World Economic Form. Gabe is a long time friend of mine and we worked as co-founders for 3 years on and off on different projects. Gabe is an avid maker-of-things, sustainability specialist, and materials specialist. Learn more about Symme...
#2 - Mirza Baig: Creator of Monk Mode
November 21, 2022 00:53 - 12 minutes - 22.3 MBMirza Baig is a software engineer and entrepreneur. He's the creator of an app called Monk Mode to help you stay on track of your desired habits, he created an event discovery tool for Muslim events at mosques around your area, and is building a coaching/therapy platform. He's also a founding engineer at Cash Drop. Follow The Intersection on Instagram: The.Intersection.Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: ht...