Silicon Valley - The Investor's Podcast Network
40 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsSilicon Valley by The Investor's Podcast Network is hosted by Shawn Flynn. It is an in-depth look into the workings of companies based in Silicon Valley. It delves into up-and-coming startups, established giants and the views of people who are making a mark in the technology scene in Silicon Valley.
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SV039: Creating a Podcast Career with TIP Co-Founder Stig Brodersen
April 30, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutesOn today’s show, we’re happy to chat with our very own Stig Brodersen. Stig is a value investor, business owner, and international bestselling author. His podcast We Study Billionaires has over 30 million+ downloads and has been recognized as the #1 ranked stock investing podcast in the world with awards such as: #1 stock investing podcast on iTunes #1 stock investing podcast on Google #1 investing podcast by CNBC #1 investing podcast by Business Insider In this episode, you’ll learn: H...
SV038: Stanford's First Entrepreneur-In-Residence on Future Housing with James Ehrlich
April 23, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutesOn today’s episode, we interview James Ehrlich. James Ehrlich is a serial entrepreneur in the areas of technology, media technology and clean-tech. He is the founder at ReGen Villages, Entrepreneur in Residence at Stanford University Center for Compassion, Altruism, Research and Education (CCARE), and faculty at Singularity University. James is part of an on-going White House Task Force on the Nexus of Food, Water, Energy and Waste and advising the Office of Science and Technology Policy an...
SV037: The Innovation Stack with Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey
April 16, 2020 10:00 - 53 minutesOn today’s episode, we sit down with Jim McKelvey. Jim is the co-founder of Square, a financial services, merchant services aggregator, and mobile payment company. In 2009, Jim designed a card reader which in 2011 was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art. Jim then teamed with other St. Louis-based serial entrepreneurs to help found Cultivation Capital which was ranked the 7th most active venture capital firm founded since 2009, and the 3rd most active lead investor and since 2017, McKelvey...
SV036: Hardware is Hard with FloWater CEO Rich Razgaitis
April 09, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutesRich Razgaitis has been passionate about building brands and teams. Since 2002, he has served in CEO/president-level roles in several venture capital backed start-ups, privately held turnaround and growth companies, and he brings insight from those experiences to his work today at FloWater. Raz was the CEO of several consumer-tech companies, including DealOn, an e-commerce company that developed the Web’s first deal-commerce exchange, and another, MyTownPerks, which built the first PCI-compla...
SV035: From Hollywood Star to Venture Capitalist with Anathem Ventures Managing Partner Crystal McKellar
April 02, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutesCrystal McKellar is the Founder and Managing Partner of Anathem Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in companies that have developed breakthrough technology that they are pragmatically leveraging to win and own uncrowded, high-margin markets. Crystal currently serves on the board of Cooler Heads, and previously served as a board member at Siren, Neurable, and DoubleDutch (acquired by Cvent) and as a board observer at Fractyl. Crystal is a Kauffman Fellows Mentor, and has...
SV034: Investing In Africa with Managing Partner of Chrysalis Capital Nichole Yembra
March 26, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutesOn today’s show, we’re happy to chat with Nichole Yembra. Nichole is the Founder and Managing Director of The Chrysalis Co which houses The Chrysalis Capital, a new $15M Africa and Diaspora early stage tech fund and The Chrysalis Advisors, a strategy and investment advisory firm. In addition to this work, Nichole is deeply committed to making gender diversity a priority within the financial-technology 'fintech' space in Nigeria and enhancing opportunities for women in leadership. She founded...
SV033: Investing in Hardware with Grit Ventures Managing Partner Kelly Coyne
March 19, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutesOn today’s show, we sit down with Kelly Coyne who is deeply immersed in the Silicon Valley start-up community. Having grown multiple start-ups from conception to over $100M valuations, she is a leading Go-To-Market expert. After earning her MBA from Oxford University, Kelly served at the helm of several early-stage hardware companies (Lily, Mimosa, Candl) and advised many others. Kelly has broad technology experience, but specializes in guiding Robotics, AI, AR/VR and computer vision compani...
SV032: From 200 Rejections to Raising $4.2 Million with Roybi Robot Founder Elnaz Sarraf
March 12, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutesOn today's show, we sit down with Elnaz Sarraf, who is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in technology, business, sales, and marketing. She is currently the CEO and Founder of ROYBI; an investor backed EdTech company focusing on early childhood education, that recently raised $4.2 million in its seed round. Before starting ROYBI, Elnaz co-founded and led a consumer electronics/IoT company, iBaby, serving as the company's President. As an immigrant and female founder, Eln...
SV031: Real Entrepreneurship and Real Bubbles with George Gammon
March 05, 2020 10:00 - 1 hourOn today's show, we're happy to chat with George Gammon. George Edward Gammon is an American real estate investor and entrepreneur. He produces and stars in the hit reality television series "Vide En Remodelacion," a home remodeling program on the Colombian network Telemedellin. Prior to 2012, George started, owned, and operated multiple businesses ranging from conventions to advertising. After 12 years as a successful entrepreneur, at the age of 38, George semi-retired and shifted his focus ...
SV030: Silicon Valley Legends with Garage Ventures Managing Partner Bill Reichert
February 27, 2020 10:00 - 1 hourOn today’s show, we sit down with Bill Reichert. Bill is the Managing Director at Garage Technology Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital fund, which invest in extraordinary entrepreneurs with unique technologies that will define the next era of innovation. He takes a hands-on approach from the very beginning, partnering with talented entrepreneurs to transform their vision into reality. He is an entrepreneur, mentor, author, speaker, board member, adviser, educator, partner, spous...
SV029: The Secrets of Startup Financials with Brett Sharenow
February 20, 2020 10:00 - 1 hourOn today’s show, we interview Brett Sharenow. Brett is a trusted advisor on raising capital from VCs, PE, and Angel investors, for start-up, growth, pivot, and exit. Since 1995, he has helped companies raise more than $750 million and have facilitated exits valued at more than $6 billion. In this episode, you’ll learn: What happens in an analyst meeting? What is the “ladder” bump in valuation? How do companies plan out their go-to-market strategies? What are the 3 C’s that every company n...
SV028: Silicon Valley Legends: Rise and Fall of Companies with Andreas Ramos
February 13, 2020 10:00 - 57 minutesOn today’s show, we welcome Andreas Ramos. Andreas moved to Silicon Valley in 1992, where he worked in engineering at SGI, SUN Microsystems, Brio, IMSI, and other companies. He did translations and localization in six languages at these companies before joining Acxiom as head of the digital agency, where he worked with Global Fortune 200 clients. Andreas then led global SEO at Cisco, where he worked in 44 languages in 86 countries. He is now an Adjunct Professor of Digital Marketing at CSTU a...
SV027: Silicon Valley Legends: Startups with Steve Hoffman
February 06, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutesOn today’s show, we are happy to chat with Steve Hoffman. Steve, or Captain Hoff as he’s called in Silicon Valley, is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading incubators and accelerators. He’s also an angel investor, limited partner at August Capital, serial entrepreneur, and author of Make Elephants Fly, the award-winning book on radical innovation. Always innovating on his life, Captain Hoff has tried more professions than cats have lives, including serial entrepreneur, venture...
SV026: Silicon Valley Legends: Startups with Steve Hoffman
January 30, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutesOn today’s show, we are happy to have Steve Hoffman, or Captain Hoff as he’s called in Silicon Valley. Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading incubators and accelerators. He’s also an angel investor, limited partner at August Capital, serial entrepreneur, and author of Make Elephants Fly, the award-winning book on radical innovation. Always innovating on his life, Captain Hoff has tried more professions than cats have lives, including serial entrepreneur, venture capit...
SV025: 2020 and Beyond with Marketing Guru Bob Hoffman
January 23, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutesOn today’s show, we are happy to chat with Bob Hoffman, the author of four Amazon #1 best-selling books about advertising. He is also one of the most sought-after international speakers on advertising and marketing. One of his books, "BadMen: How Advertising Went From A Minor Annoyance To A Major Menace" exposed many of the dangerous data abuse practices that are now making international headlines. (It was selected "Best of Marketing 2017.") He is creator of the popular “The Ad Contrarian” bl...
SV024: 2020 and Beyond with Nasdaq SVP Jeff Thomas
January 16, 2020 10:00 - 53 minutesOn today’s show, we chat with Jeff Thomas, a Senior Vice President of Nasdaq’s Corporate Services business unit. Based in San Francisco, Jeff oversees Nasdaq’s new Listings and Capital Markets businesses. He also oversees business development and relationship management for Nasdaq’s listed companies and Investor Relations Solutions' clients in the Western United States. Previously, he served as President of Liquidity Solutions at Nasdaq Private Market, where he worked closely with private co...
SV023: 2020 and Beyond: 5G Technology with Shmuel Silverman
January 09, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutesOn today’s show, we chat with Shmuel Silverman. Shmuel is an inventor with over 145 patents & provisional publications and success with co-founding and selling two companies. He bring years of leadership experience in Telecommunications, Internet technologies, IoT, and Artificial Intelligence and have led technology teams of researchers, developers, and marketers at two global icons, where he helped develop a proven process to identify, nurture and develop unique Intellectual Property focused...
SV022: The Global Competition to find Engineers with Geoff Seyon
January 02, 2020 06:00 - 1 hourOn today’s show, we interview Geoff Seyon. Geoff is the Founder & Managing Partner of STUDIO IXORA, a venture studio focused on applying Explainable AI to industries such as Finance & Healthcare. Geoff is an Entrepreneurial Technology Leader with 27 years of experience, inclusive of 15 years in Globally Distributed Software Delivery, Digital Health and 10 years of hands-on experience with various Artificial Intelligence approaches & technologies. Prior to assembling STUDIO IXORA, Geoff spent ...
SV021: A Guide to Smart Cities with Dr Jonathan Reichental
December 26, 2019 06:00 - 42 minutesDoctor Jonathan Reichental is a multiple award-winning technology leader whose 30-year career has spanned both the private and public sectors. In 2017, he was named a top 100 chief information officer (CIO) in the world, and in 2016 was named one of the top 20 most influential CIOs in the United States. Jonathan is recognized as a global thought leader on a number of emerging trends including the fourth industrial revolution, urban innovation, the future of cities, and blockchain technology. ...
SV020: A Look Inside Investment Baking In Silicon Valley with Conor Riley
December 19, 2019 17:12 - 59 minutesOn today’s show we are happy to chat with Conor Riley, who is a Principal at Global Capital Markets, Incorporated. This company is a full-service investment bank focused on facilitating transactions within the middle market. He has advised on a wide array of mergers and acquisitions across multiple industries. Conor has contributed to structuring growth capital, debt, and equity placements. He is also the current CEO of Luxie, Inc. a luxury cosmetics company, specializing in high-end, vegan, ...
SV019: From Zero to $5 Billion in Sales The History of Juniper Networks and 1440 Multiversity with Scott Kriens
December 12, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutesOn today’s show, we have Scott Kriens, chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks, who has been in the technology industry for more than 35 years. In 1996, he co-founded Juniper Networks, growing the company to $4 billion in global sales and more than 10,000 employees in 100+ countries. In 2010, Scott and his wife Joanie launched 1440 Foundation, an organization committed to the cultivation of truly real and connected relationships, with self and others, as a basis for living well. The work ...
SV018: How Redcrow does Crowdfunding to Save Lives with Brian Smith
December 05, 2019 10:00 - 39 minutesOn today’s show, we chat with Brian Smith who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Redcrow. Alongside Jerry Harrison, Redcrow set off on a mission to democratize the investment process for people otherwise shut out of early stage investing opportunities. Prior to Redcrow, Brian was a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, advising high net worth families. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: What is an accredited investor? What is the future like for crowdfunding? What is a Cap Table? Wha...
SV017: Transfer Money Around The World Through Veem with Marwan Forzley
November 28, 2019 10:00 - 29 minutesOn today’s show, we have Marwan Forzley, an innovator and visionary who is passionate about building companies through disruptive technologies and global strategies. After founding and selling eBillme to Western Union, Marwan became the GM of eCommerce and Strategic Partnerships with Western Union. He’s now the co-founder and CEO of Veem, a global payments network helping small businesses transfer money internationally. He is also the author of “Small Business in a Big World: A Comprehensive ...
SV016: The History of Money, Payments, And How Poynt is Changing the Game with Osama Bedier
November 21, 2019 10:00 - 1 hourOn today’s show, our guest is Osama Bedier. Osama is the founder and CEO of Poynt, the open commerce platform empowering merchants to transform and grow their businesses. Osama has spent the last two decades pioneering consumer internet, e-commerce and payments services. Prior to founding Poynt, Osama served as the Vice President of Payments at Google, and head of Google Wallet. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: How has Paypal influenced Fintech? What are the benefits of being “banked” versus...
SV015: IEEE Technology, DigitalTwins, DNA Storage and more with Thomas Coughlin
November 15, 2019 02:12 - 54 minutesOn today’s show, we chat with Dr. Tom Coughlin, who is the Current President of IEEE-USA. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology. He has many publications and six patents to his credit. Tom is also the author of Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Essential Guide, which is now on its second edition with Springer. Coughlin Associates provides market and technology analysis as well as Data Storage Technical and Business Consult...
SV014: We're Not Going to Mars, But We're Able to Save Earth with Jonathan Trent
November 07, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutesOn today’s show, we have Jonathan Trent. His 20-year stint at NASA as a Senior Research Scientist has included research in marine science, microbiology and cell biology, medicine, nanotechnology, engineering, and environmental sciences. After doing 7 TED talks about his career in science, he is now leaving NASA to form his own startup which will pivot from the offshore system to an onshore design that he is calling UpCycle Systems. It will be the only patented technology that accepts wet wast...
SV013: Transcribing the World through Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Sam Liang
October 31, 2019 10:00 - 36 minutesOn today’s show, we interview Sam Liang, the Founder and CEO of Otter.ai, a highly disruptive collaboration and productivity tool. Otter.ai has won many of the most prestigious awards in tech given by companies such as Google, FastCompany, PcMag, and more. Before founding his startup, Sam worked at Google where he led the location-based services unit, and won an award for the “Bluedot Mobile Location System.” Sam received a PhD at Stanford for Internet Distributed Systems, working under the p...
SV012: Trucking, Cars, Connected Vehicles, and What’s To Come with Tim Bigwood
October 24, 2019 08:11 - 36 minutesOn today’s show, we have Tim Bigwood, who is the acting CEO of Noregon Systems. Noregon is a company that are the experts at acquiring, analyzing, and interpreting vehicle data. Their products include in-shop diagnostic and repair tools and real-time fleet asset-management solutions that give assistance in capturing and transforming your own vehicle data into actionable information. In this episode, you’ll learn: How does this data affect the transportation supply chain? How is vehicle dat...
SV011: Investing in Women with Sharon Vosmek
October 17, 2019 08:54 - 48 minutesWe’re happy to welcome Sharon Vosmek to the show today! Sharon is the CEO of Astia, managing director of the Astia Fund, and a managing member of Astia Angels. Astia is the pre-eminent organization working to ensure the success of high-growth startups founded and led by women. Astia Angels is a global investment group comprised of family offices and HNW individuals to invest directly into women-led, high-growth companies. She is well-regarded around the globe for her opinions, research and co...
SV010: How to Save the Environment with New Technology with Peter Fiekowsky
October 10, 2019 07:30 - 41 minutesOn today’s show, we have MIT-trained physicist and entrepreneur Peter Fiekowsky who is committed to leaving behind a world he is proud of. Peter’s passion for that goal drives his leadership in multiple climate initiatives, including volunteering for the Citizens’ Climate Lobby and founding the Climate Restoration Alliance (CRA). He is also founder and president of Automated Visual Inspection (AVI) LLC and a board member of Zynergy Capital Inc. He holds 27 patents. In this episode, you’ll le...
SV009: Fintech, Banking and the Future of MBA programs with Gregory LaBlanc
October 03, 2019 07:00 - 53 minutesOn today’s show, we chat with Gregory LaBlanc, who is a lecturer and Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Haas Business school at University of California Berkeley. He teaches primarily in the areas of finance and strategy in the MBA and Master of Financial Engineering programs, and in Executive Education. His research interests lie at the intersection of law, finance, and psychology, in the area of business strategy and risk management. In this episode, you’ll learn: What areas in finance w...
SV008: The Rotten Tomatoes Story and Views on the Future with Patrick Lee
September 26, 2019 07:30 - 56 minutesOn today’s show, we sit down with Patrick Lee, the co-founder and former CEO of Rotten Tomatoes, a leading entertainment website focused on movie reviews and news. It is one of the top 800 most visited sites in the world. Patrick is now heavily involved with helping early-stage companies, advising companies such as Casetify, Credder, DNArt Inc., Instaread, Kiwi Campus, Leo AR, Magnesium Film, Oishii, WePloy, and Zeuss Technologies. He is a current or former mentor at SOSV, Berkeley SkyDeck, B...
SV007: Tech and the Future of Construction with Michael Keogh
September 17, 2019 13:35 - 45 minutesMichael Keogh recently joined Stanley Black & Decker as SVP of their new Digital Innovation office. He is leading the effort to transform a 175-year old industrial company into a data and digital company. In this role he is responsible for incubating internal startups, ecosystem development, and building new revenue streams for the company. Most recently, he was at Apple where he was the Senior Director of Finance for all of Apple R&D supporting the long-term hardware and silicon roadmap deve...
SV006: What Really Happened when eBay Went to China with Alan Tien
September 17, 2019 13:35 - 30 minutesOn today’s show, we talk to Alan Tien, an experienced senior executive in Internet, e-commerce, Online Payments, Emerging Markets (APAC), and Strategy. He has deep experience in Product Management, rooted in a strong understanding of technology. He has led teams including PayPal into China with eBay in the early 2000s. In this episode, you’ll learn: What is the real story behind what happened when eBay went to China What is the most common business model that is being utilized in China ...
SV005: Silicon Valley: A 40-year career with John McNulty
September 17, 2019 13:34 - 37 minutesOn today’s show, we chat with John McNulty who has been a driving force in the technology industry for almost forty years. He has held leadership positions starting as General Manager at Intel in 1980 and including Senior VP & GM roles at two firms and President, CEO and Chairman of four other companies in the software, hardware, networking, and communications industries. Today, Mr. McNulty serves on the Board of Directors of four private technology companies and is also a member of the Unive...
SV004: Robotic Process Automation: Will Robots Take our Jobs? with Sunil Ranka
September 17, 2019 13:34 - 40 minutesOn today’s show, we talk to Sunil Ranka. In the last 17 years, Sunil has built analytics and solution processes on more than 10 billion worth of businesses. He is the founder of Predikly (A Data Innovation Company) which thrives on solving any platform, application, and data-related problem. As a Venture Partner at Znationlab, Sunil is a mentor and has invested in 17 startups. He is also a featured writer for The Forbes Technology Council. In this episode, you’ll learn: How Robotic Process A...
SV003: TEN Capital, Startup Funding, and Trends in Tech with Hall Martin
September 17, 2019 13:33 - 33 minutesOn today’s show, we interview Hall Martin, who is the founder and CEO of TEN Capital, a company that helps startups and growth companies everywhere raise funding from angels, family offices, venture capital and high net worth individuals. To date, the company has helped entrepreneurs raise over $410M. He is also the founder of the Texas Open Angel Network, which has helped to educate over 6000 investors. In this episode, you’ll learn: What is the future for family funds, VC and Angels group...
SV002: Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Cars with Piero Scaruffi
September 17, 2019 13:32 - 38 minutesOn the show today, we chat with Piero Scaruffi, a freelance software consultant who has been a visiting scholar at both Harvard and Stanford, conducting research on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. He has lectured on "The Nature of Mind" and "History of Knowledge", and published several books including Thinking About Thought (2003) and The Nature of Consciousness (2006). His book History of Silicon Valley was named the 7th most influential book in China in 2012. He has a passi...
SV001: Canva, Disrupting Design with Melanie Perkins
September 17, 2019 13:31 - 31 minutesOn today’s show, we have Melanie Perkins. She is the CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online design and publishing tool which makes graphic design simple for everyone. Since launching in 2013, Canva has grown to over 15 million users across 190 countries, with more than 1 billion designs created, at 36 designs per second. Today, Canva is growing with over 600 team members across 3 offices in Sydney, Manila and Beijing, working together on a mission to empower everyone to create beautiful desig...
Silicon Valley - The Investor's Podcast Network Trailer
September 11, 2019 12:46 - 1 minuteSilicon Valley by The Investor’s Podcast Network is hosted by Shawn Flynn. It is an in-depth look into the workings of companies based in Silicon Valley. It delves into up-and-coming startups, established giants and the views of people who are making a mark in the technology scene in Silicon Valley.