SphereCast
74 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSphereCast is a podcast all about technology — technology advice, technology inspiration, and how real entrepreneurs have used technology to build their businesses from the ground up. If you’re wondering how technology can support your business goals, rest assured. Our guests have been there and done that.
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Passion Meets Tech — Emilia (Gyoerk) De Stasio
June 06, 2022 15:00 - 52 minutes - 30 MBThis week, the SphereCast speaks with Emilia De Stasio, COO and Founder at Artscapy. The mission of Artscapy is to lower the barrier to entry into art collection. Within the platform, users can both purchase contemporary art and track the art pieces they own, including documentation and value. Artscapy is merging the worlds of fine art and complex technology — such as blockchain technology — to make the art world more welcoming to new audiences. Emilia has always had an interest in art and ...
It Pays to Be Nosy — Andy Bray
May 20, 2022 19:00 - 48 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week, the SphereCast interviews Andy Bray, Chief Financial Officer at Sermo. Sermo is a social platform, connecting more than 1.3 million healthcare providers across 150 countries. This physicians-first online community allows clinicians to communicate about issues that are important to them and their patients. In no other industry is mind-share more important than healthcare, as sharing expertise can literally mean saving lives. The sum is much greater than its parts. Bray has held fi...
The Scalable CEO — Francois Casanova
May 06, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 22.4 MBThis week, the SphereCast speaks with Francois Casanova, Founder and CEO at Fitogram. Fitogram is a digital service that takes the pain out of administrative logistics for fitness professionals and business owners. Fitogram offers comprehensive online booking, payment processing, customer management, and accounting — all in an easy-to-use SaaS platform. In its own words, Fitogram believes that “nothing should stand between people and their passion for sports.” In 2012, Fitogram began as a h...
Scaling Live Music Experiences — Yuli Levtov
April 14, 2022 19:00 - 40 minutes - 23.4 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Yuli Levtov, Chief Technology Officer at Volta XR. Volta is a self-serve XR creation platform that makes producing innovative digital experiences accessible to all. Prior to Volta’s platform, truly engaging digital experiences were reserved for the makers with extensive resources and extremely deep pockets. With Volta, that is no longer the norm. Volta is initially focused on extending its services to the music industry — effectively offering limitle...
Sticking to our Core — Gandolf Finke
April 13, 2022 18:00 - 35 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Gandolf Finke, Founder and MD at Mika. Mika is a digital companion platform that walks with cancer patients through every step of their difficult journeys through sickness. The app offers up personalized evidence-based content, including digital interventions and trusted education. Prior to his work at Mika, Finke spent time as a consultant with a large global firm, primarily focusing on healthcare organizations. Cancer in no stranger to Gandolf. S...
Trust Your Intuition — Emma Kay
March 15, 2022 20:00 - 37 minutes - 21.2 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Emma Kay, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at WalkSafe. The WalkSafe app visualizes real-time crime reports by plotting these incidents clearly onto a map, allowing users to build a detailed understanding of local area crime patterns and plan safer walking routes. The WalkSafe app also features loads of other pro-safety functionality, keeping users safe while out and about. Emma was inspired to start this business after speaking with her brother ...
Ep 36: Trust Your Intuition — Emma Kay
March 15, 2022 20:00 - 37 minutes - 21.2 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Emma Kay, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at WalkSafe. The WalkSafe app visualizes real-time crime reports by plotting these incidents clearly onto a map, allowing users to build a detailed understanding of local area crime patterns and plan safer walking routes. The WalkSafe app also features loads of other pro-safety functionality, keeping users safe while out and about. Emma was inspired to start this business after speaking with her brother ...
Innovation in a Regulated Industry — Ansgar Lange
February 18, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Ansgar Lange, Chief Operating Officer at Nostos Genomics. Globally, nearly 300 million people live with a rare genetic disease, and, for many, discovering and diagnosing these illnesses can take years. Nostos Genomics is changing the game by leveraging new technologies to dramatically reduce this timeframe. Prior to his work at Nostos Genomics, Ansgar worked in various senior-level roles at other healthcare-related companies. Ansgar is a master of ...
Building a Great Product and a Solid Team — Miruna Bicoli
February 10, 2022 20:00 - 53 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Miruna Bicoli, Chief Operating Officer at BlueBat Games — a Vancouver-based company that produces white label social casino games for ground-based casinos. Before being promoted to Chief Operating Officer in January of 2022, Miruna spent nearly two years as BlueBat’s VP of Product and Managed Services. Prior to her run at BlueBat, Miruna held a variety of product, operations, and customer service roles at various gaming and software companies. Mirun...
Restoring Confidence in Travel — Kris Rupay
January 25, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes - 18.7 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Kris Rupay, Executive Vice President Engineering at aero hygenx. Through a combination of robotics and medical-grade ultraviolet light, Kris’s company is making pandemic-era travel safer. aero hygenx’s product, aptly named RAY, is a robot that moves throughout transportation cabins, sanitizing surrounding areas using UVC light — a technology proven to neutralize COVID-19 and its variants. Typically, businesses are born by way of identifying a probl...
Keeping Business Technology Efficient — Justin Tung
January 10, 2022 19:00 - 52 minutes - 30 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Justin Tung, Head of Business Technology at Segment, an enterprise platform that allows businesses to activate their customer data. The platform supports a variety of use cases, including activating data in marketing, product, and engineering. Segment is used by over 20,000 companies, including elite organizations like VMware, Google, Optimizely, Gap, Instacart, and more. In November 2020, Segment was acquired by Twilio for $3.2B. As the Head of Bu...
The Future of Futbol — Álvaro Ybáñez
December 10, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 22.1 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Álvaro Ybáñez, Chief Product Officer at Fly-Fut. Fly-Fut uses modern drone technology and loads of creativity to make every amateur futbol player — or soccer player, as some say — feel like an idol. Fly-Fut’s main product offering features an aerial view of match highlights, paired with professional narration and energizing music. Though futbol is its first love, Fly-Fut aspires to delve into other sports such as basketball, tennis, volleyball, and m...
Ep 31: The Future of Futbol — Álvaro Ybáñez
December 10, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 22.1 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Álvaro Ybáñez, Chief Product Officer at Fly-Fut. Fly-Fut uses modern drone technology and loads of creativity to make every amateur futbol player — or soccer player, as some say — feel like an idol. Fly-Fut’s main product offering features an aerial view of match highlights, paired with professional narration and energizing music. Though futbol is its first love, Fly-Fut aspires to delve into other sports such as basketball, tennis, volleyball, and m...
Ep 30: Quality Leadership through Digital Transformation — Sophie Schwerdtfeger
November 26, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes - 27 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Sophie Schwerdtfeger, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at welearn — the parent company of wehorse and wedog. welearn’s goal is to be the go-to destination for educational content on certain niche topics. welearn’s first endeavor — wehorse — offers users the world’s largest library of equestrian content, all from one single streaming platform. welearn’s second project — wedog — is currently in early stages but, similar to wehorse, will give its users access to ...
Quality Leadership through Digital Transformation — Sophie Schwerdtfeger
November 26, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes - 27 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Sophie Schwerdtfeger, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at welearn — the parent company of wehorse and wedog. welearn’s goal is to be the go-to destination for educational content on certain niche topics. welearn’s first endeavor — wehorse — offers users the world’s largest library of equestrian content, all from one single streaming platform. welearn’s second project — wedog — is currently in early stages but, similar to wehorse, will give its users access to ...
Driving a Medical Revolution — Mariano Vazquez
November 12, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 23.7 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Mariano Vazquez, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at ELEM Biotech. ELEM Biotech uses patient data to build “virtual humans,” replicating human cells, tissues, and organs and all their functions. Medical professionals can then run predictive modeling and simulation against these avatars to display the effects of various diseases and to forecast the effectiveness of treatments. ELEM’s earliest work has centered around virtually replicating the h...
Ep 29: Driving a Medical Revolution — Mariano Vazquez
November 12, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 23.7 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Mariano Vazquez, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at ELEM Biotech. ELEM Biotech uses patient data to build “virtual humans,” replicating human cells, tissues, and organs and all their functions. Medical professionals can then run predictive modeling and simulation against these avatars to display the effects of various diseases and to forecast the effectiveness of treatments. ELEM’s earliest work has centered around virtually replicating the h...
Unstructured Data Insight with RavenPack — Kevin Crosbie
October 29, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes - 30.9 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Kevin Crosbie, Chief Product Officer at RavenPack. RavenPack is a platform that gives meaning to unstructured data. The platform offers speed and accuracy in analyzing large amounts of unstructured content — newspapers, emails, social media, and more. The company then enables clients to quickly extract value and insight from this processed data. Regarding speed, RavenPack can analyze one page of data every 300 milliseconds — which is, literally, the...
Ep 28: Unstructured Data Insight with RavenPack — Kevin Crosbie
October 29, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes - 30.9 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Kevin Crosbie, Chief Product Officer at RavenPack. RavenPack is a platform that gives meaning to unstructured data. The platform offers speed and accuracy in analyzing large amounts of unstructured content — newspapers, emails, social media, and more. The company then enables clients to quickly extract value and insight from this processed data. Regarding speed, RavenPack can analyze one page of data every 300 milliseconds — which is, literally, the...
Ep 27: Extracting Value from Data — Adrian Gaveglia
October 08, 2021 18:00 - 58 minutes - 33.5 MBThis week, as a part of our CFO podcast series, the SphereCast team interviews Adrian Gaveglia, Portfolio CFO at EmergeONE and Interim CFO at EnterpriseAlumni. Throughout his career, Gaveglia has held a wide variety of high-level finance roles at companies in the London area, including a lengthy stint at HarperCollins. Adrian has extensive experience making sense of digital platforms, navigating mergers and acquisitions, and providing in-depth financial analysis. At the end of the day, Adri...
Extracting Value from Data — Adrian Gaveglia
October 08, 2021 18:00 - 58 minutes - 33.5 MBThis week, as a part of our CFO podcast series, the SphereCast team interviews Adrian Gaveglia, Portfolio CFO at EmergeONE and Interim CFO at EnterpriseAlumni. Throughout his career, Gaveglia has held a wide variety of high-level finance roles at companies in the London area, including a lengthy stint at HarperCollins. Adrian has extensive experience making sense of digital platforms, navigating mergers and acquisitions, and providing in-depth financial analysis. At the end of the day, Adri...
Ep 26: Leading a Business Through Crises — Brandon Mackay
September 24, 2021 16:00 - 31 minutes - 17.9 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Brandon Mackay — Owner, President, and CEO of SnugZ. SnugZ is a Utah-based company that boasts the domestic manufacture of promotional products. Founded in 1989, Mackay’s company has spent over three decades creating custom gear for businesses, events, and various other promotions. SnugZ creates most of their customizable products in house, from hand sanitizer to PPE kits to sunscreen to lip balm to lanyards. Brandon joined SnugZ five years after ...
Leading a Business Through Crises — Brandon Mackay
September 24, 2021 16:00 - 31 minutes - 17.9 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Brandon Mackay — Owner, President, and CEO of SnugZ. SnugZ is a Utah-based company that boasts the domestic manufacture of promotional products. Founded in 1989, Mackay’s company has spent over three decades creating custom gear for businesses, events, and various other promotions. SnugZ creates most of their customizable products in house, from hand sanitizer to PPE kits to sunscreen to lip balm to lanyards. Brandon joined SnugZ five years after ...
Infusing AI Into VC Funding — Alex Balderstone
September 14, 2021 17:00 - 41 minutes - 24 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Alex Balderstone, Co-Founder and CEO at Kaiku. Alex’s London-based startup features a data-driven scouting tool for venture funds, infused by artificial intelligence. Kaiku, which was founded in late 2019, works with over 300 venture funds across 50 different countries. The platform is already boasting a matchmaking accuracy score edging ever closer to 100 percent. And as Kaiku continues to find successes for its clients and enriches itself with data...
Ep 25: Infusing AI Into VC Funding — Alex Balderstone
September 14, 2021 17:00 - 41 minutes - 24 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Alex Balderstone, Co-Founder and CEO at Kaiku. Alex’s London-based startup features a data-driven scouting tool for venture funds, infused by artificial intelligence. Kaiku, which was founded in late 2019, works with over 300 venture funds across 50 different countries. The platform is already boasting a matchmaking accuracy score edging ever closer to 100 percent. And as Kaiku continues to find successes for its clients and enriches itself with data...
Making Sustainability Simple — Iris Skrami
August 27, 2021 18:10 - 38 minutes - 22.3 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Iris Skrami, Co-founder at Renoon — the smartest tool for conscious fashion shoppers. Founded in February 2020, Renoon is the first global app that sources items from across the Internet and assigns sustainability attributes to them. Ultimately, the platform empowers consumers to realize their sustainable lifestyles and values when shopping fashion. Since its founding just over a year ago, it has processed over three million products and has attract...
Ep 24: Making Sustainability Simple — Iris Skrami
August 27, 2021 18:10 - 38 minutes - 22.3 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Iris Skrami, Co-founder at Renoon — the smartest tool for conscious fashion shoppers. Founded in February 2020, Renoon is the first global app that sources items from across the Internet and assigns sustainability attributes to them. Ultimately, the platform empowers consumers to realize their sustainable lifestyles and values when shopping fashion. Since its founding just over a year ago, it has processed over three million products and has attract...
Stagnant Technology is Ineffective Technology — Kwaku Yeboah-Antwi
August 20, 2021 16:39 - 56 minutes - 32.4 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Kwaku Yeboah-Antwi, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at DIZZBO. Kwaku’s company is revolutionizing an industry in desperate need of disruption — logistics. And through technology, DIZZBO is allowing its customers to get connected with shipping providers through a process that takes a matter of minutes, which is a far cry from the status quo of days or even weeks. Kwaku’s company has experienced early success. In fact, since its founding in 20...
Ep 23: Stagnant Technology is Ineffective Technology — Kwaku Yeboah-Antwi
August 20, 2021 16:39 - 56 minutes - 32.4 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Kwaku Yeboah-Antwi, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at DIZZBO. Kwaku’s company is revolutionizing an industry in desperate need of disruption — logistics. And through technology, DIZZBO is allowing its customers to get connected with shipping providers through a process that takes a matter of minutes, which is a far cry from the status quo of days or even weeks. Kwaku’s company has experienced early success. In fact, since its founding in 2...
Focus on your Superpower — Lucy Mullins
August 06, 2021 16:47 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Lucy Mullins, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at StepLadder UK — a social FinTech company that is helping people feel empowered about their money. Specifically, StepLadder seeks to unify those who are saving money for housing down payments so that they can hold each other accountable and raise money faster together. Lucy, who was an executive coach prior to founding her current company, is a firm believer that every person possesses his or h...
Ep 22: Focus on your Superpower — Lucy Mullins
August 06, 2021 16:47 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Lucy Mullins, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at StepLadder UK — a social FinTech company that is helping people feel empowered about their money. Specifically, StepLadder seeks to unify those who are saving money for housing down payments so that they can hold each other accountable and raise money faster together. Lucy, who was an executive coach prior to founding her current company, is a firm believer that every person possesses his or ...
Daring to Be Better — Tyler Childs
July 16, 2021 18:05 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Tyler Childs, President and CEO at Sports-Travel. Since 1998, this Ontario-based company has worked with thousands of sporting events and organizations around the globe to create professionally run events. Sports-Travel runs the gambit when it comes to sporting events, whether it be fully sponsoring tournaments, running events from end-to-end, or aiding in global team travel. According to Childs, his company’s goal is simple: to make running events e...
Ep 21: Daring to Be Better — Tyler Childs
July 16, 2021 18:05 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Tyler Childs, President and CEO at Sports-Travel. Since 1998, this Ontario-based company has worked with thousands of sporting events and organizations around the globe to create professionally run events. Sports-Travel runs the gambit when it comes to sporting events, whether it be fully sponsoring tournaments, running events from end-to-end, or aiding in global team travel. According to Childs, his company’s goal is simple: to make running events e...
Solving Problems with Domain-Driven Design — Scott Millett
July 16, 2021 18:02 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Scott Millett, IT Director at Iglu.com. Since 1998, Iglu has been disrupting the UK’s ski and cruise travel industries. In these niche industries that often lag on technology, Iglu has set up an online portal for ski and cruise trip booking. This innovative and disruptive approach to booking has garnered the agency multiple awards and has allowed Iglu to be named the UK’s number one specialist travel agency. As a disruptor himself, Scott has become...
Ep 20: Solving Problems with Domain-Driven Design — Scott Millett
July 16, 2021 18:02 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Scott Millett, IT Director at Iglu.com. Since 1998, Iglu has been disrupting the UK’s ski and cruise travel industries. In these niche industries that often lag on technology, Iglu has set up an online portal for ski and cruise trip booking. This innovative and disruptive approach to booking has garnered the agency multiple awards and has allowed Iglu to be named the UK’s number one specialist travel agency. As a disruptor himself, Scott has becom...
Making Studying a Team Effort — Lucas Hild
July 02, 2021 17:43 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Lucas Hild, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Knowunity. Hild’s platform is the first interactive platform of its kind in Europe. On Knowunity, students can view and download any relevant school-related study material or content, including presentations, flashcards, notes, and much more. The content on Knowunify is user-generated — uploaded by students, for students. In only six months since its launch in September 2020, Knowunity has gain...
Ep 19: Making Studying a Team Effort — Lucas Hild
July 02, 2021 17:43 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Lucas Hild, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Knowunity. Hild’s platform is the first interactive platform of its kind in Europe. On Knowunity, students can view and download any relevant school-related study material or content, including presentations, flashcards, notes, and much more. The content on Knowunify is user-generated — uploaded by students, for students. In only six months since its launch in September 2020, Knowunity has gai...
A Better Way to Crowdfund — Luke de Haas
July 02, 2021 17:39 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Luke de Haas, Chief Executive Officer and Founder at MOSEA — a Toronto-based digital platform offering an easier way to pool money with large groups of friends and send those funds directly into bank accounts. Think of it as a Venmo-type of platform, but for the masses. MOSEA offers familiar one-to-one digital funds transfers but also offers the option to quickly and easily create crowdfunding projects amongst friends. Luke and his co-founders are ...
Ep 18: A Better Way to Crowdfund — Luke de Haas
July 02, 2021 17:39 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Luke de Haas, Chief Executive Officer and Founder at MOSEA — a Toronto-based digital platform offering an easier way to pool money with large groups of friends and send those funds directly into bank accounts. Think of it as a Venmo-type of platform, but for the masses. MOSEA offers familiar one-to-one digital funds transfers but also offers the option to quickly and easily create crowdfunding projects amongst friends. Luke and his co-founders are...
Ep 17: Increasing Solar Panel Effectiveness — Ingmar Kruse
June 25, 2021 18:55 - 44 minutes - 31 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Ingmar Kruse, CEO of SunSniffer — a technology that measures solar power module performance using artificial intelligence. Kruse’s platform provides information on each module’s power usage and whether the module needs to be replaced, all with the push of a button. Prior to the advent of SunSniffer, this type of work was expensive — more expensive, in fact, than the panels themselves. However, through his work, Kruse hopes to take the pain out of sol...
Increasing Solar Panel Effectiveness — Ingmar Kruse
June 25, 2021 18:55 - 44 minutes - 31 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Ingmar Kruse, CEO of SunSniffer — a technology that measures solar power module performance using artificial intelligence. Kruse’s platform provides information on each module’s power usage and whether the module needs to be replaced, all with the push of a button. Prior to the advent of SunSniffer, this type of work was expensive — more expensive, in fact, than the panels themselves. However, through his work, Kruse hopes to take the pain out of sol...
Making Medicine More Human — Ryan Grant
June 25, 2021 18:53 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Ryan Grant, Founder & CEO at Vori Health — a virtual-first healthcare provider that practices a holistic, integrated approach to musculoskeletal care. On May 7 of this year, Vor Health announced a $45MM Series A investment, led by New Enterprise Associates, Inc. This funding round is a huge vote of confidence for Vori Health’s mission, which is to care for the whole person and cater to the real problem, rather than throwing temporary and often ineff...
Ep 16: Making Medicine More Human — Ryan Grant
June 25, 2021 18:53 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Ryan Grant, Founder & CEO at Vori Health — a virtual-first healthcare provider that practices a holistic, integrated approach to musculoskeletal care. On May 7 of this year, Vor Health announced a $45MM Series A investment, led by New Enterprise Associates, Inc. This funding round is a huge vote of confidence for Vori Health’s mission, which is to care for the whole person and cater to the real problem, rather than throwing temporary and often ineff...
Mission Better Medicare for the Elderly — Patricia Salas
June 18, 2021 16:26 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Patricia Salas, President and “Chief Dream Enabler” at SBHIS Insurance Services, Inc. — a firm maniacally focused on finding its customers the best Medicare or Medi-Cal plans to meet their individual needs. Founded in 2006 in southern California, the firm has grown to have a nationwide presence and is known for its superior customer service. SBHIS boasts partnerships with NBC Universal, ABC, Univision, Medi Healthcare Solutions, and many other large ...
Ep 15: Mission Better Medicare for the Elderly — Patricia Salas
June 18, 2021 16:26 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews Patricia Salas, President and “Chief Dream Enabler” at SBHIS Insurance Services, Inc. — a firm maniacally focused on finding its customers the best Medicare or Medi-Cal plans to meet their individual needs. Founded in 2006 in southern California, the firm has grown to have a nationwide presence and is known for its superior customer service. SBHIS boasts partnerships with NBC Universal, ABC, Univision, Medi Healthcare Solutions, and many other large ...
On Leading Well — Matt Hagel
June 18, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Matt Hagel, Chief Financial Officer at Freshly. Freshly is a meal delivery service that delivers fresh-made meals straight to your door that are ready to heat-and-eat in three minutes or less. Freshly has been featured in The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Glamour, TechCrunch, and other high-profile publications and has experienced an explosion of popularity over the past year due to the pandemic, given less people wanting to leave their homes. Ove...
Ep 14: On Leading Well — Matt Hagel
June 18, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Matt Hagel, Chief Financial Officer at Freshly. Freshly is a meal delivery service that delivers fresh-made meals straight to your door that are ready to heat-and-eat in three minutes or less. Freshly has been featured in The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Glamour, TechCrunch, and other high-profile publications and has experienced an explosion of popularity over the past year due to the pandemic, given less people wanting to leave their homes. Ov...
Ep 13: Pivoting from Professional Athletics — John Mark Nalocca
June 11, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews John Mark Nalocca, a former professional track and field athlete who is now an Attache of the Italian Embassy in Israel and an MBA candidate at IDC Herzliya. As a track and fielder, John Mark competed in both national and international competitions and was on the verge of qualifying for two rounds of Olympic games, were it not for back-to-back leg injuries. Nalocca is set to graduate with his MBA in Strategy and Business Development this year, in 202...
Pivoting from Professional Athletics — John Mark Nalocca
June 11, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis week, the SphereCast team interviews John Mark Nalocca, a former professional track and field athlete who is now an Attache of the Italian Embassy in Israel and an MBA candidate at IDC Herzliya. As a track and fielder, John Mark competed in both national and international competitions and was on the verge of qualifying for two rounds of Olympic games, were it not for back-to-back leg injuries. Nalocca is set to graduate with his MBA in Strategy and Business Development this year, in 202...
Ep 12: Getting AI through the Final Mile — Michael Kohen
May 28, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week, the SphereCast team speaks with Michael Kohen, Co-Founder and CEO at SparkAI. Kohen’s impressive resume includes senior-level experience at Zoox — an AI-powered autonomous vehicle company that was eventually acquired by Amazon. In his career, Kohen has learned that, though an automation product may have loads of momentum, it always slows down before market deployment as the team perfects the machine learning algorithms. SparkAI partners with companies to push their automation prod...