Tech Bites
299 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsMeet the innovators and influencers at the intersection of food and technology. Tech Bites investigates the profound ways the rapidly evolving digital world is transforming how we discover, produce, and share food in the real world. Are the food revolution and the start-up generation in sync or in conflict? Host Jennifer Leuzzi explores how technology impacts our culinary lives. Get connected @TechBitesHRN on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter or email us [email protected]. Tech Bites theme song "No Matta' CPU Track" by Uptown Nikko.
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Episode 149: Pay with Your Face: Bite Kiosk + Frankie Goes To Bollywood
September 06, 2018 19:09 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBWe’ve been using our fingerprints to unlock our smartphone and breeze through customs for years now. Facial recognition is the next gen of biometric security coming soon to airports, the Tokyo Olympics and your favorite fast casual restaurant. On this episode of Tech Bites (@techbiteshrn) host Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) discusses the future of retail payment with in-studio guests Brandon Barton, COO of Bite Kiosk (@bitekiosks) a start-up pioneering self-ordering touchscreen kiosks with faci...
Episode 148: Solution Sprint to #ReimagineHospitality
August 16, 2018 16:20 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBDo you have a ground-breaking idea on how to build a better, more equitable restaurant industry? A first-of-its-kind initiative, the Solution Sprint is a one-day, crowdsourced event designed to drive resources, expertise, and attention to solving community-identified challenges in the restaurant and hospitality industry. Inspired by the collective problem solving in the tech and design fields, the Solution Sprint uses a hackathon approach. Teams will be developed in advance, and each team wi...
Episode 147: Trends: Online Grocery Shopping with Gabriella Gershenson
August 09, 2018 17:18 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBShopping online and in apps is convenient, but is it bad for the planet and local communities? On the one hand, delivery can be like public transportation for your groceries and be fuel efficient. On the other hand, the mountain of packaging required to ship perishables is a recycling nightmare. On this episode we talk with Gabriella Gershenson, (@gabiwrites) food writer and editor, about the best and the worst of online shopping, and pro tips on how to make your online shopping economical a...
Episode 146: 2018 Trends: Artificial Intelligence with Ingest & Roberta's
August 02, 2018 19:30 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBCan artificial intelligence make Roberta’s Pizza better? Maybe. Today’s restaurants are running on data systems that are cobbled together from multiple third party platforms, creating a fragmented picture of business that’s not always up-do-the-minute. If your numbers are stale, you’re probably loosing money somewhere. Ingest (@ingestAI) aims to solve these issues by integrating all of a restaurant’s data systems, using AI for automated decision making. Does that mean you can make more dough...
Episode 145: Farm.One + Atera: The Hydroponic Farmer and the Nordic Chef
July 26, 2018 16:26 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBIs it possible for ingredients to have “terroir” if they’re grown in water? Does our definition of “local ingredients” change when the farm is across the hall from the kitchen? Find out from Rob Laing, CEO/Founder Farm.One and Ronny Emborg (@ronnyemborg), Executive Chef of Atera NYC. Started in 2016, Farm.One (@farmone) grows rare herbs, edible flowers, microgreens and other exotic produce year-round and pesticide-free, using hydroponics and LED lighting. There are two operations, the R&D fa...
Episode 144: The "No Show" Show
July 19, 2018 15:50 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBWhat do you do when your guest is a no show to the live broadcast? You improvise and do a show about the show. On this episode, Tech Bites (@TechBitesHRN) host Jennifer Leuzzi (@MmeSnack) and lead engineer/studio manager David Tatasciore talk about the genesis of the Tech Bites back in 2014. Hear how DJ Uptown Nikko (@uptownnikko) created the show's theme song "No Matta' CPU Track." This episode is sponsored by Brooklyn Botanic Garden (@brooklynbotanic). Tech Bites is powered by Simplecast
Episode 143: Tech Gripes: Zia Green Chile Company & Seek
June 28, 2018 16:42 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBTechnology is supposed to make business easier, more efficient and profitable - if you can figure it out. Most people start a food business because they have a great product - not because they know how to code and run a CRM program. On this episode of Tech Gripes (@TechBitesHRN) we look at the tech challenges of online retail. How do entrepreneurs build a robust brand and sales in this age of Insta-influencers and Amazon? Joining us in-studio are Nate Cotanch (@njcotanch), Founder of Zia Gre...
Episode 142: Get Funded: iFundWomen + Rootastes
June 21, 2018 16:09 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBIt takes a village to execute a successful fund-raising campaign, or at least a community of smart, generous and successful women. On this episode we look at iFundWomen (@ifundwomen) the crowd funding platform geared towards women-lead startups and small businesses. What makes iFundWomen different? Zeina Muna, in entrepreneur services at iFundWomen, says it’s the collective advice, time management skills, and the pay-it-forward fund. Rootastes (@rootastes) CEO and co-founder Mint Pattanan (@...
Episode 141: Get Funded: Pitch #2 with Charlie O'Donnell of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
June 14, 2018 15:22 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBCalling all food tech start-ups looking for venture funding. On this episode of Tech Bites (@techbiteshrn), two start-up founders pitch Charlie O’Donnell (@CEONYC) of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures and have the opportunity to hear his feedback and possibly get funded. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures (@BBVDOTVC) is the first Brooklyn-based venture capital fund, with $23 million dollars across two funds, investing in NYC-based companies. Matt Lebo, pitches Akua (@LifeAkua), a seaweed focused company that i...
Episode 140: Greenease Farm-to-Table App with Bâtard Restaurant
June 07, 2018 19:31 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBHow would you pick a restaurant for dinner if you’re interested in eating farm-raised, sustainable food? The app Greenease helps consumers discover restaurants and food retailers that source directly from local and/or sustainable farms. People can also search by unique criteria such as gluten-free, grass-fed meats, or sustainable seafood. 70% of consumers what to know where they food comes from. What do chefs and restaurateurs want from a marketing partnership? Find out on this episode of Te...
Episode 139: Harvest2Order: Micro Greens - Major Salads
May 31, 2018 15:24 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBImagine cutting fresh, hydroponically grown micro greens onto your toast or salad, seconds before you eat it. Imagine how delicious and nutritious it would be to eat living food. This week, the dream becomes real. Harvest2Order (H2O) is the first US-based microgreen salad bar concept. The greens are hydroponically grown and harvested when you order a salad bowl or toast. H2O(@harvest2order) is the ultimate farm-to-table experience, creating a fresher fast-casual dinning experience focused on...
Episode 138: FoodFutureCo: A Scale-Up Accelerator
May 24, 2018 17:48 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBFoodFutureCo is the first Scale-Up Accelerator for established yet small organizations that are providing unique products and solutions across our food system. Unlike traditional accelerators FoodFutureCo (@foodfutureco) works with companies that have some proof of concept, that are on track to grossing more than $1 million annually, and helps them ""scale-up"" to the next stage of growth. Focus areas include: consumer products, local food, plant-based food, sustainable seafood, ag tech, foo...
Episode 137: 2018 Trends: Restaurant Delivery Tech 2.0
May 17, 2018 16:15 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBRestaurant delivery sales topped $43 billion last year and is expected to reach $76 billion in 2022. Delivery apps and platforms like Caviar, Seamless and Eat24 are driving consumers to order, with more than 11% of restaurant sales coming from delivery. To support this giant growth industry, the next generation of restaurant delivery tech is being built to help manage and deliver all these orders. Joining us on this episode of Tech Bites (@techbiteshrn) are the founders of Checkmate and Epif...
Episode 136: The Pivot: When Your Start-Up Stops
May 10, 2018 15:32 - 41 minutes - 38 MBIn the start-up world failure equals success. It’s the paradox of innovation. A company needs to fail in order to gather information, make adjustments and push out a new better version. This philosophy sets innovators apart from the traditional old-school business values that only value actual success. But at what point do you stop iterating and make the big pivot to close up shop and move on? On this episode of Tech Bites (@TechBitesHRN) in-studio guest Meghan Carreau (@meg.carreau), CEO/Fo...
Episode 135: Get Funded: Pitch Charlie O'Donnell of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
April 19, 2018 15:23 - 51 minutes - 46.6 MBAre you a start-up business looking for venture funding? On this episode of Tech Bites (@techbiteshrn), two start-up founders pitch Charlie O’Donnell (@CEONYC) of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures and have the chance to hear his feedback and get funded. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures (@BBVDOTVC) is the first Brooklyn based venture capital fund, with $23 million dollars across two funds, investing in NYC-based companies. Mark Cooper (@markbluefields) pitches Bluefields.co, his idea for the first seaweed com...
Episode 134: General Assembly: Tech and... Food Part 2
April 12, 2018 16:37 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBWhether your food is organic, farm-to-counter, palio or delivery, it’s likely you got it via tech. The entire food-chain, from farming to production to restaurants and grocery shopping, is changing with technology. Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) interviews three CEO/Founders from the food tech space, Cheryl Clements, CEO/Founder PieShell (@pieshell), Krystle Mobayeni, CEO/Co-Founder BentoBox (@getbento) and Deepti Sharma, CEO/Founder FoodtoEat (@foodtoeat). What’s the current state-of-the-indus...
Episode 133: General Assembly: Tech and... Food Part 1
April 05, 2018 16:35 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBWhether your food is organic, farm-to-counter, palio or delivery, it’s likely you got it via tech. The entire food-chain, from farming to production to restaurants and grocery shopping, is changing with technology. Jennifer Leuzzi (@mmesnack) interviews three CEO/Founders from the food tech space, Cheryl Clements, CEO/Founder PieShell (@pieshell), Krystle Mobayeni, CEO/Co-Founder BentoBox (@getbento) and Deepti Sharma, CEO/Founder FoodtoEat (@foodtoeat). What’s the current state-of-the-indus...
Episode 132: Ancient Food Tech with Harry Rosenblum
March 29, 2018 17:37 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBWhat is the greatest food tech invention of all time? Fire and harnessing heat for cooking. Or perhaps you’re thinking cutting stones and knives? The point of origin for flint knives is about 4,000 years ago which is a solid argument for knives to be one of the first, if not the greatest food technology. In-studio guest Harry Rosenblum, host of HRN’s Feast Yr Ears, discusses ancient food tech that is still essential today, along with new food tech that may have a shot at being around for tho...
Episode 131: 2018 Trends: Chatbots
March 22, 2018 17:31 - 48 minutes - 44 MBThe chatbots are coming! People are no longer the first line of hospitality for restaurants, it’s AI and chatbots that are managing reservation confirmations, waiting lists and a whole host of other communications. On this episode chatbot Time Table (@timetableny) CEO Giuliano Senese and CFO Jonas Majauskas pitch 5 Napkin Burger (@5napkinburger) CEO Robert Guarino. Listen in and see if they make a sale. Tech Bites is powered by Simplecast
Episode 130: Tech-Enabled Culinary History with Linda Pelaccio
March 15, 2018 22:08 - 37 minutes - 33.8 MBTo celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re talking with Linda Pelaccio, producer and host of A Taste of the Past on Heritage Radio Network. How does today’s high-tech impact the study of the past? Digital and scanning technology has opened the world’s libraries to scholars and researchers, making history as easy as Google. But it has also stripped away some of the human elements that tactile articles convey. Linda shares her research experience as a consultant on matters of food and culinary ...
Episode 129: The Flavor Matrix by James Briscione
March 08, 2018 16:38 - 45 minutes - 42 MBCooking is a science, but we don’t often think of our food on the molecular level. We think about a robust of a cup of coffee, without realizing it’s the volatile compounds giving it the rich flavor. Coffee has 1000 Volatile compounds, whereas lettuce has a mere 20. In this episode of Tech Bites, we talk food science with James Briscione. His new book, The Flavor Matrix, explains how ingredients combine on a molecular level and how the human body processes these elements into taste sensatio...
Episode 128: Slice Pizza Delivery App
March 01, 2018 16:13 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIf everyone loves pizza, then why are all the great mom-and-pop local pizza joints closing? Big pizza chains and big corporate delivery services are all taking a big bite out of the independent pizza market across the country. But don’t worry - there’s an app for that. Slice, is a pizza ordering platform dedicated to empowering local pizzerias with the tools, tech, and marketing to compete with big chains. For the pizza lover, the mobile and online service makes it easy order from authentic...
Episode 127: 2018 Trends: Seaweed
February 22, 2018 16:23 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBSeaweed isn’t just for sushi any more. The US seaweed snack market is estimated at a booming $500 million a year with no signs of slowing down. What makes it a super trend for 2018? With more that 11,000 species and uses across food production, health, beauty and industry, seaweed is both bountiful and versatile. The sustainable aquaculture makes it even more appealing for the long-term. A volatile and fragments global-market is one of the primary barriers to growing the worldwide seaweed ma...
Episode 126: Restaurant Websites with BentoBox
February 15, 2018 20:20 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBWith all the digital platforms available, like OpenTable, google business pages, and Facebook, does a restaurant still need it’s own website? Can a website help transact business and get customers with better SEO? And what is SEO exactly? We’ll answer these questions (yes, yes, yes and it’s complicated) and more with in-studio guest Krystle Mobayeni, Co-Founder and CEO of BentoBox, a hospitality-focused website design company. Tech Bites is powered by Simplecast
Episode 125: The Hiring Line: Get A Food Tech Job
February 01, 2018 16:24 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBAre you interested in getting a job in the exciting work of food tech, but aren’t sure how to do that and what skills you need? Host Jennifer Leuzzi has put together a show that tries to answer the many emails and messages she receives from people who want advice on these very questions. Like in-studio guests Julia Greene, lead line cook at Roberta’s Pizza, who wants to know if you need to know how to code to work at a food tech job? Answering her questions in a mini-job interview is hungryR...
Episode 124: 2018 Trends: Food Tech in Germany & Europe
January 25, 2018 17:16 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBWhat are the big food tech trends in Europe right now? Is the continent as obsessed with indoor-farming, alternative proteins and meal-delivery as we are? In-studio guest Fabio Ziemssen, Director of Food Innovation at HoReCa Digital in Germany, talks about new things in the German marketplace, trends from the Winter Fancy Food Show and NX- Food, a new retail ecosystem for startups to test products in a real retail environment. Tech Bites is powered by Simplecast
Episode 123: Get Funded with Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
January 18, 2018 17:45 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBWhy aren’t more restaurants and food businesses funded by venture capital? The short answer is scalability. It’s challenging to imagine a food business that can scale to $500 million in sales - and still maintain the IRL food quality, experience, and brand values. Even if you’re not taking your business to a seven-figure exit strategy, there are lots of thing to be learned from the venture investment model, including using technology to grow your business efficiently. Get up to speed on vent...
Episode 122: 2018 Forecast with Mitchell Davis
December 14, 2017 19:25 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBFor the final show of 2017, we look into the future at the top food tech trends to watch in 2018. Will blockchain and digital agriculture improve the quality of our food supply? Will bio-tech and bio-hacking create the perfect foods grown in a lab with the flavor of terroir? In-studio guest Mitchell Davis and Tech Bites host Jennifer Leuzzi discuss the coming year in food tech, gastronomy, and apps. Mitchell Davis is the Executive Vice President of the James Beard Foundation and a scholar wi...
Episode 121: 2017 Year in Review: The good, the bad and the app
December 07, 2017 17:02 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBThe penultimate episode of 2017 is a look back at the tumultuous year that was. Joining us in-studio are three founders of restaurant tech businesses who share their stories, industry observations and favorites apps 2017. Deepti Sharma, Food to Eat founder and CEO from Episode 99 Women in Food Tech CEOs. Bradley Scott, Etch co-founder from Episode 109 Restaurant Recommendation Apps. Xavier Mariezcurrena, ChouxBox co-Founder and CEO from episode 94 Free Tax Advice with ChouxBox. Tech Bites i...
Episode 120: Munchies.TV
November 30, 2017 19:37 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBWhile most food media is trying to catch up to the video age, Munchies started as online TV with Chef’s Night Out in 2012 and has been winning the video game ever since. On this episode, we talk with Munchies Culinary Director Farideh Sadeghin about Matty Matheson’s new show It’s Supper Time, the new scripted mockumentary Eatin’ It, and pro-tips on making your own winning cooking videos. Tech Bites is powered by Simplecast
Episode 119: Minifarms Inside Restaurants by Smallhold
November 09, 2017 16:21 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBFarm-to-table is so stale. The fresh new thing is putting the farm inside the restaurant. Brooklyn food tech start-up Smallhold has built mini vertical farming units to install inside restaurants, retailers and wholesalers. The indoor farms allow chefs to grow and harvest lettuces, herbs and mushrooms, just moments before cooking. In-studio guests Andrew Carter, CEO/Co-founder Smallhold, and Angela Dimayuga, chef, discuss the future of restaurant farms, and their recent collaboration on the ...
Episode 118: Bon Appétit Launches the Next Wave in Web Experience
November 02, 2017 15:51 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBHow does a magazine break through all the Internet clutter and noise to grab your attention? Get rid of all the clutter and noise. This week Bon Appétit Magazine launches a new home page design and web experience that focuses on one story and image at a time. It’s a bold move to go from everything but the kitchen sink to one thing. The logical argument is - the public’s hunger for simple, clean food cooked well, is also a hunger for a simple clean focused web experience too. This could be th...
Episode 117: CurEat App, the anti-Yelp
October 26, 2017 15:50 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBWant to get off Yelp, but don’t know where to go for quality restaurant recommendations? CurEat, launched in January 2017, is a restaurant-finding app featuring restaurant and bar recommendations from chefs, food and beverage professionals and friends. Billed as the anti-Yelp, CurEat supports independent restaurants, and encourages users to celebrate and share their restaurant recommendations. No chains, no useless reviews, just trusted restaurant recommendations. In-studio guest CurEat foun...
Episode 116: reThink Food
October 19, 2017 15:57 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBWhat happens when the food studies of the Culinary Institute of America intersects with the technology of the MIT Media Lab? You reThink Food. On this episode we discuss the programming and hypothesis around reThink Food, the three-day event held November 1-3 at the CIA at Copia in Napa Valley. The thought-provoking program is designed to help leaders drive change in an uncertain future, as well as better understand likely short-term impacts of long-range, highly disruptive trends. Join in u...
Episode 115: Amazon Whole Foods: The Biggest Food Tech Story of 2017
October 12, 2017 15:55 - 40 minutes - 37 MBThe Amazon purchase of Whole Foods has dominated headlines since the merger was announced in June of 2017. What’s the impact of the merger on our food lives and on companies doing business in the retail e-commerce grocery space? On this episode we discuss the biggest food tech story of the year with: Ben Conniff, co-founded of Luke's Lobster restaurants and Whole Foods supplier. Brad Harrison, co-founder and chairman of the board of Greensbury, an online retailer of grass-feed beef and wild-...
Episode 114: Nathan Myhrvold on Modernist Bread
October 05, 2017 16:05 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBNathan Myhrvold is one the most visionary and influential people working in culinary science and publishing today. The former chief technology officer of Microsoft and founder of Intellectual Ventures, opened The Cooking Lab and Modernist Cuisine in Bellevue, Washington to pursue his lifelong passion and curiosity for cooking. He joins us in-studio to talk his newest five-volume, 1500-recipe, 2500-page book Modernist Bread: The Art and Science. Also in this episode, a preview of Modernist Br...
Episode 113: Bread & Life's Digital Choice Food Pantry
September 28, 2017 15:49 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBThe 21st century food pantry uses modern computer technology, advanced software and basic hardware to create an efficient and empowering distribution system for food banks and emergency food programs. St. John’s Bread and Life, one of the largest providers of emergency food and social services in New York City, has been developing their Digital Choice Food Pantry since 2008. Its success has created interest and demand from other emergency food providers to lean how to bring their programs in...
Episode 112: Travel Apps: Journy & Walc
September 21, 2017 16:02 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBDon’t be a tourist. Get the best local experience on the ground with travel apps Journy for custom itineraries, and Walc for walking directions with augmented visual cues. Join us in studio to talk about their innovative travel tech are Journy founders Leiti Hsu and Susan Ho, and Walc founder Allison McGuire.
Episode 111: Gebni App: Food Delivered with a Discount
September 14, 2017 15:56 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBGebni is the latest restaurant food delivery app that offers real time demand-adjusted pricing. We know consumers love food delivery with discounted pricing, but what do restaurants think about the pricing model? On this episode, Gebni co-founder and CEO Mohamed Merzouk pitches the Gebni platform to 5 Napkin Burger CEO Robert Guarino, live on the air.
Episode 110: Worlds Fair Nano: Experience Tomorrow Today!
September 07, 2017 16:45 - 49 minutes - 44.8 MBThe World's Fair return to New York this September as the World's Fair Nano. The two-days of exhibits, talks, food and art will give people a taste of the future. On this episode we talk in-studio with World's Fair Nano co-founder Michael Weiss who hopes to create a groundswell of public interest to bring back the World's Fair USA. Want to experience the future yourself? Use the code "TECHBITES" for 15%-off tickets to World's Fair Nano at wfnano.com. Tech Bites is powered by Simplecast
Episode 109: Restaurant Recommendation Apps: Etch and Tell
August 10, 2017 16:23 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBWhere should we go for dinner tonight? Can be a challenging question to answer, especially in New York City where there are more than 46,000 restaurants. Maybe you want to ask your Facebook friends for a recommendation or see which places they ate at last week? There’s an app for that. In this episode we talk with the founders and designer of two new restaurant recommendation apps, Etch and Tell, about why Facebook is a key component to success, and how they plan to monetize their services. ...
Episode 108: What's Your Favorite App?
August 03, 2017 16:11 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBWhat’s your favorite app right now? Is the first question for guests at the start of each Tech Bites episode. With more than a 100 shows broadcast, we’ve had some fun answers and interesting discoveries. This compilation episode features: Episode 4 Julia Weinberg, Delectables. Episode 18 David Gruber and Pam Lewy, B&B Hospitality Group. Episode 24 Tony Aiazzi and Xavier X Mariezcurrena, Choux Box. Episode 85 Amanda Shapiro, Editor Healthyish/Bon Appétit. Tech Bites is powered by Simplecast
Episode 107: The Restaurant is the NewTech R&D Lab
July 27, 2017 16:20 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBHow do you build the best restaurant tech? If you’re Caviar at Square you use the real-life San Francisco restaurant Soulva for R&D. In-studio guests Charles Bililies, founder/CEO and Tony Cervone, chef, talk about putting together the most effective tech stack for Soulva from their internet pipeline, to POS systems, to collaborations with tech companies. Laura Englander, Caviar at Square joins the conversation to talk about the benefits of real-life restaurant R&D.
Episode 106: Agrilyst: The Virtual Agronomist
July 20, 2017 15:49 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBYou are affected by agronomy everyday. Really. Anything that is grown – food, textile crops, and green public spaces - are all influenced by the science of agronomy, the practice that looks at agriculture from a holistic POV. With the increasing popularity and viability of indoor farming, agronomy has gone high tech. On this episode, we look at the virtual agronomist platform Agrilyst. It tracks and analyzes all farm data in one place, enabling growers to optimize plant performance and reduc...
Episode 105: Danielle Gould + Mike Lee
July 13, 2017 16:06 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB"What does the grocery store of 2065 look like? What are the hot topics at start-up conferences around the world? On this episode we talk with Danielle Gould founder/CEO Food + Tech Connect and Mike Lee, Founder/CEO Studio Industries. Since they were last on the show, they’ve joined forces in life and business, with their new Alpha Food Labs an innovation lab for next-gen food startups and corporations building products that are better for by people, planet, and profit. Hungry for more? List...
Episode 104: Read the Fine Print: Instagram Terms of Use
July 06, 2017 15:47 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBPersonal data as a commodity to be bought and sold is a big headline these days. If you use apps, you’ve probably given away a lot of your personal data. Do you know what you agreed to; when you agreed to the terms of service for that new app you just downloaded? On this episode, David Postolski Esq. joins us in studio to read the fine print in the Instagram Terms of Use. Hungry for more? Get Tech Bites Episode #95 for some more free legal advice on protecting you intellectual property on s...
Episode 103: The B-Side: Fighting Foodies 2
June 29, 2017 15:16 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBTune in to the second episode of The B-Side where we talk with some of our favorite fighters about how their culinary lives impact their competitive performance in combat sports. In this episode, co-hosts Erin Fairbanks of the Farm Report and Jennifer Leuzzi of Tech Bites talk to private executive chef and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner Dana Minuta and retired professional Muay Thai champion, author and trainer Chris Romulo, aka Crom. Hungry for more? Check out Tech Bites Episode 40: The B...
Episode 102: FoodBytes! 2017
June 22, 2017 16:22 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBFoodBytes! Solving the world’s food crisis one pitch at a time. Rabobank is leading the charge in trying to solve four dimensions of global food security (avalbilty, access, nutrition and stability) by leading the search for the most innovative food and ag tech start-ups. The FoodBytes! pitch competition puts game-changing startups together with investors and industry leaders to pioneering a better future. In-studio guests: Paula Savanti of Rabobank, Mike Annunziata CEO/Co-Founder of Natural...
Episode 101: Vive Le Food Tech!
June 15, 2017 15:52 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBBonjour les admirateurs de Tech Bites to our first bi-lingual show, the first part in English with a French second half. In this episode we talk with two French food tech companies about breaking into the US market, the difference between French and American points-of-view on food waste, and popular Parisian apps. Joining us in-studio: Biotraq CEO Olivier Duchesne de Lamotte and Associate Dominique Cagnon. Biotraq helps food companies optimize their cold chain and reduce waste. 25% of the f...
Episode 100: Guest Host Kerry Diamond Interviews Jennifer Leuzzi
June 08, 2017 15:58 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBIt's episode 100 of Tech Bites! To celebrate we've invited special guest host Kerry Diamond of Radio Cherry Bombe to interview Tech Bites's Jennifer Leuzzi on the past 99 shows, things you learn on the radio and pizza.