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Nik Ershov: Creating Mind-Tracking Brain control Interfaces that De-Stress - Ep. 207
Future Optimist - May 03, 2024 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsNik Ershov is the CEO of Waverox, makers of brain-monitoring headphones and headbands that help you de-stress and be more productive. Nik Ershov shares his journey from experiencing severe burnout in the advertising and marketing industry to founding a startup focused on combating stress and ...
Dr. Gordon Chiu: Winner of Harvard Tough Tech Prize, Graphene Expert & Entrepreneur - Ep. 206
Future Optimist - April 26, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsDr. Gordon Chiu has 41 patents and recently won Harvard Business School's "Tough Tech" Prize in 2023. He is a graphene pioneer, investor, AI entrepreneur and deep tech expert. In this episode, we discuss various topics including a utopian/dystopian future, the importance of authenticity, the f...
Jon Hacker: Mind-Blowing, Zen-Inducing Brain Tech - Ep. 205
Future Optimist - April 19, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJohn Hacker is a biomedical engineer and the CEO of NeurGear. His latest innovation is the ZenBud, the market's first ultrasonic vagus nerve stimulator, designed to promote relaxation and combat stress. In this episode, Jon Hacker discusses the underlying technology, its decades of research, a...
Alan Liu: Game-Changing, Touch-Based, Sweat-Sensing Tech for Diabetes and Beyond
Future Optimist - April 12, 2024 15:35 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJoining us today is Alan Liu, the co-founder of Persperion Diagnostics, an innovative startup based in San Diego that aims to revolutionize diabetes management with its non-invasive glucose monitoring technology. Founded in 2022 by Alan Liu and Lu Yin, the company leverages cutting-edge touch-...
Alan Liu: Touch-Based, Sweat-Sensing Tech for Diabetes and Beyond - Ep. 204
Future Optimist - April 12, 2024 15:35 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsJoining us today is Alan Liu, the co-founder of Persperion Diagnostics, an innovative startup based in San Diego that aims to revolutionize diabetes management with its non-invasive glucose monitoring technology. Founded in 2022 by Alan Liu and Lu Yin, the company leverages cutting-edge touch-...
Brooke Harris: Creating a Plant-Based Milk Empire from Scratch - Ep. 203
Future Optimist - April 05, 2024 14:31 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsBrooke Harris is the founder and CEO of Goodmylk Co., one of the world's leading plant-based dairy companies. Her awakening to the benefits of a plant-based diet—driven by personal health challenges—unveiled the stark reality of conventional "nutritious" alternatives marred by unhealthy addit...
Brooke Harris: The CEO of Goodmylk Co. on the Future of Plant-Based Milk (...And Why Your Oat Milk Is Bad for You.)
Future Optimist - April 05, 2024 14:31 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsBrooke Harris, founder of Goodmylk Co., embarked on a transformative journey from a childhood on a dairy farm to spearheading the creation of one of the world's leading alternative dairy companies. Her awakening to the benefits of a plant-based diet—driven by personal health challenges—unveil...
Ep. 203 – Brooke Harris: The CEO of Goodmylk Co. on the Future of Plant-Based Milk (...And Why Your Oat Milk Is Bad for You.)
Future Optimist - April 05, 2024 14:31 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsBrooke Harris, founder of Goodmylk Co., embarked on a transformative journey from a childhood on a dairy farm to spearheading the creation of one of the world's leading alternative dairy companies. Her awakening to the benefits of a plant-based diet—driven by personal health challenges—unveil...
Massimo Portincaso: Pioneering Bio Manufacturing (Star Trek is Here?) - Ep. 202
Future Optimist - March 29, 2024 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsMassimo Portincaso is the Founder and CEO of Arsenale BioYards. Formerly, he was a managing director at Boston Consulting Group. As the creator of this groundbreaking bio-manufacturing platform (what does that even mean!?!), he’s using crazy tools like yeast to build… Anything! No this isn’t ...
Ep. 202 – Massimo Portincaso: From Managing Director and Partner at BCG to Pioneering Bio Manufacturing
Future Optimist - March 29, 2024 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsToday, we're diving into the intersection of deep tech and innovation with Massimo Portincaso, the Founder and CEO of Arsenale BioYards. As the creator of this groundbreaking bio-manufacturing platform (what does that even mean!?!), he’s using crazy tools like yeast to build… Anything! No this ...
Massimo Portincaso: From Partner at Boston Consulting Group to Pioneering Bio Manufacturing
Future Optimist - March 29, 2024 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsToday, we're diving into the intersection of deep tech and innovation with Massimo Portincaso, the Founder and CEO of Arsenale BioYards. As the creator of this groundbreaking bio-manufacturing platform (what does that even mean!?!), he’s using crazy tools like yeast to build… Anything! No this ...
Introducing Future Optimist (Formerly Beat the Often Path)
Future Optimist - March 22, 2024 15:32 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsWelcome to Future Optimist! I'm Ross Palmer and together we're going to explore the world of the future in all its good and bad glory with the entrepreneurs and visionaries who are building the world of tomorrow. I hope you’ll join me in becoming a Future Optimist! ➡️ Follow me on Instagram: @...
Ep. 201 – Greg Johnson: Crazy Water-Permeable Sustainable Concrete
Future Optimist - March 22, 2024 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsGreg Johnson is the Co-Founder and CEO of AquiPor Technologies. His company offers groundbreaking tech for porous concrete, meaning the sidewalk can collect and capture rain water! AquiPor promotes a new type of material technology intended for urban stormwater management. We will investigate th...
Greg Johnson: Crazy Water-Permeable Sustainable Concrete
Future Optimist - March 22, 2024 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsGreg Johnson is the Co-Founder and CEO of AquiPor Technologies. His company offers groundbreaking tech for porous concrete, meaning the sidewalk can collect and capture rain water! AquiPor promotes a new type of material technology intended for urban stormwater management. We will investigate th...
Greg Johnson: Ingenious Water-Permeable Sustainable Concrete - Ep. 201
Future Optimist - March 22, 2024 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsGreg Johnson is the Co-Founder and CEO of AquiPor Technologies. His company offers groundbreaking tech for porous concrete, meaning the sidewalk can collect and capture rain water! AquiPor promotes a new type of material technology intended for urban stormwater management. We will investigate th...
Welcome to the Future Optimist Podcast
Future Optimist - March 15, 2024 15:32 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsWelcome to Future Optimist! I'm Ross Palmer and together we're going to explore the world of the future in all its good and bad glory with the entrepreneurs and visionaries who are building the world of tomorrow. I hope you’ll join me in becoming a Future Optimist! ➡️ Follow me on Instagram: @...
Introducing Future Optimist (Thanks for 200 Interviews!)
Future Optimist - March 15, 2024 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsWow – 200 interviews in the bag! So what’s next? In this mini-episode I’m going to be telling you three things I’ve learned from the 200 interviews I’ve conducted for the Beat the Often Path podcast. I’m also going to be going into more detail about an exciting change that’s coming up – the na...
Introducing Future Optimist (Bye Bye Beat the Often Path)
Future Optimist - March 15, 2024 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsWow – 200 interviews in the bag! So what’s next? In this mini-episode I’m going to be telling you three things I’ve learned from the 200 interviews I’ve conducted for the Beat the Often Path podcast. I’m also going to be going into more detail about an exciting change that’s coming up – the na...
Ep. 200 – Deniz Kent: CEO of a Mind-blowing $40mm+ BioTech Company
Future Optimist - March 01, 2024 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this very special 200th interview, I’m joined by Deniz Kent, the Co-Founder & CEO of Prolific Machines, a biotech company at the forefront of sustainable and healthy food. Starting his career with notable research in cancer immunotherapy at the University of Bristol, Deniz has been recognize...
Ep. 200 – Deniz Kent: CEO of a Mind-blowing BioTech Company That’s Raised over $40 Million
Future Optimist - March 01, 2024 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this very special 200th interview, I’m joined by Deniz Kent, the Co-Founder & CEO of Prolific Machines, a biotech company at the forefront of sustainable and healthy food. Starting his career with notable research in cancer immunotherapy at the University of Bristol, Deniz has been recognize...
Ep. 199 – Lin Kayser: The Insane World of AI-assisted “Computational Engineering”
Future Optimist - February 23, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsLin Kayser is the co-founder of Leap 71 – a Dubai-based company pioneering the emerging field of Computational Engineering. Lin started coding as an 8-year-old and is a serial entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in building high technology ventures. His software was also pivotal in the...
Ep. 198 – Gastón Paladini: Turning Soy Into Pork at a Molecular Level (This is nuts!)
Future Optimist - February 16, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsGastón Paladini is the CEO and Co-Founder of Moolec Science, a crazy tech company that is literally turning soy into pork. Can plants be more like meat, no really? In this episode, we're spotlighting Moolec Science, a trailblazer in the food industry harnessing the power of Molecular Farming t...
Ep. 198 – Gastón Paladini: What is Piggy Sooy? Turning Soy Into Pork at a Molecular Level(!)
Future Optimist - February 16, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsCan plants be more like meat, no really? In this episode, we're spotlighting Moolec Science, a trailblazer in the food industry harnessing the power of Molecular Farming technology. Not sure what that is? Great! Because neither am I. At the helm (and joining us today) is CEO and Co-Founder Gast...
Ep. 197 – Niklas Kluger: Ingenious Rock Powder that Regenerates Soil and Removes CO₂ from the Atmosphere!
Future Optimist - February 09, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsToday we’ll embark on a journey of innovation and environmental impact with Niklas Kluger, co-founder and COO of InPlanet. We’ll learn how this GreenTech pioneer, with a rich background in environmental engineering and tropical agriculture, is revolutionizing carbon dioxide removal. From scalin...
Ep. 197 – Niklas Kluger: Ingenious Rock Powder that Regenerates Soil and Removes CO₂ from the Atmosphere
Future Optimist - February 09, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsNiklas Kluger is the co-founder and COO of InPlanet, a brilliant eco-company with a quadruple+ bottom line. We’ll learn how this GreenTech pioneer, with a rich background in environmental engineering and tropical agriculture, is revolutionizing carbon dioxide removal. From scaling urban farm...
Ep. 196 – Saman Farid: Legendary AI Investor/CEO on the Future of Robotic Automation
Future Optimist - February 02, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSaman Farid is the CEO and founder of Formic Technologies, a company at the forefront of revolutionizing automation in manufacturing. With a passionate commitment to boosting productivity in U.S. industries, his company Formic, specializes in offering cutting-edge robotic solutions that elegant...
Ep. 196 – Saman Farid: Legendary AI Investor/CEO on Building the Future of Robotic Automation
Future Optimist - February 02, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSaman Farid is the CEO and founder of Formic Technologies, a company at the forefront of revolutionizing automation in manufacturing. With a passionate commitment to boosting productivity in U.S. industries, his company Formic, specializes in offering cutting-edge robotic solutions that elegant...
Ep. 196 – Saman Farid: Legendary AI Investor and CEO of Formic Technologies Talks Building the Future of Robotic Automation
Future Optimist - February 02, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSaman Farid is the CEO and founder of Formic Technologies, a company at the forefront of revolutionizing automation in manufacturing. With a passionate commitment to boosting productivity in U.S. industries, his company Formic, specializes in offering cutting-edge robotic solutions that elegant...
Ep. 195 – Paul Shapiro: Best-Selling Author of “Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World”
Future Optimist - January 26, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsPaul Shapiro is the CEO of the Better Meat Company—a company on a mission to reinvent "meat". They’ve got plug-and-play mycoprotein formulations that quickly and cost-effectively enhance (or even replace) meat products while improving nutrition, flavor, and yield. He's also the author of the ...
Ep. 194 – Why Ramiro Velasco Thinks Amazon Latin America Is the Next Big Gold Rush
Future Optimist - January 19, 2024 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn today’s episode, we’re going to talk about Blue Oceans and Red Oceans, a concept talked about in Blue Ocean Strategy by Renée Mauborgne, W. Chan Kim. Broadly speaking, a “blue ocean” is uncontested market space—something that no one else is really doing, like Cirque Du Soleil when they first...
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