Season 4

Catching the eye of the corporate acquirer… Read More

How to value the startup assets.… Read More

Being the best in a defined market and preparing the company for due diligence is key to completing an acquisition.… Read More

You want the strategic buyer to find your company and a company is often selected amongst others because there is an outspoken CEO who defines the category… Read More

The emergence of AI is powering a new approach to analyzing voices, identifying and tagging speaking patterns by age, gender, education, cultural heritage, and accent. This podcast discusses the Company’s technology to create a synthesized voice that is designed to fit the character in a movie, animation or audio dialogue.… Read More

The cheating scandal in university admissions may well be just the tip of the iceberg.  Test cheating itself has become pervasive in the growth of credentialed certifications, in areas such as computer network engineering, vendor-specific network, and data communications protocols.… Read More

In today’s office environment, ergonomics, temperature control, food services, and personal comfort are viewed as important contributors to productivity. Recent research has identified a new factor for maximizing productivity:  managing the level of Carbon Dioxide exhaled by people working in a physical space.… Read More

Interview with startup entrepreneur Meena Sakaram, CEO of Ketos, and Manthi Nguyen, an angel investor and mentor to Meena.  The discussion addresses the many sources of water contamination, the solution provided by Ketos, and how the mentor relationship developed between Meena and Manthi.

One of the least understood aspects of the startup ecosystem in Silicon Valley is the specialization of late-stage venture capital investors and private equity in providing liquidity and an M&A strategy to startup companies.

Barbara, the entrepreneur met Alicia, the investor, during the first phase of a company review and qualification process. The first conversation initiated an understanding of the Ponga product, the problem being solved, the market, team, traction, all good stuff. There was great chemistry in those meetings. Barbara provides personal insights … Read More

Megabots proved the popularity and mass appeal of robot battles which feature innovation in mechanical engineering, robotics, and maneuverability. Matt Oehrlein’s perspective: When you’re building hardware especially hydraulics, I mean you just have a ton of power moving through these hoses. … Read More

Quantum Computing is the next frontier in the evolution of computer processing power. It represents an opportunity to harness some of the strangest laws of physics to produce results to unique problems expressed as an algorithm.

The explosive growth in new digital currencies is giving pause to all concerned about just how this is going to work out!  Two co-founders speak about how the blockchain distributed database works, and how they will be issuing an ICO, initial coin offering, to facilitate the value of information about … Read More

Two renown Silicon Valley venture investors, Ken Elefant of Sorenson Ventures and TJ Rylander of Next47 discuss the depth of the Equifax Data Breach, cybersecurity issues, best practices and safeguards.

Imagine your dashboard in the car of the future, there will be no knobs, only voice activated sensors for monitoring and controlling the vehicle.