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Sheri Atwood, Founder, and CEO of SupportPay, discusses her experience and reasons to build an application that addresses the challenges in the process and implementation of financial support as part of a divorce settlement. … Read More

Jennifer Coogan, Director of Content explains how Newsela is engaging the hearts and minds of students in learning to read, comprehend, discuss multiple points of view… Read More

Tom Shutt, Andrea Albert and Yashar Hezaveh provide an overview of the current research and theory on Dark Matter and how it’s effects have provided insights about the nature of the universe… Read More

John Montgomery of Montgomery & Hansen, LLP, provides insights into the current evolution of building great companies by building great teams.… Read More

Outlines the basic approach to digital healthcare, starting with prenatal care for pregnant women. Leah Sparks of Wildflower Health, and Don Ross of Health Tech Capital address the opportunities and momentum of digital healthcare for delivering efficient… Read More

Doug Peltz discusses Mystery Science and how the content provides a set of engaging science lessons to elementary school students.… Read More

John Danner discusses teaching and evaluating student progress and his experience as CEO and Founder of Rocketship Charter Schools.… Read More

Andrea Albert and Tom Shutt, from KIPAC at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory discuss two research efforts to detect Dark Matter.… Read More

Yashar Hezaveh and Dr. Phil Marshall provide an overview of the research being conducted at the ALMA telescope site in Chile as well as some of the considerations for identifying the nature of Dark Matter… Read More

Betsy Corcoran, Founder and CEO of EdSurge discusses the adoption of Education Technology and the new challenges being addressed in education.… Read More

AgTech, the application of technology to agriculture is emerging as a broad, global movement that will have a game changing effect on how, we as a society, produce, distribute and consume food. Roger Royce of the AgTech Silicon Valley Conference and John… Read More

AgTech, the application of technology to agriculture is emerging as a broad, global movement that will have a game changing effect on how, we as a society, produce, distribute and consume food. Roger Royce of the AgTech Silicon Valley Conference and John… Read More

A discussion of the motivations, style, and methods of the Angel investor and a Venture Capital Investor.… Read More

Many people reach a point where they want to make a contribution to a neighborhood, a city, a state, a county or the world. This show provides insights into the world of Non-Profit organizations and discusses some of the issues and considerations with no… Read More

Research into the underlying causes in various forms of degenerative disease such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease.… Read More

An entrepreneur talks about how he sold his company, how the sale was negotiated, the post transaction reality and the current state of the startup ecosystem in Brazil.… Read More

Changes in the public policies, entrepreneurs and the emergence of an investor class is changing the startup ecosystem in Brazil.… Read More

William Bean explains the global perspective at the Shanghai based Chinaccelerator, and how to build global business using mobile technology… Read More

The options in weight loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery and how a highly successful surgeon decided to launch a program “for the underserved”.ight Loss Surgery… Read More

Hear three perspectives on crowdfunding as we discuss the issues with raising capital with Crowdfunding from accredited and unaccredited investors… Read More

Breakthroughs in treating Primary Immune Deficiency can be extended to produce new preventative immunization for a range of difficult to cure diseases.… Read More

Magnetic Particle Imaging delivers detailed scans of the body without exposure to radiation, allowing detailed observation for diagnosis, efficacy and recovery.… Read More

Jay Onda from Yamaha Motors Ventures discusses leveraging innovation in Silicon Valley to create value for their customers.… Read More

Women Investors have an opportunity to “learn by investing” in the Rising Tide Fund, designed for women to participate with experienced women angel investors.… Read More

The past 20 years have seen a remarkable shift in economic development from an old economy to new economy. This show discusses the characteristics of the economy dominated by State Owned Enterprises, and the reasons for the focused shift to a knowledge b… Read More

Sometimes guests on the Game Changers show provide insights into the formidable challenges, rejections, and eventually successes that provide insights and inspiration to others.   This show features two women entrepreneurs who candidly discuss the challenges of raising seed capital for a startup company and how daunting the process can … Read More

The Alchemist Accelerator is a six month educational and startup development program for companies who monetize or receive revenue from enterprise organizations. … Read More

Structural reform in Education is a broad and challenging issue. The skills required for 21st Century jobs are different from the assembly line industrial era. People:… Read More

Discussion on requirements to be accepted at the Alchemist Accelerator, entrepreneur profiles, the mentorship, fund-raising, sales and community programs.… Read More

Impact investing for social good has new opportunities to help build business and employment opportunities with entrepreneurs in emerging communities.… Read More

Larry Hayes discusses business with the boomers ( over 51-64), the seniors ( 65+) and lifestyle choices in maintaining mental and physical health.… Read More

The authors of Decoding Silicon Valley discuss several myths and misunderstandings common among entrepreneurs arriving in Silicon Valley.… Read More

The Los Altos Community Center provides community provides funding to non profits serving the Los Altos and Mountain View communities. The Foundation will help startup non profits try out their ideas under the Foundations incorporation. A mini foundation can be established by those wishing to create a small grant foundation.… Read More

The Big Data label is being applied to all industries today. Big Data does not necessarily generate useful, meaningful or valuable insights. We interview Beena Ammanath of GE Digital and Jonathan Wu of Diyotta to understand the process of using large and diverse data and data sets to find relationships that can deliver intelligent insight and analysis to support critical decisions and strategies. The Game Changers Silicon Valley host is Jim Connor.… Read More

The Shea nut and the resulting Shea Nut Butter is a women lead business in Ghana.… Read More

Brendon Brewster discusses how his company, Veerhouse Voda is producing construction materials and constructing homes, schools and hospitals in Haiti and their methods for reconstruction after earthquakes.… Read More

Bob Rabatsky outlines the AgTech approach and grant funding opportunities available from the USAID- Feed the Future program, as part of the US government sponsored program called Partnering for Innovation.… Read More

Aleks Koha outlines the concept of Cyber Counter Intelligence, how breaches of large web service databases have exposed users to identity theft and what you can do about it.… Read More

Joseph Carson, CEO of Thycotic, outlines best practices to limit your exposure to identity theft, compromised login credentials, and maintain different silos of security on your authentication credentials… Read More

Aimee Catalano provides insights into what she learned developing your brand and your career as Women in Tech… Read More

Lucid VR has created a new consumer camera for recording 3D video and provides the app to view your 3D video on your mobile device or in a VR headset.… Read More

Crowdfunding has emerged as a viable source of funding, with specific legal procedures,limits and regulations, … Read More

VCs discuss changes in funding and valuation.… Read More

Larry Lessler, CFO Nimble, describes the unique perspective of being the CFO of Nimble Collective. This program was aired on KMVT15 Community Media.… Read More

Scott LaFleur speaks to the perspective and insights of what is the creative side of animation and how he represents the spirit of the animation creators.… Read More

Linda Holroyd, founder and CEO of FountainBlue outlines the motivations and purpose of the program to create network and career discussions for Women in Tech… Read More

Community Development Financial Institutions are making a different in building new business in emerging communities. Cnote co-founder speaks about how individuals can participate in financing new businesses.… Read More

Jen Dahlman, Animation Producer at Nimble Collective discusses the process of creating a story and telling that story using the Nimble Collective Platform. This is the 3rd in a series of 5 interviews with the creative people at Nimble Collective on the key elements in creating animation stories.… Read More

Maria Olson of NetApp comments on the key career building strategies for Women in Tech… Read More

Brandon Burke explains how his personal experience as an amputee lead him to be a co-founder in LegWorks: Today I’m with Brendan Burke of LegWorks. Now you had some kind of accident or something and lost a leg, your left leg. We have some images and some… Read More

Jason, a world class animator, provides insights into how Nimble Collective provides artists with a community and a technology to build their career.… Read More

Han Jin provides an overview of the first consumer camera for 3D video and creating Virtual Reality movies.… Read More

Total commitment, hard work and dedication to creating a great customer experience are the key elements along with a provision on working capital from a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) in the Brown Sugar Kitchen story.… Read More

Discussion on how animation is used in story telling, technologies available to create animation, character development, and connecting to a creative team.… Read More

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

“This is what I was told. Hey Bill you’re out of your mind! This will never work. You’ll need 15 million dollars to build the first prototype and it won’t work. It’s hardware and software, too complicated. You should pick one. And lastly, physical security is not an investment thesis, you need to go away”
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New Regulations from the SEC are enabling startup companies to raise funding from public and private investors, presenting an alternative to the standard venture capital route for startup companies.… Read More

Agtech is the Last Frontier, changing the way food is produced, how it is distributed, as well as a discussion of the stakeholders in the food supply chain.… Read More

This story about a startup that converted rice hulls, which are a waste product, to a high-grade, industrial additive called Silica used in the manufacture of paints and as soil nutrient. See more at www.RecycleSil.com
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An estimated 106 million consumers are affected by the cloud hack at Capital One, what does this say about security for cloud-based applications… Read More

Inside perspective on Angel investors who are willing to invest in very early-stage companies… Read More

One of our five essential food groups is undergoing a transformation from the production side of the dairy sector to innovative new foods that address health and sustainability.… Read More

Either participate in the development of a start-up ecosystem or see their most promising companies and talented human resources move to other cities where an active start-up ecosystem does exist.… 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

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

The Pandemic has accelerated the adoption of virtual reality in medical training ER, military field operations, and more…… Read More

Memory Loss can be addressed by lifestyle choices, and the progression can be retrained.… Read More

The internal structure of an angel fund… Read More

6 Factors in the Supply Chain Recovery … Read More

Rebalance or Rebuild… Read More

The Fight for Travelocity… Read More

Find your Digital Transformation… Read More

Gen Z in Ukraine… Read More

How the war in Ukraine has affected Europe… Read More

How to value the startup assets.… Read More

Catching the eye of the corporate acquirer… Read More

Revenue-based startup financing… Read More

About the Political Elite… Read More

Lost Infrastructure Funding… Read More

Who will Represent AG… Read More

Political Perspectives for California… Read More

The Coming Wildfire Summer… Read More

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Drug Cartel Takedown… Read More

Tech Savy Congressional Candidate… Read More

A linguist in Government… Read More

Who owns the water?… Read More

Prevention & Consequences… Read More

Show 2 of 2 on abuse… Read More

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Dynamics of a Seed Round… Read More

AI Leverage… Read More

30 Years of Tinkering… Read More

The Dollar Reserve Currency… Read More

Unknown Outcomes in Education… Read More

You’re never too old to serve in Congress… Read More

Who do you Trust?… Read More

Crisis in Sacramento!… Read More

Political Party Obedience… Read More

Taxes when Inheriting Your Parent’s Home… Read More

The Value of Higher Ed… Read More

Matching State Funding… Read More

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Pro-Active Mental Health Treatment … Read More

Common Sense for San Mateo County… Read More

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Save our Cities!… Read More

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