ZZ Top vs David Bowie – La Futura vs Heroes - It's crunchy, blues thin string playing Billy Gibbons and ZZ Top taking on David Bowie and Brian Eno's experimental music. La Futura locks up with Heroes. Will Bowie's, a music industry darling, bri

Crypto is a Family Affair with Anu Bhardwaj and Arya Bhardwaj,

1 Jan 17th, 2019 15m 45s

At inaugural event of Blockchain on the Beach, we speak with Anu Bhardwaj, Founder of Qrypto Queens and Women Investing in Women Digital. The event showcased world-class programming around the state of the blockchain, as well as highlighted ki

Hitting a Home Run as a Woman in Sports and Gaming

Jan 10th, 2019 40m 7s

On this episode of Popping the Bubbl, we dove into the world of video gaming with the incredible Seanna Cavanagh, Product Marketing Manager for Video Games with Major League Baseball. Seana is a rare breed as a woman in the world of gaming, tec

Humanizing Tech through Illustration with Krystal Lauk

Dec 17th, 2018 30m 1s

Surviving as an artist in SF today is no small feat. Flourishing as an artist and getting quality work that is globally recognized yet another impressive accomplishment. Krystal Lauk has managed to do both, as an illustrator that helps tech com

Innovating on Asset Securitization with Jamie Finn

Dec 6th, 2018 20m 10s

Jamie Finn Co-founder and President of Securitize joined us at the recent Start Engine Summit in LA to share his thoughts on digital securities and the mission of Securitize. Jamie has an impressive record of managing and spotting innovative tr

Ori Brafman Starfish and the Spider

Dec 1st, 2018 35m 20s

We recently had the opportunity to speak with Ori Brafman author of The Starfish and the Spider and lecturer at UC Berkeley’s business school. The book has been a big influence on the new wave of blockchain businesses inspired by the unique di

Jeremy Streich - Search for Sound with Podsource

Nov 20th, 2018 36m 28s

On the latest episode of Popping the Bubbl, we had Jeremy Streich, the founder of Podsource on and got all meta talking about podcasting, while on a podcast. Apparently, we also have a fan in Jeremy, who is building out the world’s first searc

Open Source Money Maximalist Miko Matsumura

Nov 8th, 2018 31m 26s

Miko Matsumura - Pete and I had a fascinating conversation with crypto pioneer, founder of EverCoin Exchange and General Partner of Gumi Cryptos, Miko Matsumura with whom we met up at Start Engine Summit. Since our first time visiting Start E

Anu Bhardwaj is Changing the Game for Female Funding

Nov 1st, 2018 28m 16s

Anu Bhardwaj is a serial entrepreneur, blockchain influencer, speaker, and founder of various organizations including Women Investing Women Digital, and Qrypto Queens. We were excited to meet up with Anu while at the amazing StartEngine Summit

Jeremy Gardner - Disentrepreneur

Oct 26th, 2018 48m 26s

Jeremy Gardener is a serial entrepreneur and investor who work and invests primarily in the blockchain cryptocurrency space. Always outside of the box in college, Jeremy created his own major with designs on becoming a political operative. The

Ali Ayyash - Lumeos

Sep 28th, 2018 31m 46s

During our recent visit to Starfish Mission, we spoke to some of the most impressive and innovative blockchain startups coming to market today. One of those was Lumeos.IO whose founder and CEO Ali Ayash gave us the scoop on how the company plan

Matt Quinn and Jon Connors

Sep 20th, 2018 46m 19s

We spent some quality time recently at Starfish Mission, and got to speak to co-founder Matt Quinn and core team member Jon Connors about their work. Starfish originally opened as a coworking space to serve the blockchain community, but it has

Paul Hainsworth - Open Garden

Sep 14th, 2018 47m 8s

Paul Hainsworth, CEO of Open Garden joined us on this episode of Popping the Bubbl to talk about his vision to completely change the game in communications by disrupting traditional mobile networks and introduce a new way to connect to the inte

Chelsea Rustrum and David Sneider

Sep 8th, 2018 43m 25s

Anyone who has been following this podcast knows that Pete and I are fascinated by all things Blockchain, so it was a wonderful treat to chat with Chelsea Rustrum, Founder of Blockchain for Good and Blox 7 and David Sneider, CEO of Deconet on t

John Singleton - Watchful IO

Aug 31st, 2018 35m 10s

Pete and I spent a day at The Vault SF interviewing some of the most promising up and coming startups of Silicon Valley. John Singleton, COO and cofounder of Watchful.io is a charismatic guy that comes across as fearless and fun. He has the ent

Maria Carolina Fujihara

Aug 23rd, 2018 35m 36s

If there is one word to describe Maria it would be courageous. After losing her job in Brazil, Maria on a whim decided to move to California to pursue new challenges and start fresh. Yet, as soon as she landed in California she met with tremend

Brian Solis - Like a Virgin

Aug 10th, 2018 30m 24s

Brian Solis - The incredibly prolific, talented and sought after futurist and author Brian Solis joined us for a surprising and thought provoking conversation. Brian is a three time author and speaks around the world on topics such as digital t

Kris Duggan - Silicon Entrepreneur

Aug 3rd, 2018 25m 38s

We sat down for a fun chat with Kris Duggan who is founder the Badgeville, BetterWorks and an investor in many companies. After going through several fund raising rounds and exits with his previous startups and raising almost $100 million in ca

Stevon Cook

Jul 27th, 2018 40m 44s

Stevon grew up in a rough neighborhood of San Francisco. Kids in his neighborhood dreamed of becoming famous, looking up to sports players and seeing stardom as their only legitimate career option. The other option for making quick money...sell

Fernando Figueiredo - Oaktech

Jul 20th, 2018 34m 24s

Fernando Figueiredo, Founder and CEO of Oaktech and member of The Vault, SF who left Brazil to study marketing in America and unexpectedly became an entrepreneur. Fernando’s story is a unique one. Fernando left his native country Brazil in 1996

Reversing Climate Change with Nori

Jul 10th, 2018 36m 31s

We spoke with Paul Gambill, CEO, and Co-founder of Nori, who with his team is taking on the mission of reversing climate change by creating a marketplace for carbon removal from the atmosphere. When Paul realized that the small business he was

Marina Bay - Be Fast TV

Jul 5th, 2018 29m 33s

Marina Bay, from BeFastTV’s helps founders tell their stories in a simple and easy to digest manner and efficiently reach their target audiences. While still residing in Hong Kong, she noticed that startups received little to no media attention

Greg Gillman - Science Blockchain

Jun 28th, 2018 22m 42s

Greg’s entrepreneurial journey began fairly early, when as a second year law student, he started and sold a company which lifted him out of some financial troubles. This success led him to continue on this path, making a small profit with each

Yumi Alyssa Kimura - Lead for Career

Jun 22nd, 2018 34m 53s

Pete and I had the pleasure of chatting with Yumi Alyssa Kimora on our podcast recently. Yumi shared her incredible story, including the the many trials and tribulations she endured as a ambitious young female in the male-dominated corporate wo

Ben Metcalfe - Ridge Ventures

Jun 14th, 2018 44m 20s

We had the great pleasure of having Ben Metcalfe on our podcast who in addition to having a very debonair accent, has am amazing story related to his journey into the world of Silicon Valley and entrepreneurship. Ben’s journey to becoming a V