In this episode of Startup Happy Hour, we’re talking to Rafael Cosman, the founder and CEO of TrustToken. Decentralized finance and cryptocurrency are grabbing headlines all over the world today, and Rafael is here to share his insights about t

Episode 51: The Future of Subscription Businesses with Dan Burcaw

May 25th, 2021 55m 17s

In today’s episode of Startup Happy Hour, we’re talking to Dan Burcaw. He's the co-founder and CEO at Nami ML, which is a service that helps you launch, scale, and optimize your mobile app subscription business.Dan talks to us about what Nami

Episode 48: Challenging the Status Quo with Niket Desai

May 4th, 2021 48m 48s

Niket Desai is a serial entrepreneur and mastermind behind design and product strategy at Time by Ping, a platform that leverages AI and machine learning to free lawyers from manually tracking their billable hours.In this episode, Niket shares

Episode 47: Freeing the Legal Industry from Timekeeping with Patrick Gardner

Apr 27th, 2021 40m 8s

Patrick Gardner is the CTO at Time by Ping, a platform that leverages AI and machine learning to free lawyers from manually tracking their billable hours.In this episode, Patrick dives into the technology behind Time by Ping. He explains why t

Episode 45: Creating Intentional Connections with David Kobrosky

Apr 13th, 2021 53m 33s

David Kobrosky is the Co-Founder of intros.ai, an introduction infrastructure company that facilitates connections between individuals in existing communities.In this episode, David chats about the role and importance of intention when forming

Episode 43: Bringing Intelligence to Chatbots with Peter Voss

Mar 30th, 2021 44m 48s

Peter Voss is the CEO and Founder of Aigo.ai, an AI company that centers around creating intelligent chatbots with human-like abilities, such as memory and reasoning.In this episode, Peter shares insight into how artificial general intelligenc

Episode 42: Solving Food Insecurity with Eddy Badrina

Mar 23rd, 2021 45m 26s

Eddy Badrina is the CEO of Eden Green Technology, an agriculture technology company that provides food suppliers and distributors with patented hardware and proprietary software to put in their warehouses and controlled environment facilities.

Episode 41: Increasing Access to Scalable Computing with Christiana Cromer

Mar 16th, 2021 51m 1s

Christiana Cromer is the Marketing Manager at Coiled, a software company that increases access to scalable computing and equips data scientists with the tools they need to solve problems quicker and more efficiently.In this episode, Christiana

Episode 40: Designing a Sustainable Future with Rachel He

Mar 9th, 2021 51m 54s

Rachel He is a product designer on Spotify’s Podcaster Mission team, a team that focuses on various podcaster-related services including podcast creation, distribution, and analytics.In this episode, Rachel shares her day-to-day as a product d

Episode 38: Farming Vertically with Sam Norton

Feb 23rd, 2021 46m 54s

Sam Norton is the Founder of Heron Farms, an indoor vertical farm that takes an untraditional approach of using saltwater to irrigate plants.In this episode, Sam gives listeners an overview on the basics of saltwater agriculture, shares his th

Episode 37: Building Smarter with Michael Kovalcik

Feb 16th, 2021 1h 8m

Michael Kovalcik is the Director of Operations at KODE Labs, a smart building software startup that optimizes commercial buildings’ energy usage and operations to create a sustainable and comfortable environment.In this episode, Michael shares

Episode 35: Owning Your Digital Identity with Matthew Gould

Feb 2nd, 2021 55m 15s

Matthew Gould is the Founder and CEO of Unstoppable Domains, an innovative startup that builds domain names on the blockchain and sells them to customers for a one-time fee.In this episode, Matthew takes listeners through the ins and outs of w

Episode 32: Work Smarter, Not Harder with Ashutosh Priyadarshy

Jan 12th, 2021 42m 39s

Work smarter, not harder.That’s what Ashutosh Priyadarshy, Founder of Sunsama, helps the world’s most successful professionals do each day with his daily planner that organizes everything you need to do today in one place: tasks, meetings, ema

Episode 31: Using Data to Solve the World's Biggest Problems with Andrew Ehrenberg

Jan 5th, 2021 48m 32s

Can you really use data and AI to solve social justice issues like racism and do good for the world?Andrew Ehrenberg thinks so. As a data scientist at DataRobot, Andrew works day in and day out with massive data dumps to build models and make

Episode 30: Relationships Over Revenue with Jim Coleman

Dec 29th, 2020 47m 18s

If you’ve ever contacted customer support for help with an issue with a product or service you purchased from them, you know that high quality customer service is harder to come by than one might think.That’s why Jim Coleman founded xFusion, w

Episode 28: No Task is Too Small with Rebecca Kersch

Dec 15th, 2020 50m 29s

Inspired by her auntie, a first generation immigrant who worked hard to send money back home to the Philippines, only to have to pay a whole month’s worth of salary every year in transaction fees, Rebecca Kersch knew there had to be a better wa

Episode 27: Inner Workings of VC Life with Brad Baum

Dec 8th, 2020 39m 34s

You’ve heard from a number of exciting startups on this show, but today we’re diving into the other side of startup world: venture capital.Brad Baum joins us to talk about the inner workings of VC life, what his day to day as an investor at Li

Episode 26: Addicted to Challenges with Jay Hsueh

Dec 1st, 2020 29m 39s

Reducing inefficiencies is every entrepreneur’s goal, but Jay Hsueh, Founder and CEO at Roby, has managed to solve an inefficiency that has plagued corporate offices for decades.Roby helps companies streamline their help desk support tasks, li

Episode 25: What I'm Grateful For - Diversity in Startups

Nov 24th, 2020 28m 8s

Happy (almost) Thanksgiving! In this special episode, Diana reflects on what she’s grateful for: diversity in startups and having had the opportunity to have guests on from a wide array of backgrounds.In this episode, she revisits five of her

Episode 24: Applying Technology to Psychology with Kat Houghton

Nov 17th, 2020 34m 23s

It’s not everyday you meet someone who holds a PhD and is a startup founder, but it’s not everyday you meet someone like Kat Houghton. After working with children and parents of children with autism for close to a decade while earning her PhD,

Episode 23: Slow and Steady Wins the Race with Tyler Winn

Nov 10th, 2020 46m 8s

Every startup story contains some mistakes and iterations, but some more than others. Tyler Winn is proof that slow and steady can win the race, even in the startup world.While the company Tyler first started isn’t the exact same company Cirru

Episode 22: ELECTION DAY 2020 - Finding Unbiased News with Arjun Moorthy

Nov 3rd, 2020 49m 10s

With all the fake news and skewed media we’re being fed these days, it’s only fitting that on Election Day 2020 we get to hear from Arjun Moorthy, CEO and Co-Founder at The Factual, which provides unbiased news on trending topics, like the elec

Episode 21: Changing the Lives of Millennial Women with Tori & Heidi Ganahl

Oct 27th, 2020 49m 49s

They say not to mix business with family, but what do “they” know anyway? Mother-daughter duo Heidi and Tori Ganahl are not only rocking their business as co-founders of SheFactor but also inspiring and changing the lives of so many young women

Episode 20: Not a Natural Entrepreneur with Oleksandr Perelotov

Oct 20th, 2020 42m 28s

It’s not easy for most entrepreneurs to admit they don’t have that innate entrepreneurial bug, but Oleksandr Perelotov has no problem talking about it.Oleksandr started Excited Agency about two years ago not because he was passionate about bus

Episode 19: Find Your Ideal Fit with Mark Zheng

Oct 13th, 2020 49m 45s

Until recently, if you wanted custom made clothing, you’d have to go to a tailor or a high end shop and pay tons of money. When you think about it, that’s a huge hassle and high price tag to just get clothes that fit… is that really so much to