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Startup Seattle

by Carabiner Media

We have engaging conversations with people from Pacific Northwest Startup community - Founders, Inventors, Business Pioneers, Counsel and other interesting personas. We talk about the startup experience, challenges, failures and learnings. We talk about how they balance the startup grind and rest of life. We may delve deep into technical topics.

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Episodes

  1. Conversation with Data Scientist Widad Machmouchi of Microsoft

    For this episode, we sought to throw some light on data science and data scientists, a trending position in modern companies. We are excited to bring you an episode with Widad Machmouchi, a Principal Data Scientist Manager at Microsoft. She may have ended up in Washington DC but Seattle lucked…

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  2. Astrophotography with Harish Krishnakumar

    Harish is a junior in the Tesla STEM school in Redmond, WA. I found about his deep interest in astrophotography last year and saw many of his brilliant images on Instagram. I was curious to explore his journey and to my delight, he was ready to share. I hope you enjoy this special episode. Harish...

  3. How to increase your sphere of influence and other career secrets from Suresh Kumar, global CTO of Walmart

    Suresh Kumar is the Global CTO and Chief Development Officer of Walmart. The highlights of the conversation How being curious and passionate helped him. He encourages one to follow those traits. A few management secrets such as connecting the dots. How AI and ML is being used at Walmart to…

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  4. Dire Warning from DroneSeed's Grant Canary

    "Climate Change is THE problem that all problems report to" "Climate Change is an existential problem for us over next 20 years" To budding entrepreneurs, "Do something that matters" In this wide ranging episode. Grant describes how Droneseed are following data and customers to make an impact on...

  5. Geoff Harris of Flying Fish on AI/ML as primary investing thesis

    In this discussion, Geoff shares his insights on Skills he needed to make a move into Venture Capital investing Evaluating AI/ML Companies with skill Attributes of a successful founder His firm's focus on Pacific Northwest Founders Mentions - Seattle Angel Conference, Alliance of Angels, Pike...

  6. Aaron Holm of Blokable strives to make an impact on the housing crisis

    Enjoy this discussion, where we talk about What is contributing to modern day housing crisis and ways to solve it? Zoning as a development issue Blokable's end to end approach to modular housing Complexity in real estate development Blokable's advantages & more... Blokable is at www.blokable.com...

  7. Eastlake High School sophomore Vedant Srinivas on building technology to mitigate roadkill

    Vedant, an entering sophomore at Eastlake High in Sammamish WA discusses his year long effort to build a system ("Ora") to audibly warn wildlife to get away from oncoming cars. His passion, effort and talent shines through in this conversation. You can follow us at...

  8. All about Biologics with Lumen Bioscience CEO Brian Finrow

    Biologics are a hot trend and have been proven to treat many diseases. If you watch TV, you have seen those ubiquitous Humira ads. In this episode, Brian answers our questions on Why Biologics matter Manufacturing challenges Lumen's unique approach Life Science vs Technology Startup & more...…

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  9. Ryan Dibble, COO of Flyhomes on trends, opportunities and challenges shaping residential real estate

    Ryan Dibble is COO and Founding Member of FlyHomes. FlyHomes was founded to focus on the buyer's experience. Ryan shares with us His work focus at the growth stage of FlyHomes Current trends (temporary and permanent) trends shaping the real estate market Flyhomes as a one stop for Buyers How...

  10. 1-1 with three time Founder and Author Shirish Nadkarni

    Shirish Nadkarni is a three time founder (TeamOn, LiveMocha, Zoomingo) and the author of a new book - From Startup to Exit. He is also very actively involved with TiE Seattle and it's startup initiatives. Shirish shares with us His thoughts on achieving product market fit Inspiration for his new...

  11. Bryan Hale of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) on incubating AI first companies

    Bryan Hale is a Managing Director of the AI2 Incubator Program at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. We talked about Why we need to pay attention to AI The role played by the AI2 Incubator Why he joined AI2 How to get prepared for AI? Diversity in AI & more You can follow us at...

  12. All about Entrepreneurship from Suresh Kotha

    Suresh Kotha is a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at UW Foster School of Business We talked about Suresh becoming an accidental Professor What they teach in the various Entrepreneurship programs in Foster School Crossing the Idea to Opportunity Chasm What's Entrepreneurial Thinking...

  13. Tami Fujii of Kinona on founding and building a golf apparel brand for women

    Tami Fujii is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Kinona. Kinona specializes in golf apparel for women. We talked about Motivation to found Kinona Early customer Discovery and Design The challenges of navigating the company during COVID Mind of a marketer Brand Strategy & more You can...

  14. Joe Wallin's bullishness on AI, crypto, Seattle and bearishness on traditional college

    Joe Wallin is a Principal at Carney Law and a leading startup lawyer in Seattle. We talked about Hot topics in early stage companies and ecosystem Key developments in last decade for startup funding and company formation Use of AI in Law. Issues with AI entering mainstream Seattle startup scene...

  15. Craig Evans on long duration energy storage and how he is helping decarbonize the electric grid

    Craig Evans is CEO of Oregon based Energy Storage Systems (ESS), a leader in long duration energy storage solutions We talk about Role of long duration energy storage in power grids ESS's Tech advantage with the Iron Flow Battery System Challenges in building an energy company Managing a company…

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  16. Dr Bradley Younggren on battlefield experience shaping his passion for tech in healthcare, revolutionizing primary care

    Dr Bradley Younggren, an Iraq war veteran talks about how his battlefield experience shaped his interest in applying technology innovations to health care. He is Chief Medical Officer of 98Point6 and Emergency Physician and Evergreen Health in Kirkland WA. We talk about Using technology...

  17. Vetri Vellore of Ally on OKRs, Nature of work Trends, sparking culture change

    Vetri Vellore is a second time entrepreneur and is the Founder and CEO of Ally.io. They offer an OKR platform for enterprises. In this episode, hear Vetri share his thoughts on Recent Trends in the nature of work in companies, small and large How OKR's (Objectives and Key Results) differ from…

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  18. Isaac Kato of Techstars Seattle

    Isaac Kato is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and now serves as the Managing Director of Techstars Seattle. In this episode, we talk about His adventures in Iceland with an exciting stint as founder of a Green data center company How Techstars is run, their current diversity focus and...

  19. Gregg Bennett on incubating companies in crypto, sports content and Angel investing

    Gregg Bennett is a prolific Angel Investor, company incubator and Vice Chairman of the Board at Alliance of Angels. In this episode with Startup Seattle, Gregg shares his Serendipitous entry to Angel investing Reasons for Angel investing How he sizes up the Founding team Thoughts on company…

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  20. Laura Malcolm of Give InKind on Art of Story telling and her Bootstrapping Journey

    Laura Malcom of Give InKind shares her fascinating story with us. Topics :- Impact of Give InKind Her Bootstrapping Journey Art of Story Telling Focus and Balance? Her Fundraising Framework Her role as a Female Founder A Lightning Round In the episode, during the story telling discussion, I share…

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  21. Angel Investing Experiences

    In this slightly longer episode, three Angel Investors get together to share their Angel Investing experience. David Hoppe, Javier Soto and the host Krishnan Gopalan talk about How they got started and their Portfolio highlights Why they Angel Invest How to get started Angel Investing in Seattle...

  22. Somasegar of Madrona Ventures on Venture Investing

    Soma and I have a wide ranging conversation on His foray into VC Madrona Philosophy Madrona Organization Enterprise Trends What makes successful companies Seattle startup ecosystem And more... You can tweet to us https://twitter.com/carabinermedia1 You can send us feedback...

  23. Krishna Kumar Parthasarathy (Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft) on Cybersecurity

    KK is a leader of Enterprise Security at Microsoft. In this episode, he shares the finer details of how to think about Enterprise Security. We talk about data leaks, insider threats, opportunities in this area and likely new trends. We finish with his love for photography and a great choice for…

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  24. Jo Masterson of 2Morrow - a behavior change platform

    Jo talks about Digital Therapeutics, Digital Health, 2Morrow's clinical trial proven behavior health platform. She talks about what's important in a co founder and how 2Morrow has navigated COVID and their B2B2c offering Please review and rate our episodes on your favorite podcast platform. To…

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  25. Carter Mackley - Law Talk for Startup Entrepreneurs

    Carter Mackley shares useful and interesting information on business entity formation, cap tables, common mistakes in fundraising, valuation and other aspects of startup law. He shares his experiences. Carter's web site is startuplawtalk.com. It's a great resource for startup founders. Please…

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  26. A chat with Sam Pardue of Indow Windows

    Sam responds to questions on customer empathy, channel strategy, handling COVID and offers views on climate change, his work helping refugees get work and this entrepreneurship experience

  27. Podcast Launch Episode with Will Clausen of Cartogram

    Will and I talk about indoor mapping and how they found their fit in the healthcare sector. We talk about IP for startups and some learnings that Will shares for startup founders. We discuss fundraising and navigating company during COVID.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

We have engaging conversations with people from Pacific Northwest Startup community - Founders, Inventors, Business Pioneers, Counsel and other interesting personas. We talk about the startup experience, challenges, failures and learnings. We talk about how they balance the startup grind and rest of life. We may delve deep into technical topics.

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Carabiner Media

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We have engaging conversations with people from Pacific Northwest Startup community - Founders, Inventors, Business Pioneers, Counsel and other interesting personas. We talk about the startup experience, challenges, failures and learnings. We talk about how they balance the startup grind and rest...

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