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PreVetted Podcast — 136 episodes

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#134 Jim Fruchterman: From Rocket Engineer to Tech for Good with Tech Matters and Benetech

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#133 David Asarnow: Predictable Revenue Systems, Stronger Funnels, and Practical AI for Sales and Marketing

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#132 Ohad Shaked, ThinkUp: Validate First, Build Later and Fundraise With Proof

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#131 Kim Hansen on Making Startup Equity Simple, Building Mini Founders, and AI Powered Health

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#130 Adam Spector: Execution Beats Strategy and the Freedom of Delegating the Chores

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#129 Steve Tcherchian, CEO of XYPRO: Securing Mission Critical Systems in the Age of AI

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#128 Eryn Anitavi on Neurodivergent Leadership and Building Systems That Work for Everyone

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#127 Philip Samuelraj: Reimagining Work With AI, Agentic Systems, and Outcome Based Delivery

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#126 Chanda Coston: Third Quarter Entrepreneurship, Purpose, and Execution Without Excuses

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#125 Jimi Gibson: How to Win Visibility When Buyers Ask AI for the One Answer

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#124 Karthik Krishnamurthy: Why AI Implementation Is a Leadership Problem

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#123 Dr. Alex Roher, MD: From Anesthesiology to Building 11 Aesthetic Clinics and a Wellness Brand

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#122 Khurram Hussain: Building OVAL, an Edge AI Hub for Private, Real Time Vision and Voice

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#121 David Dubinsky, Building Community Through Inclusion, Water Safety, and Everyday Empathy

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#120 Travis Pomposello, Adapt or Lead: Career Growth, AI, and Creative Excellence

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#119 Stewart Gandolf, 20 Years of Healthcare Marketing: Patients, Referrals, Brand, and AI Search

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#118 Suze Yalof Schwartz: Unplug, Secular Meditation for Busy Minds and Better Sleep

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#117 Aaron Gaeir: Fidgital experiences, emotion driven marketing, and AI proof brand loyalty

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#116 Takashi Kokubun on ZJIT, Ruby Performance, and the Path from Japan to Shopify

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#115 Joseph Kao Predictive Maintenance for Power Infrastructure with Magnetic Sensing and Edge AI

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#114 Ray Smith: From Dairy Farm Grit to Business Credit Funding for Entrepreneurs

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#113 Ryan Baird Silicon Valley capital, family offices, and why traction beats hype

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#112 Carmine Paolino on RubyLLM, Chat with Work, and Building AI Products Solo

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#111 Bryan Wish on Ownable Messages, Personal Brand Systems, and Building Graviton.ai

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#110 Saranyaa Parthikumar: Building Products in the AI Era, With Trust, Speed, and Human Judgment

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#109 Tom Milar: Building Equista + Cheqly. Equity pricing, founder dilution, and Hong Kong speed

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#108 Arun Seelam: Building rugged electric utility vehicles that automate farm chores

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#107 Ali Wing: Sweet Proteins, Sugar Reduction, and Making “Food Is Health” Scalable

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#106 Joe Sanchez: 36 Years in Touring. From Fan to Global Production Leader

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#105 Dr. Sophora Acheson: Breaking Cycles of Violence Through Whole-Family Healing

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#104 Matthew Fornaro: Business Law for Founders, Contracts, Disputes, IP, and Arbitration

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#103 Dan Perera: Human-Centered AI Automation That Makes Tech Simple, Scalable, Profitable

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#102 Ninh Tran: Using AI to Help Nonprofits and Impact Founders Win Grant Funding Faster

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#101 Manisha Sahni: Leading Global Engineering Teams with Trust, Clarity, and Intention

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#100 Charlene Li: Winning with AI, Speed as the Moat and the 90-Day Blueprint

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#99 Three lessons from Open the valve. Because creativity loves a triangle.

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#98 John Karsant: SDRs in the Age of AI, Cold Calling, and Building Pipeline Without Hiring

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#97 Michael Green: Building “Tunnels of Truth” to Detect Weapons and Prevent Targeted Violence

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#96 Swati Swoboda: Metaprogramming Shopify, Rails Love, and the AI-Accelerated Engineer

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#95 Shreya Hegde: From Feature Shipping to Systems Thinking at Startup and Big Tech Scale

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#94 David Esposito: From West Point Leadership to Vision-Saving Biotech and Values-Driven Impact

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#93 Dan Kurdys: AI, CRISPR and Smarter Crops for a Changing Climate

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#92 Beth Flory: Leading Safe House to Stop Domestic Violence and Help Survivors Rebuild

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#91 John Hooker: Simulation, Control, and Predictive Maintenance in Oil & Gas and Power

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#90 Bill Canady: Four Commandments of Leadership + Profitable Growth at Scale

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#89 Liz Ortenburger: How SafeNest breaks the cycle of domestic violence with hope, prevention, and support

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#88 Damon Lembi: Learn-It-All Leadership Lessons from D1 Baseball, CEO Life, and Parenting

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#87 Ryan Eisenberg: Building a System of Care for Youth Mental Health at CHC

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#86 Joseph Argiro: Building Iron Key Capital and Fish Network, an on-chain platform for private markets investing

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#85 Dr. Priyadarshi Panda: From Molecules to Batteries Powering a Cleaner Future

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#84 Zach Mabe on Building Simple, Customer-Centric Products at Amazon

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#83 Dominique Roddier: Battling Global Warming from the Ocean Up

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#82 Kyle Bowman: From AI in Sustainability to GenAI, Economics, and Politics

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#81 Erin Fletter: From Kitchen Table Classes to a Tech-Powered Kids’ Cooking Franchise

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#80 Paola Marulanda: From Crisis-Era Rookie to Miami’s Luxury Deal Optimizer

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#79 John Weiss: Building Human-Centered Brands in the Age of AI

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#78 Nithin Thekkupadam Narayanan: PM Trade-offs, Event-Driven Systems & AI-Ready Platforms

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#77 David West: Rethinking Business & IT with Human-Centered, Story-Driven Software

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#76 Des Wynne: Building Lazer Telecom with Grit—from Door-to-Door Sales to CEO

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#75 Nur Hamdan: Building the “HR for AI Agents”, Autonomy, Safety & the Ops Agent Engineer

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#74 Madhuri Somara: Building Trustworthy AI Agents, PM Evals & the Craft of Product Leadership

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#73 Kimberlee Carr: From Property Manager to COO—Leadership, Preservation & Community Impact

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#72 Kadamb Goswami: From Microsoft to Amazon—Human-Centered Intelligence & Purposeful Product

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#71 Apurv Naman — From Engineering Roots to Product Leadership in Physical AI

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#70 Ben Helland: WGU Strategy, Scenario Planning, and Building Job-Ready Pathways

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#69 Tifany Mazza: Building a Purpose-Driven Marketing Career & Agency in a Changing Digital Era

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#68 Yash Chaturvedi, AI PM, Patents & Live Sports Ads: Scene Understanding to Brand Placement

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#67 Nicholas E. Adams, Strategy First, Human Connection Always: Branding, AI Ethics & Partnerships

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#66 Priyank Mohan: From QA to Platform PM @ Amazon Rights-First Systems at Scale

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#65 Leigh Monichon: From ‘Mama Bear’ to Special Ed Advocate, Building Paths Aspire Advocacy

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#64 Dr. Ewelina Kurtys: Neuroscience→Biocomputing. Efficient Bio-Servers & Remote Wet Labs

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#63 Ken Pickering: Fixing U.S. Pharmacy Pricing with AI, Leading Through Chaos, Staying Technical

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#62 Jason Fishman: From Action Sports to Investor Acquisition. A Playbook for Test, Optimize, Scale

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#61 Danielle Costa-Nakano: From DaaS to SaaS—APIs, AI, and a Post-CRM Playbook for Nonprofits

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#60 Travis Summers: From 23 Years in the Army to 25 in HR, Leading with Resilience and Humanity

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#59 Shiva Kumar: Dentulu’s All-in-One Dental Telehealth—AI, Remote Care & Global Teams

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#58 Joey Brabo Respect My Region, cannabis normalization, and building a sponsor-powered media network

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#57 Harshil Ahuja: Building Novarus at 16 to Tackle Clean Air, Water, and Global Sustainability Challenges

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#56 Shira Krishna: From Engineer to Product Leader

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#55 Makoto Kern: From Robotics to UX Strategy—De-Risking Enterprise Software with Strategic Immersion

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#54 Franca Comparetto: Redefining Cigar Culture with Sensory Science, Consumer Advocacy, and Ethical Innovation

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#53 Jose Herrera: From Guadalajara to San Jose — Corazón Musical, MiO Productions & Adco Outdoors

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#52 Jonathan Collazo: From Drone Obsession to Life-Saving Robotics—The Story Behind Ostrich Air & FireBot Labs

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#51 Stephen Klein: Reflective AI, Bootstrapping, and Why Purpose Is the Ultimate Competitive Edge

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#50 Phi Pham: Turning Beats into Opportunities — How Building Beats Empowers Youth Through Music, Community, and Leadership

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#49 Mustafa Qutub: Building PaloBio to Unlock Human Resilience and Redefine Brain Health with AI

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#48 Tanguy Chau: Building Legal AI You Can Trust with Paxton

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#47 Tara Maddala: Unlocking Hope with Evidence-Based Mental Health for Students

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#46 Narasimha Krishnakumar: Rules-Based Investing for Real People

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#45 Linda Baker: Milestones, Not Transactions in Silicon Valley Real Estate

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#44 Bilal Asif: Building Personal Brands with ConnectGenie, Persona-Driven Content, and the C.L.I.E.N.T. Framework

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#43 Gidi Cohen: From Cybersecurity to AI Trust — Tackling Risk, Compliance & the Future of Enterprise Data

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#42 Badri Varadarajan: Building a “Partner Program in a Box”

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#41 Christa Guglielmelli: Building a World-Class Event Business with Heart, Grit, and Magnificence

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#40 Svetlana Grinchenko: Why Annual Hormone Testing Could Change Your Life

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#39 Ben Seidl: The Future of Autonomous Vehicles and Society

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#38 Saumya Bhatnagar: Redefining the Product–Engineering Partnership in the Age of AI

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#37 Dario de Santis: AI-Powered Collaboration: Transforming How We Work Together

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#36 Udit Joshi: From Campus Startup Hustle to Google’s AI-Powered Support Tools

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#35 Rob Terry: Building SeafoodAI—Biometric Scanners and Real-Time Traceability

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#34 Shariq A. Salar: A Philosophical Deep Dive into AI, Decision Intelligence & Building Atrean

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#33 Veronique Rozan: Sensors, Pricing Strategy, and Leading Global Teams

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#32 Prashanth Kumar Duggishetti: From Award-Winning Engineer to Venture Studio Builder

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#31 Shailin Saraiya: Leading Global Engineering Teams at Roku with AI, Culture, and Impact

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#30 Dr. Carmen Román: Bridging Cultural Perspectives on Burnout, Self-Care, and Finding Balance

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#29 Bert Wank: Advancing grid reliability with infiniRel

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#28 Joan Perry: Reclaiming Self-Worth and Redefining Power Through The Heroine’s Journey

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#27 Harry Soza: Building CAREMINDr and the Future of Everyday Health

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#26 Ishanya Anthapur: Designing Products at the Intersection of Empathy and AI

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#25 Cameron Dutro: Constraints, Omakase, and why most apps don’t need React

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#24 Joseph Nagle: Simplifying EV Charging with Pando Electric's Innovative Socket Solution

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#23 Stephane Fourdrinier: The most advanced multi-device wellness platform

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#22 Chris Oliver: Building a Rails empire

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#21 Alessandro Chesser: Democratizing Wealth Protection

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#20 Hussain Ali Mirza: Transforming video with AI at Videomagic

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#19 Max Sedghi: Driving IT and Security Performance

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#18 Elisa Camahort Page: Community, capital, and clarity: Lessons from a startup pioneer

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#17 Chris Champion: Building Ventures

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#16 Radosław Błasiak: Raising the bar for coding education

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#15 Sachin Keswani: Quantum leaps and AI frontiers

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#14 Lino Ramirez: Rethinking the UX of AI interfaces

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#13 Andrew Hendela: The art & science of cyber defense strategies

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#12 Raudel Wilson: Boosting consumer trust

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#11 Capella Kerst: Scaling innovation

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#10 Yasin Abbak: Navigating the startup journey

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#9 John Klymshyn: Why creativity matters

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#8 Gregory Manly: Sales strategies for success

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#7 Lino Ramirez: How logos speak for your business

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#6 Kevin Dyck: Design leadership in a digital world

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#5 Poya Osgouei: Navigating the B2B market

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#4 Sam Brearey: Empowering inclusivity and fitness

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#3 Zvonimir Sabljić: Innovating tech

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#2 John Onuigbo: CEO and co-founder of Foris Labs

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Decoding Heuristics: The Backbone of Effective UX Design

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Federico Ramallo - My formative years at Microsoft

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#1 Steve Rodgers: Founder & CTO of EmergenTek