d-Talks

We meet at the heart of Abu Dhabi Global Market startup gem Hub71 with Ahmad Alwan, Head of Corporate Strategy and Development at Hub71 and Vijay Tirathrai the Managing Director of Techstars Accelerator.

In this episode, Oliver Quie, CEO and founder of GradCircle discusses the power of technology to transform two slow-to-change industries, human resources and education. Oliver shares why he decided to use technology to tackle these two industries and how it can transform one of the largest untapped market on the planet: college students. He also shares his wisdom nuggets on discipline, stress, and pitching your startup gained from managing a painful medical diagnosis and launching a successfully funded startup.

Today our guest is Melanie Mohr, a Berlin-based entrepreneur and a working mother with more than 20 years of experience producing and telling stories with video. In 2016 she founded YEAY - the leading video m-commerce platform providing GenZ with a bespoke space to share and shop.We discuss about her passion for technology and in particular the full potential blockchain offers in keeping an open and decentralised web. This summer, Melanie is launching WOM Token as a new and transparent way for brands to reward peer-2-peer recommendations and for fans to share the things they love.

In this episode, we talk with Eirini Schlosser, who worked at Morgan Stanley on nearly $60 billion worth of deals, creating value across tech, consumer, retail, and oil & gas industries. Our other guest, Alexandre Perrin, invested in startups for the Virgin Group and the Branson family's portfolio. Together, they co-founded Enauto; a way to invest in companies that leverage AI and high-value data to enhance the human experience. The two explain their fascination with AI and if we can genuinely predict human behavior. Later, Eirini explains the hardest part of entrepreneurship and Alexandre reveals that resilience is the most essential quality to have when running a startup.

In this episode, we talk with Jack Parmer, a physics student turned CEO of Plotly, a data visualization and analysis company that is used by pioneering companies like Tesla. Jack shares the journey he took from a physics student studying solar cells to a CEO offering a powerful platform for enterprise clients and the unique open-source business model behind his company.

In this episode, we talk with Jamil Asfour, an engineer by training and management consultant, on the mind-blowing potential of machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), ambient intelligence, and beyond.

In this episode Grigory shares his journey from a cryptocurrency enthusiast to CEO and co-founder of BitMeEx (Bitcoin Middle East Exchange), a platform selling more than 800 cryptocurrencies. He also shared tips on getting started in entrepreneurship and maintaining your business.

Anish Krishnan is the CEO of Flamingo Skies, a game and design studio based in the UAE.

Samson Williams is a blockchain educator, chief dreamer and believer, and as he calls himself an aspiring digital transformation change agent.

This is our very first episode, d-Talks are taking off!