FindingHere

FindingHere

By Alejandro Garcia AmayaPersonal Journals
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FindingHere episodes

  • Ep 11 - Kriti Sharma
    Kriti Sharma is an Artificial Intelligence specialist and a leading global voice on ethical technology and its impact on society. She built her first robot at the age of 15 in India and has been building innovative AI technologies to solve global issues, from productivity to inequality to domestic abuse, ever since. Founder of AI for Good, an organization creating the next generation technology for a better, fairer world. Kriti also leads AI and Ethics at Sage.
    In this episode we cover the day-to-day fear most women in Kriti’s hometown experience, her first robot creation, meeting President Obama and leading mobile products for United Kingdom's largest software group company while she was in her mid 20s.
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    30 min
  • Ep 13 - Forsan Hussein
    Forsan Hussein is a social entrepreneur who has been on a mission to bring peace and unity between the Jewish and Arab communities ever since he was 10 years old. Today, Forsan is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, a Kauffman Fellow and the co-founder and managing partner of Zaitoun Ventures; a venture capital fund investing and creating valuable tech companies that place emphasis on having Jewish and Arab entrepreneurs working together.
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    44 min
  • Ep 14 - Soledad Nuñez
    Captivated by social poverty and inequality, Soledad Nuñez forged a path from an early age that would eventually land her the role of Minister of Housing and Habitat in her native Paraguay, at just 31 years of age. A civil engineer with a passion for building and housing, she led a team of 15,000 youth to build over 35,000 houses for her country’s most vulnerable families. Fueled by a desire to make a difference despite challenges or lack of resources, this World Economic Forum Young Global Leader shares her journey in a male-dominated society and how breaking down barriers and cultural beliefs is, in fact, possible.
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    34 min
  • Ep 12 - Christine Spiten
    Discovering the underwater world through drones
    Christine Spiten is a 29-year-old Norwegian sailing champion, engineer, and Co-founder of Blueye Robotics, an underwater drone startup revolutionizing the way people interact with the ocean. Christine and her team have raised over $6 million to date.
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    48 min
  • Ep 15 - Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
    Iyinoluwa “E” Aboyeji is a Nigerian entrepreneur who has built two of Africa’s fastest-growing tech startups and took early retirement leave by age 28. E co-founded Andela, now a leader connecting Africa’s top software developers with tech companies from the U.S. and around the world, having originally secured $24 million in funding from Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation. After three years, E left Andela to co-found Flutterwave, an online payment solution connecting Africans to the global economy, securing $20 Million, processing 100 million transactions worth $2.6 Billion since inception.
    These experiences, plus a valuable lesson learned at 14 – which he mentions in his TEDx talk “When will Africa’s Elite Grow Up?” – brought him a new perspective in life and in business. Tune in to learn what he believes is the future and possibilities within Nigeria and Africa and what businesses should aim to deliver in order to become truly successful.
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    31 min
  • Ep 15 - Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
    Iyinoluwa “E” Aboyeji is a Nigerian entrepreneur who has built two of Africa’s fastest-growing tech startups and took early retirement leave by age 28. E co-founded Andela, now a leader connecting Africa’s top software developers with tech companies from the U.S. and around the world, having originally secured $24 million in funding from Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation. After three years, E left Andela to co-found Flutterwave, an online payment solution connecting Africans to the global economy, securing $20 Million, processing 100 million transactions worth $2.6 Billion since inception.
    These experiences, plus a valuable lesson learned at 14 – which he mentions in his TEDx talk “When will Africa’s Elite Grow Up?” – brought him a new perspective in life and in business. Tune in to learn what he believes is the future and possibilities within Nigeria and Africa and what businesses should aim to deliver in order to become truly successful.
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    31 min
  • Ep 14 - Soledad Nuñez
    Captivated by social poverty and inequality, Soledad Nuñez forged a path from an early age that would eventually land her the role of Minister of Housing and Habitat in her native Paraguay, at just 31 years of age. A civil engineer with a passion for building and housing, she led a team of 15,000 youth to build over 35,000 houses for her country’s most vulnerable families. Fueled by a desire to make a difference despite challenges or lack of resources, this World Economic Forum Young Global Leader shares her journey in a male-dominated society and how breaking down barriers and cultural beliefs is, in fact, possible.
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    34 min
  • Ep 13 - Forsan Hussein
    Forsan Hussein is a social entrepreneur who has been on a mission to bring peace and unity between the Jewish and Arab communities ever since he was 10 years old. Today, Forsan is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, a Kauffman Fellow and the co-founder and managing partner of Zaitoun Ventures; a venture capital fund investing and creating valuable tech companies that place emphasis on having Jewish and Arab entrepreneurs working together.
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    44 min
  • Ep 12 - Christine Spiten
    Discovering the underwater world through drones
    Christine Spiten is a 29-year-old Norwegian sailing champion, engineer, and Co-founder of Blueye Robotics, an underwater drone startup revolutionizing the way people interact with the ocean. Christine and her team have raised over $6 million to date.
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    48 min
  • Ep 12 - Christine Spiten
    Uncovering the underwater world through drones
    Christine Spiten is a 29-year-old Norwegian sailing champion, engineer, and Co-founder of Blueye Robotics, an underwater drone startup revolutionizing the way people interact with the oceans. Christine and her team have raised over $6 million to date.
    47 min

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FindingHere is a podcast, hosted by Alejandro Garcia-Amaya, where listeners hear from leaders who pursue their passions and achieve their dreams. It covers upbringing, fears, success, inspirations,…