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We have missed posting for a couple of weeks, here is what was going on. It's been a rough month.

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We spend a lot of time talking to young companies focused on the enterprise market, but today we are going to switch things up and look at a company that has weathered the technology storms and is still standing many years later. We are going to talk with them about how they managed all the changes in the industry, and how new technology is transforming their business.

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Constant Contact was founded back at the dawn of the Internet in 1995 by Randy Parker. The company has gone through many different iterations over the years, and today they provide email, social media and event marketing services to the SMB market. I think their tagline sums it up, "helping the small stand tall." Today we are going to talk with Dave Charest, Director of Small Business Success, and host of the "Be a Marketer with Dave Charest" Podcast, about their story and how modern tools like AI can be transformative for the small business.

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We recently had on Dr Tait Medina from Rebel Human to talk about the platform they have built for making wellness accessible to everyone. Today we are going to be talking with the other half of Rebel Human to dig into the meditation, positive psychology and modern neuroscience, at the heart of their business.

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Today we have with us, Jenny Arrington, co-founder of Rebel Human. Jenny trained under Harvard neuroscientist, Dr. Srini Pillay and earned certification under both the Kundalini Research Institute and the Yoga Alliance. She served as Wellness Advisor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and has taught executives and employees at Warner Bros., TED, Microsoft, Cedars-Sinai, BMW, MindBody, and Wix. So let's see if she can teach us some of these techniques.

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I remember the first time I used a motorized scooter. I was in Austin Texas for SXSW, and they were suddenly everywhere. It was really, the only practical way to get around. It was incredibly fun, and, with the way I was riding it, I don't know how I got out of there without a serious injury. But there is more to this micro-mobility movement than just a fun toy. Today we are talking with a company that is changing the game with a better vehicle that will open the market to a wider range of users.

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Today we are talking with Jez Williman, CEO of Personal EV Startup D-Fly. D-Fly has built a new kind of Personal Electric Vehicle that puts design, function, performance & safety into one vehicle, and makes it as fun as skateboarding, but practical enough to be part of your daily commute. So let's talk with Jez about why he created D-Fly, where the market is going and how this amazing vehicle works.

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In this busy world, so many of us just don't take care of ourselves. Looking out for our mental wellbeing is so important, but often neglected. This is true for Adults as well as it is for kids. So today, we are talking with a company that has developed a platform for teaching wellness.

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Today we have with us Dr. Tait Medina, co-founder of Rebel Human, a company that is making wellness accessible. With meditation, positive psychology and modern neuroscience, they are trying to bring an evidence based approach to helping people be more present in their lives and relationships. After a stint in Showbiz as part of the cast of Phantom of the Opera, Tait went on to get her PhD researching the stigma of mental illness. She also happens to be my sister. So let's hear from Tait what Rebel Human is all about and how they are working with Companies, individuals and schools to help people live better lives.

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Today we are going to take a look at an Open Source company that is accelerating data with their storage engine, but we are also going to see how moving to an open source model really accelerated their growth.

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With all the competition in the market, shifting to an Open Source model can really be a differentiator. When the founders of Speedb were trying to find a way to accelerate their data access, they looked at the available tools and realized that to get something that would handle the rapid expansion of metadata, they would need to build it themselves. When they took it to market, they realized that getting their message to the people who needed to hear it was difficult. By switching to an Open Source model they caught the attention of the developers at the heart of their market. So let's talk with Speedb co-founder and CEO Adi Gelvan about what their journey and about how their storage engine can help with the expansion of metadata in your environment

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When you step on the accelerator, your car takes off. The same is true for a business accelerator. Today we are going to be digging in to what an Accelerator is, and how it helps a business go from 0 to 100 fast.

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Today we are talking with, Molly Dill who is a Managing Director at Gener8tor. Gener8tor is a venture capital firm and accelerator that brings together startup founders, investors, corporations, job seekers, universities, musicians and artists. gener8tor also believes that everyone deserves opportunities, regardless of race, place or gender. So let's talk with Molly about what an Accelerator does, and how they help businesses succeed.

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If you are like me, you have been building automation into your home. I started with lights and plugs and that became locks and cameras and so many other items. All the lighting here is automated. But all of those disparate pieces of tech need to work together. We don't always think about what goes on behind the scenes to make that happen. Today we are going to dig into that.

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We have with us. Scott Ford CEO and Founder of Pepper, a secure, Full-stack IoT Platform as a Service that lets companies build and deliver scalable consumer IoT solutions. And there are a lot of unlikely players getting into the IoT game. So lets's talk with Scott about what Pepper is, how they got started, and what it can do.

Welcome Scott

Pepper: https://www.pepper.me/

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The word that we hear over and over is transformation. Well, what happens when the company that helps you transform, transforms. Today we are going to be talking about the state of the technology industry and what matters now. 

Insight enterprises started as a mail order business selling hard drives in 1988, but today is a multi-billion dollar,  Fortune 500, global technology company. Insight is transforming itself to be a leading solutions integrator. But what does that even mean and why does it matter to customers?

In the interest of full transparency, I wanted to say that Sandesh and I both work for Insight.

That said, this is an important story, as things are rapidly changing in this market, and Insight is changing to meet these new demands. So, today we have with us Stan Lequin, President of Insight Solutions. Stan is going to tell us all about what goes in to being a Solutions Integrator, why it is important and what Insight brings to today's market.

Welcome Stan

Insight: https://insight.com

State of Innovation Survey Results: https://solutions.insight.com/StateofInnovation

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One of the things I love is seeing technology applied to everyday things you don't think much about. If you have ever spent much time in a high rise building, you have been startled by someone with a brush and squeegee outside of your window. Window washing is a business that hasn't changed a whole lot over its history, but now there is a company that is changing that.

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Today we are talking with Ross Blum, President and COO of Skyline Robotics a company that is looking to disrupt the very blue collar word of the facade maintenance industry with intelligent robotics. This isn't just an automated car wash for buildings, this is more like car assembly line robotics. So let's talk to Ross about why they built this and where this is all going.

Welcome Ross

Skyline Robotics: https://skylinerobotics.com/

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