Future Hacker (English)

Guest: Arijit Biswas. With over 5 years of experience in the asset management & capital market domain, Arijit Biswas holds a blend of technical and functional knowledge. Arijit began his career as a software developer, swirled in product development, and completed two SDLC in Microfinance & Multi-Level Marketing Product at Binarybloom. He explored the banking & financial services domain after completing his post-graduation in banking technology from Pondicherry University. Arijit received the best performance award in Pan India Revenue Generation for two consecutive months in 2014. Currently, he is the CTO of Diamante Blockchain. We talk about the evolution of blockchain (from the past to the future!), the markets currently making use of it (besides the financial market), the development of the crypto market, NFTs trends, and what's new with Diamante platform.

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Guest: Valentina Kordi. Valentina is a Certified Mindset & High-Performance Coach for Executives, Teams & Entrepreneurs, International Motivational Speaker, TEDx speaker, and an author. She has 10 years of experience as an Executive & Business Coach having coached businesspersons and C-level executives from SME up to big multinational companies such as Microsoft, Novartis, Coca-Cola, Unilever, and others worldwide to achieve their corporate and professional goals, build their leadership skills and manage effectively changes in individual and team level, by changing their mindset and behaviors, after having worked herself for 15 years as an Executive in multinational companies. Her book «Success is a mind game» has become a best-seller. She collects many awards, such as the International Women of Courage 2021 Award from the International Human Rights Advisory Council, a member of the United Nations Global Compact, which is dedicated to Mother Teresa. The Brainz 500 Global Award by Brainz Magazine and was honored to be listed on the list of 𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 among exception business personalities such as Oprah Winfrey, Jessica Alba, Mel Robbins, and others. We talk about the importance of having the right mindset to achieve your personal success, the concept of human-centered leadership, the most common challenges when dealing with uncertainties, mental health, ageism, and more.

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Guest: Helena Branco. Helena is a young activist from São Paulo, Brazil. She studies International Relations and Public Policy at the Federal University of ABC. She was the first Brazilian Teen Advisor for Girl Up and is currently a Women Deliver Young Leader. She coordinated the movement Free To Menstruate, which has introduced and passed more than 40 municipal bills and 9 state bills in all Brazilian regions. Helena was on the forefront of mobilizing against the presidential veto on delivering menstrual products and she spoke at the public hearing in the House of Representatives about the subject. Her main interests are public policies, innovation concerning menstrual rights (particularly in the Global South), the role of youth-led mobilizing in advancing gender equality, and the political representation of women and youth. This episode is part of our Young Hackers project, in which we are talking to amazing young guests between the age of 12 and 20 years old. The Young Hackers series is a partnership between Future Hacker and BeSingular, a unique learning platform on Exponential Technologies, that empowers the next generation to create real and responsible impact by working with the technologies of the future: www.besingular.com

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Guest: Mali Baum. Mali is a serial entrepreneur, investor, mentor and community leader, Podcaster Mali-Talkshow.com. She founded one of the biggest and most significant networks and communities, WLOUNGE.de for startups, VCs and corporates supporting Female founders and diverse teams. Mali also founded a VC, MAGDA GROUP, focusing on a diverse team, impact, ESG to invest into European technology (+TLV), building more success stories/ Unicorns and uplifting the local tech ecosystem’. She’s bringing the whole echo system together to support female leaders, minorities, with a focus on diversity and making a positive impact. We talk about her journey, about empowering women entrepreneurs and into leadership positions, the importance of diversity, and how the leaders of the future will look like.

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Guest: James Bellerjeau. James was General Counsel of an S&P 500 company for two decades, and later Head of its Global Sustainability Program. He served as President of the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe and writes the Career Path column for the ACC Docket, the magazine for in-house lawyers. He teaches at the University of Zurich and is an executive coach for newly promoted general counsels. After working more than 80 thousand hours in less than 30 years, James feels like he’s earned a break. He is currently focused on applying Stoic principles to live a good life and achieve satisfaction – you can check some of his thoughts on his blog klugne.com, in which he’s currently publishing a modern version of Seneca’s Moral Letters to Lucilius. We talk about the human nature, behavior change, planning for the unforeseen, overcoming bias, the future of work, ESG, and how to live a good life.

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Guest: James Bellerjeau. James was General Counsel of an S&P 500 company for two decades, and later Head of its Global Sustainability Program. He served as President of the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe and writes the Career Path column for the ACC Docket, the magazine for in-house lawyers. He teaches at the University of Zurich and is an executive coach for newly promoted general counsels. After working more than 80 thousand hours in less than 30 years, James feels like he’s earned a break. He is currently focused on applying Stoic principles to live a good life and achieve satisfaction – you can check some of his thoughts on his blog klugne.com, in which he’s currently publishing a modern version of Seneca’s Moral Letters to Lucilius. We talk about the human nature, behavior change, planning for the unforeseen, overcoming bias, the future of work, ESG, and how to live a good life.

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Guest: Elsa Papadopoulou. Elsa joined the European Research Executive Agency as Legal & Financial Adviser. Previously, she worked for the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, within the "Health" Directorate and more recently within the European Innovation Council Task Force, in both acting as a Legal, Policy and Project Officer. She worked as legal counsel, public affairs consultant and business/strategic advisor for Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young, a Non-for profit entity, COST, and an Association Management company, Kellen Europe, in Luxembourg and Brussels. Elsa commenced a part-time, long-distance PhD in Artificial Intelligence and "ethics-by-design" in the healthcare sector with the Department of Informatics of the Ionian University in Greece. We talk about Artificial Intelligence & Ethics, transdisciplinary innovation, AI for healthcare, women in innovation, and how to care for our future generations.

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Guest: Elsa Papadopoulou. Elsa joined the European Research Executive Agency as Legal & Financial Adviser. Previously, she worked for the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, within the "Health" Directorate and more recently within the European Innovation Council Task Force, in both acting as a Legal, Policy and Project Officer. She worked as legal counsel, public affairs consultant and business/strategic advisor for Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young, a Non-for profit entity, COST, and an Association Management company, Kellen Europe, in Luxembourg and Brussels. Elsa commenced a part-time, long-distance PhD in Artificial Intelligence and "ethics-by-design" in the healthcare sector with the Department of Informatics of the Ionian University in Greece. We talk about Artificial Intelligence & Ethics, transdisciplinary innovation, AI for healthcare, women in innovation, and how to care for our future generations.

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Guest: Jenny Q. Ta. Jenny is a veteran of Wall Street, self-made millionaire, and seasoned entrepreneur with two highly successful early ventures to her credit. As Founder and CEO of Titan Securities, a full-service broker-dealer and investment banking firm, she Ta built a company that was profitable enough to be acquired in 2005. Her more recent entrepreneurial endeavors include: VCNetwork.co, a virtual “E-Harmony meets Shark Tank” matching entrepreneurs with VCs, and CoinLinked.com, an American online social commerce platform powered by a decentralized Blockchain solution to connect the traditional marketplaces of today with the digital currencies of tomorrow. Jenny also wrote the book Wall Street Cinderella. We have a great conversation about her journey, NFTs, cryptocurrency, the future of financial transactions and the Metaverse.

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Guest: Jenny Q. Ta. Jenny is a veteran of Wall Street, self-made millionaire, and seasoned entrepreneur with two highly successful early ventures to her credit. As Founder and CEO of Titan Securities, a full-service broker-dealer and investment banking firm, she Ta built a company that was profitable enough to be acquired in 2005. Her more recent entrepreneurial endeavors include: VCNetwork.co, a virtual “E-Harmony meets Shark Tank” matching entrepreneurs with VCs, and CoinLinked.com, an American online social commerce platform powered by a decentralized Blockchain solution to connect the traditional marketplaces of today with the digital currencies of tomorrow. Jenny also wrote the book Wall Street Cinderella. We have a great conversation about her journey, NFTs, cryptocurrency, the future of financial transactions and the Metaverse.

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