Hernani Costa Podcast

Here's my talk with Erick Fonseca, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) expert. In this episode, Erick shares how he did start his career and how he got involved in the field of NLP.  We also talked about his academic path and the differences and overlaps between academia and the industry. If you want to know more about Erick, please check out his LinkedIn.

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Here's my talk with Salvatore Alaimo, founder and CEO of Storate. In this episode, we talked about his drive to change the current status quo in the food industry by preventing food to be wasted and consequently reducing our footprint. Moreover, we talked about some of the challenges he had to overcome while building Storate. If you want to know more, please listen to the episode. To know more about Salvatore, please check out his LinkedIn.

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Here's my talk with Isabelle Kent, Executive Director at Philly Startup Leaders (PSL). In this episode, we talked about how the largest and most active community of startup entrepreneurs PSL is reshaping the entire social fabric of Philadelphia city, by promoting, supporting and mentoring an entrepreneurial mindset in the community. Isabelle explains how the sixth-most-populous city in America drives an emerging global hub for innovation in different areas through its education, innovation and research ecosystem. On a more personal level, we talked about her passion for sourcing ideas and inspiration from other places and the meaning of happiness, among other things. To know more about Isabelle please reach out via LinkedIn and if you want to know about PSL please check out the Philly Startup Leaders website.

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Here's my talk with Vanessa de Waal, founder and CEO of Flöka. In this episode, we talked about the story behind Flöka and her drive and passion for helping people suffer less and heal faster. During our talk, Vanessa gives some tips for those starting a new venture. Moreover, she also recommends several books for those interested in gaining more knowledge about the tech world in general. If you would like to know more about Vanessa please reach out via LinkedIn and if you want to know about Flöka please check out Floka.co or follow them on Instagram at @flokalife.

Books recommended by Vanessa: 

• INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
• Zero to One by Peter Thiel
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
• Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail by Ray Dalio

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Here's my talk with Evandro Casagrande. Evandro is a professional digital artist. In this episode we talked about how he got into photography and his love for surrealist photography. On a private level, he shares some of the curve balls that life threw him and how he overcame these situations. If you want to know more, please listen to the episode and visit his Instagram profile.

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Today we have Nick Reineman in the podcast. Nick is currently working as a Partner at WBSO Software Specialist where he helps entrepreneurs to accelerate their companies' growth by helping them accessing subsidies and funding initiatives, like WBSO, MIT and SIDN fonds. Nick is also the creator of Start Boot, an initiative that aims at connecting founders, startup CEOs and entrepreneurs to share ideas, visions, problems and consequently learn from each other.  Apart from that, Nick is the father of two amazing kids, and in this episode, he reveals how he met his fiancée at a festival and how important is for him to have a good work-life balance. If you would like to get more information about Nick please reach out via LinkedIn or visit Startup Boot and WBSO Software Specialist.

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Here's my talk with Joël Meyer, Artificial Intelligence Specialist, Entrepreneur and Founder of Ajar A.I. Consulting. During our conversation, we talked about his professional path, his studies and his passion for AI and how he become the AI specialist for the Master Challenge platform. Finally, Joël shared the importance of  Systema (Russian martial art) and mediation has in his life.

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In this episode I talk about an interesting perspective on the social revolution phenomenon.

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Here's my talk with a long time friend and mentor Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira. Currently, Hugo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics Engineering, at the University of Coimbra, in Portugal. Our conversation covers his professional journey from his master's studies until today, where he teaches, supervises students, looks for funding and works on the development of cutting-edge Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools and resources for Portuguese. If you want to know more about Hugo and the tools we discussed during this episode, please visit his home page, Twitter, Co-PoeTryMe, PoeTryMe, Poeta Artificial and TeCO.

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Here's my conversation with a long time friend Anna Zaretskaya. She currently works for TansPerfect as Director of Machine Translation Strategy and Implementation where she creates machine translation solutions for businesses. During our conversation, we went back in time and talked about how she fell in love with Linguistics during her high-school education and her pursuit of academic knowledge in the field of Linguistics. On a professional level, we talked about the different types of translations (aka service levels), current limitations, the future of languages and possible future developments in Automated Translations. We also talked about how our personalities change, adapt and evolve as we set up goals for ourselves and how people from different settings have more in common than we have foreseen. Finally, she shared her desire to own and possibly retire in a winery in Spain. If you want to know more about Anna, please visit her LinkedIn profile.

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