Julian is the Co-Founder & the CEO at Wisdolia, an AI learning copilot that turns any study material into an interactive, personalized, and fun learning experience. And Julian is also the host of the Inventing The Future Podcast that highlight the stories & minds of visionary tech entrepreneurs that are solving the world's biggest problems. Previously, he was the Co-founder & CTO at Vize, and software Engineer at Meta (Facebook), LinkedIn, and Goldman Sachs.

From a young age, Julian felt a deep-seated ambition. However, this ambition was initially driven by a desire for wealth. He came to realize that his drive lacked true purpose and meaning, leading to inconsistencies in his behavior. Julian described his inner feeling as if "there was a powerful Titan within me, but he was dormant and shackled by chains of limiting beliefs."

Everything changed when Julian encountered Tony Robbins and attended one of his live seminars, "Unleash The Power Within." Through this experience, Julian found a purpose that transcended personal gain: to empower himself and others to discover and manifest their infinite potential.

From that point on, Julian became passionately committed to the endless journey of personal growth and dedicated himself to discovering new ways to assist others in realizing and tapping into their limitless potential.

Topics Covered in this conversation:

0:00 Intro1:34 Writing & 12 Favourite Problems5:30 Silent Retreat14:51 Internal Peace & External Distractions22:47 Learning about Self28:14 Fasting & Health 33:14 Routines38:45 Discover infinite potential46:02 Book & Youtube Channels

Book Recommended:

Active Learning Online: Five Principles that Make Online Courses Come Alive

Youtube Channels on Learning:

* Benjamin Keep, PhD, JD

* Justin Sung

Fine Julian at:

Website: https://julian.ai/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/InfiniteJulian0

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianalvarez42/

Sam Demma is a best-selling author and one of the most in-demand keynote speakers in the Education and Association sectors. He co-founded the volunteer organization PickWaste, delivered two TEDx talks, and—as a result of his exceptional contributions to Canada—was awarded the prestigious Queens Platinum Jubilee Award.

His work is often featured on national news shows like CBC, Breakfast Television, CTV, and many other medias. Sam delivers hundreds of programs across North America annually, and his entertaining presentations address the topics of Mental Health, Leadership and Kindness.

Mostly recently he launched his best selling book “Empty your Back pack”, a book that demonstrates your dreams are in reach, and it’s the beliefs you carry and the actions you take that determine whether you will achieve them. In the past few months, he’s traveled the entire country, across5 provinces and delivered 87 presentations and influenced more than 40,000 students with his book and the Empty your Backpack Movement.

Topics Covered in this conversation

0:00 Book Tour Aftermath10:41 Lonely Journey on the Road14:43 Relationships 20:02 Dealing with Difficult Conversations 25:00 Empty Personal Backpacks27:59 Learn to say NO36:40 Creating your Own Passion40:24 Falling in love with Speaking 42:16 Purpose47:16 Volunteering 52:12 Routines

Books Recommended by Sam:

* The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson

* The Algebra of Happiness by Scott Galloway

* Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

* How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

* Empty Your Backpack by Sam Demma

* Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martel

Find Sam at:

Website: https://samdemma.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-demma/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sam_demma/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sam_demma

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Sam_Demma

Tim was deeply drawn to military tactics while growing up, becoming fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte's story of conquering Europe and the versatility of Sun Tzu's Art of War. Tim discovered that these principles could be applied to various aspects of life, including negotiation and running a successful business. Inspired by Napoleon's sense of urgency, such as only spending ten minutes on lunch and mastering speed-reading, Tim adopted these lessons in his own life.

With newfound determination, Tim completed one of the most challenging programs at the University of Toronto in under three years. After graduation, he attended Stanford to study Greek etymology. It wasn't long before he embarked on an entrepreneurial journey, founding Remote Kitchen to empower restaurants to achieve digital transformation.

So far, Tim's startup has successfully raised pre-seed funding from Ginkgo Capital, setting them on a path of explosive growth.

In this conversation, we delved into Tim's interest in military tactics and history, his views on sales and project management, and his approach to life, among other topics.

Topics That we Covered:

* Graduating University in just 3 Years

* Napoleon Bonaparte and his impact on Tim

* Tim’s Diet

* Speed Reading & Greek Etymology

* Reading & Writing

* Military Tactics and it’s applications to the business world

* Sunzi’s Art of War

* The Deal between Microsoft & OpenAI

* Graduating from UofT & Getting into Stanford

* How Tim started Remote Kitchen

* Sales & Sales Management

* How to train a sales team

* How to get good at sales

* Project Management

* Next steps for Remote Kitchen

* How Tim Approached Fund Raising

* Short-term & Long-term Goal

* Non-for-profit

* Tim’s upbringing & impact on his mentality

* Waking up at 5AM & Study in Starbucks

* Why should we ALL learn about History

* Advice for young founders

Listen now on Apple, and Spotify

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Find Tim at:

* Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timzhang46/

Remote Kitchen:

https://www.hiremotekitchen.com/

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Find Frank at:

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/frankt002

* Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-chen-335906158/

Alex Hu grew up in China, and moved to Canada when he’s in second grade. He noticed a significant difference between the two countries' educational systems, particularly in math. Despite Canada's reputation for quality education, the math curriculum lagged behind what he had experienced in China, leaving him years ahead of his peers. This realization sparked an interest in understanding and improving educational systems, and that made him discovered his passion for education.

Four years ago, during a service trip to a rural village in China, Alex witnessed the harsh realities faced by children who lived without basic necessities and struggled to learn due to inadequate resources and unqualified teachers. This eye-opening experience lead him to create the Education for All foundation, where they delivers English education to children in the rural area to enable them taking control of their future.

Topics we covered:

* Biggest challenge in the education system today

* Challenges with individualized learning

* How generative AI is paving the way for personalized learning

* How educators can leverage generative AI

* Cultural issues within the education system

* Bloom's Taxonomy

* What's the GOAL of education?

* How can educators motivate students to develop an intrinsic desire for learning?

* Developing an appreciation for what you're learning

* How to find out what you are passionate about?

* Alex's story on WHY he's passionate about education

* Starting Story for Education For All Foundation

* Teaching English in the Rural area of China

* Next Steps for Education For All Foundation

* Peer Teachers

* Advice for young people on finding their passion

Listen now on Apple, and Spotify

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Find Alex at:

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamalexhu

* Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamalexhu/

* Blog: https://www.alexhu.world/

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Find Frank at:

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/frankt002

* Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-chen-335906158/

Jordan was a software engineering student at the University of Waterloo. He had worked at big tech firms such as Shopify, Wealthsimple, and Asana, but had always been very entrepreneurial. He even used to run the second largest fidget spinner store on Etsy. One day, Jordan and his roommate Nikil decided to apply to Y-Combinator with an idea they had from their school project. They didn't expect much, but to their surprise, they received an acceptance call!

Jordan's wild journey begins, he immediately dropped out of school with the team and flew to San Francisco to start building on their ideas. Through four months of painful iterations, constant failing, and getting back up, Jordan and his team created Superpowered, a calendar app that shows your daily schedule and allows you to join your meetings in one click.

Here’s the topics that we've covered during our conversation: 

• Jordan’s Perspective on Failures
• How Jordan meet his co-founders
• Applying to YC with just an idea
• Getting into YC, Dropping out, moving to SF
• Journey of figuring out and idea that works during YC
• Lean start-up mentality
• Therapy
• Are we good enough?
• Advice for Young Founders

Check out Superpowered: https://superpowered.me/

On January 29th, 2020, as Tomiwa prepared to graduate, he began to plan his budget for post-grad life. To his surprise, he discovered that he had accumulated $64,000 in debt. This realization made him question how we, as a society, have allowed the average student to begin their career 28k behind the starting line. Determined to address this issue, Tomiwa decided to take on the challenge himself and founded Atila, a platform designed to help students secure scholarships and mentorship opportunities.

Tomiwa is not only a software engineer, but also a blogger, writer, and avid reader. His diverse interests and skills make him a true polymath. He is particularly passionate about education and the future of AI, as well as the potential of blockchain technology. In this podcast, we'll explore a wide range of topics, including how Tomiwa used ChatGPT to create a crypto wallet and the recent controversies surrounding twitter's banning policies.

Here are the topics that we've covered: 

• Writing a Crypto Wallet using ChatGPT
• Is ChatGPT good?
• Shadow Banning & Heaven Banning
• Why Bots are actually Better than Human
• The real reason that Stack Overflow Banned ChatGPT
• The proper way to use ChatGPT to LEARN
• School is Killing people's curiosity
• School is a monopoly, let the market decide the Tuition
• Writing is Thinking
• Starting of Atila
• Education should be affordable for everyone
• Everyone can benefit from a 1-hour conversation with someone else
• How is Crypto helping Ed-Tech Start-up
• The bottleneck of Crypto mass adoption
• Book Recommendations
• Advice for Young Founders

Here's the link that was mentioned in our conversation: 

• Awesome ChatGPT Prompts
• Ethan Mollick’s Tweet on how professors can cheat by Grading & Commenting with ChatGPT
• AI-powered subreddit
• Why do StackOverflow moderators need to discriminate against AI chatbots
• The Education Freedom Program (EduFree)
• Story of Atila: Democratizing Financial Freedom for Education
• International Students Using GoFundMe to pay their Tuition

Book Recommendations by Tomiwa: 

• The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb
• Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson
• Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham
• The Elephant in the Brain by Robin Hanson
• Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie Munger

Checkout Tomiwa's Links here: 

• Atila
• Blog
• LinkedIn
• Github
• Medium
• Twitter
• Youtube Channel
• Stack Overflow

Megh Patel, the co-founder and CEO of Build ZERO, a construction and renovation company that focuses on reducing and reusing construction waste to make the construction process more efficient. Build ZERO also provides DIY solar kits and permit designs to help families afford renewable electricity.

In this episode, Megh and I discuss a range of topics, including renewable energy, solar power, and Megh's start-up journey. But our conversation quickly turns to more philosophical subjects, such as the innate characteristics of human beings, coping mechanisms for heartbreak, finding purpose in life, dealing with self-doubt and a lack of worthiness, and the impact of meditation and honesty on our lives. We also delve into the role of ego in decision-making and the different types of happiness that can come from acts of kindness and a sense of accomplishment.

I learned a lot from Megh's experiences and I think you will too. Tune in to hear our fascinating conversation.


Here's the topic that we've covered: 

• Selling Spiritual Bracelets at a young age
• What it’s like to renovate a Subway Sandwich shop
• Using construction as a way to deal with heartbreaks
• Impact from his grandfather on Spirituality
• Honesty
• Meditation
• Self-doubt and worthiness
• Ego
• Act of Kindness & Sense of accomplishment
• How Build Zero is addressing the construction waste
• Solar panels & Batteries

More about Megh:

Megh have earned $20K in Awards and Scholarships:

($10,000) William Muir Edwards Citizenship Award
($1,000) 1st Place Enactathon
($2,500) 1st Place Innovation Rodeo Regionals
($2,500) 3rd Place Innovation Rodeo Nationals
($2,500) Alexander Rutherford Scholarship
($1,000) Board of Governor’s (BOG) Scholarship

https://www.ualberta.ca/engineering/news/2022/april/2021-william-muir-edwards-citizenship-award-nomination---megh-patel.html


Founder and CEO of 3 startups and Host of a Youtube Channel.


Omns Bracelets  - Sold ~200 Spiritual Bracelets through my website, In-store displays, social media dm's, and Etsy.

https://omnsbracelets.weeblysite.com/


BuildZero - Helping building owners afford renewable electricity and reduce their carbon footprint. We provide DIY Solar Kits, General Contracting, and Permit Design Services ($90K.Year 1 revenue) 

https://buildzero.ca/


Smartof - Healthy Alternative for Oral-Fixations. Breathing Necklace with a soft chew tip that is designed for anxiety relief and self-soothing. So many people are suffering with bad oral-fixation habits like nail-biting, overeating, smoking, drinking, chewing gum, and candy.

https://Smartof.ca/ - (Website under development)


Mindful Megh - Youtube channel where I share my knowledge and passion of meditation.

https://www.youtube.com/@mindfulmegh

It’s rare to see an Asian household saying "I love you" to each other, but  food is the media and the love language between Iris and her parents growing up. During the 2020 pandemic, Iris noticed that lots of people lost their jobs, and food security has been an issue, not only that, many restaurants are closing their operations. So Iris starts to build Openmeal to fundraise for the restaurants to enable them to distribute free meals out to people in need. After the success and huge impact of OpenMeal, Iris decided to do something bigger. She went on to found another project called Neutrify where they empower consumers with carbon footprint data on food to make informed decisions through online food shopping.

Iris is a solo female founder leading a team of 30+ people who are passionate about sustainability and believe in our mission to make a social impact. 

Neutrify was featured in The Future of Food SXSW 2021, 2nd Place @ Climate Change Fund ($2500), Startup Pitch Winner @ 10K Entrepreneurs ($1000), 3rd Place @ Climate Change Innovation Discovery ($1000), Finalist @ Global Venture Catalyst ($100), Concept Cornerstone Accelerator, Thought For Food Global Food Systems Accelerator, Social Shifters Digital Launchpad

Iris is also a Product Manager at Scale AI, she’s previously worked at Microsoft, Google X Robotics, and BlackBerry.

Here's what we discussed in our conversation: 

• Twitter Layoff 
• Role at Scale AI 
• Interests in Product Management 
• OpenMeal 
• How Hackathon can be the place for your next project 
• How Netrify is helping consumers be more conscious of the carbon footprint of food 
• What it’s like to be a social impact entrepreneur 

Here's her Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iris-guo and other socials: https://linktr.ee/irisguo

In early 2016, Arda was already investing in cryptocurrencies. He wasn’t only investing in Bitcoins, or Ethereum, he was also looking at Altcoins that were issued by now what we called DAOs, decentralized autonomous organizations. What Arda realized about those coins, is that they are actually more like the shares of public companies, the tokens of DAOs are representing the underlying value that the DAOs are providing from the product or services that they offer. However, Arda was not able to find a way to discover new DAOs, and that made his investment discovery very difficult. So Arda decided to solve the problem himself by creating DAOHub, a marketplace to make DAO discovery, voting, and portfolio management.

Previously, Arda also co-founded ROLL a shared electric scooter company that was a part of the TechStar program in Toronto.

Here's the topic that we've covered: 

• Starting of Roll - Shared E-Scooter start-up
• Importance of Networking
• Mistakes made during his time at ROLL
• Pessimism and Optimism
• The benefit of having a Culturally Diverse Team
• Accept an acquisition offer? or TechStars?
• Investing in cryptos & altcoins in 2016
• Investing In DAOs
• Starting of DAOhub
• Future of DAOs, and DAO investing
• Advice for young founders

Drone Delivery might be cool, but what problem does it actually help us solve? Ever since the burst of COVID, the delivery industry has been in a boom. We’ve all seen the rise and fall of the 15-minute grocery delivery industry, and the ever-rising economy of gig workers. However, there are still tons of problems that’s remaining, for example, driver safety and the raising cost of delivery. Cameron Rowe, a recent graduate from Queens University, started Hover a drone delivery company to solve the last mile delivery challenges. In our conversation, we talked about the problems of the existing delivery industry, how Drone delivery can bring changes to how we deliver, and what the world would look like when drone becomes mainstream.

Here's what we discussed in our conversation:

• Falling in love with remote-controlled toys since a kid
• How did Cameron get into Drones
• Starting of Hover
• The hardship of his start-up journey
• What problem can Drone delivery Solve
• Safety & Privacy Concerns on Drone
• Government Regulations
• What the world would look like if Drone Delivery is widely adopted
• Advice for founders starting out

Checkout Hover at: https://www.hover.direct/