The fight or flight response can be controlled. Once the CEO of stress tracking solution Sensate cracked the code, her science-backed hustle led to kickstarting a company in 48 hours. While Anna admits it’s all still “a little bit magic” to her, users across 50+ countries love it — and she’s got a lot to say about the vagus nerve, sonic resonance and the viral wellness trends out there.

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They said TikTok was for kids. But not Amin; he was getting millions of views and rode that TikTok wave all the way to co-founding Kadama, a Gen-Z tutoring marketplace with 1 billion views that hit #2 on the App Store. The former Apple senior engineer (behind iMessenger and the Health App) talks what Gen Z wants, what it lacks and how to use socials to deliver on both.

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Serial founder Champ is dead set on democratizing creativity. His newest venture, Capsule, is a video editing AI studio 3 years in the making — and with almost $5 million in funding and a waitlist of 10,000+ companies, it’s looking like a win. As the CEO, Champ shares the thesis that kicked things off, why storytelling is king and how to recognize a worthy idea beyond all the fluff.

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AR, VR, all the Rs — which ones will make it? Should founders prepare to discard traditional development for Apple platforms? STRV CTO Jan Kaltoun talks spatial computing, how the right terminology squashes competition, why the next big thing could cost $10,000 and it wouldn’t change a thing, and what all these tech abbreviations mean for your mom. 

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Facebook, Uber, 11 startups, now CMO of Smart Token Labs… Brent has earned the “Chief” in his marketing title more than most. That experience is embedded in every piece of advice, from what makes an authentic brand to why you can’t educate while selling and how to shift the idea of tokens as solely tradable assets. Turns out, it’s not that different from offering a sandwich.

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In 2016, only 19% of children’s books had female heroes. Not the case anymore — just ask the 23 million girls inspired by Rebel Girls. As the CEO, Jes shares how the global brand helps raise confident girls via 2000+ stories told through NY Times bestsellers and an award-winning audio app, plus how it all started with Kickstarter… and being kinda annoyed by Finding Nemo?

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For any virtual therapy skeptics, let’s check the facts. Evidence-based autism therapy platform AnswersNow works solely with Masters/PhD-level clinicians. It’s facilitated 10,000+ hours of help. And as co-founder/CEO Jeff explains, families have been needing more support for ages. In fact, AnswersNow started with a Slack group and shared frustrations over major waitlists. 

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Take it from Will, “The Email Guy” and co-founder/COO of Lavender: That robotic email isn’t getting you anywhere. But wait. Lavender is the #1 AI sales email coaching platform — so isn’t that as soulless as it gets? Will explains how feeding AI millions of emails every week makes things more (not less) human, and also spills trade secrets about the perfect outreach email. 

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While 99% of people went wild for digital, LTD.INC chose “phygital” — NFTs that exist in both the digital and physical world. Brands like Wrangler Jeans are pumped; it’s pure gold for proof of authenticity, collectibles on the blockchain and the road to digital scarcity changing our reality. Founder/CEO Daryl explains more, plus why the wallet is “the social media of the future.”

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Around 5 million smart contracts deployed, yet we’ve got developers working with subpar tools that have them struggling with “what the hell is going on” every day. As the co-founder/CEO of web3 end-to-end observability platform Blocktorch, Gery notes it’s time to look beyond the cool factor of web3, at real value — starting with reimagining how devs build and maintain dApps. 

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