Next Gen Now with Rudina Seseri

Discussing The New Paradigm of Pervasive Connectivity and how it impacts our lives and society as Rudina Seseri welcomes Dr. Brad Berens with Big Digital Idea Consulting and USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future. 

A trusted ear and adviser to senior executives and entrepreneurs, Brad Berens has enjoyed a wide-ranging career with powerful storytelling as an organizing theme. From his long tenure as the Global Chief Content Officer at dmg events, research and strategy work with the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future, editorial and marketing work at iMedia and EarthLink, mentoring of startups (including at the Portland Incubator Experiment and the Nike+ Accelerator), and going back to his time as a Hollywood story analyst and award-winning teacher of Shakespeare and writing at U.C. Berkeley, Brad moves gracefully from the digital world to the “real” world and back again.

We learn about Owlet Smart Baby Monitoring as Rudina Seseeri speaks with Owlet Founder and CMO Jordan Monroe. The Owlet Baby Monitor is designed to alert you if your baby stops breathing and it’s the only monitor to use hospital technology—pulse oximetry (you probably know it as the little red light they clip on your finger at the […]

Discussing the Internet of Things and how it becoming so pervasive in our lives as Rudina Seseri speaks with Jamyn Edis, the CEO and Founder of Dash Labs. Jamyn Edis is the founder and CEO of Dash, a connected car platform. Jamyn is also a mentor and investor in Techstars, the world’s premier technology accelerator, as well as […]

Talking Tech Trends for 2016 as Rudina Seseri speaks with author, futurist and Founder of Webbmedia Group Amy Webb. She explains how she “used a six-part methodology beginning with seeking out those on the fringes doing unusual experimentation or research. Next I look for patterns using my CIPHER model, where I identify previously unseen contradictions, inflections, […]

As CTO for Cloud at Pivotal, Colin Humphreys is responsible for the company’s big picture strategy and roadmap for our cloud platform offerings. Colin joins Pivotal from its acquisition of CloudCredo, where Colin was co-founder and CEO. Colin led the installation of the first SLA-driven production Cloud Foundry deployment, delivers tooling to the Cloud Foundry community, and is a regular conference speaker on PaaS-related topics. He also organizes the London PaaS User Group, and is passionate about “Infrastructure as Code”, “Continuous Delivery”, “Devops”, and “Agile Testing”. Colin has spent the last 15 years sitting on the fence between development and operations, delivering solutions for eBay, Volkswagen, Paypal, Cineworld, and others.

Today on Next Gen Now Rudina Seseri is joined by Johanna Hartzheim from Qleeks to discuss how music and technology are intersecting in response to consumer preferences.

Qleeks are shortcuts to playlists, artists and podcasts. They combine the intimate experience of a record with the convenience of online streaming. They have customizable artwork and make playing online music a simple ritual with the touch and visceral appeal of wood. The company is backed by Bolt, a VC for hardware startups. We're a team of 3 co-founders, myself who leads product development, Ismail is the CEO and Pierre-Rudolf the CTO.

They are currently shipping a pilot of 500 units worldwide and have a backlog of 2000 direct orders. Qleeks also have pending POs from Urban Outfitters and Amazon. And are signing deals with indie labels for exclusive content on the Qleek store.

Music and Technology: Intersecting Consumer Preferences as Rudina Seseri is joined by Johanna Hartzheim from Qleek. Qleeks are shortcuts to playlists, artists and podcasts. They combine the intimate experience of a record with the convenience of online streaming. They have customizable artwork and make playing online music a simple ritual with the touch and visceral appeal of wood.

The company is backed by Bolt, a VC for hardware startups. We’re a team of 3 co-founders, myself who leads product development, Ismail is the CEO and Pierre-Rudolf the CTO.







They are currently shipping a pilot of 500 units worldwide and have a backlog of 2000 direct orders. Qleeks also have pending POs from Urban Outfitters and Amazon. And are signing deals with indie labels for exclusive content on the Qleek store.

Today on Next Gen Now Rudina Seseri is joined by Scott Kirsner, Writer at Boston Globe.  Scott Kirsner-writes the weekly "Innovation Economy" column and blog for the Boston Globe and Boston.com.  They discuss how a startup can effectively draw media attention, as well as some examples of the critical factors to success.

Today on Next Gen Now Rudina Seseri is joined by Neil Gupta, Deputy Program Manager on Draper Laboratory’s Venture Engagement Team.  They discuss virtual reality and how it is different from augmented reality, as well as how large the market opportunity is and several other points.

Today on Next Gen Now Rudina Seseri is joined by Anita Brearton and Sheryl Schultz, co-Founders of CabinetM.  They talk about the CMO world, and the overall marketing function in the technology space changing dramatically over the years.