Startup Happy Hour

David Kobrosky is the Co-Founder of intros.ai, an introduction infrastructure company that facilitates connections between individuals in existing communities.

In this episode, David chats about the role and importance of intention when forming a relationship. He dives into his thoughts on what connection and meeting people will look like in the future, and touches on the gap that is being bridged between NFTs and digital communities.

Tune in to hear David describe what it was like starting his first company in middle school, share how he was able to land a job with Gary Vaynerchuk during university, and provide insight into the thought process that went into dropping out of university, twice.

You can find David on Twitter or LinkedIn - let him know you found him through the Startup Happy Hour podcast. And don’t forget to check out intros.ai at the link below!

intros.ai: https://www.intros.ai/

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Jeffrey Silverman is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Laconia Capital Group, a venture capital firm that invests in B2B startups at a seed-stage level. Laconia is sector agnostic, but they focus specifically on startups that are building technology to replace analog workflows.

In this episode, Jeffrey talks about how he first stumbled into his venture fund and why he decided to invest exclusively in early-stage startups. He also provides insight into his process for determining which startups to invest in and compares the startup pitching process with going on a first date.

Tune in to hear Jeffrey dish on what his day-to-day as managing partner at a VC firm is like. He shares his take on trends he sees taking off in the startup space in the future, and explains why being able to handle rejection is a crucial skill that can lead to great outcomes.

You can reach Jeffrey at [email protected] or find him on LinkedIn or Twitter - let him know you found him through the Startup Happy Hour podcast. And don’t forget to check out Laconia Capital Group at the link below!

Laconia Capital Group: https://www.laconiacapitalgroup.com/

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Peter Voss is the CEO and Founder of Aigo.ai, an AI company that centers around creating intelligent chatbots with human-like abilities, such as memory and reasoning.

In this episode, Peter shares insight into how artificial general intelligence differs from regular AI. He explains that while regular AI relies on the intelligence of an external party, such as programmers or designers, artificial general intelligence builds intelligence directly into the computer.

Tune in to hear Peter talk about what he believes artificial general intelligence and Aigo will be capable of doing in the future, his approach to morality and how it applies to Aigo, and the challenges and obstacles he anticipates facing as Aigo becomes more widely used.

You can reach Peter at [email protected], or find him on Medium, Twitter, and LinkedIn - let him know you found him through the Startup Happy Hour podcast. And don’t forget to check out Aigo at the link below!

Aigo: https://www.aigo.ai/

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Eddy Badrina is the CEO of Eden Green Technology, an agriculture technology company that provides food suppliers and distributors with patented hardware and proprietary software to put in their warehouses and controlled environment facilities.

In this episode, Eddy dives into Eden Green’s mission to change the way that people farm food and feed people. He describes the technology they use to support this mission, and provides insight into the issue of food insecurity in the US.

Tune in to hear Eddy’s thoughts on how Eden Green’s technology will impact food insecurity over the next ten years. Learn from his experience bootstrapping a company, selling it, and buying it back again, and his advice for founders at a crossroads over what their next steps should be.

You can find Eddy at badrina.com or on Twitter and LinkedIn - let him know you found him through the Startup Happy Hour podcast. And don’t forget to check out Eden Green Technology at the link below!

Eden Green Technology: https://www.edengreen.com/

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Christiana Cromer is the Marketing Manager at Coiled, a software company that increases access to scalable computing and equips data scientists with the tools they need to solve problems quicker and more efficiently.

In this episode, Christiana explains the connections between Coiled, Dask, and Python. She dives into what differentiates Coiled from its competitors, and shares her thoughts on where the technology behind Coiled and Dask will be in the next ten years.

Tune in to hear Christiana describe her experience working as a non-technical marketing manager in a highly technical industry. She also provides insight into why marketing and community building go hand in hand, and sheds light into her plans for starting her own company one day.

You can find Christiana on Twitter and LinkedIn - let her know you found her through the Startup Happy Hour podcast. And don’t forget to check out Coiled at the link below!

Coiled: coiled.io

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Rachel He is a product designer on Spotify’s Podcaster Mission team, a team that focuses on various podcaster-related services including podcast creation, distribution, and analytics.

In this episode, Rachel shares her day-to-day as a product designer. She describes her experience working on a startup-like team within a big company, and details her journey transitioning from studying computer science to becoming a product designer.

Tune in to hear Rachel dive into her thoughts on the environmental impact of the cloud and what designers in all industries can do to design sustainably. She also talks about how climate and race are linked, and whether there should be an ethics requirement in tech.

You can find Rachel on Twitter and LinkedIn, and let her know you found her through the Startup Happy Hour podcast. And don’t forget to check out Spotify and Anchor at the links below!

Spotify: https://www.spotify.com/us/

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/

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Jonah Erlich is a software engineer at Bubble, a no-code platform that allows individuals to build a full stack web application using a drag and drop interface.

In this episode, Jonah dives into how no-code makes it possible to build on the front-end, back-end, and database without writing a single line of code. He shares his thoughts on what no-code will bring to the future, and elaborates on his role as a coder working at a no-code company.

Tune in to hear Jonah talk about how no-code and blockchain perfectly collide, what it was like building a VC organization from scratch, and the importance of creating and finding meaning in everyday things.

You can find Jonah on Twitter and LinkedIn - let him know you found him through the Startup Happy Hour podcast. And don’t forget to check out Bubble at the link below!

Bubble: bubble.io

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Sam Norton is the Founder of Heron Farms, an indoor vertical farm that takes an untraditional approach of using saltwater to irrigate plants.

In this episode, Sam gives listeners an overview on the basics of saltwater agriculture, shares his thoughts on how he expects the industry to grow and progress in the future, and provides insight into the environmental impacts of using saltwater over freshwater to irrigate plants.

Tune in to hear Sam dish on the future of Heron Farms, managing team dynamics at a growing startup, and going a full year without having a cell phone.

You can contact Sam at [email protected], or find him on LinkedIn (let him know you found him through the Startup Happy Hour podcast), and don’t forget to check out Heron Farms at the link below!

Heron Farms: https://www.heronfarms.com/

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Michael Kovalcik is the Director of Operations at KODE Labs, a smart building software startup that optimizes commercial buildings’ energy usage and operations to create a sustainable and comfortable environment.

In this episode, Michael shares a behind-the-scenes look into the elements that make up building management, provides insight into how KODE Labs is disrupting the industry, and describes what his day-to-day as Director of Operations looks like. Tune in to hear Michael explore the concept of a net promoter score for cities, his opinion that the worst thing a bad product can have is good marketing, the idea that rent is essentially a subscription cost for living in a city, and more.

You can contact Michael at [email protected], or find him on Twitter and LinkedIn (let him know you found him through the Startup Happy Hour podcast), and don’t forget to check out KODE Labs at the link below!

KODE Labs: https://kodelabs.com/

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Arthur Shi is a software engineer at Snowflake, a cloud data platform that underwent a successful IPO last fall.

In this episode, Arthur shares insight into cloud data and, specifically, how Snowflake is revolutionizing the space. He also dives into how companies are currently using cloud data, the importance and power of using data, what the future of cloud data looks like. In addition, Arthur describes a day in the life of a software engineer and provides an honest take on his experience working at a high-growth startup through an IPO

Tune in to this episode to hear Arthur talk more about Snowflake, cloud data, startups, and software engineering.

You can find Arthur on LinkedIn (let him know you found him through the Startup Happy Hour podcast), and don’t forget to check out Snowflake at the link below!

Snowflake: https://www.snowflake.com/

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