Startup Seattle

Startup Seattle

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Startup Seattle episodes

  • Conversation with Data Scientist Widad Machmouchi of Microsoft

    For this episode, we sought to throw some light on data science and data scientists, a trending position in modern companies. We are excited to bring you an episode with Widad Machmouchi, a Principal Data Scientist Manager at Microsoft. She may have ended up in Washington DC but Seattle lucked out in becoming her home. Widad and I talk about

    • What does a Data Scientist do?
    • Understanding Machine Learning with an example
    • A/B Testing
    • How she evaluates companies on AI/ML/data-driven claims
    • Skills such as "Math Maturity" that one should get to enter Data Science
    • Her team blog is https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/experimentation-platform-exp/

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      40 min
    • Astrophotography with Harish Krishnakumar

      Harish is a junior in the Tesla STEM school in Redmond, WA. I found about his deep interest in astrophotography last year and saw many of his brilliant images on Instagram. I was curious to explore his journey and to my delight, he was ready to share. I hope you enjoy this special episode.

      Harish is active on Instagram and his handle is hk.astro. He has promised to create a web site with his images soon.

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      23 min
    • How to increase your sphere of influence and other career secrets from Suresh Kumar, global CTO of Walmart

      Suresh Kumar is the Global CTO and Chief Development Officer of Walmart.

      The highlights of the conversation

      • How being curious and passionate helped him. He encourages one to follow those traits.
      • A few management secrets such as connecting the dots.
      • How AI and ML is being used at Walmart to deliver valuable customer experiences and increase efficiency.
      • Pros and Cons of Technology expansion in our lives 
      • Suresh is an articulate speaker and there is a lot to take away from this episode. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed producing it.

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        42 min
      • Dire Warning from DroneSeed's Grant Canary

        "Climate Change is THE problem that all problems report to"

        "Climate Change is an existential problem for us over next 20 years"

        To budding entrepreneurs, "Do something that matters"

        In this wide ranging episode. Grant describes how Droneseed are following data and customers to make an impact on regrowing fire damaged forests. Putting three types of drones to work and ensuring a robust supply of seeds and seedlings from their SilvaSeed acquisition, they are unburdening people from heavy labor and ensuring a good shot for burnt forests to come back alive. Classic example of using technology to try to repair a broken situation.

        Grant explains in depth their process, how he methodically arrived at finding the problem and attracting a team to develop the drone based solution. Lots of other interesting nuggets including use of OKR's and his favorite food.

        Enjoy this episode featuring a global wanderer who came back home to attempt to save the planet.

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        49 min
      • Geoff Harris of Flying Fish on AI/ML as primary investing thesis

        In this discussion, Geoff shares his insights on

        • Skills he needed to make a move into Venture Capital investing
        • Evaluating AI/ML Companies with skill
        • Attributes of a successful founder
        • His firm's focus on Pacific Northwest Founders
        • Mentions - Seattle Angel Conference, Alliance of Angels, Pike Place, RedSox, Pike Place, Home Recording Studio

          Flying Fish can be found at https://flyingfish.vc

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          39 min
        • Aaron Holm of Blokable strives to make an impact on the housing crisis

          Enjoy this discussion, where we talk about

          • What is contributing to modern day housing crisis and ways to solve it?
          • Zoning as a development issue
          • Blokable's end to end approach to modular housing
          • Complexity in real estate development
          • Blokable's advantages
          • & more...
          • Blokable is at www.blokable.com and you can follow Aaron on Twitter @aahholm

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            55 min
          • Eastlake High School sophomore Vedant Srinivas on building technology to mitigate roadkill
            Vedant, an entering sophomore at Eastlake High in Sammamish WA discusses his year long effort to build a system ("Ora") to audibly warn wildlife to get away from oncoming cars. His passion, effort and talent shines through in this conversation.  
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            28 min
          • All about Biologics with Lumen Bioscience CEO Brian Finrow

            Biologics are a hot trend and have been proven to treat many diseases. If you watch TV, you have seen those ubiquitous Humira ads.  

            In this episode, Brian answers our questions on

            • Why Biologics matter
            • Manufacturing challenges
            • Lumen's unique approach
            • Life Science vs Technology Startup 
            • & more...
            • Yay, we made it to 20 episodes!

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              48 min
            • Ryan Dibble, COO of Flyhomes on trends, opportunities and challenges shaping residential real estate

              Ryan Dibble is COO and Founding Member of FlyHomes. FlyHomes was founded to focus on the buyer's experience.

              Ryan shares with us

              • His work focus at the growth stage of FlyHomes
              • Current trends (temporary and permanent) trends shaping the real estate market
              • Flyhomes as a one stop for Buyers
              • How technology is powering home buying
              • & more
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                51 min
              • 1-1 with three time Founder and Author Shirish Nadkarni

                Shirish Nadkarni is a three time founder (TeamOn, LiveMocha, Zoomingo) and the author of a new book - From Startup to Exit. He is also very actively involved with TiE Seattle and it's startup initiatives.

                Shirish shares with us

                • His thoughts on achieving product market fit
                • Inspiration for his new book and deciding scope of book
                • Challenges to tackle in growth phase and the importance of culture
                • Maintaining focus
                • Skill that Startup Founders should gain
                • & more
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                  43 min

                About Startup Seattle

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                We have engaging conversations with people from Pacific Northwest Startup community - Founders, Inventors, Business Pioneers, Counsel and other interesting personas. We talk about the startup…