Talking Startups at NYU

In this episode of Talking Startups, my guest is Alyssa Petersel (Silver '17), founder of My Wellbeing. Her platform is designed to help people find the best therapist according to their needs. We dive into what therapy actually is, and explore the narratives through which we view the world. We talk about trauma, stigma around mental health, and what will need to change for mental wellbeing access to scale.

My guest today Is Joshua Sakhai one of the 4 active co-founders of Ephemeral, a company designing a tattoo ink which disappears over time. This ink is not yet out on the market, as the product is still in the development phase. However, as you will hear the product relies on an ingenious redesign of the ink particles, which break down over time and ultimately disappear completely. In this episode we discuss the organizational implications of trying to navigate the front-loaded ,heavy, R&D lift that these type of innovative products require. It’s also interesting to hear how Josh as a 21 year old ,currently on a leave of absence from NYU, is managing the expectations of being in the pre-product phase for a good that may potentially revolutionize the multi-billion dollar industry that is tattoo ink. I hope you enjoy the show. And as always you can follow us on iTunes or Soundcloud or follow us on social media, just look up NYU Entrepreneurial Institute on Fb or Twitter.

In this weeks episode I am talking to Joshua Sakhai co-founder and COO at Ephemeral, a company which is attempting to design disappearing ink. This ink is not yet out on the market as it’s still in the development phase for both reasons of bio-engineering complexity and safety. As you will hear the product relies on an ingenious molecular re-design of the ink particles which alters your bodies immune-response to its subcutaneous application. I loved talking to Josh just to kinda hear about how he is managing this heave R&D lift and the pressures he is facing to succeed.

This week we talked with Michael Lebowitz, a guest lecturer at NYUStern, about the pros and cons of building an award-winning advertising agency without a business degree. Additionally we focused on the profound changes that have been occurring through out the advertisement industry in the last 15 years and how Big Spaceship has evolved to negotiate these new challenges.

In this episode my guest is Meika Hollander the founder of the female sexual health products 'Sustain Natural'.This feels like quite a timely conversation in the age of #MeToo . We broach topics like how important contraception and female is to closing the gender wage and opportunity gap, as well as the sociological root of the orgasm gap.

This week we talked with Guy Story, Founding CTO at Audible, about what happened in the 80s when audio met digital, and how Audible made audiobooks a thing. If you want to hear more about the human stories which underpin some of todays biggest startups follow us here on Soundcloud or in the Itunes app.

“Season 2, episode 3 of #TalkingStartups #Podcast: We talked with Kunal Mehta, author of the book Disruptors and Venture Associate at the NYU venture fund, about why failing is essential and inescapable in any startup. He reminds us to fail fast and learn quickly.

Season 2, episode 2 of TalkingStartups Podcast: Founder of the beauty product company EOS, Jonathan Teller, talks about identifying a market opportunity to re-inventing the common lip balm. Hear his philosophy on the risks & rewards of innovating in the beauty industry.

For this weeks episode we are talking to Estee Goldschmidt, the founder of ShopDrop. She founded this company when she discovered how exciting it is was to save money shopping at sample sales. She wanted to share that high with others so she founded a platform with which users can find sample sales in their area. We also explore how she has learnt to cope with the stresses of starting a business versus following a more traditional corporate career.

It was great to have Frank Rimalovski on for the first Episode!! He is the executive director of the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute which runs the Leslie eLab. In this episode, we talk about the need to get out of the building and testing your ideas, as well as common mistakes student entrepreneurs make and how to avoid them.