Techish

By Techish

A podcast by two founders and investors who talk about all things tech, pop culture, and life.

It's equal parts ChatGPT, equal parts Cardi B.

Starring tech founders and investor

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How many episodes does Techish have?

The podcast currently has 302 episodes available.

Techish episodes:

March 19, 2024The TikTok Ban, Royal Conspiracies, and Elon’s Legal Battle with OpenAI
Techish is back in the building, and this week, we break down:
Are tech conferences worth it? (0:30)
The TikTok ban (6:00)
Trump AI fakes target Black voters (10:00
Kate Middleton conspiracy theories (14:50)
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI (20:40)

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Extra Reading:
Potential U.S. TikTok Ban Leaves Black Creators In Limbo [POCIT]
Trump Supporters Target Black Voters With Faked AI-Generated Images [POCIT]
Ex-Twitter Executives Sue Elon Musk for $128 Million in Severance Pay [Bloomberg]
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This episode is sponsored by Intuit: https://intuit.com/pocit
Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the show
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Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

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March 05, 2024 Celebrity Special: Beyoncé brands not working, Kim K is worth how much?? Jay-Z, influencer culture.
Throwback episode: This week, we’re revisiting some of our favorite celebrity and business stories!

• Kim K’s Skims is now a $4 billion company (0:15)
• Keith Lee’s Atlanta reviews and influencer culture (5:05)
• Beyoncé divorces Adidas (11:25)
• Jay Z and rich people conversations (17:55)

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the show
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Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2

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Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techish

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27min
February 27, 2024Are We Dating The Same Guy? Unemployment Among Black Men, No Friends At Work
Techish is back with another episode! Hosts Abadesi and Michael break down:

Rising unemployment among Black men (0:30)
Man sues “Are We Dating The Same Guy?” Facebook group (5:33)
Nobody is really your friend at work (13:55)
What your job says about your personality (25:07)
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Extra Reading:
The unemployment rate of Black men rose in January, underscoring continued inequality in labor market [CNBC]
Hiring managers pass over ‘names associated with Black people’ in their rush to review resumes, according to study of all 50 U.S. states [Fortune]
Black Women Face Worse Job Outcomes In White-Dominated Work Environments, Study Reveals [POCIT]

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the show
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Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2

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Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techish

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https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/

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31min
February 20, 2024Meta Is Making Moola, Grammys Are Scammy! The Return Of Adam Neumann, Is Taylor Swift A PSYOP?!
Techish is back with another episode! Hosts Abadesi and Michael break down:
Apple Vision Pro (0:40)
Meta’s stock is booming (3:38)
Adam Neumann wants to buy back WeWork (7:30)
Is Taylor Swift a psyop? (11:15)
Grammy wins and blaccents (14:55)
Mr & Mrs Smith reboot (18:25)
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Extra Reading:
Adam Neumann Raised More In One Round Than All Black Founders Raised This Quarter [POCIT]

Support the show
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Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2

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22min
February 13, 2024Return to Office or AI Will Take Your Job? Forget Soft Life, Black Founders
Techish is back with another episode! Hosts Abadesi and Michael break down:

PwC boss tells Gen Z to return to office in age of AI (0:29)
Career success vs soft life (6:00)
Dating icks and short kings (12:35)
Haggling your bills and subscription costs (20:35)
Who wins when Black founders sell their companies? (24:50)
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Extra Reading:
Gen Z employees who want to succeed in the age of AI should come to the office more, accounting giant U.K. boss says [Fortune]
Beatrice Dixon’s The Honey Pot Co. Secures Monumental $380M Investment [POCIT]
This Isn't The Brand I Started: Why I'm Saying Goodbye To Afrocenchix After 15 Years [Black Ballad]
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This episode is sponsored by Intuit: https://intuit.com/pocit

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the show
————————————————————

Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2

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Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techish

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https://www.instagram.com/hustlecrewlive/
https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/

Email us at [email protected]
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33min
February 06, 2024Layoffs targeting BIPOC, TikTok vs Music Labels, Twitter is Doing Fine!?
Techish is back with another episode! Hosts Abadesi and Michael unpack:
Are tech layoffs targeting BIPOC? (0:40)
Twitter functioning despite mass layoffs (4:44)
Tech workers leaving the industry for… farming?! (9:50)
TikToks go silent as Universal Music Group pulls its music (13:40)
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Extra Reading:
Fans React to Removal of UMG Artists From TikTok: ‘Were We Silent or Silenced?’ [Rolling Stone]
'I’m Singaporean': TikTok CEO grilled by US senator repeatedly about ties with China – video [The Guardian]

Support the show
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Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2

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Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techish

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https://www.instagram.com/abadesi/
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https://www.instagram.com/hustlecrewlive/
https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/

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22min
January 30, 2024 DEI Founders Abandoning Ship, Diddy in Trouble, Toxic People in Tech, Courage to be Disliked
Welcome back! This week, Techish hosts Abadesi and Michael break down:

• DEI founders jumping ship amid culture war (0:10)
• Male founders start “girls only” club after discovering sexism (8:15)
• P Diddy, Russell Brand, and why we don’t listen to women (14:50)
• The courage to be disliked (23:34)
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Extra Reading:
Why have five men started a “girls only” club in New York City? [Women’s Agenda]

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the show
————————————————————

Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2

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Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techish

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https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/

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27min
January 23, 2024Layoff Season! Google is Done! Bill Ackman Dry Snitching, Wealth Management
Techish is back for a brand new season! To kick off 2024, hosts Abadesi and Michael break down:
Layoffs in the age of TikTok and remote work (0.00)
Is Google’s reign finally over? (6:10)
“DEI must DIE”: Elon Musk’s culture war (13:43)
Bill Ackman’s dry snitching backfires, wife accused of plagiarism (17:29)
Crypto, wealth managers, and investing your assets (24:21)

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The episode is sponsored by Intuit: https://intuit.com/pocit

Extra Reading:
Viral TikTok Video Of Cloudflare Employee Is A Lesson On How To Not Fire Workers (Forbes)
Stocks Climb to Record, Lifted by Big Tech and Rate Cut Hopes (New York Times)

Books:
YOU’RE NOT BROKE YOU’RE PRE-RICH…
Unshakeable - [Finance book recommended by Michael]

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the show
————————————————————

Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2

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Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techish

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https://www.instagram.com/hustlecrewlive/
https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/

Email us at [email protected]
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32min
November 21, 2023 Spending 20k On A Masterclass? How Did We Survive 2023, Leveraging Looks To Sell Products
Techish is back with a founders’ special! Hosts Abadesi and Michael break down:

• Investing in yourself with a $20K masterclass (1:08)
• Surviving 2023 as a Black founder (15:10)
• Race vs gender equity progress in the workplace (23:00)
• Getting ghosted by job applicants during the bull market (27:00)
• Leveraging pretty privilege to close deals (29:58)
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This episode is sponsored by Hubspot: Learn how Hubspot can help your business grow better at
https://www.hubspot.com
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Extra Reading:
• Odey Asset Management to shut after sexual misconduct allegations against founder
• Black Founders Face Funding Decline With Just 0.13% Of VC This Q3
• Has 2023 Been A Brutal Year For Black Founders?
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Stay In Touch:
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https://www.twitter.com/abadesi
https://www.twitter.com/hustlecrewlive
https://twitter.com/techishpod
Email us at [email protected]
Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the show
————————————————————

Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2

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Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techish

https://www.instagram.com/techishpod/
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https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/

Email us at [email protected]
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37min
November 14, 2023Is Entrepreneurship Worth It, Wedding Culture, Ozempic, ChatGPT Killed My Business
Techish is back with a brand new episode! Hosts Abadesi & Michael break down:
The founder who scammed Google and Facebook out of $100M (0:50)
Nvidia’s co-founder regrets building a company from scratch (3:05)
Will Ozempic’s popularity hurt food and fitness companies? (12:05)
Has wedding culture gotten out of control? (21:55)
ChatGPT’s new features and why it’s so hard to build a sustainable AI business (27:55)
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This episode is sponsored by Hubspot:
Learn how Hubspot can help your business grow better at https://www.hubspot.com
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Extra Reading:
He Tried to Bilk Google and Facebook Out of $100 Million With Fake Invoices
Nvidia cofounder Jensen Huang says ‘nobody in their right mind’ would start a company, and he’d opt out if he could go back in time
55, unemployed and faking normal: One woman's story of barely scraping by [video]
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Use the hashtag #Techish on X/Twitter & IG
Support Techish at https://www.patreon.com/techish
Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2 ————————————————————

Stay In Touch:
https://www.twitter.com/michaelberhane_
https://www.twitter.com/abadesi
https://www.twitter.com/hustlecrewlive
https://twitter.com/techishpod
Email us at [email protected]
Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Support the show
————————————————————

Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2

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Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techish

https://www.instagram.com/techishpod/
https://www.instagram.com/abadesi/
https://www.instagram.com/michaelberhane_/
https://www.instagram.com/hustlecrewlive/
https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/

Email us at [email protected]
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32min

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How many episodes does Techish have?

The podcast currently has 302 episodes available.

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