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Developed by Boondoc Technologies, The Rounds provides physicians with a free, secure, online platform to collaborate and connect in real-time with colleagues across the country. Providing members with access to thousands of journal articles, posts, as well as clinical queries from colleagues, and insights and research from subject matter experts, The Rounds is reinventing how healthcare professionals collaborate and communicate.

You can meet the team in person at our upcoming Startup Spotlight event at District Hall on June 12. They'll be exhibiting along with 35+ other startups.

Listen to the podcast and learn how the platform makes it easier than ever before for physicians to connect, no matter their location.

Podcast Participants

Blair Ryan, Founder & CEO of The Rounds

Tim Rice, VP, Sales

Lynn Coveyduck, VP, Operations

Greg Veinott, Marketing Advisor, Nova Scotia Business Inc.

Laura MacDougall, Marketing Advisor, Nova Scotia Business Inc.

4Deep In-water Imaging is making waves in the world of 3D imaging. Developing patented holographic and fluorescence technology, the company from Nova Scotia, Canada is creating powerful microscopes that are not only faster and more precise than others on the market but are also incredibly versatile.

You can meet the team in person at our upcoming Startup Spotlight event at District Hall on June 12. They'll be exhibiting along with 35+ other startups.

In the meantime, have a listen to this podcast where the team shares the exciting and innovative solutions they are discovering for a broad range of applications, from oceanography and municipal water to aquaculture and the wine industry.

Podcast Participants

* Dr. Stephen Jones, Chief Executive Officer, 4Deep In-water Imaging

* Candace Smith, Research Scientist

* Greg Veinott, Marketing Advisor, Nova Scotia Business Inc.

* Laura MacDougall, Marketing Advisor, Nova Scotia Business Inc.

Frank Gillett of Forrester Research moderates a discussion on blockchain's impact on the Internet of Things with Andy Stahl, Senior VP of IoT at SAP, and Thomas Hardjono of MIT Connection Science.

Steven Martin, Chief Digital Officer for GE Power, discusses the company's Internet of Things outlook and strategy.

In this podcast we talk with Eric Wetjen, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Natick, Massachusetts-based The MathWorks, one of the world’s leading makers of mathematical computing software. The company’s long heritage in areas like embedded computing and predictive maintenance, as well as its broad focus across industries — everything from industrial automation, to smart cities, to healthcare, and even financial engineering — gives it an especially authentic voice when addressing many of the issues that have both spurred and challenged the growth and development of the Internet of Things across so many different and diverse markets.

The podcast was recorded in advance of our Connected Things 2018 conference, taking place April 5th at the MIT Media Lab.

Many would argue that the only effective way to gain value at scale from the massive amounts of data the Internet of Things generates is with cloud computing. But what cannot be argued is the position Amazon Web Services holds as a dominant player in the cloud.

So what is the AWS take on the Internet of Things?

In this podcast, Vice President of IoT at Amazon Web Services, Dirk Didascalou, discusses the company’s many and varied IoT initiatives, including Greengrass, which is software that lets customers run local compute, messaging and data caching for connected devices securely, even when not connected to the Internet.

Dirk is also one of the keynote speakers at Connected Things 2018, April 5th, at the MIT Media Lab.

As you’ll hear in this conversation with Mark Thirman, the Connected Things 2018 Conference Chair, IoT is a major focus at AWS. And it’s also clear, listening to Dirk, just how sweeping that focus is.

An interview with Lyft VP of operations, Woody Harman on how he took Lyft's operations from those of a startup to those of a growth company, with insights on some of the challenges startups face that either must grow fast or die young.

Woody Hartman is VP of Operations at Lyft. As the person responsible for taking Lyft’s operations from those of a startup to those of a growth company, he offers special insights into some of the challenges — and ways to overcome them — that startups face that either must grow fast or will die young. He also brings a unique perspective on such topical issues as the future of work, the gig economy, and the impact of autonomous vehicles — not to mention how to successfully position a young company against a well-established competitor with a lot more name recognition — a feat that Lyft has somehow managed to pull off in just a few short years.

So we were especially excited to chat with Woody for this, our 94th MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge podcast.

An interview with Shanel Lindsay, one of Massachusetts' growing number of successful startups in the cannabis industry. She is also a member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board, where she works with Massachusetts state government to develop and implement regulations for the medical and adult use markets.

Shanel Lindsay is one of Massachusetts’ thought leaders on the medical use of cannabis and is founder and president of Ardent, a startup in the space. She is also a member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board, where she works with Massachusetts state government to develop and implement regulations for the medical and adult use markets.

Here is her advice for anyone thinking of launching a cannabis-related startup of their own:

Be prepared. Have lots of contingency plans. In cannabis, I think a lot of people feel like they need to go and become a grower or take up some expertise that they don’t already have. My suggestion for people who are looking to move into the Cannabis space is think about what you’re already good at. Chances are, businesses in the space are desperately in need of whatever skill you bring to the table. And that might be a cannabis skill and that might be a traditional business skills like accounting or marketing or any number of support rolls. And getting involved in the business that way you’ll quickly learn what you need to know about the cannabis world. Because it is always changing, you absolutely need good mentors, good investors, good colleagues. So getting out and networking is really important. And going and learning about the laws. I think that the biggest piece about becoming involved in the cannabis business is understanding that this business is one part business and one part advocacy. And if you aren’t willing to go and stand up for what’s right and also use your business to push forward against the stigma, against cannabis prohibition, against the inequity that exist because of prohibition, then you probably shouldn’t get into this business.

Listen to what else she has to say, in this podcast: