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- Eight World | Steven Jansen | Ep. 19
Ray and Steven discuss Eight World which provides unconditional cash transfers to villages in Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast.
The discussion also touches on having a decolonial mind-set, the coffee value-chain and how Eight World has found success with a radical approach to non-profit work.
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31 min - eBusiness Institute | Matt Raad | Ep. 18
Ray and Matt discuss eBusiness Institute which provides specific digital training courses that allow our students to generate income online anywhere – anytime.
The discussion also touches on advice for early-stage entrepreneurs, a look at how today's internet can be leveraged to gain financial freedom and what the future landscape looks like
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45 min - GoKommu | Bo Abrams | Ep. 17
Ray and Bo Abrams discuss GoKommu a travel platform that values people over profit, designed to help expand your network to find trusted, affordable places to stay.
The discussion also touches on advice for early-stage entrepreneurs, a look at how travel is changing for consumers and how the community travel offers an enhanced set of experiences and opportunity to expand your network across the globe.
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43 min - GearBrain | Mark Westlake | Ep. 16
Ray and Mark Westlake discuss GearBrain and how they are a pioneering recommendation platform where you can research, discover, buy, and learn how to connect and optimize smart devices all in one place.
The discussion also touches on advice for early-stage entrepreneurs, a look at how AI is changing the consumer landscape and a look at how the Smart-Device market has become confusing and convoluted for consumers.
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47 min - LowCoder | Falk Wolsky | Ep. 15
Ray and Falk discuss Lowcoder Software LTD and its position in the market as a innovative all-in-one solution for application development, data sets, visual presentation tools and video conferencing.
The discussion also touches on antiquated high-education for programing, Falk's past projects and the future implications of AI in the development world.
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45 min - Impact Hub | John Paul Parmigiani | Episode 14
Listen to John P. Parmigiani's journey to entrepreneurship and the challenges launching and scaling Impact Hub. Impact Hub connects entrepreneurs and innovators to large organizations, partners, investors, and the public sector.
Why? To build a more just and sustainable society.
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36 min - Klaatch | Adam Greene | Ep. 13
Listen to Adam Greene's journey launching 'Klaatch' which leverages human touch and technology to help older adult organizations determine their Social Quotient, build new initiatives for individual and community social connectivity, and propel organizational performance.
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39 min - Just Ads | Shan Rizvi | Ep. 12
Listen to Shan Rizvi's journey launching 'Just Ads'. Shan plans for Just Ads to become an all-in-one solution for marketing professionals to be able to easily manage and analyze campaigns across all channels.
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32 min - Dahlia's Book | Oana Ciherean | Ep. 11
Listen to Oana Ciherean's journey launching 'Dahlia's Book'. Oana plans for Dahlia's Book to either become a global organization for digital education or spin off into a for-profit education company for kids.
The program connects software engineers with school children online to teach them how to code. Dahlia's book is guided by a mentor in real-time. There are no self-based classes or homework in Dahlia's book.
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21 min - Socket Supply | Paolo Fragomeni | Ep. 10
Listen to Paolo Fragomeni's journey launching 'Socket Supply'. They created a product call 'Socket Runtime' that introduces a modern P2P protocol that provides secure, real-time, and eventually consistent communication between users. It even allows a user to send messages to someone who's offline.
Socket Runtime allows you to build for any OS — desktop, mobile, even headless — with security, privacy, and peer-to-peer as first class features.
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About The Founder's Predicament
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Ray Shah and Kyle Manning of ThinkDesign interviews Startup Founders. You'll get to hear their unique stories of what building a startup company is really like.