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  • Why We’re Basically Just Bonobos Monkeys with Better Tech | Rebecca Costa
    Rebecca D Costa is an American sociobiologist and futurist and a recipient of the prestigious Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Award. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, The Guardian, and other leading publications and here weekly column, THE FIX, is presently featured on Newsmax and on her site: rebeccacosta.com
    Costa was the founder and CEO of one of the largest technology marketing firms in California, where she developed an extensive track record of introducing disruptive, bleeding edge technologies for industry leaders like HP, Apple Computer, Oracle, Siebel Systems, General Electric, 3M, and others.
    Rebecca spent six years researching and writing the international bestseller The Watchman’s Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse and her follow-on book On the Verge shot to the top of Amazon’s #1 New Business Releases. The success of The Watchman’s Rattle led to a popular weekly news program called The Costa Report which was syndicated throughout the United States until 2018.


    Listen and Learn:



    * How AI and predictive analytics shifts the balance of power
    * Why the future is becoming increasingly knowable
    * The truth about complexity and what it means for all of us
    * How evolution has primed people to fail today’s challenges
    * The big problems facing society and how to solve them
    * Why terrorism inevitably leads to Minority Report
    * The effect of CRISPR on human nature
    * How nano-bots will impact the future of healthcare and pharma
    * The reason Rebecca isn’t that worried about the existential risk
    * How to think about the future of politics and governments
    * Why we basically bonobos monkeys with better tech




    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Rebecca D Costa is an American sociobiologist and futurist and a recipient of the prestigious Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Award. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, The Guardian, and other leading publications and here weekly column, THE FIX, is presently featured on Newsmax and on her site: rebeccacosta.com
    Costa was the founder and CEO of one of the largest technology marketing firms in California, where she developed an extensive track record of introducing disruptive, bleeding edge technologies for industry leaders like HP, Apple Computer, Oracle, Siebel Systems, General Electric, 3M, and others.
    Rebecca spent six years researching and writing the international bestseller The Watchman’s Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse and her follow-on book On the Verge shot to the top of Amazon’s #1 New Business Releases. The success of The Watchman’s Rattle led to a popular weekly news program called The Costa Report which was syndicated throughout the United States until 2018.


    Listen and Learn:



    * How AI and predictive analytics shifts the balance of power
    * Why the future is becoming increasingly knowable
    * The truth about complexity and what it means for all of us
    * How evolution has primed people to fail today’s challenges
    * The big problems facing society and how to solve them
    * Why terrorism inevitably leads to Minority Report
    * The effect of CRISPR on human nature
    * How nano-bots will impact the future of healthcare and pharma
    * The reason Rebecca isn’t that worried about the existential risk
    53 min
  • Consistently Predicting Tech Trends Decades Before They Happen | Daniel Burrus
    Daniel Burrus is considered one of the world’s leading futurist speakers on global trends and innovation and The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.
    Daniel is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, GE, American Express, Google, Deloitte, Procter & Gamble, Honda, and IBM etc…, helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact. He is the author of seven books, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller Flash Foresight, as well as the international best-seller Technotrends. His latest book, The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change Into Opportunity and Advantage is an Amazon #1 Hot New Release for Business
    Daniel has been the featured subject of several PBS television specials and has appeared on programs such as CNN, Fox Business, and Bloomberg, and is quoted in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Fortune, and Forbes and is a featured writer with millions of monthly readers on the topics of innovation, change and the future. His work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Wired, CNBC, and Huffington Post to name a few.
    Daniel has founded six businesses, four of which were national leaders in the United States in the first year. He is the CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advancements in technology driven trends to help clients profit from technological, social and business forces that are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities.


    Listen and Learn:

    * How hard and soft trends change the world
    * Why Daniel was able to predict major consumer tech breakthroughs decades before they happened
    * What areas of technology Daniel is most excited about and why
    * The reason Daniel is somewhat worried about CRISPR
    * How to think about disruption and positive disruption specifically
    * The reason some companies die and others thrive
    * How to spot big tech trends
    * Why Daniel avoids competition to crush it
    * Why not all trends pan out
    * The biggest mistake big companies make
    * Why Daniel thinks Apple has something big planned soon

     
    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Daniel Burrus is considered one of the world’s leading futurist speakers on global trends and innovation and The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.
    Daniel is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, GE, American Express, Google, Deloitte, Procter & Gamble, Honda, and IBM etc…, helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact. He is the author of seven books, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller Flash Foresight, as well as the international best-seller Technotrends. His latest book, The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change Into Opportunity and Advantage is an Amazon #1 Hot New Release for Business
    Daniel has been the featured subject of several PBS television specials and has appeared on programs such as CNN, Fox Business, and Bloomberg, and is quoted in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Fortune,
    46 min
  • Solving the Hard Problem of Consciousness with a Mathematical God and Messed Up Perception of Reality | Donald Hoffman
     
    Donald Hoffman (@donaldhoffman) is a cognitive scientist, popular author and Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine. He studies how our visual perception, guided by millions of years of natural selection, authors every aspect of our everyday reality.
    Don has co-authored two technical books: Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception which offers a theory of consciousness and its relationship to physics and Automotive Lighting and Human Vision which applies vision science to vehicle lighting.
    His newest book Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See presents the modern science of visual perception to a broad audience. His new book, tentatively titled Do We See Reality?, to appear at the end of 2017, expands on his 2015 TED Talk and explains how our perceptions have evolved to hide reality from us.
    Hoffman has won the Distinguished Scientific Award from the American Psychological Association, the Troland Research Award of the National Academy of Sciences and the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation.




    Listen and Learn:

    * How our perception differs from reality, big time
    * The nature of consciousness
    * Why we are what we see and believe
    * How your brain constructs an alternate universe
    * Possible problems with Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
    * Don’s mathematical definition of god
    * Why evolution doesn’t optimize for intelligence
    * How psychedelics actually impact our subjective reality
    * The hard problem and how to maybe solve it
    * Understanding the inner workings of science
    * Why physics is probably wrong and confusing
    * What we can learn from VR about real life
    * Why Don believed humans were just machines, and what he thinks now

    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow. 
    Donald Hoffman (@donaldhoffman) is a cognitive scientist, popular author and Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine. He studies how our visual perception, guided by millions of years of natural selection, authors every aspect of our everyday reality.
    Don has co-authored two technical books: Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception which offers a theory of consciousness and its relationship to physics and Automotive Lighting and Human Vision which applies vision science to vehicle lighting.
    His newest book Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See presents the modern science of visual perception to a broad audience. His new book, tentatively titled Do We See Reality?, to appear at the end of 2017, expands on his 2015 TED Talk and explains how our perceptions have evolved to hide reality from us.
    Hoffman has won the Distinguished Scientific Award from the American Psychological Association, the Troland Research Award of the National Academy of Sciences and the Rustum Roy Award of the Chopra Foundation.




    Listen and Learn:

    * How our perception differs from reality, big time
    * The nature of consciousness
    * Why we are what we see and believe
    * How your brain constructs an alternate universe
    * Possible problems with Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
    * Don’s mathematical definition of god
    * Why evolution doesn’t optimize for intelligence
    * How psychedelics actually impact our subjective reality
    * The hard problem and how to maybe solve it
    1 hr 8 min
  • Creative Destruction in Canada and Avoiding Unicorn Investing with Matthew Leibowitz of Plaza Ventures

    Matthew is a seasoned growth-stage tech investor and career VC and General Partner at Canada based Plaza Ventures, focused on deal flow, ecosystem development and investor relations that sits on the board of numerous companies, accelerators, and charities. Before that, at B.E.S.T. Funds, Matthew oversaw dozens of growth-tech finance investments with consistent double-digit returns and co-created multiple funds.
    He’s also a Board Member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association, a member of the MaRS IAF Investment Committee, Co-Chair of the CIX Top 20 Awards Committee and Mentor at Techstars Toronto Accelerator and Creative Destruction Lab. Matthew is also an Advisor at NEXT Canada, where he mentors young entrepreneurs in building their own ventures. He is a frequent public speaker and guest lecturer on tech start-ups and Venture Capital, as well as an active angel investor.
     


    Listen and Learn:

    * Why Plaza Ventures doesn’t do management fees and does WAY more GP infused capital
    * The effect of Trump’s policy on Canadian startup exits
    * Why Toronto’s startup ecosystem is skyrocketing
    * Matthew thoughts on clean tech and why smart cities are a big focus
    * What are the strengths and challenges of a career VC
    * How Toronto compares to other tech hubs in terms of talent
    * The reason Plaza focuses on smaller exits and cashflowing companies
    * How governments can help rather than hurt innovation
    * Why Canada’s immigration policy helps attract talent
    * How much US investors are investing in Canadian startups
    * Why there haven’t been any massive Canadian exits to date


    Matthew’s Projects:
    Plaza Ventures
    Matthew’s Angellist profile
    Matthew’s LinkedIn
    Matthew’s Twitter: @m_leibowitz
    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.
    Matthew is a seasoned growth-stage tech investor and career VC and General Partner at Canada based Plaza Ventures, focused on deal flow, ecosystem development and investor relations that sits on the board of numerous companies, accelerators, and charities. Before that, at B.E.S.T. Funds, Matthew oversaw dozens of growth-tech finance investments with consistent double-digit returns and co-created multiple funds.
    He’s also a Board Member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association, a member of the MaRS IAF Investment Committee, Co-Chair of the CIX Top 20 Awards Committee and Mentor at Techstars Toronto Accelerator and Creative Destruction Lab. Matthew is also an Advisor at NEXT Canada, where he mentors young entrepreneurs in building their own ventures. He is a frequent public speaker and guest lecturer on tech start-ups and Venture Capital, as well as an active angel investor.
     


    Listen and Learn:

    * Why Plaza Ventures doesn’t do management fees and does WAY more GP infused capital
    * The effect of Trump’s policy on Canadian startup exits
    * Why Toronto’s startup ecosystem is skyrocketing
    * Matthew thoughts on clean tech and why smart cities are a big focus
    * What are the strengths and challenges of a career VC
    * How Toronto compares to other tech hubs in terms of talent
    * The reason Plaza focuses on smaller exits and cashflowing companies
    * How governments can help rather than hurt innovation
    * Why Canada’s immigration policy helps attract talent
    * How much US investors are investing in Canadian startups
    34 min
  • Consistently Predicting Tech Trends Decades Before They Happen | Daniel Burrus
    Daniel Burrus (@danielburrus) is considered one of the world’s leading futurist speakers on global trends and innovation and The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.
    Daniel is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, GE, American Express, Google, Deloitte, Procter & Gamble, Honda, and IBM etc…, helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact. He is the author of seven books, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller Flash Foresight, as well as the international best-seller Technotrends. His latest book, The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change Into Opportunity and Advantage is an Amazon #1 Hot New Release for Business
    Daniel has been the featured subject of several PBS television specials and has appeared on programs such as CNN, Fox Business, and Bloomberg, and is quoted in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Fortune, and Forbes and is a featured writer with millions of monthly readers on the topics of innovation, change and the future. His work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Wired, CNBC, and Huffington Post to name a few.
    Daniel has founded six businesses, four of which were national leaders in the United States in the first year. He is the CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advancements in technology driven trends to help clients profit from technological, social and business forces that are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities.


    Listen and Learn:

    * How hard and soft trends change the world
    * Why Daniel was able to predict major consumer tech breakthroughs decades before they happened
    * What areas of technology Daniel is most excited about and why
    * The reason Daniel is somewhat worried about CRISPR
    * How to think about disruption and positive disruption specifically
    * The reason some companies die and others thrive
    * How to spot big tech trends
    * Why Daniel avoids competition to crush it
    * Why not all trends pan out
    * The biggest mistake big companies make
    * Why Daniel thinks Apple has something big planned soon
    *


    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Daniel Burrus (@danielburrus) is considered one of the world’s leading futurist speakers on global trends and innovation and The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.
    Daniel is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, GE, American Express, Google, Deloitte, Procter & Gamble, Honda, and IBM etc…, helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact. He is the author of seven books, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller Flash Foresight, as well as the international best-seller Technotrends. His latest book, The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change Into Opportunity and Advantage is an Amazon #1 Hot New Release for Business
    Daniel has been the featured subject of several PBS television specials and has appeared on programs such as CNN, Fox Business, and Bloomberg,
    46 min
  • Blockchain, Isolationism, Space Exploration and the Future of Nations | David Orban of Singularity University
    David Orban is an entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and the Founder and Managing Partner of Network Society Ventures, a seed stage global investment firm focused on innovative startups at the intersection of exponential technologies and decentralized networks.
    An early adopter of blockchain and an active Bitcoin investor since 2010, he was the first to own Ether during the Ethereum launch in 2014. He also led the adoption of Bitcoin and blockchain in start-ups and is an advisor and investor in numerous blockchain companies and funds, such as Blockchain Capital, Bancor, Swarm Fund, and others. David was the keynote speaker at the first Ethereal Summit in May 2017 in New York and is the Founder and a Trustee of Network Society Research, a London-based global think tank present in over 40 countries focused on decentralized exponential technologies disrupting governments and corporations.
    He is a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation on the Faculty of and an advisor to the Singularity University, an investor in the Singularity University Labs Accelerator Fund (now SU Ventures), President of SingularityU Italy Summit and an advisor to Humanity+.
    David is a sought-after speaker, he has given over 100 keynote addresses and speeches around the world for organizations including Abbvie, Cisco, Oracle, Roche, Ernst & Young, Accenture, Gilead, TEDx Academy, Alphabet and others and blogs at davidorban.com


    In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:

    * The future of blockchains and cryptocurrency
    * Why David invested in Bitcoin when it was under $10
    * Which industries blockchain has the biggest potential to disrupt
    * The reason government and governance will be radically changed in the coming years
    * How regulations affect the blockchain industry and are primarily protectionist
    * Why David thinks on a 1000 year time horizon and might just live to see it happen
    * How David thinks about isolationism and the future of nation-states
    * The future of micro-payments and money
    * How robots will interact with economy and colonize galaxy
    * The model for a sustainable Mars colony and what needs to happen
    * Why David is bullish on clean meat and hydroponics for the future of food
    * How to forecast the future and predict timing
    * What you need to know about China and cryptocurrency


    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.David Orban is an entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and the Founder and Managing Partner of Network Society Ventures, a seed stage global investment firm focused on innovative startups at the intersection of exponential technologies and decentralized networks.
    An early adopter of blockchain and an active Bitcoin investor since 2010, he was the first to own Ether during the Ethereum launch in 2014. He also led the adoption of Bitcoin and blockchain in start-ups and is an advisor and investor in numerous blockchain companies and funds, such as Blockchain Capital, Bancor, Swarm Fund, and others. David was the keynote speaker at the first Ethereal Summit in May 2017 in New York and is the Founder and a Trustee of Network Society Research, a London-based global think tank present in over 40 countries focused on decentralized exponential technologies disrupting governments and corporations.
    He is a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation on the Faculty of and an advisor to the Singularity University, an investor in the Singularity University Labs Accelerator Fund (now SU Ventures), President of SingularityU Italy Summit and an advisor to Humanity+.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Gigaom CEO Byron Reese on AI Consciousness, Tech Progress and 4th Age of Humanity
    Byron Reese is the CEO and publisher of Gigaom, an industry-leading technology research company. Byron’s also an award-winning author, speaker, and futurist with a strong conviction that technology will help bring about a new golden age of humanity.
    Byron holds a number of technology patents and hosts two podcasts about artificial intelligence. He gives talks around the world about how technology is changing work, education, and culture to combined audiences well in excess of 100,000.
    His newest book, The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity tackle the issues of artificial intelligence, robots, automation, and the future of work. Byron is also the author of Infinite Progress: How the Internet and Technology Will End Ignorance, Disease, Poverty, Hunger, and War.
    Bloomberg Businessweek credits Byron with having “quietly pioneered a new breed of a media company.” The Financial Times of London reported that he “is typical of the new wave of internet entrepreneurs out to turn the economics of the media industry on its head.”
    Byron and his work have been featured in hundreds of news outlets, including New York Times, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, Reader’s Digest, NPR, and the LA Times Magazine.
    “The biggest problems of tomorrow will not be a lack of jobs but a shortage of humans to take advantage of all of the opportunities technology will offer.” – byronreese.com


    Listen and Learn

    * Why the world is fundamentally improving and Byron is an optimistic realist
    * How AI will transform the labor market and economy, leading to better jobs
    * The reason optimism and pessimism are incredibly important to humanity’s survival, and evolution
    * Why forecasting artificial general intelligence is just silly
    * Will AI become conscious
    * Why we’re entering the fourth era of humanity
    * The reason Byron is a little worried about the prospect of bioterrorism
    * How 25 years in the internet industry has evolved Byron’s view of the future
    * Why the news drives fear and separation among us
    * What to say to naysayers about technological progress
    * Why social media will ultimately be a net positive to society


    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Byron Reese is the CEO and publisher of Gigaom, an industry-leading technology research company. Byron’s also an award-winning author, speaker, and futurist with a strong conviction that technology will help bring about a new golden age of humanity.
    Byron holds a number of technology patents and hosts two podcasts about artificial intelligence. He gives talks around the world about how technology is changing work, education, and culture to combined audiences well in excess of 100,000.
    His newest book, The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity tackle the issues of artificial intelligence, robots, automation, and the future of work. Byron is also the author of Infinite Progress: How the Internet and Technology Will End Ignorance, Disease, Poverty, Hunger, and War.
    Bloomberg Businessweek credits Byron with having “quietly pioneered a new breed of a media company.” The Financial Times of London reported that he “is typical of the new wave of internet entrepreneurs out to turn the economics of the media industry on its head.”
    Byron and his work have been featured in hundreds of news outlets, including New York Times, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, Reader’s Digest, NPR, and the LA Times Magazine.
    46 min
  • The Science of Brain Aging, Basis of Consciousness and Future of Neuroscience | Dr. Brynn Winegard
    Dr. Brynn Winegard is neuroscience, psychology and marketing expert, award-winning professor, speaker, and expert. She speaks frequently on the topics of persuasion, productivity, the neuroscience of leadership, motivation and preventing age-related cognitive decline.
    Coupled with over a decade in corporate marketing working for Pfizer Inc., Nestle Inc., and Johnson & Johnson Inc., she brings an interesting real-world perspective to high-performance brain science.
    Brynn is on the faculty at Schulich School of Business, DeGroote School of Business, and the University of Guelph but is now more focused on helping others through speaking about ‘Building Better Business Brains’ to clients ranging from the Alberta Canadian government, the largest Canadian telecoms, Coca-Cola, Crayola, Deloitte and dozens more.
     


    Listen and Learn:

    * The science of brain aging and expertise
    * Why your brain loses neurons but gain skills
    * The advances in sensor technology driving neuroscience
    * What Brynn has learned about differences and brain shape and function
    * The actual percentage of your conscious brain use
    * What myths most folks have about the brain
    * How nutrition and epigenetics affect brain performance and health
    * The science behind the five closest friends phenomenon
    * The reason meditation and mindfulness are so valuable
    * Why it is so hard to change a habit or break an addiction
    * The 6 types of brain aging and what to know
    * Why you are what you think

    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Dr. Brynn Winegard is neuroscience, psychology and marketing expert, award-winning professor, speaker, and expert. She speaks frequently on the topics of persuasion, productivity, the neuroscience of leadership, motivation and preventing age-related cognitive decline.
    Coupled with over a decade in corporate marketing working for Pfizer Inc., Nestle Inc., and Johnson & Johnson Inc., she brings an interesting real-world perspective to high-performance brain science.
    Brynn is on the faculty at Schulich School of Business, DeGroote School of Business, and the University of Guelph but is now more focused on helping others through speaking about ‘Building Better Business Brains’ to clients ranging from the Alberta Canadian government, the largest Canadian telecoms, Coca-Cola, Crayola, Deloitte and dozens more.
     


    Listen and Learn:

    * The science of brain aging and expertise
    * Why your brain loses neurons but gain skills
    * The advances in sensor technology driving neuroscience
    * What Brynn has learned about differences and brain shape and function
    * The actual percentage of your conscious brain use
    * What myths most folks have about the brain
    * How nutrition and epigenetics affect brain performance and health
    * The science behind the five closest friends phenomenon
    * The reason meditation and mindfulness are so valuable
    * Why it is so hard to change a habit or break an addiction
    * The 6 types of brain aging and what to know
    * Why you are what you think

    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.
    53 min
  • Building a Successful Corporate Venture Fund with Venu Pemmaraju of Wipro Ventures

    Venu Pemmaraju is Managing Partner at Wipro Ventures, a $100M fund out of Wipro Ltd. focused on early to mid-stage startups investments that leverage their Global 1000 clients to help startups grow and acquire enterprise-level customers. He also serves as a board observer for Avaamo, CloudGenix, Emailage, and ImanisData and prior to this was an Investment Director at Intel Capital.
    Listen and Learn:

    * What it is like building a successful corporate venture arm
    * What Venu learned living through two boom and bust cycles
    * Why cybersecurity is always a safe bet for investments
    * How startups should think about corporate VCs
    * Are headed for another crash
    * Why automation is a great trend to ride
    * Why so many more enterprises are starting investment arms



    Venu’s Main Projects:
    Wipro Ventures
    Twitter: @wipro
    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.
    Venu Pemmaraju is Managing Partner at Wipro Ventures, a $100M fund out of Wipro Ltd. focused on early to mid-stage startups investments that leverage their Global 1000 clients to help startups grow and acquire enterprise-level customers. He also serves as a board observer for Avaamo, CloudGenix, Emailage, and ImanisData and prior to this was an Investment Director at Intel Capital.
    Listen and Learn:

    * What it is like building a successful corporate venture arm
    * What Venu learned living through two boom and bust cycles
    * Why cybersecurity is always a safe bet for investments
    * How startups should think about corporate VCs
    * Are headed for another crash
    * Why automation is a great trend to ride
    * Why so many more enterprises are starting investment arms



    Venu’s Main Projects:
    Wipro Ventures
    Twitter: @wipro
    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.
    36 min
  • Megashifts, AI and Why the Future is More Unknowable than Ever | Gerd Leonhard
    Gerd Leonhard (@gleonhard) is a futurist, keynote speaker and author and listed by Wired Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in Europe (2015). Gerd’s work focuses on the future of humanity, technology and digital transformation; including big disruptors like artificial intelligence, robotics, the future of content and media and much more.
    Gerd addresses topics such as what it means to be human in a world of machines and algorithms, the coming redefinition of human-machine relationships, the future of work and jobs and much more. He is a much sought-after speaker, having presented at more than 1700 events in 60+ countries since 2004. His clients include Google, Sony, UBS, Mastercard, Unilever, Lloyds Bank, WWF, Nokia, The Guardian, Siemens, BBC, France Telecom, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, MTN, The Financial Times, The EU Commission, VISA, and many others.
    Gerd is a member of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA, London), an advisory board member of the Indian and Canadian research institutes and the author of Technology vs. Humanity: The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine.


    Listen and Learn:

    * The evolution of AI and the dangers of AGI
    * Why Europe has to lead the way on privacy, data and consumer rights
    * Why Gerd believes we need a moratorium on the future of artificial general intelligence
    * The problem with capitalism and creating a better future
    * How tech giants may end up owning our future
    * Why Facebook and Zuckerberg didn’t really do anything wrong, at least according to the rules
    * How Gerd thinks about megashifts and the future of humanity
    * Why we may all be living a lot longer thanks to biotech
    * The reason technology isn’t the answer or means to an end
    * Why the future is more unknowable than ever
    * The reason Gerd isn’t that excited about space travel
    * What you need to know robotics and future of work

    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Gerd Leonhard (@gleonhard) is a futurist, keynote speaker and author and listed by Wired Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in Europe (2015). Gerd’s work focuses on the future of humanity, technology and digital transformation; including big disruptors like artificial intelligence, robotics, the future of content and media and much more.
    Gerd addresses topics such as what it means to be human in a world of machines and algorithms, the coming redefinition of human-machine relationships, the future of work and jobs and much more. He is a much sought-after speaker, having presented at more than 1700 events in 60+ countries since 2004. His clients include Google, Sony, UBS, Mastercard, Unilever, Lloyds Bank, WWF, Nokia, The Guardian, Siemens, BBC, France Telecom, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, MTN, The Financial Times, The EU Commission, VISA, and many others.
    Gerd is a member of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA, London), an advisory board member of the Indian and Canadian research institutes and the author of Technology vs. Humanity: The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine.


    Listen and Learn:

    * The evolution of AI and the dangers of AGI
    * Why Europe has to lead the way on privacy, data and consumer rights
    * Why Gerd believes we need a moratorium on the future of artificial general intelligence
    * The problem with capitalism and creating a better future
    * How tech giants may end up owning our future
    * Why Facebook and Zuckerberg didn’t really do anything wrong, at least according to the rules
    * How Gerd thinks about megashifts and the future of humanity
    49 min

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