The Wolfcast

The Wolfcast

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The Wolfcast episodes

  • EP 31 - Nikolaus Sühr - CEO & Co-Founder at KASKO - If Your Technology Is Great but It Does Not Enable Growth, What’s the Point?

    The Wolfcast spent some high-quality talking with Nikolaus Sühr, the CEO & Co-Founder at KASKO.  KASKO offers an API-powered agile insurance product and distribution platform that operates between digital customer touchpoints and legacy IT systems.

    Some of the topics Nikolaus discussed:

    • Remote working and distributed teams
    • Enabling different channels of communication depending on the urgency
    • The focus on providing growth to one's stakeholders
    • The beauty of insurance and how it does not necessarily need to be disrupted
    • The difference between input and output-oriented
    • The three mental notes hidden in the word Enkelfähig

      • Some other titles we considered for this episode:

      1. I’m Trying but I’m Also Preaching Water and Drinking Wine
      2. If You Don’t Use It, You Lose It
      3. A Gate to Move Things Along
      4. Enabling More People to Be More Efficient
      5. Value Creation and Long-Term Thinking

        6. This podcast is supported by Riskwolf.

        42 min
      6. EP 30 - Dan Draper - CEO and Founder of CipherStash - Simple Protections Don’t Do the Job Anymore

        The Wolfcast learned a lot from its discussion with Dan Draper, the Founder and CEO of CipherStash.  CipherStash uses a searchable encryption scheme that enables data to be searchable even while it remains encrypted.  This gives data high-level protection without compromising usability.

        Some of the topics that Dan covered:

        • What he learned while working for the Australian government
        • Learning how to code on a BBC Micro
        • Working for a startup in New York
        • The increased scope of security attacks
        • The necessity to improve cybersecurity awareness
        • IBM’s report on The Cost of a Data Breach
        • An analogy to F1 racing
        • Separating access to the infrastructure from access to the data

          • Other titles we considered for this episode:

          1. The Good Guys Are Doing That to Simulate What the Bad Guys are Doing
          2. Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting
          3. If Only It Was That Simple
          4. Now Our Interests Are Actually Aligned
          5. The Most Vulnerable Part of the System Is the Human

            6. Some other interesting links:

            • The Effect of Google Search on Software Security
            • The Impact of Information Sources on Code Security

              • This podcast is supported by Riskwolf.

              52 min
            • EP 29 - Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin - Clinical Professor of Finance at University of Illinois at Chicago - Alternative Banking Systems

              The Wolfcast was interested to speak with Özgür Arslan-Ayaydin, Clinical Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

              Some of the topics that Özgür covered:

              • Growing up in Turkey and studying Economics and Finance
              • Relating economic theories to real life and looking for non-obvious contradictions
              • Islamic Finance and how Islamic banks make money
              • Risk sharing and trying to eliminate moral hazards
              • The passion for teaching undergraduate students Finance
              • The importance and difficulty of curating the overwhelming amount of information we receive
              • Gold, cryptocurrency, and regulations

                • Other titles we considered for this episode:

                1. Teaching Finance Is Very Rewarding, It’s So Dynamic and Applicable
                2. If I Get a Gain, I Should Provide a Gain as Well
                3. This Generation Is So Open to Alternatives
                4. Their Lives Are Changing in a Very Fast Pace
                5. Two Sides Have to Be Fair
                  6. 46 min
                6. EP 28 - Struan Todd - co-Founder Pandamatics - Every Business Is Bound to Have a Cyber Attack

                  Another episode, another panda...The Wolfcast was joined by Struan Todd, a co-Founder of Pandamatics.  Pandamatics is Asia's first and only pure cyber insurance coverholder.

                  Some of the topics that Struan discussed:

                  • Getting into the risk insurance market and learning from Lloyds in London
                  • Exploring the world and getting a wider world-view because of his career in insurance
                  • Becoming an accidental entrepreneur
                  • How hybrid working improves the working environment
                  • The challenges of building algorithmic risk assessment
                  • The extent to which COVID raised the demand and awareness for cybersecurity and its insurance

                    • Other titles we considered for this episode:

                    1. Attacking From Completely Covert Situations
                    2. Driving the Overall Standard
                    3. The Cyber Risk Is There
                    4. Why Not Take the Risk?
                    5. Expecting Someone to Come and Pick Up the Bill

                      6. This episode was produced by Isabelle Goh.


                      31 min
                    6. EP 27 - Frederic Stallaert - co-Founder at Paperbox.ai - Disruption Leads to Interruption

                      The Wolfcast was joined by Frederic Stallaert, a co-Founder of Paperbox.ai. Paperbox employs artificial intelligence to automate the processing of emails and documents from physical and digital mailboxes.

                      Some of the topics that Frederic covered:

                      • His passion for AI
                      • Writing a Master’s thesis on Machine Learning
                      • Risk taking in general
                      • Building Paperbox.ai
                      • The importance of partnerships
                      • Making technology accessible and affordable to create more impact
                      • Branding and marketing saliency
                      • Paperbox’s vision for the future

                        • Some of the other titles we considered for this episode:

                        1. The Unicorn Capital of Belgium
                        2. How Software Does Cognitive Learning
                        3. If That Is What Working Looks Like, That Is What I Want to Do
                        4. Values and Passion
                        5. We Are Technologists by Nature
                        6. Accessibility Leads to Impact
                          7. 34 min
                        7. EP 26 - Chris Kaye - CEO & co-Founder at Sherpa Insurance - The Appetite Was There to Do Things Differently

                          The Wolfcast was joined by Chris Kaye, a co-Founder and the CEO of Sherpa Insurance. Sherpa Insurance closes the advice gap in insurance by putting a full coverage, digital adviser, in the palm of your customers’ hands.

                          Some of the topics that Chris covered:

                          • The factors that encouraged him to found Sherpa in 2016
                          • How moving around affected him as a person
                          • Social importance and responsibility in insurance
                          • Creating customer engagement
                          • The Sherpa Score
                          • Sherpa 1.0 was selling insurance, Sherpa 2.0 selling technology to insurance companies

                            • Other titles we considered for this episode:

                            1. It Ended Up Not Being a Choice
                            2. It’s Almost Like We Designed It to Be Opaque
                            3. It Doesn’t Feel Like a Human-Centric Transaction Anymore
                            4. Insurance Is for the Things You Can't Afford
                            5. Insurance Allows You to Live Life
                              6. 43 min
                            6. EP 25 - Marc Hauser - F10 Incubator and Accelerator - The Biggest Risk Is Doing Nothing

                              The Wolfcast was honored to talk to Marc Hauser, the Head of F10 Europe.  F10 is a global innovation ecosystem that believes the fastest route to innovation lies in early collaboration between startups, incumbents and investors. Each stakeholder benefits from shared skills, experience and insight.

                              Some of the topics that Marc discussed:

                              • The early days of working with startups in Switzerland
                              • Starting out in consulting
                              • Founding his first startup in 2011 and why he did it
                              • Returning to the corporate world
                              • How the startup scene has changed and why startups are important
                              • How moving between startups and corporates help him understand what makes a startup successful
                              • Getting companies to move faster
                              • Risk assessment and risk management
                              • Helping people understand exponential growth
                              • How corporates work with startups

                                • Other titles we considered for this episode:

                                1. It Didn't Scare Me Enough at That Point in Time
                                2. I Just Loved the Energy Surrounding Startups
                                3. I Will Regret It If I Don't Try It
                                4. You Know From the Get Go That the Odds Are Against You
                                5. We Help the Elephants Dance With the Mouse

                                  6. This episode was produced by Isabelle Goh.

                                  35 min
                                6. EP 24 - Gene Yu - Founder and CEO at BlackPanda - If You Have a Computer, You Are a Target

                                  The Wolfcast enjoyed our conversation with Gene Yu, the Founder and CEO of BlackPanda.  BlackPanda's origin story alone is inspiring and the rest of our conversation with Gene was amazing as well.

                                  Some of the topics we covered included:

                                  • Getting into the United States Military Academy at West Point and studying Computer Science
                                  • Going to war in the Army Special Forces for almost a decade after graduation
                                  • His career prior to starting BlackPanda
                                  • Being Asia's first cybersecurity InsurTech underwriter
                                  • Cybersecurity risk and disintermediation scale well as there are no proximity limitations
                                  • Gaming and crypto being one of the highest risk sectors
                                  • The importance of data and data analysis
                                  • Pricing cyber risk and calculating payouts
                                  • Measuring data in real-time
                                  • Infinite possibilities lead to infinite risks
                                  • Insurance in the metaverse and the future of cybersecurity

                                    • Some other titles we considered:

                                    1. We're Basically Cyber-Firefighting
                                    2. I See Security Differently
                                    3. Cybersecurity is NOT an IT Problem, It Is a Security Problem
                                    4. Security Advice Is Very Subjective
                                    5. It's a Different Terrain, but the Same Bad Guy
                                    6. Everybody Is at Risk

                                      7. The audio on this episode was expertly produced by Isabelle Goh.

                                      43 min
                                    7. EP 23 - Rie Aleksandra Walle - Founder at No Ties Consulting - It Doesn't Make Any Sense Focusing On Privacy Without Security

                                      The Wolfcast had an awesome face-to-face conversation with Rie Aleksandra Walle, Founder at No Ties Consulting, about GDPR, (e)Privacy and Data Protection.  Suffice it to say, we were fascinated and learned a lot in the process.

                                      Some of the topics we covered:

                                      • Living and working in the Middle East
                                      • Risk aversion and starting one's own company
                                      • Truly excited about privacy and data protection
                                      • Helping business owners with the structure, systems, and automation to run more profitable businesses
                                      • Being compliant where it really matters
                                      • Data inventory is key to data security
                                      • Setting up procedures so that security remains after consultation ends
                                      • Building a global clientele
                                      • The importance of involving all stakeholders

                                        • Some other titles we considered for this episode:

                                        1. It Just Got So Exciting
                                        2. Every Risk You Take Makes It Easier
                                        3. Consulting Without a Tie
                                        4. Finding Easter Eggs Through Data Protection
                                        5. Don't Tell People to Chase Their Passions

                                          6. The audio on this episode was expertly produced by Isabelle Goh.

                                          47 min
                                        6. EP 22 - Manoj Gopalkrishnan - Algorithmic Biologics - An Egg Versus a Scrambled Egg Are Completely Different Things

                                          The Wolfcast was joined by Manoj Gopalkrishnan, a self-declared molecule whisperer and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Algorithmic Biologics.  Algorithmic Biologics is increasing efficiencies in reading molecular information using its patented software, Tapestry. 

                                          Some of the topics Manoj discussed included:

                                          • The difference between living and non-living systems
                                          • DNA and the instructions it contains for cell behavior
                                          • Three particularly noteworthy dates in the development of biotechnology
                                          • The coming together of mechanical engineering and chemistry
                                          • James Clerk Maxwell's Demon - You won't click the link, but you really should
                                          • In the long-term, we should be trying to build systems as sophisticated as cells 
                                          • Building a universal molecule assembler
                                          • Laying his bets on a bottom-up approach
                                          • Some Algorithmic Biologics products that are already in the market

                                            • Some other titles we considered for this episode:

                                            1. A Cell Is a Bag of Molecules
                                            2. We Draw This Line Between Living and non-Living Systems
                                            3. How Does a Seed Grow Into a Tree?
                                            4. We Are Asking Questions of Soup
                                            5. I Believe It Will Be a Long Journey
                                            6. Whenever Computer Science Gets Involved, You Start to See Exponentials
                                            7. I Take Inspiration from Biology
                                            8. It’s Way Beyond What Birds Can Do
                                              9. 44 min

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