This Week in Innovation

Popcom has developed  what they describe as a robotic storefront platform, called the PopShop Digital Pop-Up Shop. It’s a very sophsicated vending machine that can provide merchandise immediately as well as an e commerce platform. 

This interview is the 11th in the Startups of NRF series.  I’ll ask each of the startups exhibiting in either the Innovation Lab or Startup Zone the same 8 questions listed below.

1. Can you introduce yourself and tell us about

For all the college students out there

1. What advice can you offer budding entrepreneurs?

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Guest

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#nrf2022, #StartupsOfNRF,  #innovation, #innovation, #Startup, #Startups,#Retailers, #retail, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #5ForcesOfInnovation, #ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings, #IoT, #Blockchain, #LowCode, #Data, #computervision, #Robots,  #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming,

Obsess is a Virtual Store platform for experiential e‑commerce. they use virtual shopping and AR shopping technology to enable brands and retailers to set up a 3D 360 digital store on their website.

This interview is the 10th in the Startups of NRF series.  I’ll ask each of the startups exhibiting in either the Innovation Lab or Startup Zone the same 8 questions listed below.

1. Can you introduce yourself and tell us about

For all the college students out there

1. What advice can you offer budding entrepreneurs?

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Guest

Neha Singh

Founder & CEO

Obsess

https://obsessar.com/

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#nrf2022, #StartupsOfNRF,  #innovation, #innovation, #Startup, #Startups,#Retailers, #retail, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #5ForcesOfInnovation, #ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #InternetOfThings, #IoT, #Blockchain, #LowCode, #Data, #computervision, #virtualreality, #augmentedreality, #Robots, #metaverse, #Cryptocurrency, #vr, #3d, #ar, #xr, #NFTs,y, #livestreaming,

This is the first of a two part NRF wrap-up of #NRF2022.  In this episode I shared some thoughts around the show.  Part 2 I'll discuss some of the technology trends I saw in the Innovation Zone

These are the 3 write-ups I references.

Jerry Sheldon  

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

 Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#StartupsOfNRF,  #innovation, #innovation, #Startup, #Startups,#Retailers, #retail, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #5ForcesOfInnovation, #ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings, #IoT, #Blockchain, #LowCode, #Data, #computervision, #virtualreality, #augmentedreality, #Robots, #metaverse, #Cryptocurrency, #vr, #3d, #ar, #xr, #NFTs,#drones, #dronetechnology, #dronedelivery, #lastmiledelivery, #lastmilelogistics, #lastmile,#deeplearning, #naturallanguageprocessing, #sentimentanalysis, #machinelearning, #personalization, #datamining, #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming,

This interview is the 8th in the Startups of NRF series.  I’ll ask each of the startups exhibiting in either the Innovation Lab or Startup Zone the same 8 questions listed below.

1. Can you introduce yourself and tell us about

For all the college students out there

1. What advice can you offer budding entrepreneurs?

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Guest

Alex Sophocleous

Head of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships

AiFi

https://aifi.com

 Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#nrf2022, #StartupsOfNRF,  #innovation, #tech4good, #blockchain, #innovation, and #blockchainforgood, #Startup, #Startups,#Retailers, #retail, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce,#5ForcesOfInnovation, #ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings, #IoT, #Blockchain, #LowCode, #Data, #computervision,

Topl is an impact-focused, ESG-first company that helps corporations track, tokenize, and transact positive impact. Founded in 2017 upon the premise that our current economic system can improve (and become fairer and more equitable) and that ethical, social, and sustainable concerns should be central to business and policy decisions.

1. Can you introduce yourself and tell us about your company

For all the college students out there

    7. What advice can you offer budding entrepreneurs?

    8. What skills that you use now that you wish you paid more attention to?

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Guest

Chris Georgen

Founder & Chief Architect

Topl

@c_georgen

@topl_protocol

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#nrf2022, #StartupsOfNRF,  #innovation, #tech4good, #blockchain, #innovation, and #blockchainforgood, #Startup, #Startups,#Retailers, #retail, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation, #retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #5ForcesOfInnovation, #ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings, #IoT, #Blockchain, #LowCode, #Data, #computervision,

Carlos Oliveira, CTO, Algramo joined me to discuss what Algramo is doing to drive the refill revolution.  I grew up drinking coke out of a glass bottle and returning the bottle to the #retailer for the deposit. That process fell out of favor in the 70’s.  Algramo wants to revive that process with a lot of 21st century technology #I0T.

This interview is the 7th in the Startups of NRF series.  I’ll ask each of the startups exhibiting in either the Innovation Lab or Startup Zone the same 8 questions listed below.

1. Can you introduce yourself and tell us about

For all the college students out there

1. What advice can you offer budding entrepreneurs?

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Guest

Carlos Oliveira

Chief Technology Officer

[email protected]

https://algramo.com

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#nrf2022, #StartupsOfNRF,  #innovation, #Startup,  #Startups, #Retailers,   #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation,#retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast,#unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #5ForcesOfInnovation, #ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #data , #sentimentanalysis ,  #InternetOfThings,  #IoT, #machinelearning,   #computervision, 

On today's show Brian and I discuss the state of the #startup world in 2022.

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

 LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

 Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#nrf2022, #StartupsOfNRF,  #innovation, #intelligentmirror, #Startup,  #Startups, #Retailers,   #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation,#retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce,#socialcommerce,#5ForcesOfInnovation,#ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #data , #deeplearning, #naturallanguageprocessing , #sentimentanalysis , #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings,  #IoT, #machinelearning, #Blockchain, #LowCode. #Data, #computervision, #virtualreality, #augmentedreality, #personalization,  #datamining, #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming, #SaaS, #Recommendations, #QRcodes, #Robots, #metaverse, #Cryptocurrency, #vr, #3d, #ar, #xr, #NFTs,#drones, #dronetechnology, #dronedelivery, #lastmiledelivery, #lastmilelogistics, #lastmile

Shilp Agarwal, Co-Founder/CEO of Blutag joined me to discuss the state of voice commerce.  Blutag works with retailers to help them build voice-powered interfaces for devices powered by automated assistants like Alexa or Google Assistant.

 Clients include Bloomingdales, L'Oréal, and Fresh Direct.

Investors include the Amazon Alexa Fund, Vulcan Capital, Act One Ventures, AET Fund, Techstars Ventures, Chris Cunningham's C2 Ventures, and Progress Ventures.

This interview is the fifth in the Startups of NRF series.  I’ll ask each of the startups exhibiting in either the Innovation Lab or Startup Zone the same 8 questions listed below. 

1. Tell us about your company the problem you are solving?

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Guest

Shilp Agarwal,

Co-Founder/CEO 

Blutag

https://blu.ai

 Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

 LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

 Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#Shopify,  #Magento, #nrf2022, #StartupsOfNRF,  #innovation, #intelligentmirror, #Startup,  #Startups, #Retailers,   #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation,#retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner,#unifiedcommerce,#socialcommerce,#5ForcesOfInnovation,#ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #data , #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings,  #IoT, #machinelearning, #Blockchain, #LowCode. #Data,   #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming, #SaaS, #metaverse, 

Bill Roberts, CEO NOBAL Technologies joined me for a discussion about the rapid evolution of intelligent mirror space. 

This interview is the fourth in the Startups of NRF series.  I’ll ask each of the startups exhibiting in either the Innovation Lab or Startup Zone the same 8 questions listed below. 

1. Tell us about your company the problem you are solving?

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Guest

Bill Roberts

CEO NOBAL Technologies

Founder, Storekey

https://www.nobal.ca/

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

 LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

 Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#nrf2022, #StartupsOfNRF,  #innovation, #intelligentmirror, #Startup,  #Startups, #Retailers,   #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation,#retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner,#unifiedcommerce,#socialcommerce,#5ForcesOfInnovation,#ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #data , #deeplearning, #naturallanguageprocessing , #sentimentanalysis , #conversationalai, #InternetOfThings,  #IoT, #machinelearning, #Blockchain, #LowCode. #Data, #computervision, #virtualreality, #augmentedreality, #personalization,  #datamining, #pos, #loyalty, #livestreaming, #SaaS, #Recommendations, #QRcodes, #Robots, #metaverse, #Cryptocurrency, #vr, #3d, #ar, #xr, #NFTs,#drones, #dronetechnology, #dronedelivery, #lastmiledelivery, #lastmilelogistics, #lastmile

Daniel Lundh,  Founder, Storekey joined me for a discussion about the rapid evolution of autonomous retail. What it looks like in. Europe and the US.

This interview is the fourth in the Startups of NRF series.  I’ll ask each of the startups exhibiting in either the Innovation Lab or Startup Zone the same 8 questions listed below.

1. Can you introduce yourself and tell us about your company

For all the college students out there

    7.  What advice can you offer budding entrepreneurs?

    8.  What skills that you use now that you wish you paid more attention to?

Give it a listen and let us know what you think?

Podcast Guest

Daniel Lundh

Founder, Storekey

Podcast Hosts

Jeff Roster

Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/

Website https://thisweekininnovation.com

Brian Sathianathan

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BrianVision

Website https://www.iterate.ai

Podcast Website

https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782

https://thisweekininnovation.com

Apple

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN

LaunchPadOne

https://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true

Listen Notes

https://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K

#nrf2022, #StartupsOfNRF,  #snanandgo, #innovation, #Startup,  #Startups, #Retailers,   #retail, #retailers, #thisweekininnovation, #DigitalTransformation,#retailtechnology, #retailtech, #futureofretail , #retailtrends, #emergingtechnologies, #podcast, #retailpodcast, #socialcommerce, #mobile, #VentureCapital, #VC,  #Founders, #Entrepreneurs, #Gartner, #unifiedcommerce,#IoT,  #Blockchain,#socialcommerce, #5ForcesOfInnovation,#ArtificialIntelligence , #AI, #cloud, #data , #deeplearning, #naturallanguageprocessing, #InternetOfThings,   #LowCode. #Data,   #pos,  #lastmiledelivery, #lastmilelogistics, #lastmile