Think Like A Founder

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Jaz Banga, Co-Founder and CEO of Airspace Systems. They talk about taking apart toys as a kid, being the kind of person who runs towards an explosion, and the importance of giving yourself time to reflect.  Airspace is an industry leader in airspace security - leveraging drones, AI, and machine learning to...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Nancy Connery, Founder of Connery Consulting and Co-Founder of OpenComp. They talk about the Tahoe test for building the right team, the importance of personal connection, and the human side of business. Connery Consulting works with rapidly growing tech companies to help scale their people and their cultu...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Steven Chen, Co-Founder and CEO of Treeswift. They talk about the sandbox mentality, carrying your ideas over the valley of death, and never wanting to be the best person in the room. Treeswift builds robots to sense the world's most complex environments. Today, their robots operate in forests, monito...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Nora Herting, Founding CEO of ImageThink. They talk about cave paintings, looking while leaping, and the art of problem-solving. ImageThink is a visual strategy firm helping companies innovate through graphics and the principles of design thinking. They use a unique method based on visual theory that stimu...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Tugce Bulut, Founder and CEO of Streetbees. They talk about wanting to be President of the United States, reinventing your role as a founder, and setting your own milestones. Streetbees is a global intelligence platform that pays users to share snapshots of their daily lives, giving insight into consumer b...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Robert Brunner, Founder of Ammunition Group. They talk about the impact design has on our everyday experiences, creating a team-focused culture, and how starting a business is a process, not an event. Ammunition Group is a design studio dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs with expert designers and transf...

On this episode of Think Like a Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Ryan Pawell, Founder and CEO of Indee Labs. They talk about meaningful work, the value of relationships, and testing the waters. Indee Labs gives companies a simple and efficient way to accelerate the discovery, development, and manufacturing of gene-modified cell therapies. Their trademarked delivery syst...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO, Maureen Taylor, speaks with Hiroki Takeuchi, Co-Founder and CEO of GoCardless. They talk about catching the startup bug, not outsourcing your core value, and the excitement of the unknown.  From small businesses to enterprises, GoCardless makes it easy to collect payments from customers worldwide. By simplifying the transaction pro...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Dr. Sara Spangelo, Co-Founder and CEO of Swarm Technologies. They talk about training to be an astronaut, keeping calm when things get tough, and making satellites the size of a grilled cheese sandwich. Swarm makes low-cost satellites. With only 10% of the Earth having access to cell and WiFi service, they...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Gary Stewart, Founder and CEO of FounderTribes. They talk about connecting the dots others can't see, your internal moral compass, and how the immigrant experience lends itself to a founder mentality. FounderTribes' digital community provides founders with access to other founders and early stage...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Dan Saks, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AppDirect. They talk about the importance of values, having conviction in your vision, and staying up all night to build a mini-city as a kid.  Dan and his Co-Founder, Nicolas Desmarais, founded AppDirect in 2009. AppDirect is a subscription commerce platform that powers...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, SNP Co-Founder & CEO Maureen Taylor speaks with Husayn Kassai, Co-Founder of Onfido. They talk about humility, adaptability, and the importance of building the right team.  Onfido is a tech company that helps people verify their identity in a matter of minutes using world-leading AI and identity experts. In 2016, Forbes named Husayn and his Onfido co-fo...

SNP co-founder, Maureen Taylor talks to Serena Keith, co-founder and CEO of Me30. Me360 is an online platform that uses live personalized training to help leaders build the essential skills that will have a positive impact on their teams and their business.  On this episode of Think Like A Founder, they talk about finding the motor for your motivation,  joining the Model UN, and having a filter fo...

SNP co-founder, Maureen Taylor talks to Ashley Zehnder, Linda Goodman, and Katie Grabek, co-founders of Fauna Bio. Fauna Bio studies genes in hibernating animals to find cures for human diseases. On this episode of Think Like A Founder, they talk about their deep curiosity for space and science as kids, going from academia to building a start-up, and being okay hearing the word no. www.faunabio.co...

SNP co-founder, Maureen Taylor talks to Ann Miura-Ko, Co-Founding Partner of Floodgate, a seed-stage VC firm. They support founders who defy conventional wisdom, often before others believe in their idea. They talk about going with your gut, how you can’t test for human potential, and how the journey is more valuable than the plan. www.floodgate.com Think Like A Founder is produced by SNP Communic...

SNP co-founder, Maureen Taylor talks to Mainul Mondal, co-founder and CEO of Ellipsis Health. Ellipsis Health uses artificial intelligence to identify depression and anxiety through natural speech patterns. They are committed to solving the unmet needs of mental health for everyone. In this episode, Mainul and Mo talk about how creative outlets developed his curiosity as a child, democratizing men...

SNP co-founder Maureen Taylor talks to Stefan Richter and Claudia Dietze, co-founders of freiheit.com technologies, a software company based in Germany. They believe in creating digital platforms to enable a better future for everyone. On this episode of Think Like a Founder, they talk about curiosity, grit, and how honesty is key to their co-founder relationship. www.freiheit.com/en/ Product Mana...

"Anj: I saw a little spark in Brit. And I actually remember saying to Dave, like, I want to hang out with that girl that we met, I wished all the dudes would talk a little bit less at this dinner so that I could get to know her a little better. Brit: There was the love at first sight thing that we saw in each other. But I loved that she also seemed like a curious person who was scrappy learni...

"I finished college and actually got an internship, not a full time job, cause I wanted to travel for a year and I had this specific, crazy idea of wanting to go to the South pole and the way to get there. I got hired as a dishwasher to wash dishes at the research station there." SNP’s co-founder Maureen Taylor sits down with Chris Hulls, co-founder and CEO of Life360. Life360 is a famil...

"I'm bored if there's not a problem, which is why running a company is, you know, amazing slash heart wrenching. And it's why I say to the team all the time, it's, you know, don't expect there not to be a problem on the other side of this one. Cause there will be, it's just a different one. Um, and the fun is how are we going to solve it?" SNP Communications...

On this episode of Think Like A Founder, Maureen talks to Ann O’Dea––Co-Founder and CEO of Silicon Republic, an award-winning online publication for science and technology news. Silicon Republic also runs an annual event called "Future Human," formerly "InspireFest," bringing the top minds from technology, science, and the arts together.  Hear Ann talk about her chronic shyness...

"I was everybody's emergency contact in college. I had friends who I was the easiest person to put down as their emergency contact because their parents were in other States or didn't speak English that well. And so I would usually find out after the fact, they're like, 'Oh, I went skydiving and I put you down as the emergency contact.' I was like, thanks?!" On t...

"For the first time I felt I couldn't come even close to being perfect. I just decided to let go and not try to be the best student in the class, but rather just listen and learn and understand, and also in a way, enjoy myself without that pressure." On this episode of Think Like a Founder, SNP’s founder Maureen Taylor talks to Karla Gallardo, co-founder and CEO of Cuyana, a sustain...

"As I was approaching the end of my twenties, there was more of this idea that I could keep moving and I could keep looking at the world as if the grass was green or somewhere else." SNP’s founder Maureen Taylor talks to Taj Campbell, co-founder of Tonari, a technology company creating high quality life-sized video and audio options for remote working. They talk about his almost getting...

"Does virtual connection actually make us crave physical connection more? Yes, without a doubt. I, for one, am very much looking forward to being able to hug people and kiss people again when the future, you know, when, when that's safe to do. So there's something about physical presence, whether it's in a place or with people that you just cannot replicate it with the very bes...