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Mike interviews Jack Langworthy, Founder & CEO of Ninayo. NINAYO.com is an online trading platform targeting emerging markets, launched in Tanzania in May, 2015, and now has over 3500 users. Founder, Jack Langworthy, was in the Peace Core for years in Tanzania and during his time there he became passionate about solving problems that plague the farming industry. In a country of 50 Million peop...

This week Mike and Brian warm up with news and ideas around Apple. Then we dive in talking about our experiences with developing strategies for your career path. We referred to Bret Victor's "Invent on Principal" as well as Freeman Dyson's work as a physicist and his quote: "We are but atoms analyzing other atoms".Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and...

This week, after a break of two weeks, Brian, Mike and Faisal are back on air. This week we discuss the important of iPhone 7 and what would iPhone 8 be made of (Brian's prophesy!). In addition, in this day and age of information overload, how do you manage your online & offline content? We discuss how each one of us manages their information in our daily lives. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hi...

This week Brian, Faisal and Mike discuss challenging the given narratives. We start with the rising cost of healthcare and lead the conversation towards training your mind to break assumptions and discover new truths. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer...

This week, Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan get back on air with another show debating the "The Goal of Education: Philosophy". Why there is a difference in being educated and education in general. How the love of wisdom comes into play. Also in the show are updates on Quip's acquisition, Yahoo! and Revel being acquired by IBM.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire...

The phenomenal rise and rise of Pokémon Go has taken the world by a storm, despite being launched in only a handful of countries. This week Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan discuss how we've entered a new age of what we are calling "Pokemon Speed". How will businesses large and small take advantage of this? How will the incumbents turn their boats to face in the same direction where P...

This week joining us is Sean Safahi, who is the CEO of Bold. Bold is a SF payments company and to explain what they do, etc. we have Sean on the mic this week. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift c...

This week, Brian and Mike talk about Pokémon GO, and the never before seen impact it's had on small businesses by actually putting feet inside of storefronts. We discuss how Brian acted fast to write a booklet which has sold thousands of copies in the first week! It's important to look at every change in the world as opportunity, not a threat and the rapid growth of Pokemon is no excepti...

This week joining us all the way from Hong Kong is George Harrap. George is the CEO of Bitspark, a remittance/money transfer company that specializes in building an alliance network of money transfer agents all the while using Bitcoin as its settlement mechanism at the back end. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redee...

About Fattmerchant:Fattmerchant is a subscription-based merchant service provider offering unlimited payment processing at direct cost for a flat monthly membership and no contract. Suneera Madhani, CEO of Fattmerchant, founded the company in 2014 after working in the credit card processing industry for four years, wanting to create and sell a product that was transparent and provided value to the...

This week, Brian, Mike & Faisal talk about the rise and rise of Bitcoin and try to make some sense out of it all. PayPal being a target of an acquisition has been a market rumor for a long time, we discuss that, as well as what Brexit means for all of us. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.c...

This week, Brian, Faisal and Mike get back on air and discuss a myriad of topics. First up was Faisal's city-hopping tour and what he learned about the Remittance (Money Transfer) world. Brian dives into the latest WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) that Apple recently hosted and what it means for all of us. Lastly, Mike and Brian briefly give their thoughts on Microsoft's $26 Billi...

Brian and Mike discuss the industrial strength report as published by Mary Meeker of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers and the 2016 Internet Trends report she publishes every year. Brian breaks down the report on the various aspects of Voice First Revolution. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeee...

Today Brian and Mike discussed the news of Viv Labs launching publicly and the representative revolution in AI this represents. The core of the discussion stems from the ideas of exformation (information subconsciously filtered out to give you a seamless perception of reality) originally presented in our interview of Tor Nørretranders. We use these building blocks and the history of basic human co...

This week Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele and Faisal Khan discuss Conferences. How to attend them, plan for them? What to look out for and above all, the serendipity factor of conferences. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you...

This week the three payment nerds Brian, Faisal and Mike are back at it again. Faisal discusses the recent Money2020 Europe Conference that was held in Copenhagen for the very first time. Brian discusses his coverage of the TRANSACT show by ETA (Electronic Transaction Association) and Mike tells us all about how HomeHero is enrolled in TechStars with Cedars Sinai Hospital. Sponsors:Otter Labs www....

This week the three amigos Brian, Faisal and Mike are back at it again. Brian discuss Amazon's Echo and the new Echo equivalent that one can build with Raspberry Pi. Mike explains the benefits and the potential of Apple's CareKit and Faisal discusses mobile wallets and small value transfer, why we need to reexamine the whole ecosystem. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great an...

This week Mike Townsend and Faisal Khan dive deep into what Brian Roemmele affectionately calls Ontological Recipes - How Voice Recognition will replace APIs, mega shift in payments and interaction. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange t...

This week Mike interviews the CEO of MOGL.com - Jon Carder: Jon Carder is an experienced entrepreneur who has founded five internet businesses, his first at the age of 19. In college Jon founded eHeaven.com, an online e-commerce superstore that was purchased by BabyUniverse in 2002. Jon Carder then founded Client Shop inc. a website dedicated to finding consumers the lowest rates on home loans. Cl...

This week Brian and Mike discuss where is the future of voice recognition and artificial intelligence. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Learn more...

This week, Brian, Faisal and Mike discuss the coming of age of Robots & AI and what it means for us. We touch upon the various conferences we will be attending, covering and speaking in. The undocumented work, couple that with the recent news of the eliminating the US $100 Bill, what does all this mean. What has history taught us about value transfer and control. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireot...

Drew Sievers is one of North America's foremost innovators in mobile financial services. As mFoundry’s Co-Founder & CEO, Drew helped build the mBanking industry, establishing mFoundry as the industry leader with more than 900 clients. mFoundry also developed North America’s largest mPayment solution, Starbucks Card Mobile. Drew sold mFoundry to FIS for $165MM.Drew was also the President o...

All You Need Is Love - A deep dive into decisions of government security, freedom and our responsibility as a society. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurren...

This week Brian, Faisal and Mike discuss what we term as the Winter of Discontent. With falling oil prices, Bitcoin being termed as a failed experiment, stock plummeting, oil prices below $30, Yellow cab company in SF filing for bankruptcy, colleagues thinking about abandoning tuition? what does this mean for our economy? Listen and find out. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and i...

This week Brain Roemmele and Faisal Khan discuss what would it take for those with an idea about a payments startup in the US market to take their dream forward. Dispensing some practical advice on how to go from and idea to product launched in your target market. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://rede...