Experienced Voices

How do you transition from skin-in-the-game to securing milestone-driven investment for a capital-intensive startup?  In this episode of Experienced Voices, Kevin A. Damoa, Founder of Glīd Technologies, breaks down the blueprint for building hard tech. What we discuss: The Breakthrough: Solving the century-old road-to-rail problem with autonomous, dual-mode physical infrastructure and AI orchestra...

When we talk about the future of global conflict, we are no longer just talking about hardware, troops, or physical borders. We are talking about data, predictive mathematics, and decision speed. Artificial intelligence has fundamentally rewritten the rules of engagement, blurring the lines between national security and global finance. They are no longer separate areas of concern—they are deeply i...

Raj Singh is the Vice President of Product at Mozilla , leading new product initiatives. He joined Mozilla in 2022 via the acquisition of his startup, Pulse , which developed AI meeting-summarization models. He was previously Co-Founder and CEO of Tempo AI , a smart calendar acquired by Salesforce in 2015. He also co-founded AllTheCooks , which became the largest recipe community on Android before...

In this special National Women’s History Month episode of Experienced Voices™ , I sit down with Lydia Ramirez , EVP and COO at Five Star Bank . With over 18 years of senior banking experience, Lydia offers insight into the progress of women business owners and women entrepreneurs contributing to and shaping the economy. We discuss: Trends driving the growth of women-owned businesses. How to prepar...

Tim Seward, Founder and Creative Visionary of ONYX Motors —an industrial designer turned mobility entrepreneur who has a passion for redefining electric transportation. While working with large corporations such as Nike, Google, and Intel, he saw opportunities to pursue mobility ideas that those organizations were not interested in developing. He had a particular interest in changing the performan...

During the rush to scale AI, innovators, entrepreneurs, and engineers are identifying the bottlenecks that hinder progress. Easy access to quality data is emerging across various industries, fueling a timely search for solutions. Balint Pasztor is the co-founder and CEO of DiffuseDrive , a next-generation physical AI company transforming how Fortune 500 companies access real-world, high-volume dat...

Join me on Experienced Voices as I talk with serial entrepreneur Jim Phillips , Co-Founder and CEO of Graymatter , a cognitive wellness company leading the movement to make daily cognitive supplementation mainstream . Jim shares his journey, driven by navigating intense entrepreneurial stress , to create Bright Mind drink mix , a plant-based brain health drink to help you achieve peak performance...

All startups face the same fundamental challenge: having enough capital to grow and achieve their goals. At the center of navigating that challenge is the role of a seasoned CFO—someone who can align financial strategy with the company’s ambitions.  For those fortunate enough to reach the stage of considering going public or being acquired, the journey becomes even more complex, involving rigorous...

In the latest Experienced Voices episode, serial entrepreneur Miles Spencer takes us inside the making of Reflekta —an innovation racing to be first to market with a bold new use of AI: preserving the voices and stories of loved ones across generations. Miles shares why urgency matters in pioneering innovation, how the power of word-of-mouth can impact adoption, and the delicate process of finding...

On this episode of Experienced Voices , we’re joined by Hillary Boyce , Founder and CEO of BAFO Services , who has spent more than twenty years mastering the procurement, execution, and management of government contracts. Hillary’s path is a powerful blend of entrepreneurship, expertise, and service. After building and acquiring her own small government contracting business, she led the award of n...

Experienced Voices's guest Steve DeMatteo is a Wealth Advisor, Certified Exit Planning Advisor®, and Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor .  In this HOW-TO segment Steven breaks down what owners need to know before they sell. With an MBA in finance and deep experience guiding business owners and executives through growth, sale, and IPOs, Steve answers the question he hears most often: Is now t...

David Duguan is a Ghanaian-born founder and CEO of Voxify whose customer service approach to innovation is culturally grounded in something timeless: hospitality. As David shares that same belief in the power of relationships inspired him to tackle a critical pain point for small businesses delays in responding to customer calls and unclear communication. Blending this passion for service with his...

Marcus Weller is the visionary founder behind DeepInvent —an AI-powered platform that’s revolutionizing how intellectual property is created, scaled, and commercialized. By slashing the time and cost of invention, DeepInvent is accelerating innovation across industries and delivering transformative value to the global economy. With a background in cognitive science and data science, Marcus has dri...

Want to boost your company's sales? Consumer financing could be the key. In this episode of Experienced Voices , our “How To” segment features Eric Daugherty of Monterey Financial Services, who breaks down the fundamentals of consumer financing for small business owners. From understanding how payment plans influence customer decisions to setting up programs that drive growth, Eric shares pra...

George Gebhart, CEO and founder of Voltu Motor, is a trailblazer in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, leveraging nearly two decades of expertise in engineering, innovation, and leadership to redefine sustainable transportation.  A bio-engineer by training, George began his career conducting research in robotics and brain-computer interfaces (BCI) which led to his passion for electrification and...

Entrepreneur twin brothers Nikita and Iliya Bridan forged their automotive careers based on their youthful passion for cars which began in Ukraine. Nikita shares how the brothers have lived their ultimate dream, founding an automotive startup that will introduce in 2026 its HF-11 limited production car priced at over $1 million. The HF-11 is being honed to be the ultimate street-legal vehicle. Onl...

Innovative technologies present great opportunities. Michael Brown, CEO of Skyline Robotics, shares how AI automation technology was developed to tackle skyscraper window cleaning. Our discussion weaves through the complexity of the technology, the market analysis that identified potential clients’ pain points, the importance of understanding the industry’s existing labor structure, and more.  As...

Automotive and aerospace designer Tim Huntzinger turned entrepreneur takes you on his journey of co-founding an EV startup called XOTO . The company recently introduced a 3-wheel on-road electric “scooter” built to have greater stability to avoid skids and front wheel drive for enhanced control and maneuverability.  Hear how he gathered his team, went from concept to prototype to production---prot...

When an entrepreneur takes the road less traveled, it is literally true for Colin Godby, co-founder of Dust Moto, an innovative startup launching a high-performance electric dirt bike. Colin’s entrepreneur journey began as a young power sport enthusiast which led him to be an off-road co-driver in international competitive events including the Baja1000 and the TransSyberian Rally.   Colin shares h...

Josh Brown is an entrepreneur, inventor, founder, and CEO of Dropshot, a smart scoring platform designed to enhance Pickleball scorekeeping– the fastest-growing sport in America. Josh applied his 14 years of software engineering experience to address a pain point of passionate pickleball players like himself---how to keep score that easily eliminates on-court confusion and scoring squabbles. In ou...

Kasey Edwards , CEO and Co-Founder of Helpr, a global technology company transforming corporate caregiving benefits, shares how their company scaled its services using digital technology to achieve great success.  Helpr now serves Fortune 500 companies such as Clorox and Snap through its enterprise platform and is in 45 countries.  Hear how Kasey and her partner saw the opportunity offered by digi...

Broc TenHouten, Co-founder and CEO of Intrinsic Power, Inc., is a leading authority on the challenges of distributed energy and a technical leader and manager of electric vehicle technology commercialization. Hear how his startup identified and solved major pain points impacting consumer use of EVs, while addressing capacity challenges facing our country’s electrical grid.  Broc offers great insig...

Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic exemplify national challenges requiring a new approach to achieve the most effective technological solutions.  NobleReach Foundation’s CEO Arun Gupta is taking on those challenges, heading a nonprofit startup with half a billion dollars in endowment. Founded as a spinoff of LMI, NobleReach offers a new and ambitious model to drive American innovation throug...

Serial entrepreneur Byron Bennett began his entrepreneurial journey in high school, never expecting that one day he would lead a venture called Zergratran to build in Columbia an alternative to the Panama Canal. He shares the challenges he is facing which include raising funds for a venture of significant scale. His stories of earlier ventures illuminate the unique path of an entrepreneur while of...

Vitaly Golomb is a seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor who most notably co-founded HP’s corporate venture arm. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of  Sofielabs, the next-gen CRM that uses AI to automate the sales process.  Hear how AI was applied to the costly weak link of sales and how their startup strategically emerged from stealth to take on Hubspot and Salesforce which dominate the CR...