Make Sense with Lindsay Tabas, The Lady Engineer

In this episode of Make Sense, I sit down with Katie Mckee, a Fortune 500 E-Commerce Strategist and founder of Morphology Consulting. We talk about the future of tech in secondhand fashion, virtual reality shopping, and chatGPT. -Timestamps- 00:00 - Hot Take 2:27 - What does the future hold? 7:52 - Secondhand fashion... where is that headed? 12:25 - Will we be shopping in the Metaverse by the end...

In this episode of Make Sense, I sit down with Chris Volz, a software engineer who has worked with some big companies like Electronic Arts and Capital One. We talk about Second Life, the Metaverse, crypto, and where their place is in tech's future. -Timestamps- 00:00 - Hot Take 2:40 - What is Second Life... and is it the same thing as Metaverse? 9:45 - What types of people were attracted to Se...

In this episode of Make Sense, I sit down with Alba Forns, COO & Co-Founder of Climatize. Founded in 2019, Climatize is a platform enabling individuals and organizations to easily and automatically invest in the marketplace of climate projects from as little as $5. Climatize screens projects to determine their economic and technical viability, then posts them to their community of individual i...

In this episode of Make Sense, I sit down with Ash Kaluarachchi, CEO of StartEd, a community of education innovators that offers programming for EdTech companies with tech-enabled solutions. He is also the Producer of EdTech Week in New York City, something he has been putting on for 8 years. We talk about Silicon Valley Bank, EdTech trends, EdTech funding, and lessons learned in the industry. 00:...

In this episode of Make Sense, I sit down with David Oldham, a serial entrepreneur, investor and startup advisor based in Salt Lake City. He's Managing Partner for Formyl, his own consulting firm. We talk about the #SiliconValleyBank collapse and how it affected pre-seeds. -Timestamps- 00:00 - Hot Take 1:45 - What in the world happened with Silicon Valley Bank? 19:30 - Are people going to turn...

In this episode of Make Sense, I sit down with Nicole Tremaglio, the host of the  @nicstalgia  podcast and a pop culture expert exploring the evolution of culture and technology. We talk about web3, building a community, and the future of work. -Timestamps- 00:00 - Hot Take 1:24 - A look at web2 vs. web3 4:15 - A look back: When did you join Facebook? 8:22 - What IS web3? 14:25 - Is social media a...

In this episode of Make Sense, I sit down with Sean Boyce, a B2B SaaS consultant with extensive industry expertise in finance, nonprofits and technology. We talk about engineering, software development and what it all looks like as we move into the future. 00:00 - Hot Take 1:52 - The Future of the Engineering Role 13:30 - Team skillsets & no-code tools know-how 19:35 - The Pareto Principle (80...

In this episode of Make Sense, I sit down with Rebecca Batterman, Executive Producer, Host, and Innovation Advisor. We talk about artificial intelligence, define web3, and brainstorm the innovations we're going to see right around the corner. 00:00 Hot Take 1:35 - Artificial intelligence will NOT replace you but... 26:50 - What actually is web3? 31:00 - What innovations should we expect ASAP v...

In the premier episode of Make Sense, I sit down with Arielle Shnaidman, an Executive Coach for founders and leaders. We talk about entrepreneurship as a journey, the future of the tech industry, and ChatGPT. 00:00 Hot Take 2:00 Entrepreneurship is a personal quest 5:15 The roles of failure and fear in entrepreneurship 10:06 Taking the leap and starting Make Sense 14:10 Breaking down what held Lin...