The Accelerator with Michael Conniff

In today's episode, we sit down with the CEO and Founder of Mall IQ, Batu Sat, to learn more about his AI-powered geofencing solution that is taking the banking, fintech, merchant, and e-commerce industries by storm. The company offers the most scalable and privacy-first Location Intelligence & AI Platform for mobile apps that is store-level accurate, both indoor & outdoor without any hard...

In this episode, Michael sits down for a chat with Courtney Presto, the CEO and Founder of Presto(https://presto.social/). This is a revolutionary social media platform that's changing the game for content creators everywhere! With Presto, artists no longer have to struggle to monetize their content - they can start earning as soon as they sign up. This is the first social media platform that mone...

In this episode, Michael Conniff sits down with SK Lee, the dynamic founder of The Launch Coaching Lab and successful angel investor. Lee is making a huge impact in the world of startup acceleration, bringing her unique combination of legal and economic knowledge to the table. As a self-proclaimed "boss lady," Lee believes that businesses can not only be profitable, but also have a meaningful miss...

Ben L is the co-founder and CEO of Gesture.  Gesture is an e-commerce platform for sending gifts.  Gesture uses pre-selected A.I.-driven recommended gestures, and is the only App that understands budget and cost-friendly methods to send tangible gestures. At Gesture, the mission is to help people let their loved ones know that they are thinking of them.  You can send flowers, wine champagne, etc v...

In today's episode, Maarten de Hoop and Michael Conniff talk about research and the role of UNIPLAT in creating opportunities for researchers and scientists in less developed countries. 
 Maarten de Hoop is a researcher and a Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice University.  Maarten’s research interests are in extracting subtle signal information from the ever-expanding data...

Nektar Baziotis is the CEO of ICARUS AI E-Learning which is an AI-enabled E-Learning solution. He is also the president and co-founder of ENKI technologies, an IT services and IT consulting firm that helps companies and professionals around the world to move beyond local and conceptual boundaries. Additionally, Nektar is the Chief Technology Officer of Expert Dojo a growth accelerator that empower...

A few months ago we spoke to Marina Sol. She is passionate about women’s health. Creating accessible tools to improve women’s well-being and reproductive health has become a personal goal and driver of her career. She has dedicated her path to health and technology, starting her own companies and helping big corps to pave their way toward digital transformation. Marina Sol is the founder and CEO o...

Milan Krajnc is an academician who works with governments and advises companies in crisis situations. He is an advisory board member at UNIFY PLATFORM AG(UNIPLAT). Milan is also a Nobel Prize nominee. He started his career as a teacher, a physics teacher. He then moved to the corporate world where he helped companies create good business processes. Soon after, he enrolled in a psychology and psych...

In today’s episode, we host Angel Colon. Tune in for an enlightening episode on capital management and how this has evolved over the years. You will also learn what to expect from equity crowdfunding going forward. Mr. Colon is the Managing Director at NY Capital Management LLC. The company provides services to high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and sizeable institutions to produce solutions...

Guilia Imperatrice is the COO at WEVE Acceleration. This is a startup accelerator that helps international startups get entry into the US market. They go for companies that have traction, growth, and a strong product. They offer support in fundraising, opening an office, building a team, attracting clients, and many more WEVE capital work with over 25 countries across different continents. One of...

Conversational intelligence can be defined as a combination of machine learning and natural language processing technology. Today's episode is focused on someone who has made an amazing invention in conversational intelligence. Aleks Smechov is the co-founder and CEO at Wordcab. This is a technology that uses deep learning to automatically summarize conversions at scale. Aleks has a background in...

Dr. Nigel Clarke is the Senior IT Professional focused on sales, marketing, and customer success. An Executive with 20+ years of experience in international (Europe, APAC & Middle East, and North America) technology sales and SaaS. Dr. Nigel Clarke wears many hats. However, he has a special heart for startups, marketing, and capital raising. Since he is in the Startup scene, he gets a lot of p...

Rossana Ceccato is the CEO of Redress and Matias Matías Hercovich is, Global Inhouse General Counsel & Board member at Redress. This is a platform for trading slightly used garments. What you need to do is to take a picture of the garment and send it to them where they inspect it for eligibility. Not every dress/clothing item is eligible. Generally, they look for dresses that have been worn ei...

Maggie Brennan is an educational consultant. She currently works as the Admissions Director at Innovation Experience. One of the programs that she is working on is called Israel 360. This program seeks to create an ecosystem where founders can interact with the Israeli business ecosystem. The goal is to create networking opportunities as well as investment opportunities. The Israel 360 program has...

In this episode, one of the things Apoorva talks about is the untapped use of Web3. He describes Web3.0 as the future of computing. Apoorva Ruparel describes himself as a Problem Solver, Sales Leader, Entrepreneur, and Growth Catalyst. Additionally, he is a general partner at Venture Rock Capital. Venture Rock seeks to help Startups at the most critical stages where they are most likely to fail. T...

Diane Bailey is an expert Startup Lifer and Accelerator. She wears many hats including Head of Accelerator Growth & Colorado Director at Founder Institute, Investor, and Community Builder. Founder Institute is The World’s Largest Pre-Seed Accelerator. They specialize in working with early-stage companies and help turn ideas into fundable startups. Diane is also a successful entrepreneur. In th...

Phuong Phan- is the Regional Manager - East & Southern Africa for Draper Startup House. This is an entity under the Draper Network which was founded by Tim Draper. The vision that Draper Startup House has is to build a global network for entrepreneurs and digital nomads so that they can invest in Startups. Some of the criteria that they go for in screening companies is they look at companies t...

In today’s episode, we talk to a service-oriented and impact-driven professional, Manveer Sandhu. Manveer Sandhu is a Venture Capitalist and an intelligent analyst with the Air Force. He is driven to make an impact in his areas of influence. As a VC, he seeks to find companies with promising ideas in order to help foster them to reach their full potential. In addition, he is an elected Trustee to...

Michael Pastko is one of the co-founders of Satoshi’s closet. The company creates physical apparel on the blockchain via NFT. Satoshi's Closet made its first mark on the blockchain in 2019 as the first project to create ERC-721 tokenized streetwear. The motivation behind the company is to enable the NFT economy in real life. Ultimately, the goal is to enable a full stack NFT solution at sporting e...

Vylto enables royalty revenue on all secondary market transactions, product authentication, and more. This is especially great as it connects artists and their audiences while ensuring artists get royalty revenue on secondary market transactions.

Kurt Hallead is the co-founder and president of Legacy League. This company has carved out a niche in the NFT space. They enable college athletes to monetize their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) by creating, marketing, promoting, and trading NFTs. Kurt has a wealth of experience with 30 years spent working in a number of global investment firms. He has always had a passion for sports and saw an o...

Scott Levy is the founder of SNL consulting. People need help. We all need help. This is especially true for business owners and start-up founders who because of the nature of their work, wear many hats. Family, friends, and the people that they work with can’t necessarily offer the support business founders need. This is where coaching comes in. Tune in to listen to how Scott Levy accelerates bus...

Jim Friedrich CEO is the CEO of Native Traits Corporation. The company uses proprietary technology that screens ancestral strains of corn as a natural source of genes to improve commercial varieties. The seeds are screened for drought tolerance and the ability to tolerate extreme temperatures. The company has successfully passed the proof of concept stage and is already seeing tremendous outcomes.

In this episode, he simplifies the concept of blockchain, tokens, smart contracts, and everything crypto. He is the CEO and co-founder of Brickken which is a tokenizing solution. The company offers tools to help tokenize the world. The company’s mission statement is to help asset owners around the world raise decentralized funding utilizing blockchain-based technology, giving individuals and busin...

Robert Tame is the CEO of Noktos. The company offers a solution that is revolutionizing the way companies pay for travel. What sets them apart is they give corporates the ability to control their travel costs and the ability to have a one-stop shop for all accommodation needs. Robert is a serial entrepreneur who has experienced both success and failure on the business front. He shares some of the...