The Disruptors

 Ramphis Castro (@jramphis) is the co-founder of ScienceVest, a venture capital fund for hard-tech and life science companies, and Impact Science Angels, an angel group focused on investing in companies that can impact 1MM+ lives. Ramphis is a Kauffman Fellow and co-Chair the NYC chapter of the Society and focused on the funding gaps for radical science companies in the US. In 2016 Ramphis was inv...

Garry Golden (@garrygolden) is a professionally trained futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on complex issues shaping society and business in the 21st century. He has consulted for Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies and the US Army on issues related to transportation and mobility, food safety and health, the future of portable power, financial services  and much more. Garry teaches...

Dr Pippa Malmgren (@DrPippaM) is a futurist trend spotter, public speaker, best selling author and advisor to investors and governments about macroeconomic policy and investment strategy. She is a former Presidential Advisor who served on The National Economic Council in the White House where she was the point person on Enron and Terrorism Risks to the Economy after 911. She was the initial negoti...

Driverless cars are coming, faster than anyone anticipates. Today we discuss AI and autonomy and how self-driving cars will transform society and life and we know it.   In today's episode we discuss: - Uber, Waymo, Tesla and who wins self-driving - How autonomy will transform cities and lives - Unintended consequences of autonomous cars - What happens when location becomes variable   And much much...

David Smith (@revodavid) is the Cloud Developer Advocate and R Community Lead at Microsoft. Prior to Microsoft, David was the Chief Community Officer (and is current editor-in-chief) of Revolution Analytics, a daily news about using open source R for big data analysis, predictive modeling, data science, and visualization since 2008. David has a knack for building user communities and is currently...

Kevin Folta (@kevinfolta) is a professor and chairman of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida and host of the Talking Biotech Podcast. He is a plant scientist who has researched how plants react to light, and he started blogging about a variety of topics in 2008, gaining popularity as a speaker on biotechnology. He has faced harsh criticism from many in the anti-GMO c...

Interested in computing and the future of phones, laptops and voice assistants like Alexa, Google Home and Siri? We're diving into the evolution of smart home/smart speaker voice computing market and considering the implications and effects of where we're headed from here.   And much much more... Welcome to Tech Talks, a weekly livestream where serial entrepreneur, angel investor and host of Fring...

Dr. Bill Walsh is the president of the Walsh Research Institute (@WalshResearch), a non-profit focused on improving human psychiatry and mental health conditions with nutrient based therapies, rather than drugs. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Walsh has developed biochemical treatments for patients diagnosed with behavioral disorders, attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, autism, clinical depres...

Clay Collins (@claycollins) is currently the CEO and Co-founder at Nomics and Board Chair at Drip/Leadpages which produces a free crypto market data API for enterprise level crypto investors and runs Flippening, a top 3 crypto podcast. Before co-founding Nomics, Clay founded Leadpages, where he drove growth to over 48K paying customers (and 175 employees), led the company’s acquisition of Drip, an...

 Joseph Meany (@crimsonalkemist) is the Founder of The Crimson Alkemist and co-author of Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World. Together with his co-author Les Johnson, the two make a compelling case for graphene, the near-term super metamaterial that's both fascinated and bewildered scientists, technologists and futurists for years. Im...

Eric Ladizinsky is the co-founder and Chief Scientist of D-Wave Systems (@dwavesys), the world's first quantum computing company and the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems and software. Their mission is to use quantum computing to solve some of the world's most pressing problems. D-Wave's systems are being used by world-class organizations like Lockheed Martin, Goo...

Interested in bitcoin, blockchain and crypto? Today we're diving into the crypto rabbit hole to explore Ethereum, ICOs, the future of money, governance, non-governmental digital currencies and a whole lot more. Be sure to add any questions to the live chat and we'll cover those on the stream! Welcome to Tech Talks, a weekly livestream where serial entrepreneur, angel investor and host of Fringe. F...

Geoff Ralston (@gralston) is the founder of Imagine K12, an education focused vertical within the super successful startup accelerator YCombinator. Collectively, Y Combinator and Imagine K12 have backed over 100 education technology startups. In addition to his work with YC, Geoff's a prolific angel investor, with over 80 portfolio companies and 18 exits to date. Prior to joining YC as a Partner,...

Dr. James Canton (@futureguru) is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, author, and visionary business advisor. He is the CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a leading think tank he founded in 1990 that advises business, the Global Fortune 1000 (like IBM, GE, HP, Boeing, Intel and more) and many governments on future trends in innovation, financial serv...

Interested in robotics and the future of AI? In today's episode we discuss: - Asimov's Laws of Robotics - The evolution of robots in society - The effects of automation and robotics on jobs and economy - The unexpected implications of artificial intelligence   And much more...   Welcome to Tech Talks, a weekly livestream where serial entrepreneur, angel investor and host of Fringe. FM discusses tr...

Travis Scher (@travisscher) leads venture capital and new cryptoasset investing at Digital Currency Group (DCG), a blockchain investment firm with a mission is to accelerate the development of a better financial system. DCG is world's the most prolific investor in blockchain startups. They have invested in over 100 companies in 30 different countries, including market leaders like Coinbase, Blockc...

Interested in biotech, CRISPR, genetic engineering and human longevity? If so this is the episode for you. Be sure to tune in every Wednesday at 12:30pm EST for our Tech Talk livestreams where we also do live Q&As We'll discuss: - Gene drives and the societal implications - How and when we'll start genetically engineering ourselves - Promising life extension technologies - The ethics of superhuman...

Thomas Frey (@thomasfrey) is Google's top rated futurist, a celebrity/accomplished keynote speaker and the co-founder and executive director of the DaVinci Institute, a Colorado based tech startup incubator ecosystem, before which he spent 15 years at IBM. At the Institute, Thomas works to develop original research studies in areas not normally addressed by futurists and has predicted the end of t...

3D printing has the ability to transform our world, well beyond the obvious implications. From trade to transport, innovation to product adoption, 3D printers are poised to propel humanity forward, possibly even to space. But there are big challenges, way too much hype and other factors to consider. Interested in the future and how manufacturing and jobs evolve? If so, this is the episode for you....

Are you interested in VR and future of mixed reality computing (AR/VR)? If so you'll love this discussion where we dive deep in the economic, societal and technological implications of virtual reality, including Ready Player One, the military, adult entertainment, Second Life and much much more. Or watch the Youtube version         -- Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support FringeFM FringeFM is...

Welcome to the 2nd ever Tech Talk Livestream, where serial entrepreneur, angel investor, futurist and host of Fringe. FM podcast Matt Ward discusses one specific industry or technology, weighing in with his opinions and sharing overviews and predictions of where the world is headed. In today's video, Matt discusses biotech and the clean meat revolution, something he's incredibly excited and passio...

Eric Ward(@AeroSigma) is the co-founder and CEO of both Odyne Space and Aten Engineering, two space tech startups with a ton of promise for the future. Eric is an experienced systems architect who sees growing the space industry as the next step to progressing humanity beyond the planet. At Odyne, Eric and the team are working on phase one: launch, and run a large scale nano and micro satellite la...

Isabel Arjmand is a research analyst at GiveWell (@givewell), a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of charity worldwide, ie Effective Altruism. GiveWell is focused on finding the most impactful giving opportunities and publish the full details to help donors decide where best to give. Unlike charity evaluators that focus solely on financials, assessing administrative or fundraisin...

Welcome to the 1st ever Tech Talk Livestream, where serial entrepreneur, angel investor, futurist and host of Fringe. FM Matt Ward discusses one specific industry or technology, weighing in with his opinions and sharing overviews and predictions of where the world is headed. In today's video, Matt discusses ecommerce, something near and dear to his heart as an ex-ecommerce seller. In today's lives...

John Lettow is the co-founder and President of Vorbeck (@vorbeck), a high tech graphene materials startup that's raised over $20.7M to bring the promising future of graphene to today. Today they have several product lines focused on antennas, RFIDs, wearables, conductive ink and of course composites. NOTE: Vorbeck's proprietary graphene material Vor-x® was developed in the Chemical Engineering Lab...