One the Come Up

I was honored to have Mr Louis Phillip Broze as my guest. He’s our first European Forbes 30U alumni, with his company Spentys based out of Brussels, Belgium. He’s also the first of our guests to go through a seed accelerator – both hub.brussels and BEyond Program. Mr. Broze’s company, Spentys, uses 3D modeling, scanning, and printing to create custom-made orthotics and prosthetics. They are in 20...

Tom Shea, from https://www.adgile.co/ , joined me today to discuss the newest form of advertisement: mobile billboards. His company turns last mile delivery trucks into billboards, and then tracks their efficacy by collecting nearby user data. It sounds like something out of a sci-get movie — or 1984 — but it’s the way of the future.    A native of Long Island, New York, Tom started his first comp...

Shirah Benarde is the founder and inventor of Nightcap, a scrunchie-like device for users to put over their cups to prevent spiking. The idea first came to her in a dream when she was just 16 years old, after a college friend of hers was spiked. The product quickly drew national attention, going viral on Tik Tok and appearing on Fox news. In August 2020, Nightcap appeared on Shark Tank, and Shirah...

I discuss with Henry Michaelson the technological side of groceries. His company, Halla, is the search engine behind any e-commerce grocery store platform. Initially, you might not understand the importance or magnitude of this niche, but it is a big, multi billion dollar problem that many grocery chains have. Previously, the technology used by grocery store chains wasn’t up to date. This resulted...

A Forbes 30 under 30 entrepreneur; a nomad that travels the world; and a surfer dude that flies first class – Mitch Deforest is a man of many hats. His company, Ramped Careers , has simplified the job search. Just enter your job preferences, add a little bit of information about yourself, and then leave it to AI to get the perfect job for you.   Maybe the most fun interview I’ve had so far, Mitch...

Daniel Saks has always been at the lead of technology. In 2009, Daniel recognized the emergence of the Cloud as the future of SaaS. He and his partner started Appdirect, and quickly grew to become the leading B2B commerce platform. Over the course of 15 years, Daniel grew Appdirect to a 1.5 billion dollar company. But he’s brought our current technology to its culmination – it’s great right now, c...

Mr Seamus and I discuss starting his creating of Carabiner, a Rev-Ops and software implementation company. We also discuss Nature vs Nurture, growth and development of a company, and about the several types of entrepreneurs there are. 

Mr. Klinsky and I discuss UPenn, the telehealth industry, starting a multi-million dollar company, and the journey of an entrepreneur.