The Founder's Predicament

Eight World | Steven Jansen | Ep. 19

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Ray and Steven discuss Eight World which provides unconditional cash transfers to villages in Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast.

The discussion also touches on having a decolonial mind-set, the coffee value-chain and how Eight World has found success with a radical approach to non-profit work.

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eBusiness Institute | Matt Raad | Ep. 18

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Ray and Matt discuss eBusiness Institute which provides specific digital training courses that allow our students to generate income online anywhere – anytime.

The discussion also touches on advice for early-stage entrepreneurs, a look at how today's internet can be leveraged to gain financial freedom and what the future landscape looks like

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GoKommu | Bo Abrams | Ep. 17

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Ray and Bo Abrams discuss GoKommu a travel platform that values people over profit, designed to help expand your network to find trusted, affordable places to stay.

The discussion also touches on advice for early-stage entrepreneurs, a look at how travel is changing for consumers and how the community travel offers an enhanced set of experiences and opportunity to expand your network across the globe.

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GearBrain | Mark Westlake | Ep. 16

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Ray and Mark Westlake discuss GearBrain and how they are a pioneering recommendation platform where you can research, discover, buy, and learn how to connect and optimize smart devices all in one place.

The discussion also touches on advice for early-stage entrepreneurs, a look at how AI is changing the consumer landscape and a look at how the Smart-Device market has become confusing and convoluted for consumers.

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LowCoder | Falk Wolsky | Ep. 15

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Ray and Falk discuss Lowcoder Software LTD and its position in the market as a innovative all-in-one solution for application development, data sets, visual presentation tools and video conferencing.

The discussion also touches on antiquated high-education for programing, Falk's past projects and the future implications of AI in the development world.

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Impact Hub | John Paul Parmigiani | Episode 14

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Listen to John P. Parmigiani's journey to entrepreneurship and the challenges launching and scaling Impact Hub. Impact Hub connects entrepreneurs and innovators to large organizations, partners, investors, and the public sector.

Why? To build a more just and sustainable society.

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Klaatch | Adam Greene | Ep. 13

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Listen to Adam Greene's journey launching 'Klaatch' which leverages human touch and technology to help older adult organizations determine their Social Quotient, build new initiatives for individual and community social connectivity, and propel organizational performance.

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Just Ads | Shan Rizvi | Ep. 12

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:45:00 -0700

Listen to Shan Rizvi's journey launching 'Just Ads'. Shan plans for Just Ads to become an all-in-one solution for marketing professionals to be able to easily manage and analyze campaigns across all channels.

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Dahlia's Book | Oana Ciherean | Ep. 11

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Listen to Oana Ciherean's journey launching 'Dahlia's Book'. Oana plans for Dahlia's Book to either become a global organization for digital education or spin off into a for-profit education company for kids.

The program connects software engineers with school children online to teach them how to code. Dahlia's book is guided by a mentor in real-time. There are no self-based classes or homework in Dahlia's book.

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Socket Supply | Paolo Fragomeni | Ep. 10

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Listen to Paolo Fragomeni's journey launching 'Socket Supply'. They created a product call 'Socket Runtime' that introduces a modern P2P protocol that provides secure, real-time, and eventually consistent communication between users. It even allows a user to send messages to someone who's offline.

Socket Runtime allows you to build for any OS — desktop, mobile, even headless — with security, privacy, and peer-to-peer as first class features.

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StartUp Boost | Jason Malki | Ep. 9 Pt. 1

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Listen to Jason Malki's journey launching 'StartUp Boost' which empowers new start-ups to find the resources and funding they need to reach their next phase. His entrepreneurial journey began in college, helping with his family's business. Which gave him perspective on what a business requires to have a successful launch.

StartUp Boost helps new businesses with fundraising, public relations, sales, marketing and design.

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Sky VLS | Paul DiCesare | Ep. 8

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Listen to Paul DiCesare's journey launching 'Sky VLS' which combines blockchain and real-estate in the metaverse. His career through physical real-estate and early introduction to crypto, allowed him to move quickly when the metaverse started taking shape

Sky VLS creates a digital representation of a property in the metaverse, allowing a property owner to own a virtual asset as well as the existing physical asset.

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Backstabbers | Rick Goffe | Ep. 7

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Listen to Rick Goffe's journey launching 'Backstabbers' a mobile party game with a unique spin, it doesn't take away from the people you are with. He aims to solve the problem of digital addiction by creating a game that puts the technology in the background and people in the foreground.

Backstabbers is a party game played on a mobile device, it is available on both the Play Store and the App Store.

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Artist Verified Inc | John Gaenzler | Ep. 6

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Listen to John Gaenzler's tackle constructing his first corporation and how it presented a unique set of challenges. After start-up he was the first hire at was acquired by Warner Brothers, he reflected on what he had learned. This sparked the desire to connect musicians and their fans with his current start-up - Artist Verified.

Artist Verified directly connects music artists and music fans using advanced, scalable tech and full artist-ownership of fan relationship and data.

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Status Hero Inc | Henry Poydar | Ep. 5

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Follow Henry Poydar's journey through entrepreneurship. How after his first start-up was acquired, he reflected on the difficulties he faced. Which sparked the inspiration for his current company - Status Hero.

Status Hero helps connect teams to their work and each other with smart check-ins, live goals & OKRs, and unifying dashboards.

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Founder of 2 Startups I Sneh Ganjoo I Ep. 4

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0700

Sneh was the founder of 2 startup companies, PnP Labs and Kloudi. She is currently a student getting her Master's degree but will jump back into being a startup founder very soon.

Sneh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sneh-ganjoo/

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Incentivize Green I Matthias de Haan I Ep. 3

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Matthias is the Founder of Incentivize Green, a startup on a mission to accelerate the adoption of greener, cleaner products such as EV's, EV chargers, home batteries and electric heat pumps and other technologies by eliminating the barriers that roadblock people from getting government and utility rebates and incentives.

Matthias's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-de-haan/

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BeSparrow I Shahzad Ansari I Ep. 2

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Tue, 16 May 2023 05:30:00 -0700

Shahzad is the Founder of BeSparrow, a Creative Agency focusing on Brand Strategy, Identity Design, UX Design, and Digital Marketing.

Shahzad's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisisshahzadansari/

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Startup Venture Studio I Kurt Vandebroek I Ep. 1

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0700

Kurt is the founder and managing partner of c-f2, a start-up venture studio for Edtech and Fintech companies that invests in founders with deep domain expertise and great software ideas.

Kurt's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-vandebroek-a32646/

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What You Can Expect From This Podcast & What Is No Code?

Ray Shah & Kyle Manning — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Welcome to The No Code Project For Startups podcast!

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