The Silicon Valley Podcast

113 Using Technology for Social Good with Koki Uchiyama

 
Koki Uchiyama is Founder and CEO of Hottolink Inc. He founded hottolink in 2000 and lead it to first IPO among the social media analytics / listening players in the world. He and his team have been exploring the possibility of utilizing Social Big Data and AI especially to support Brands to create and conduct the marketing strategy driven by Data and Evidence for almost 20 years, so he is the pioneer of data driven marketing. Prior to Hottolink Inc., Koki was engaged in the project of developing one of the first Japanese Internet search engines, when he was in graduate school of Tokyo University in 1995, and then he joined the search engine company founded based on the project, as Vice President. He also has a strong passion to do social activities. One of his major activities is to lead the projects called as "Famiee projects" which aim to make the society accept the diverse form of family, including LGBTQ couples. He founded non-profit organizations which (1) issue partnership certificates for LGBTQ couples based on blockchain technology and (2)organize the network of big corporations who provide the benefits or services not only for legally married couples but also for families of LGBT couples with the certificates. He is also one of founders and council members of the first International Boarding High School in Japan, called UWC ISAK JAPAN, which gives scholarships to 70% of students coming around the world to create diversity of students in rich/poor, nationality, culture, language, religion etc. His other major activity is to support young entrepreneurs in the world to grow, by taking leadership in the world-wide Entrepreneurs Organization.
 
On today Show we Talk about:
What was it like to get an Acquisition offer from Softbank and turn it down?
How is running a public company different than running a private company with investors?
Can entrepreneurs from Japan be successful in the US markets? 
What are the possibilities for blockchain technology in the future?
 
 
Connect with Koki Uchiyama
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kokiuchiyama/

112 How to Unlearn to Learn with Barry O‘Reilly

Barry O’Reilly
Barry O’Reilly is an entrepreneur, business advisor and author who has pioneered the intersection of business model innovation, product development, organizational design, and culture transformation.
 
Barry is the co-founder of Nobody Studios, a crowd-infused, high-velocity venture studio with the mission to create 100 compelling companies over the next 5 years.
 
Barry is author of two international bestsellers, Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results, and Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale—part of the Eric Ries series, and a HBR must read for CEOs and business leaders. He writes for The Economist, and is faculty at Singularity University.
On today Show we Talk about:
 
What is Agile and how is it used?
What is Nobody Studios and what are the goals it wants to accomplish?
How is one able to live all around the wrong while progressing their career?
What was it like to know Elon Musk when he just founded his first company Zip2?
 
Connect Barry
 
Website https://barryoreilly.com/
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryoreilly/

111 Business Culture and Its Success with John McNulty

 
John McNulty
On today’s show, we chat with John McNulty who has been a driving force in the technology industry for almost forty years. He has held leadership positions starting as General Manager at Intel in 1980 and including Senior VP & GM roles at two firms and President, CEO and Chairman of four other companies in the software, hardware, networking, and communications industries. Today, Mr. McNulty serves on the Board of Directors of four private technology companies and is also a member of the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering Advisory Council.
 
 
On today Show we Talk about:
 
Does the best product always win?
How did culture and management scale with Intel?
How can one go about changing a company’s culture?
When one takes a chip to the market is there a different strategy between markets? 
 
 
Connect with John McNulty
Actually, you have to go through James Cape
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cape-692110/
 
 
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110 How a Startup can use Outsourcing to Scale with Eric Espinosa

Eric Espinosa
Eric is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for helping CEOs and Small Business Owners succeed.If you're starting up a business - Venture Validator can help you find product/market fit so you don't waste thousands of dollars on and months of your time building the wrong solution. If you're a community organizer and would like me to speak at your conference, webinar, etc. - I have some good content - send me a message!If you have an established business - Coconut VA is a virtual assistant staffing agency that can help you take back your evenings, weekends, and vacations by outsourcing your $10/hr tasks to a stellar Filipino remote worker. DM me and we can get you started on the #VacationLaptopless Challenge!
On today Show we Talk about:
How do most startups find, or look for, product market fit?
How do you see the University system adapting to better fit the needs of the current startup ecosystem?
What items can a startup use an outsource team for?
How do you see the future of constructing a startup team?
 
 
Connect Eric
Website https://www.coconutva.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-espinosa/
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109 How will ESG and the Blockchain impact us All with Amy Seidman

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Noble Profit founder and BFLO creator is an early pioneer of interactive media, Amy created technology experiences for companies like PacBell, Lotus, Sun, ValueClick Media, Disney, MGM, Warner Brothers, Fox, and launched design firm Creative Entity. Earlier, Amy’s activism and passion for the environment expressed through award-winning photography, art, film, writing, music and education. Fusing her work, she formed Incredible Places, Made For the Media, and served as a NPS technology advisor, a scientific visualization artist fellow at SNRI in Yosemite, UNEP blockchain advisor and a myriad of NGO initiatives.
 
NOBLE PROFIT AND BFLO TECHNOLOGY
Noble Profit is a sustainability information and technology company.
 
BFLO is a technology to help businesses and investors track, report and verify sustainability claims. Today we provide a toolset for transparency and connecting disconnected information. We are creating BFLO Commons, a shared decentralized information repository of the world's sustainability information. 
 
BFLO offers a tool for transparency mapping climate and SDGs to support ESG reporting which connects information across silos.  Connected third party verifications offer proof of reputation as anchors of truth using smart contracts in an ever shifting digital landscape.
For businesses, investors and agencies globally looking for transparency around sustainability, BFLO provides a blockchain protocol, network and decentralized solutions to deliver real-time reporting and trusted third-party verification of SDGs and climate information.
 
Unlike other sustainability reporting systems, BFLO NFTs unites disconnected information across value chains and makes it accessible and actionable via a decentralized network. Demonstrate your leadership in transparency and deepen the visibility of your ESG commitments using BFLO technology.
 
On today Show we Talk about:
What were some of the lessons you learned when transitioning from a media company to a technology heavy startup?
What is Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance(ESG) and what we should know about it, in our futures?
What government groups or changes in laws should people be aware of?
 
Connect with Amy
Website
www.NobleProfit.com ~  Connecting Sustainable Business, Impact & Clean Tech
www.BFLO.io ~ Decentralizing Sustainable Business and Investment
 

108 True Grit with Multi-startup Founder Daniel Idzkowski

Daniel Idzkowski
CEO & Co-Founder of Sidepocket and Skunklock
Sidepocket is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor bringing cutting-edge technology and quantitative strategies to the everyday retail investor.
SKUNKLOCK is the first ever bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, and moped lock to "fight back" against thieves using chemicals. 
 
On today Show we Talk about:
How has Fintech changed over the last 5 years
How is being the founder of a pure software company different from being a founder of a hardware company?
What is a quantitative portfolio? 
 
Connect with Daniel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielidzkowski/
 
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107 A World of Tech outside of Silicon Valley with Ari Newman

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Co-Founder and Managing Director at Massive Capital Partners.Partner at The Fund Rockies (side hustle)15 years on the operating side (2x founder). VC since 2012. Mentor/Advisor and Board Member.Previous Companies:Techstars (Partner on Venture Team - now over 500M in AUM)Filtrbox - Social Media Management - Techstars class #1, sold to Jive Software (Boulder, CO)Newman Venture Advisors (early-stage boutique investing and advisory) (Boulder, CO)JustOn.com - Dot.com era file-sharing platform - sold to Novell, then spun out Volera (Bay Area, CA)Occasionally blogging at arinewman.com
 
On today Show we Talk about:
What’s the difference when working with a company when you are an advisor vs an angel investor in the company?
What was it like building web applications during the 1st dot-com era?
Product vs Sales. What’s it like being the “unpopular” person in any of your roles?
 
Connect Ari
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arinewman/
 
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106 Can Technology solve the Homeless Epidemic with Jonathan Parkhurst

Jonathan Parkhurst
As Safehavn's Founder & CEO, Jonathan is a leader and innovator in the recovery industry. Jonathan owned one of the largest continuums of care sober living companies in Northern California, Stepping Up. In 2015 Stepping up was acquired by Cornerstone Sober living. After being acquired, Jonathan started a consulting firm focused on organizations with a need to scale either top talent or topline revenue. As a strategic partner in talent acquisition and market acquisition, Jonathan led talent growth for companies like Enphase Energy, GoPro, and WeWork. Jonathan served on the Board of Marin County Drug and Alcohol, he is the Northern California Outreach Coordinator for the Black Americans in AA, As a homeless activist. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Homes for the Homeless. He experienced homelessness in San Francisco before going on to become a tech entrepreneur and app innovator. Jonathan is also a veteran of Desert Storm. Today, he is using his experience to give back and help others transition from drug and alcohol addiction, homelessness, and other afflictions.
On today Show we Talk about:
Practical leadership advice can you share with founders around the world?
Struggle with “go to market fit” and how one can go about getting their product out to the masses.
Are there any laws or regulations on the horizon that will help drive sustainability?
Taking on the Homeless epidemic in the US with technology.
 
Connect with Jonathan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanparkhurst/
Website https://goseekhaven.com/
 
 
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105 From Startup-up to Grown-up with Alisa Cohn

 
Alisa was named the #1 Startup Coach in the world at the Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Leading Coaches Awards in London. She was also named one of the Top 30 Global Gurus for Startups. Based in NYC, she coaches startup CEOs, co-founders, other startup executives and board members all over the world. She also coach senior and emerging leaders from Fortune 500 companies. Her clients include Venmo, Foursquare, InVision, Etsy, The Wirecutter (sold to The New York Times), Pfizer, Novartis, Dell, Hitachi, IBM, Calvin Klein, Tory Burch, The New York Times. I also speak at Cornell, Harvard, The Naval War College and am the executive coach for the Runway Program at Cornell Tech.
 
On today Show we Talk about:
How can praise be Your Secret Superpower?
When measuring performance, what should be measured?
How does a CEO “Manage their Board?”
What should one do when their co-founder, “Can’t keep up”?
What is the CEO megaphone effect? 
 
 
Connect with Alisa
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisacohn/
Website alisacohn.com  
Email alisa@alisacohn.com
 
 
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104 Preparing for a successful Exit with Dylan Malot

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Most of what matters in leading a fulfilling life cannot be bought. Healthy bodies, minds and relationships are crucial to happiness, as well as the fruits of creative effort beyond the trappings of prosperity. While business stress is present at every level of wealth, confidence in our financial security allows us to focus on our pursuits, family and community to make the lives of others better.Growing up in a family-owned business—what my father always called the “business school of hard knocks,” I witnessed firsthand the passion, struggles and successes that went into a vibrant middle market business with international operations. That experience, coupled with my fascination for business and investing, has led me to where I am today. I advise entrepreneurs through decisions on what matters most to them and tie their creations to their livelihoods, giving and future endeavors. I build bridges between values and capital—in planning, philanthropy and portfolios.Helping my clients solve problems, deeply understand their choices, and make wise decisions is the best part of being an advisor. I help them navigate their complex financial lives and to be wise stewards of their wealth by deeply understanding their values and how to align their resources with those values. Most of my clients are beyond concerns about their financial security—they are most concerned about making sure that they are capturing the right opportunities, mitigating risk and improving tax efficiency. My advice empowers them to make the right decisions while understanding why they are making them.
 
We Talk About
What are some of the biggest mistakes founders of companies make when they sell their companies?
 
What happens to your taxes when there is a valuation “POP” in your startup’s equity?
Should Environment, Social, and corporate governance (ESG) concern a startup founder and their company?
Is there benefits for Startup founders to join ACG?
 
For informational purposes only; not an advertisement and does not constitute an endorsement of any particular wealth transfer strategy. Bernstein does not provide legal or tax advice. Consult with competent professionals in these areas before making any decisions.
 
 
Connect with Dylan
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-dylan-malot-a782648/
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