The Silicon Valley Podcast
We open a window into the minds of the most successful leaders, investors, creators, and inventors — sharing Silicon Valley business acumen with entrepreneurs around the world. Silicon Valley ”Podcast Must Follow” - Feedspot
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Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
We talk to Sunil Ranka. In the last 17 years, Sunil has built analytics and solution processes on more than 10 billion worth of businesses. He is the founder of Predikly (A Data Innovation Company) which thrives on solving any platform, application, and data-related problem. As a Venture Partner at Znationlab, Sunil is a mentor and has invested in 17 startups. He is also a featured writer for The Forbes Technology Council.
In this episode, you’ll learn:• How Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is being used in industry today • What is Information Process Automation (IPA) and how it works with RPA • Will robots take our jobs and what we can look for in the coming years• How Artificial Intelligence plays a part with Robotic Processes Automation
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Thank you so much to Elisa Chiu, the founder of Anchor Taiwan, for introducing Sunil Ranka and making this episode possible.
Guest Info:• Connect with Sunil regarding investments at sranka@znationlab.com• To find out more about Predikly, email Sunil@predikly.com
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Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
On today’s show, we interview Hall Martin, who is the founder and CEO of TEN Capital, a company that helps startups and growth companies everywhere raise funding from angels, family offices, venture capital and high net worth individuals. To date, the company has helped entrepreneurs raise over $410M. He is also the founder of the Texas Open Angel Network, which has helped to educate over 6000 investors.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
What is the future for family funds, VC and Angels groups
What are some key metrics for the success rate of a startup receiving funding
From an investor standpoint, what to focus on in the due diligence process
Which cities in the US are housing some exciting startups at this moment
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Guest Info:
LinkedIn for Hall Martin
Website for TEN Capital
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Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
On the show today, we chat with Piero Scaruffi, a freelance software consultant who has been a visiting scholar at both Harvard and Stanford, conducting research on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. He has lectured on "The Nature of Mind" and "History of Knowledge", and published several books including Thinking About Thought (2003) and The Nature of Consciousness (2006). His book History of Silicon Valley was named the 7th most influential book in China in 2012. He has a passion for music and the arts, and founded the Leonardo Art Science Evenings (LASERS) at the University of San Francisco and Stanford University in 2008 which now has chapters around the world.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How one defines or explains Artificial Intelligence
Who will lead the AI race in the coming 5 – 10 years
How far along the technology for autonomous vehicles is, and when should we expect to have fully autonomous vehicles
Advice for cities/countries who try to mimic the Silicon Valley ecosystem
What is the next big technology from Silicon Valley
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Resources
Official website of Piero Scaruffi
The book Intelligence is Not Artificial
Link to Humankind 2.0
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Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
On today’s show, we have Melanie Perkins. She is the CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online design and publishing tool which makes graphic design simple for everyone. Since launching in 2013, Canva has grown to over 15 million users across 190 countries, with more than 1 billion designs created, at 36 designs per second. Today, Canva is growing with over 600 team members across 3 offices in Sydney, Manila and Beijing, working together on a mission to empower everyone to create beautiful design.
After hundreds of revisions to the Canva pitch deck, Melanie has now raised more than $140 million from investors including Google Maps co-founder Lars Rasmussen, Yahoo! CFO Ken Goldman, and funds such as Felicis Ventures and Blackbird Ventures. Today, Canva is valued at US$2.5 billion, making Canva the second Australian startup to achieve Unicorn status.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
What was the strategy to enter China and have there been any pivots along the way?
Who could disrupt Canva and its massive growth?
What is the implication of the acquisition of Pexel and Pixabay and Canva’s expansion through partnering or acquiring other companies?
What is the future of graphic design and what can people anticipate in the next 2-3 years?
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BOOKS AND RESOURCES
Website for Canva
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Summary
On today’s show we chat with Melanie Perkins, the CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online design and publishing tool which makes graphic design simple for everyone.
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
On April 30, we're launching the Silicon Valley podcast. I will be your host Shawn Flynn and I'm excited to say we've already interviewed:
CEO and co founder of the unicorn company Canva Miss Melanie Perkins,
Square co-founder Jim McCovey,
Rotten Tomatoes co founder and first CEO Patrick Lee,
and many more of the top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and leaders in tech.
And this is just the beginning.
The interviews we have scheduled will excite and amaze as we will be talking about the future. What is beyond 5g technology? What is digital wins? Where are the venture capitalists looking to invest? What they're excited about and what they see lies in our futures. You're going to get to enter the minds of some of the most brilliant people and learn from their knowledge and experiences. We want you our listeners to be connected to the knowledge and resources in Silicon Valley to help you and your lifelong path to education.See how some of the top in their fields, look at problems, solve them and move on to the next challenge and overcome those as well. All this on the Silicon Valley podcast, officially launch it on April 30 2020.
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Loving the Opportunity to talk to some of the most interesting people on the plannet :))