Guests: Matej Michalko The number-one corporate objective, when crossing the chasm, is to secure a distribution channel into the mainstream market, one with which the pragmatist customer will be comfortable. This objective comes before revenues, before profits, before press, even before customer satisfaction. All these other factors can be fixed later – but only if the […]
Guests: Christopher David When a ballot proposal that would have replaced the city ordinance failed, Uber and Lyft left Austin, TX as promised. Since May 9, there have been no ride-sharing services available in this city of almost a million people. So it’s no surprise that tech-savvy Austinites, like this episodes special guest, Christopher David, […]
Guests: Olaoluwa Osuntokun + Bitcoin Justice League We (up ’til now) haven’t talked to much about the Lightning Network. In order to understand the Lightning Network, one must first have a basic understanding of bitcoin. Duplex micropayment channels solve a multitude of problems. For one they enable near-infinite scalability for digital payments based on Bitcoin. Bitcoin transactions […]
Guests: Anthony Di Iorio The “vibe” around Bitcoin has been neutral to negative for two years now and plenty of bitcoiners are tiring of the politics around the block size limit. Ethereum is young and exciting but not like anything else in the crypto space. It’s in a league of it’s own. A recurring theme […]
Guests: Mariana Dahan Our guest today is Mariana Dahan who not only holds a PhD degree from ESCP Europe Business School and Paris II University in France, but she is the Senior Operations Officer in the Office of the World Bank catalyzing progress towards identification systems using 21st century technology solutions. With the recent Bitfinex hack and […]
Guests: Max Kordek Part II of the Steven McKie character piece wraps up and in addition, this episode we are talking with Max Kordek, the founder of a new decentralized platform called Lisk. Lisk had an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) early 2016 and collected 14,000 Bitcoin. You do the math on that. That’s Arab money […]
Guests: Vinay Gupta Vinay Gupta is basically a 21st-century Übermensch whose work and identity are not easy to pithily summarize. He’s a technologist, inventor, futurist, systems theorist, and global resilience guru whose life’s work focuses on how to ensure the long-term survival and flourishing of the human race. On the flip-side, this distinction between government and […]
Guests: Arthur Falls With the economy still far from recovered, it seems like a less-than-ideal time to start a new business. Yet right now is actually the perfect opportunity to dream big, follow your passion and create your own path to success. According to businessman Ira Riklis, the old school paradigm of success, where you […]
Guests: Greg Slepak Our guest today is Greg Slepak, Software developer of Espionage 3 & founder of the okTurtles Foundation, who talked about the bitcoin block size debate as surfacing “politics” in the bitcoin ecosystem. Resident podcast guest Steven McKie joins us to add ‘basic income’ to the mix. Lots of tangents here as important […]
Guests: Matt Liston Matt Liston of the Gnosis prediction market platform discusses the upcoming crowdsale and the structure of the DAO which will manage it’s development. Prior to joining ConsenSys Matt founded Augur (yes, despite what you might hear otherwise!), consulted for EthDev, and designed an IoT blockchain solution for Enlighted. When not DAO-whispering he […]