Dragons’ Den’s Michele Romanow on revamping the VC game | Futucast @ SLUSH
Michele Romanow, Co-founder and President of the unique VC firm Clearbanc, has an astonishing career story to share: Before her 33rd birthday, she had founded five and exited two companies. Recently named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic, she now plans to invest $1 billion into 2,000 businesses this year. And of course, she’s also known as a ‘Dragon’ on CBC’s hit show Dragons’ Den, Canada’s version of Shark Tank. In this episode, Michele discusses everything from nepotism in VC, to the strengths of millennial founders, and handling 250 pitches in 17 days on tv.
27 Feb 202044min
Stanford BASES former Co-President - Andrew Blum | Futucast @ SLUSH
Andrew Blum is the former Co-President of the student-run entrepreneurship society BASES at Stanford. In the episode Isak, William & Andrew discuss the differences between the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the US compared to Europe and much more.
24 Feb 202025min
CEO & Founder of SILO.AI - Peter Sarlin | Futucast @ Slush
Peter Sarlin, the founder and CEO of Silo.AI will obliterate your AI prejudices. If you want a 30-minute introduction to the state of contemporary AI R&D, this is your episode.
20 Feb 202033min
Tracking Space Junk with Founder of SEER Tracking - Amber Yang | Futucast @ SLUSH
What is space junk? A 1996 comedy film starring Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan? Close, that’s Space Jam. Space junk is leftover debris orbiting the earth from all the decades of human space travel; satellite parts, old spacecrafts, fragments. A cosmic junkyard. And it’s not good - in fact, it’s very bad for current and future space travel. Luckily a young Stanford student is on it, so without further ado, Amber Yang.
17 Feb 202028min
CEO & Founder of Oura Ring - Petteri Lahtela | Futucast @ Slush
The founder and CEO of Oura Ring, Pettei Lahtela, joined Isak and William for a discussion about his company, health tracking and human health in general.
13 Feb 202030min
YesVC:n Co-Founder Jyri Engeström | Piilaakson Varjo #64
Onko Piilaaksossa identiteettikriisi? Tässä etäjaksossa pohdimme sitä, miten valtavan maailman Piilaakso on luonut ympärilleen, ja kuinka se on muuttanut aikaamme vuonna 2020. Jyri Engeström on Suomessa syntynyt ja Kaliforniassa kasvanut YesVC:n Co-Founder. Jaksossa droppaa myös nimet Carl Sagan, Steve Jobs, H.C. Andersen ja Gilgamesh. Älä kuuntele tätä jos et halua herättää ajatuksia. Osallistu keskuteluun Twitterissä: twitter.com/futucast Lyhyet klipit ja tiimin arkipäivää Instagramissa: www.instagram.com/futucast/ Jaksot videon kera Youtubesta: www.youtube.com/channel/UCQPojdjir3suCXQA_09P0ag Älyttömän makeet nettisivut: www.futucast.com
10 Feb 20201h 19min
WIRED UK’s feature editor - Victoria Turk | Futucast @ Slush
Victoria Turk is a Senior Editor at Wired. She sat down to talk with Isak and William about so many subjects relating to tech, business and society, that it’s pretty remarkable that this episode is just 30 minutes long. Episode recorded at Slush 2019 together with Soaked by Slush. Www.slush.org/soaked
6 Feb 202029min
CEO of Masterclass - David Rogier | Futucast @ Slush
The CEO of Masterclass and all around pleasant man, David Rogier, tells the story and philosophy behind Masterclass, as well as his thoughts about the future of the education system in general. Episode recorded at Slush 2019 together with Soaked by Slush. Www.slush.org/soaked
30 Jan 202030min
