S04:E04: Startup Story: Daniel Faggella and Emerj

Jedi Jon, Job Displacement, and the Need for Data Science Workers!

Jon O'Keefe is an actual Jedi.  He's the Technology Education Jedi at Logical Operations.  Working with thousands of technology training centers around the United States, Jon has a unique perspective on current and future job displacement due to automation and artificial intelligence.  Jon's clearly a data guy. And given the data, he sees the best solution as helping others train for a new career as a data analyst or data scientist. Of course, learning the skills required for data analysis or data science work doesn't just benefit those being displaced from their current work.  It also benefits everyone as the trend toward data driven decisions accelerates into the 2020s.  Join Jedi Jon and I as we discuss the future of data and the exponentially growing need for data science workers!

S04:E04: Startup Story: Brad Powell and Awesome Video Makers

Brad Powell is a business coach and videographer who teaches entrepreneurs how easy it is to create engaging video campaigns with just a smartphone and good storytelling. Brad inspires entrepreneurs to find everyday moments that make great marketing and he’s dedicated to helping small businesses get over the limiting belief that video marketing is too daunting and time consuming.

S04:E04: Startup Story: Daniel Faggella and Emerj

Daniel Faggella is CEO and Founder of Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research. Called upon by organizations like the World Bank, the United Nations, INTERPOL, and global pharmaceutical and banking companies, Daniel helps business and government leaders navigate the competitive landscape of AI capabilities, and build strategies that win. Daniel is of the belief that the most important ethical consideration of the coming thirty years will be the creation or expansion of sentience and intelligence in technology. Emerj is intended first as a vehicle to proliferate an open-minded conversation about the implications and applications of AI. The business model came later, purpose was, and is, first (see “the cause [https://danfaggella.com/cause]“). At entrepreneur since the age of 20, Daniel has founded and sold two previous companies (a martial arts academy he started to pay for grad school, and an Inc5000 eCommerce business) in order to gather the funds needed to focus fully on Emerj. Daniel is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, winning the title of 2011 national champion (IBJJF Pan America Games). Daniel graduated with a masters degree in Positive Psychology, focusing his thesis research on the science of skill development. Daniel’s writing about the business and moral implications of AI and emerging technologies have been featured in publications such as: TechCrunch, Boston Business Journal, VentureBeat, Xconomy, VICE Motherboard, the World Economic Forum, PEW Research and more. Daniel has spoken about AI and neurotech at some of the world’s top universities (Standford, MIT, Harvard, others), and has been asked to speak or join panel discussions at events such as AI World, AI Applications Summit, GSMA Mobile World Congress, and more.

S04:E03: Startup Story: Virginia deGuzman and Creative Kickoff Podcast

Virginia deGuzman has only been out of college on year, but she has already navigated her way through several different industries including advertising, design, freelance, pre-seed startups, and more.   She is currently a data designer by day and by night she is on her way to starting two new ventures: Creative Kickoff Podcast and a creative shop.

S04:E02: Startup Story: David McLean and DRM Group

David Mclean is the Founder and Managing Director of DRM Group. He helps businesses and their workforce create lasting positive change by Therefore, in a nutshell… we 'help businesses to improve morale, reduce costs and increase productivity by incrementally improving the cognitive performance, emotional wellbeing and mental health of each and every employee’.   DRM Group's mission is to proactively impart this knowledge, grow awareness, teach, mentor and supervise individuals to create lasting positive change within 100 million lives across the world.