Ep8: Cliff Weitzman | Founder and CEO of Speechify

Andrej aspires to use technology for the public good, believing that the future is not about giving fish or teaching how to fish, but about inventing an affordable, automatic fishing pole. He founded Tech4Germany, Germany's technology task force under Federal Chief of Staff Helge Braun, and established two startups in East Africa. Andrej received the 40 Under 40 award by Capital as the youngest person on the list, and in 2019 was named #1 Entrepreneur to Watch in the Policy & Social category by Business Punk.

26 Feb 202121min

Miriam is a former architect turned software developer and programming teacher. As a result of her recent motherhood, she's passionate about making computers more accessible, friendly, and easy to understand for young children and encourage them to become curious about what technology is and how it works. She's the author of Zerus & Ona, a book series designed to make learning about computers fun and motivating for the whole family.

25 Feb 202123min

Gil Dibner is the founder of Angular Ventures, a $41M early-stage venture fund based in London and Tel Aviv, founded in 2018. Angular Ventures backs enterprise-oriented startups building global category leaders. Prior to founding Angular Ventures, Gil established and led the largest AngelList syndicate outside the US that is exclusively focused on European and Israeli enterprise technology. He is an active early-stage investor in  European and Israeli technology companies including Aquant, Chorus, Front, Resin, Moltin, Snyk, and many others.

24 Feb 202125min

Sanja has spent 14 years of her professional career in the marketing industry, focused on corporate management, new business development, strategic project management, integrated marketing communication, key government relations, and international affairs & cooperation. She is the Executive director of the United Arab Emirates & Serbia Business Club established by the Embassy of the UAE in Serbia and well-known companies. She was elected as one of the top 100 young leaders of the River Danube Region.

23 Feb 202131min

Tom held a variety of executive positions at Levi Strauss & Co., including President of several operating Divisions as well as Executive Vice President of New Business Development. On the public service side, he served two terms as Mayor of the Town of Hillsborough and was the town’s Police Commissioner for 12 years. Tom currently serves on multiple boards, particularly pertaining to Jewish education and culture.

22 Feb 202121min

Sujata is the Founder & CEO of You've Got This! A future of work B2B/C SaaS Co changing the way startups hire flexible business talent. Making finding the right person simpler, cheaper & faster; whilst empowering individuals to make the most of their time and skills. Prior to this, Sujata built and launched investment products and digital banking platforms for multinational banks.

21 Feb 202120min

Jeremy is an experienced Product leader of over 12 years with a proven track record of building APIs and monetizing developer platforms at places like Box and Tradeshift. He has managed and expanded communities of tens of thousands of developers, executed on high profile integrations promoted by Salesforce and Google and established paths to monetization through developer platforms.

20 Feb 202121min

Zoë Desmond is the Founder & CEO of Frolo, the first community app of its kind for single parents. The idea for Frolo was born out of Zoë's own struggles with loneliness and isolation when she became a single parent and found it very difficult to find and connect with other like-minded single parents. The Frolo app is now a year old and has 20k members across the UK and Ireland. 2021 is set to be a busy year for Frolo with plans to expand into new territories and launch a Frolo Dating offering.

19 Feb 202120min