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Friday Aug 23, 2019
Friday Aug 23, 2019
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo has very special returning guest Kris Fitzgerald, Chief Technology Officer of NTT Data to discuss this year's 10th annual NTT Data Open Innovation 10.0 (OIC10) contest.
NTT Data invites startup businesses around the globe to submit ideas for new technologies that can make the world a better place.
Worldwide, regional contests will be held in 15 cities across 13 countries, where 1-2 winner(s) in different business challenges will be chosen. In North America, regional competitions will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia on Oct. 29, Boston on Nov. 8 and San Francisco on Nov. 21, 2019. In India, a contest event will be hosted in Bangalore on September 9, 2019
NTT DATA is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and has a team of more than 50,000 professionals worldwide and is a division of NTT DATA Corporation, a top 10 global IT services provider with 118,000+ employees in more than 50 countries. The company excels in blending IT and business expertise with decades of industry know-how
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Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo is doing a live show from the floor of the MoneyShow San Francisco 2019 at the San Francisco Hilton - Union Square.
Keith's guests are:
Daniel M. Gramza, President of DMG Advisors, LLC -Daniel was a speaker at the Money Show and discussions the promise of blockchain as a technology. Keith and Dan also talk about a diamond backed stable coin.
Jean Anne Booth, CEO of Unali Wear a company supporting independence in underserved communities (such as elder care and those that are differently abled) through a wearable device.
Dr. Jack Jacobs, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Zhittya a Pre-IPO medical technology company that has discovered a method to grow blood cells.
Teresa Grobecker, CEO of ReConsortia and Equity Partner at U.S. Capital Global and investment bank headquartered in SF. Reconsortia is backed by the NAR and is transforming how Real Estate Transactions get done.
Lauren Levi of Robbins Arroyo, a law firm that helps individuals recoup investment losses due to fraud.
John Dobosz, Editor at Forbes - John talks about investments and puts
Bob Bergman of Robert P. Bergman Attorney at Law - Bob is the host of "Plan your Estate Radio" on KDOW 1220AM which airs right after Silicon Valley Insider. Bob has Keith on his guest immediately after the show.
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Friday Aug 09, 2019
Friday Aug 09, 2019
This Week's Silicon Valley Insider is an encore presentation with Hugh Molotsi, CEO of Ujama on being an "Intrapreneur". Scroll down to find out how to apply for this year's NTT Data Open Invitation Contest 10.0.
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo's special guest is Hugh Molotsi - Co-author of The Intrapreneur's Journey, CEO of Ujama & Former VP of Innovation and at Intuit and Intuit Fellow. First winner of the Intuit Founder's Award.
Learn about Hugh's incredible 22 year journey at Intuit touching virtually very major product that exists today and inventing Intuit's payments platform. Hugh discusses the concept of an "Intrapreneur" vs an Enterpreneur. How there are often untapped ideas and talent already within your organization and how organizations usually overlook the potential. Hugh's book the "Intrapereur's Journey" is the first book under Eric Ries author of the "Lean Startup" book and creator of the "Lean Startup Method" and gives an actionable template using the "Intrapreneur's Empowerment Model".
Hugh also discusses that even though a life-long technology innovator, writing a book came with its own unique challenges and how he overame those to produce a very compelling outcome.
**The NTT Open Innovation 10.0 contest is now accepting applications. Win up to $100K in funding and trip to Tokyo. Apply here: oi.nttdata.com/en/contest/10th/process/
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Friday Aug 02, 2019
Friday Aug 02, 2019
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider host Keith Koo has his first third time guest Teresa Grobecker, equity partner of US Capital Global and CEO of Real Estate Consortia www.reconsortia.com and how she is now called "The Real Estate Industry's Best Friend" due to the referral platform that reC is creating.
Keith and Teresa discuss the significant disruption in the Real Estate industry in-light of the class-action lawsuit against NAR (the National Association of Realtors) and some of the largest real estate brokers.
Don't miss this week's Cyber-Tip as Keith discusses the recently discovered iPhone vulnerabilities and how to protect yourself.f
On the Pivot, Keith and Teresa discuss what Real Estate professionals need to know and how to prepare for the class action lawsuit against NAR and what it means to them.
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Real Estate Consortia is for REALTORS® by REALTORS®
https://reconsortia.com
Past Shows with Teresa Grobecker and reC.
Teresa's first visit to Silicon Valley Insider: https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/12-14-18 discussed her background in the real estate industry leading up to the creation of Real Estate Consortia (reconsortia.com)
https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/12-14-18
During Teresa's second visit she talked about the continuing momentum that reC is creating by recently being named to Second Century Ventures REach program which is the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors.
Ensuring your referrals get paid - Teresa Grobecker
https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/5-10-19
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Friday Jul 26, 2019
Friday Jul 26, 2019
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo is a guest at the Tribe Accelerator's last stop during their global tour. After visits in Singapore, Shanghai and Seoul. Tribe wraps up at the Orange Silicon Valley Offices in San Francisco, California! The SF demo day features all the companies in Tribe's first batch.
Tribe is the world's first government backed blockchain accelerator and the Singaporean government is serious about advancing blockchain as a technology.
Keith's guests are:
Yi Ming Ng, Managing Partner of Tribe
Tiffany Xingyu Wang, Venture Partner for Tribe
John Chua, General Manager of Tada, a viral ride hailing app for any driver in Southeast Asia with over 40,000 drivers and 400,000 riders.
William Vorobev, Founder and CEO of Chorus Mobility a mobility payments platform on blockchain.
Héloise Jutteau, Head of UX / UI at Digix the first physical gold-backed stable coin project on Ethereum.
On this week's Cyber-tip Keith discusses the need to keep children safe in the light of exploits in Facebook's kids messenger app and Instagram's business users.
On the Pivot, Keith and Tiffany discuss who organizations like governments will continue to drive adoption of blockchain technologies.
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Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo and executive producer Tess Phelan discuss the story behind the Silicon Valley Insider Show.
For this week's Cyber-Tip Keith discusses the controversy around FaceApp the free viral app that has over 150,000,000 users and allows them to see how they will look 20 years from now. Keith reminds you how to stay safe and the implications of facial recognition.
On the Pivot, Tess and Keith discuss how Silicon Valley Insider has always been about "Technology for Good" and how the show will continue to expand on theme including topics to improve your understanding of technology and your life.
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Friday Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider Keith's special guest Prithu Prakash who is the CTO of the Center for Innovation Commercialization, LLC https://www.ciclsolutions.com and the VP of Business Development for Redline Communications. Prithu is also a member and contributor of the Forbes Business Development council: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/people/prithuprakash/
Prithu is an industry veteran with a PhD in Biomedical technology and expertise in telecommunications, mobility, IoT and Cyber Security. Prior to his roles with CICL and Redline, Prithu has worked for such companies as Ericsson, Alcatel, Newbridge, Nokia and created General Dynamics' public safety practice.
For this week's Cyber-Tip Keith discusses how to keep yourself and your organization safe from ransomware.
On the Pivot, Prithu and Keith talk about the challenges that companies face with the rapidly changing technology landscape and how traditional models of procurement inhibit the ability for companies to adopt technology at the pace that's needed. Specifically, a lot of investment is made in identifying and sourcing the solution only to take so long that the
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Friday Jul 05, 2019
Friday Jul 05, 2019
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider Keith's special guest are former State of Illinois I.T. Executives: Sean T. O'Kelly, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the State of Illinois for Financial and Professional Regulation and Randy Kowalski, Deputy Director of Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation and now Principal and Co-Founder of the Illinois Smart State and Region Association.
Sean, Randy discuss with Keith how they started their careers in the private sector and how they transitioned to the public sector which led to the drafting of the proposed Illinois Smarter State Initiative. With their deep industry experience, Sean and Randy bring a unique perspective to the opportunities and challenges municipalities the size and scale of Illinois and Chicago face with trying to keep up the rapid pace of technology change and adoption.
Topics discussed on the show are 5G, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV / Drones) , Human (Citizen) Centered Design and Algorithmic Accountability (using A.I.). In light of San Francisco's ban on facial recognition technology for law enforcement, Sean and Randy explain how governments prioritize keeping their citizens' information safe.
On the Cyber-Tip of the week, Keith discusses the latest in the rise in successful ransomware attacks targeting municipalities and cities, such as the recent Riviera Beach, FL & Lake City, FL, and the court system of Georgia and the ransom payments by the cities in Florida. Keith gives advice on how any organization, including cities, should secure themselves.
On the Pivot, Keith is once again joined by Sean T. O'Kelly and Randy Kowalski on how cities adapt and change to technology shifts.
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Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider Keith's special guest is John Wolpert, Senior Product Executive and "Seeker of Awesomeness" at Consensys. John discusses his career in technology from IBM, to Flywheel (and makes a comment how instead an app to hail Taxis they should have created the app to hail cars), to becoming a founding member back at IBM for the Hyperledger Fabric. Since then, John has been involved with the early days of Consensys and discusses at length what blockchains are and are not (here's a hint, it definitely not only about cryptocurrency).
On the Pivot, Keith is joined by his executive producer Tess Phelan to answer her questions about Facebook's announcement of Libra, cryptocurrency consortium that includes such partners as PayPal, ebay, Visa, Stripe and others. Find out more by tuning into the show!
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Friday Jun 21, 2019
Friday Jun 21, 2019
Do you want to learn about how the traditional automobile ownership model is being disrupted or you thinking of starting a career in the ride-sharing business (like being an Uber driver) without having a car? Be sure to listen to this episode of Silicon Valley Insider with Keith Koo.
On this week's show, Keith has serial entrepreneur and special guest, Scott Painter, Founder and CEO of Fair.com to discuss his innovative approach to automobile leasing using Fair's Fintech platform. Fair allows users to obtain used cars at a low cost with only a valid driver's license and form of payment to get started. Scott talks about his lifelong love of automobiles and how to empower consumers to reach their financial dreams. Scott previously was the founder and CEO of True Car and has won many awards for entrepreneurship and innovation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Painter
On this week's Cyber-Tip Keith discusses how the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that federal agencies no longer use Knowledge Based Authentication (KBA) to verifies identifies and what it means to you the consumer and how to protect yourself.
On the Pivot, Scott Painter and Keith discuss the shift in attitudes towards traditional credit and debt (such as auto loans) and how consumers are looking at companies like Fair.com for alternative financing to car loans.
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Scott Painter and Fair.com in the news:
Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2018-07-26/buying-a-car-is-one-of-the-worst-financial-decisions-fair-ceo
Cheddar: https://cheddar.com/media/ceo-scott-painter-says-fair-will-have-go-public-sooner-or-later
Barron's: https://www.barrons.com/articles/uber-fair-partnership-51559188011
Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacknerad2/2019/05/29/uber-fair-announce-program-to-turn-car-less-into-rideshare-drivers/#364754887209
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