The Silicon Valley Insider Show with Keith Koo

How to Navigate the Small Business Administration (SBA-PPP)

*At the time of recording this episode, the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (SBA-PPP) was just announced. Since the airing of this show, it was also announced that the $349 billion program has already reached its funding limit. There is a discussion that the U.S. Government will authorize additional funding, so we encourage you to listen to this show to understand how to get through the application process.
In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guests are Tong Qin, CPA of CFOs to Go and John Chiang, CPA retired CFO and independent financial consultant and advisor. Tong is the former deputy CFO of the Small Business Administration and also a Regional Director for the San Francisco Region. John is a former bank executive as well as the former Mayor of Piedmont, California and the former CFO of Asian Health Services. This entire show is dedicated on how to navigate the SBA-PPP process.
In the first segment, Tong and John explain what the SBA-PPP is and how small businesses can utilize this program to obtain much-needed support given the economic impact COVID-19 is having on small businesses.
In the next segment, Tong and John discuss how they have successfully filed SBA-PPP applications for their clients and the documentation required for a small business to apply. They give specific actions to take to make sure that your business is in the best position to apply for the SBA-PPP.
Immediately following this recording, Tong Qin did a webinar for Fiona Ma, the California StateTreasurer on how to apply for the SBA-PPP.
Keith, Tong and John end the show with a reminder that even though the initial program may reach its funding limit, it is important to keep abreast of government actions for further stimulus packages.
 

Tools of Productivity with Tim Campos

In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guest is Tim Campos, CEO of Woven and Former CIO of Facebook. In our first segment, Tim discusses with Keith on his career and how he became the CIO of KLA-Tencor to ultimately being the CIO of Facebook during the rapid growth phase of the company. It was during that time that Tim and the Facebook Information Technology (IT) team had to rapidly develop and deploy technology to handle the needs of Facebook. It was also during this time that Tim realized that they needed to develop productivity tools to give the best user experience possible.
Later in the show, Tim discusses his new company Woven, which is laser-focused on continuing Tim’s passion for empowering users to be productive. Woven is doing just that by first solving for making calendaring become more than just a scheduling tool. Woven can make calendars like Google, and soon Microsoft, become much more valuable to managing the day to day aspects of each user’s life. It does this by giving the user the ability to tie disparate calendars together like personal, work and school, as well as give rich analytics on how your time is spent. Visit www.woven.com for more information and to try the product.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith continues to give advice on how to safely using video conferencing technologies.
On the Pivot, Tim Campos comes back to discuss the future of work post COVID-19 and how new innovations and solutions for workforce mobility like Woven and Zoom will continue to be developed to meet the new norms of doing business.
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Economic Impact of Covid -19

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guest is Eric Krawitt, SVP andInvestment Advisor at Morgan Stanley.
Keith and Eric discuss how COVID-19 is affecting the market inside and outside of Silicon Valley.Eric give his insights on the short-term and long-term implications to investors whether they areindividuals or business owners.
Eric gives practical information on the considerations that each group Eric needs to make. Ericdiscusses the impact that the shelter in place is having on financial planning. For instance, smallbusinesses are exploring all the options around how to ensure to keep their businesses operatingconsidering potentially decreasing revenue and still trying to pay expenses.
Eric also talks about what it will take for the market decline to be considered a recession and whatopportunities may arise.
On this week’s Cyber-Tip Keith discusses a new term called “Zoombombing” which is when peoplehave their video conferences hacked and gives practical advice on how to keep your meetings safewhen using tools like Zoom, Webex and Microsoft Teams.
On the Pivot, Eric talks about the future of work and what types of industries will arise to fill theincreasing demand for remote meetings that would normally have been face to face.

Future of eVTOL and Aviation

In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guest is Dr. Parimal Kopardekar, (PK) Director of the Nasa Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI). Keith discusses with PK his work at NASA. As the Director of NARI, PK is responsible for exploring new trends and needs related to aviation in the areas of autonomy, aeronautics manufacturing, and advanced air mobility. He also serves as NASA's senior technologist for Air Transportation Systems and principal investigator for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) project.
PK also talks specifically about NASA’s priorities on the use of drones and eVTOL (electronic vehicle take-off and lift). He delves into the future of this technology including “air taxis”. Keith and PK have an in-depth conversation on the importance of a safe and reliable supply chain. Even before COVID-19, NASA had already been holding industry conferences talking about the need to have a supply chain that did not depend on a single source.
PK speaks of the future of UAV, UAS, and UAM.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith continues to warn users to be on high alert for fraud and cybercriminal activity related to COVID-19.
On the Pivot, Keith describes what the possible outcome of COVID-19 will be in the near term and long term.Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here:www.svin.biz
 

Good & Bad, The Aftermath of COVID-19 with Dr. John Mattison, Former CHIO of Kaiser Permanente.

In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guest is Dr. John Mattison, MD, Former Assistant Medical Director and Chief Medical Information Officer, Emeritus of Kaiser Permanente. 
Dr. Mattison is a world-renown keynote speaker, author, and faculty. He focuses on transforming care delivery with information technology, through a convergence of exponential technologies and data liquidity. He led the design and implementation of the largest integrated electronic health record in the US and leads various national programs including virtual care. He has sponsored or led numerous digital innovations, and mentors many digital health startups.
https://exponential.singularityu.org/medicine/faculty2019/john-mattison-md/ 
https://blog.iota.org/welcome-john-e-mattison-to-iota-c9b4b453ba9a
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Mattison and Keith discuss why it is so important for everyone to take the virus seriously. For the first time in human history, the world is coming together to address a singular issue. On this episode, you will learn:
Who: The populations that have been affected by COVID-19 in the USA and around the world
What: The origins of COVID19, SARs and other coronaviruses and why this one is highly transmissible 
Where:  COVID-19’s trajectory around the world. 
Why: “social distancing” is very important to “flattening the curve” 
How: The innovations that have already occurred in combatting the virus and what new techniques and technologies are needed to mitigate the risk of the virus.
Estimates on how long “sheltering in place” will be necessary here in the USA and around the World
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith discusses how like other crises and natural disasters, cybercrime is definitely on the rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Keith urges caution in your personal finance and business matters to ensure you don’t become a victim during these uncertain times. 
On this week’s “Pivot” Dr. Mattison talks about how even though pandemics like COVID-19 will continue, we are better prepared to address the virus quickly and share that information globally in order to find a solution together. 
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Kicking off your startup with Kristian Widjaja, Founder and CEO of Jonajo Consulting

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guest is Kristian Widjaja, CEO of Jonajo consulting and longtime Silicon Valley software engineering leader to discuss how to follow your dream.
Kristian has worked at some of the leading technology companies such as Oracle, PayPal and was the head of engineering for Rocket Lawyer before following his passion to develop software for others to fulfill their dreams. Keith and Kristian discuss what it takes to make that decision and what to expect. 
In what is now a very timely topic, Kristian and Keith discuss how to successfully lead remote teams when there is no physical office.
Kristian also discusses two personal projects. 1) Juroku Musashi – an ancient Japanese game that Kristian and his son brought to life in digital format and 2) Rentalios – an app to estimate room rental fees.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith discusses how there are organizations that are offering free tools to remediate ransomware and what a user should know before attempting to fix their ransomware issues on their own.

Aparna Dhinakaran, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Arize AI | Y Combinator Alumni

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guest is Silicon Valley native Aparna Dhinkaran, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Arizen AI, a company focused on bringing infrastructure tooling to Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and Machine Learning (ML).
Aparna discusses her rise in the tech world having graduated in EECS at UC Berkeley and then on to start her PhD program at Cornell before pausing everything to start her previous company MonitorML a Y Combinator backed company. After MonitorMl was acquired, Aparna talks about joining forces with her co-founder to start Arize.ai
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith discusses gives another warning on scams related to the Coronavirus.
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Dion Lim, ABC7 News Anchor & Author of "Make Your Moment"

On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo's special guest is Dion Lim an Emmy award-winning news anchor at ABC7 | KGO TV in San Francisco / Silicon Valley who is the author of her new book "Make Your Moment : The Savvy Woman's Communication Playbook".
Dion discusses with Keith her career journey from Massachusetts, Kansas City, Charlotte, Tampa Bay to the San Francisco Bay Area and how those experiences led her to write her playbook on communication.
In "Make Your Moment", Dion guides us through what she has learned on the career battlefield and her lessons can be used by any working woman today. (Keith reflects that many of the stories and points made in the book resonates with any working person including men).
Dion's book can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Moment-Communication-Playbook/dp/1260455467
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith talks about a new vulnerability in virtually all wifi routers and what you need to do to keep safe.
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Tiffany Xingyu Wang, Chief Strategy Officer - Spectrum Labs

"Why Trust & Safety can be your Right to Win" - with the "cyber woman" Tiffany Xingyu Wang, Chief Strategy Officer at Spectrum Labs
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo's returning guest is Tiffany Xingyu Wang, venture capitalist and the Chief Strategy Officer of Spectrum Labs (www.getspectrum.io).
Spectrum Labs is an contextual AI company at the forefront of developing solutions for solving the internet's inherent "Trust and Safety" issue. Spectrum Labs solutions are used by some the largest platforms to support the growing requirement for content moderation. Tiffany discusses how clients are using Spectrum Labs technology to help maintain safety and security for the content moderators and ultimately the end-users.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith talks about the ever growing risk of SMS Phishing also known as "Smishing" and how certain banks customers are being targeted via SMS texting.
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Maya Bourdeau, Founder and Managing Partner of Attune - Persuasion Marketing

On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo's special guest is Maya Bourdeau, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Attune, LLC.
Maya and her partners at Attune are experts in "persuasion" marketing. Maya gives deep insight into the role persuasion plays in marketing products and services and gives great examples of some of the effective campaigns she and her team have worked on. Maya also gives her top tips in how you can be a persuasion marketer.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith talks about a new threat called "Juice Jacking" (listen to the segment to hear what it is and how to keep yourself safe).
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