Joe Rare is a natural entrepreneur, who loves creating solutions to the problems businesses face. But, it took hijm more than 3 years to convince one of his closest friends to allow me to help with their marketing.  Since then, he's founded many successful ventures and also created Level 9 Virtual, a virtual assistant firm that helps others get their businesses to the next level.  
We chat on the challenges that Joe faced along the way to highlight that adversity creates prosperity when harnessed, and how he took hard life lessons and made the jump to start his own businesses which now are the groundwork for others to be able to do the same.  The balance of family-first and still running successful business ventures is something that we should all reach for and there are some solid lessons here for anyone who has ever thought about how to change their life and explore other business options.
Check out Joe Rare at his website here: https://joerare.com 
See more about Level 9 Virtual here:  https://level9virtual.com/ 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Chris Wexler is one of the Founders and CEO of Krunam, the best in class image and video classifier of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM).
Krunam is in the business of removing digital toxic waste from the internet using AI to identify CSAM and other indicative content to improve and speed content moderation.  Krunam’s technology is already in use by law enforcement and is now moving into the private sector.
We explore the seemingly intractable problem of CSAM, how Chris and the team at Krunam are working to solve it, plus the incredible story behind the name of the company. This chat covers everything from the technology and the ethics of the challenge. Thank you Chris!
Check out Krunam here: https://krunam.co/ 
Follow Chris on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriswexler/ 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Slater Victoroff is the Founder and CTO of Indico, an enterprise AI solution for unstructured content that emphasizes document understanding. He's been building machine learning solutions for startups, governments, and Fortune 100 companies for the past seven years and is a frequent speaker at AI conferences.
What is very interesting is that Indico’s framework requires 1000x less data than traditional machine learning techniques, and they regularly beat the likes of AWS, Google, Microsoft, and IBM in head-to-head bake-offs. 
Slater and I discuss AI, AGI, how to relate these topics to newcomers, how Machine Learning and ethics come together, and also how MMA relates to how he tackles startups and team building.
This really is like a lesson in AI and Machine Learning and really taps into the subject for both newcomers and veterans of the field. 
Check out Indico here: https://indico.io/
Connect with Slater on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/sl8rv 
Connect with Slater on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/slatervictoroff/ 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Michelle Seiler Tucker is a #1 bestselling author and leading authority on buying, selling, fixing, and growing businesses.  Michelle, joined forces on her new book, Exit Rich, with Sharon Lechter, finance expert and co-author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, to create a must-have guide for all business owners – whether they’re gearing up to sell a business now or just starting to build out their company – to sell for huge profits in the future.
We explore tons of solid lessons in buidling and growing a successful business, the reasons the market data you think you know are wrong, and so much that is needed as real truths in business for startups and major organizations everywhere. Thank you Michelle for sharing so much great info! 
You can get a preview of the book at https://exitrichbook.com which also gets you the hardcover copy to you when it launches in June. That gets you access to Club CEO and much more as well.
Follow Michell on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/MSeilerTucker 
Check out Michelle's website for more info here:  https://seilertucker.com 
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Dave Russell is VP of Enterprise Strategy at Veeam Software.
Russell has almost three decades of experience and most recently held the role of Vice President and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner. His research focus was on storage strategies and technologies, with an emphasis on backup/recovery, snapshot and replication, SSD/flash optimization software, software-defined storage, and storage management.
We unpack some very interesting data from the Data Protection Report that will be eye-opening for some and good confirmation of position for others in the IT organization. 
Here’s the link to the DPR: https://go.veeam.com/wp-data-protection-trends-2021.htmlAnd with the Exec.Brief: https://go.veeam.com/data-protection-trends-executive-brief
Connect with Dave on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/BackupDave 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee
 

Jeff Coyle is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at MarketMuse. MarketMuse is the industry-leading technology and methodology for content planning and evaluation via semantic relevance. It combines advanced AI, natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to produce actionable insights for inbound marketers.
Jeff shares great insights into how we got to today's way that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) work and how to unlock the machine that will get you team (or yourself) rethinking how to get found, and create great content.
We talk about techniques, tools, and really have fun with how you can approach SEO and content as an individual or a business. 
Check out MarketMuse at https://marketmuse.com 
Connect with Jeff on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffcoyle/ 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Mike Williams is the Founder of BuildLab, a digital development and automation studio dedicated to delivering automation, application and web development services with or without code.
This is something near and dear to me as we discuss the value of low-code alternatives, leveraging services instead of building them, and why getting experts to help on-demand is a fantastic strategy to build and launch your platforms.
Check out Buildlab at https://buildlab.co 
Connect with Mike on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikewilliamsfounder/
Follow Mike on Twitter here:  https://twitter.com/mikethough 
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Rahul Sidhu is the CEO and Co-Founder of SPIDR Tech, which created the world’s first automated customer service platform for public safety agencies. SPIDR Tech has served over 500,000 911-callers and 150,000 crime victims in North America and is a three-time GovTech 100 Company.
We explore the ways in which using digital platforms can fundamentally change the community policing experience and how these tools have already enhanced life for the good of many communities, plus what we can do to keep moving in the right direction.
Check out SPIDR Tech here:  https://www.spidrtech.com/
Connect with Rahul Sidhu on LinkedIn here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulsidhu/ 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Daniel H. Gallancy is the CEO and a founding member of Atakama, a NYC-based software company. Atakama hardens security by providing a fully distributed cryptographic key management system as well as the elimination of shared secrets (passwords, ID numbers, etc.)
Our discussion spans the deep technical side of distributed key, passwordless security, the people side of security and privacy, plus we dive into blockchain and cryptocurrency and much more. 
Check out Atakama here: https://www.atakama.com/
Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gallancy/
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Dan Burcaw has founded companies on the forefront of profound technology waves: open source software, the smartphone, and cloud computing. He describes himself first as a serial entrepreneur; a repeat startup founder and CEO with his latest company being Nami ML.
We explore a deep discussion around how leveraging services and systems to let your teams do what matters is both powerful in business and life.  We also talk about how Dan has created and operated his companies and some great personal insights into being a leader.
Check out Nami ML here:  https://nami.ml 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Chris Gherardini is the President/Owner at Turnkey Technologies Inc. Turnkey offers end-to-end professional services including design, project management, implementation, application maintenance, integration services, development, analytics, training, and support services for Microsoft Dynamics solutions.
We talk about the process of building and growing a consulting-led business, the way Chris infuses culture into his team, and how that was tested with a very challenging life event.
Check out Turnkey Technologies here: https://www.turnkeytec.com/
Connect with Chris on LinkedIn here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiano-gherardini-73513019/ 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Chris Cummings is a strategy consultant for Data-Focused Tech Disruptors driving go-to-market success and strategic pivots, from product-market fit through solution launch, market adoption and sales acceleration. 
We discuss the breadth of the storage market, how FalconStor has held on to a strong customer base, the change in operational patterns with storage due to cloud adoption, and also the work Chris does with Life Moves. 
Follow the latest on FalconStor at https://falconstor.com
Connect with Chris on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ccummings7/ 
See what good is happening with Life Moves here:  https://www.lifemoves.org/ 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee
 

Darin Haener is the President and Co-Founder at Fermentable LLC. FermentAble was created by a professional brewer who experienced first hand how frustrating it is to manage a brewery’s day-to-day operations.  
We explore the science of brewing, how being in the brewing industry drew Darin to solve the problem Fermentable solves, and lots of lessons and discussion on bootstrapping and building a SaaS. We also dig into why to choose Ruby on Rails or similar DSLs and a lot of fun chat on the tech behind Fermentable.
Check out Fermentable at https://getfermentable.com 
Connect with Darin on LinkedIn to chat more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darinhaener/ 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Liza Huber is an entrepreneur, award-winning cookbook author, wife, mom of 4 and the CEO & Founder of Sage Spoonfuls;
one of the most trusted brands in mealtime products for babies and kids available at major retailers both nationwide and internationally.  
 
In this return to the podcast, Liza shares how she adjusted her business and relationship with time as she talks about finding the inspiration to push through a difficult year with a positive outlook.  We also talk about the challenges of leading a public life with kids and how to prepare them for the world of social media. 
 
You can learn more about Sage Spoonfuls by visiting www.sagespoonfuls.com and be sure to check out @sagespoonfuls and @lizahuber on Instagram
 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Eden Green Technology is a vertical farming technology company. They build, manage, and license a greenhouse technology platform that increases local access to nutritious produce, and provides a non-interrupted food supply, all through its turnkey urban agricultural model.
Eddy shares the values, outcomes, and vision of why he joined Eden Green and also what drives him to do good as a leader with Eden Green and Buzzshift, his digital strategy agency.
Check out Eden Green Technology here: https://edengreen.com
Follow Eden Green on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdenGreenTech 
Follow Eddy at his website:  https://badrina.com 
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Emily Omier is a Positioning Consultant who helps companies confidently give their product a label and focus their marketing and sales on the types of companies and engineers that will value it most.  
Emily's knowledge and experience in successful positioning and product market fit for open source platforms is something that makes this a real must-listen as we explore so much of the world of product management, product marketing, and much more. 
Follow Emily here at her website:  https://www.emilyomier.com/
Listen to Emily at the Business of Open Source podcast here:  https://www.emilyomier.com/podcast
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee
 

Leon Kuperman is the CTO and Co-founder of Cast.ai. He's a Technology Executive with 20+ years of experience in product management, software design and development all the way through to production deployment.
Our conversation spans everything from the challenges of Kubernetes, multiocloud, K8s operations, Kubernetes on the cloud, building enterprise software, distributed teams, and a ton more.  Lots of great lessons in here.
Check out Cast.ai at their website https://cast.ai/
You can spin up your own Cast.ai environment easily there and please do give it a try!
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Shira Shamban is an engineer, Cybersecurity expert, Cloud entrepreneurCEO and co-founder of Solvo. She and the Solve team are aiming to automate and shift left cloud security, so that software developers will focus on coding. 
We eplore the importance of moving security into the early phases and pipeline, and also a very open convesation on how to empower teams, create opportunity, and mentoring.
Check out Solvo here:  https://www.solvo.cloud/ 
Connect with Shira on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/shira-shamban/ 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals and Diabolical Coffee

Peter Voss is the world’s foremost authority in Artificial General Intelligence. His company Aigo has created the world’s first intelligent cognitive assistant. Peter and I discuss the power and responsibility of AI, the impact of AGI vs AI, and how we can empower people with AI to do amazing things (and get rid of the need to do repetitive mundane things!).  Peter is an early creator in the AI ecosystem and coined the phrase Artificial General Intelligence.  
Check out Aigo.ai here:  https://aigo.ai 
Connect with Peter here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/vosspeter/ 
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Julian wood is a Senior Developer Advocate for the Serverless Product Group at AWS.  We discuss lots of great stuff around the serverless platforms, transforming IT (yes DIgital Transformation is real) and transitioning careers and methods from "traditional" Ops to new was of operating your environment.
Check out lots of AWS Serverless resources here at https://serverlessland.com 
Follow Julian on Twitter here:  https://twitter.com/julian_wood 
This episode is sponsored by Veeam Software and the 4-Step Guide to Delivering Extraordinary Software Demos that Win Deals