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Blockchain, Isolationism, Space Exploration and the Future of Nations | David Orban of Singularity University

April 27, 2020 by Regine

David Orban is an entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and the Founder and Managing Partner of Network Society Ventures, a seed stage global investment firm focused on innovative startups at the intersection of exponential technologies and decentralized networks. An early adopter of blockchain and an active Bitcoin investor since 2010, he was the first to own Ether during the Ethereum launch in 2014. He also led the adoption of Bitcoin and blockchain in start-ups and is an advisor and investor in numerous blockchain companies and funds, such as Blockchain Capital, Bancor, Swarm Fund, and others. David was the keynote speaker at the first Ethereal Summit in May 2017 in New York and is the Founder and a Trustee of Network Society Research, a London-based global think tank present in over 40 countries focused on decentralized exponential technologies disrupting governments and corporations. He is a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation on the Faculty of and an advisor to the Singularity University, an investor in the Singularity University Labs Accelerator Fund (now SU Ventures), President of SingularityU Italy Summit and an advisor to Humanity+. David is a sought-after speaker, he has given over 100 keynote addresses and speeches around the world for organizations including Abbvie, Cisco, Oracle, Roche, Ernst & Young, Accenture, Gilead, TEDx Academy, Alphabet and others and blogs at davidorban.com

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Psychedelics, Superhuman Memory and Evolving Education as We Head Towards Jobless Future | Jonathan Levi of SuperHuman Academy

December 16, 2019 by Regine

Jonathan Levi is an experienced entrepreneur, angel investor, superlearner and lifehacker from Silicon Valley.

He runs the SuperHuman Academy Podcast (3M+ downloads) and since 2014, has was one of the top instructors (over 60k students) on Udemy, with his course Become a SuperLearner® (now retired), in addition to his Masterclass course.

In addition to his own bestselling book, Becoming a SuperLearner, Jonathan’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, TEDx, Entrepreneur On Fire, Mixergy, Dream. Think. Do and many more.

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Why Blockchain and Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Threaten Governments and What a Decentralized Renewable Energy Future Looks Like | Abe Cambridge

November 4, 2019 by Regine

Abe Cambridge is a serial energy entrepreneur who establishes businesses and projects around the world that use solar energy to bring about out major socio-economic shifts. In 2010, he pioneered utility-scale solar in Britain and in 2012 one of his businesses, The Renewable Energy Co-operative, was nominated ‘International Co-operative of The Year’ in the United Nations Year of Co-operatives.

In 2014, Abe launched Sun Exchange—a global solar micro-leasing marketplace that closes the funding gap for commercial- and community-scale solar projects in emerging markets, while streaming monetized sunshine all over the world. Sun Exchange has been named Best Bitcoin & Blockchain Business in Africa two years in a row and Abe delivers keynote speeches around the world.

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LEGOs in Space, Blockchain vs Big Tech and the Uber that Ultimately Failed | Steve Sammartino

August 5, 2019 by Regine

Steve Sammartino (@sammartino) is an entrepreneur, futurist, author and public speaker focused on finding the truth and creating the future. He has had multiple tech startups and launched one of the first sharing-economy startups Rentoid.com, before Uber or Airbnb, and sold the company to a public company. Steve now invests in emerging technologies and has multiple advisory board positions. He is heavily involved in the startup scene in Shanghai, a passion for the culture and even speaks Mandarin. Steve collaborated with Raul Oiada to launch the world’s first Lego Space Shuttle into space to an altitude of about 35,000 meters and developed the world’s first life-sized, drive-able Lego car with a compressed air-powered Lego engine. He’s also the author of The Lessons School Forgot and The Great Transition, both books which examine the future of technology, work and jobs., both books which examine the future of technology and work. Continue Reading …

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Blockchain, Isolationism, Space Exploration and the Future of Nations | David Orban of Singularity University

April 22, 2019 by Regine

An early adopter of blockchain and an active Bitcoin investor since 2010, he was the first to own Ether during the Ethereum launch in 2014. He also led the adoption of Bitcoin and blockchain in start-ups and is an advisor and investor in numerous blockchain companies and funds, such as Blockchain Capital, Bancor, Swarm Fund, and others. David was the keynote speaker at the first Ethereal Summit in May 2017 in New York and is the Founder and a Trustee of Network Society Research, a London-based global think tank present in over 40 countries focused on decentralized exponential technologies disrupting governments and corporations.

He is a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation on the Faculty of and an advisor to the Singularity University, an investor in the Singularity University Labs Accelerator Fund (now SU Ventures), President of SingularityU Italy Summit and an advisor to Humanity+.

David is a sought-after speaker, he has given over 100 keynote addresses and speeches around the world for organizations including Abbvie, Cisco, Oracle, Roche, Ernst & Young, Accenture, Gilead, TEDx Academy, Alphabet and others and blogs at davidorban.com

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The Future of Fintech, AI and Cybersecurity with Schwark Satyavolu of Trinity Ventures

December 31, 2018 by Regine

Schwark Satyavolu is a serial entrepreneur and inventor with 15 patents. He co-founded the fintech companies Yodlee (YDLE) and Truaxis before joining Trinity. Today, he brings his entrepreneurial and broad operational experience to investments in fintech, AI and security startups.

The firm/partners has invested in the likes of Starbucks, Branch, LoopNet, New Relic, Care.com, Auth0, Docker and many many more.

Listen and Learn:

How the fintech industry has evolved and where we are headed
Why Schwark is bullish on AI, cybersecurity and fintech
What makes cyber such a lucrative long term investment
The two top companies he’d pick to invest it in
How it takes naivety to create greatness
What blockchain means for big business
Why B2B fintech is more interesting in the US
How regulations impact an investment thesis
What tech has done to transform society

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The Future of the Internet and Governments with Clay Collins of the Flippening Podcast

October 22, 2018 by Regine

Clay Collins (@claycollins) is one of the top internet marketers in the world. After leaving home at age 15 to start his first software company, Clay has gone on to co-found Leadpages which raised $38M and was later acquired for a sizable exit.

In addition, Clay has presented on some of the largest internet marketing conferences and stages in the world and was recently featured in the documentary “Add To Cart” which follows the history of internet marketing pioneers such as Christian Lander (Stuff White People Like), Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library TV), Andy Jenkins (Kajabi), Tucker Max, and Frank Kern.

More recently Clay has been focusing extensively on the blockchain & cryptocurrency space where he is the co-founder of Nomics, which produces a free crypto market data API for enterprise level crypto investors and runs Flippening, a top 3 crypto podcast.

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FringeFM 38 – Bitcoin, Blockchain and Building a Better Future with Travis Scher of Digital Currency Group

October 1, 2018 by Regine

Travis Scher (@travisscher) leads venture capital and new cryptoasset investing at Digital Currency Group(DCG), a blockchain investment firm with a mission is to accelerate the development of a better financial system.

DCG is world’s the most prolific investor in blockchain startups. They have invested in over 100 companies in 30 different countries, including market leaders like Coinbase, Blockchain, Ledger, and Ripple and they have also invested directly in crypto-assets, including Bitcoin, Decentraland, Ethereum Classic, and Zcash.

Digital Currency Group is not a traditional venture capital fund, instead they also build and buy companies. DCG has three wholly owned subsidiaries: CoinDesk, the leading independent source of blockchain news, research, and events, Genesis Trading, a full-service institutional trading firm focused on digital currencies, and Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager.

In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:

The future of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
Why blockchain builds perfectly upon VR
How non-governmental money will impact society
The big problem with custody and control of money
Why we’re still a few years off from widespread crypto adoption
The importance of AI in cryptocurrency
How Travis thinks we can rewrite democracy
The effects of utility tokens on internet monopolies
Travis’ thoughts on user experience and product adoption
The reason Travis is still bullish on Bitcoin
The effects of ICOs on venture capital ecosystem
Why our banking system is totally broken

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Building and Funding over 100 IoT Startups and the Future of Transportation and Driverless Cars with Kyle Ellicot of ReadWrite Labs

September 3, 2018 by Matt

Kyle Ellicott is the Founder and Chief Labs Officer of ReadWrite / ReadWrite Labs (formerly known as Wearable IoT World, Inc.), a San Francisco-based Media and Ventures company dedicated to creating the social fabric for businesses around Wearables and the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. The company is focused on connecting technological experts, thought-leaders, corporate/startup executives, and investors as they build these emerging technologies through fostering dynamic relationships between brands, businesses, and bright minds.

And in an exciting twist, Kyle will be joining The Syndicate as a Managing Partner to help our grow our accredited investor syndicate, bringing his powerful network and deal flow to our group of angel investors. I am super excited to have Kyle on the team as I’ve been a bit busy and unable to focus on our investors as I feel I should and look forward to the professionalization and growth of our syndicate.

NOTE: If you are an accredited investor and interested in high growth investment opportunities, I recommend applying to join our investment group.

Listen and Learn:

How IoT is shaping up to evolve society
Why China will dominate transportation and driverless vehicles industry
Lessons learned from investing in over 100 IoT startups
Mistakes Kyle made as an angel investor
How to think about scooter, bike and ridesharing companies
The reason the US is lagging in certain industries
How Kyle sees blockchains role in society
Implications of IoT growth in our daily lives
Why investing globally is a really good idea as an investor
How Kyle builds up better and better deal flow
Why Kyle will be joining The Syndicate to help bolster our investment group
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Why Life Sciences are Underfunded, Healthcare is Broken and the Northwest is a Great Place to Angel Invest with Nathan McDonald of Keiretsu Capital

August 6, 2018 by Matt

Nathan McDonald is a Managing Partner and CEO of Keiretsu Capital. Nathan brings a unique entrepreneurial business and organizational development background developed during many years of hands-on, active leadership and operational experience. As one of the Northwest’s leading organizers of entrepreneurial and investor relations-focused media and funding events, he has facilitated scores of engagements and successfully promoted hundreds of privately financed high-growth companies.