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Feb. 19, 2025

Ep 148: Rewriting Biopharma's Playbook with Mallory Factor, Founder and CEO IntraBio

A unicorn biopharma that ignores the traditional playbook, breaks development speed records, and chose Austin over the traditional biotech hubs. Mallory Factor, Founder and CEO of IntraBio, joins us to share how his Oxford-born company created an FDA-approved drug in record time while doing everything differently. In this wide-ranging conversation,…

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Feb. 18, 2025

Focus on Patients, Not Meetings

A clip from "Rewriting Biopharma's Playbook with Mallory Factor, Founder and CEO IntraBio" #biotechnology #leadership #startup #biopharma #austin #focus

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Feb. 13, 2025

Ep 147: Engineering Agency, Innovation, and Ecosystems with Gena Gorlin

Note: Due to some technical difficulties during recording there is no live video with this episode. A coffee conversation turned into a deep exploration and personal obsession about how we shape our world and how it shapes us. I had to invite my partner in that conversation, Dr. Gena Gorlin,…

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Jan. 27, 2025

Satellite Revolution is Unleashing an Imaging Data Gold Rush

A clip from our episode "Austin4America Rises From SXSW's Military Sponsor Ban" #EarthObservation #SpaceTech #DataAnalytics #Geospatial #Satellite #satelliteimagery

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Jan. 26, 2025

Why Austin Not Silicon Valley Leads Defense Tech Manufacturing

A clip from our episode "Austin4America Rises From SXSW's Military Sponsor Ban" #austin #siliconvalley #defensetechnology #defense #manufacturing

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Jan. 24, 2025

Ep 146: Austin4America Rises From SXSW's Military Sponsor Ban with Luke Fischer, Founder & CEO SkyFi

Last June, SXSW announced they would no longer allow military and defense companies as sponsors. This sparked strong reactions from Austin's defense tech community, with one of those reactions leading to the creation of Austin4America. I'm joined by Luke Fischer, one of the summit's creators, to discuss why this matters…

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Jan. 23, 2025

Austin Defense Tech Community Counters SXSW Military Sponsor Ban

A clip from our episode "Austin4America Rises From SXSW's Military Sponsor Ban" #Austin #defensetechnology #SXSW #Austin4America #defense #MilitaryTech

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Jan. 11, 2025

Growing Space Peppers Leads to Actual Scientific Discoveries

A clip from our episode "Science in the Commercial Space Age: Live from UATX's SOMA Inaugural Summit" #Space #SpaceScience #ZeroGravity #SpaceExploration

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Jan. 9, 2025

Plants Don't Care About Gravity

A clip from our episode "Science in the Commercial Space Age - Live from UATX's SOMA Inaugural Summit" #SpaceScience #PlantScience #SpaceResearch #ZeroGravity #SpaceDiscovery

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Jan. 8, 2025

Ep 145: Science in the Commercial Space Age - Live from UATX's SOMA Inaugural Summit

This past November, the University of Austin hosted their Inaugural SOMA Summit to explore the amazing transformation in space right now, especially how the commercial space era is decentralizing access. I had the privilege to moderate a fascinating panel titled "Science in the Commercial Space Age" featuring Chris Sembroski from…

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Jan. 5, 2025

Unlocking Space with Reusable Rockets

A clip from our episode "Science in the Commercial Space Age: Live from UATX's Inaugural SOMA Summit" #Space #Rockets #SpaceX #BlueOrigin #Starship #SpaceExploration #FutureOfSpace

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Dec. 28, 2024

Beating AI Consensus to Build Better Products

A clip from our episode "Why Gauntlet AI Chose Austin to Build the Next Wave of AI Engineers with Austen Allred" #AI #AIEngineering #ProductDevelopment #Innovation #TechStartups

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Dec. 23, 2024

Building Better AI with Spiky Points of View

A clip from our episode "Why Gauntlet AI Chose Austin to Build the Next Wave of AI Engineers with Austen Allred" #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEngineering #TechInnovation #ProductDevelopment #Innovation

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Dec. 22, 2024

Eat, Sleep, Code and See What's Possible

A clip from our episode "Why Gauntlet AI Chose Austin to Build the Next Wave of AI Engineers with Austen Allred" #AIEngineering #TechEducation #Coding #SoftwareEngineering #TechTalent #EdTech #Engineering

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Dec. 21, 2024

Ep144: Why Gauntlet AI Chose Austin to Build the Next Wave of AI Engineers with Austen Allred

AI is becoming the biggest force multiplier for human talent in history. Austen Allred shares how Gauntlet AI is reimagining engineering education for this new reality and why Austin's is the perfect place to build this ambitious program. This is was quick turnaround episode as Gauntlet AI applications close January…

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Dec. 20, 2024

How AI Takes Us From Fragments to a Single Knowledge Base

A clip from our episode "Understanding Agora and Humanity's Future with Byron Reese and Brett Hurt" #AI #ScientificRevolution #LLM #TechInnovation #FutureOfAI #DigitalTransformation

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Dec. 20, 2024

[Video Edition] Ep 111: Understanding Agora and Humanity's Future with Byron Reese and Brett Hurt

In this thought-provoking episode, we are joined by Byron Reese, author of 'We are Agora,' and Brett Hurt, serial entrepreneur, to explore the intersections of superorganisms, technology, and human potential. The ideas presented in Byron's book, serve as a springboard to discuss how evolving technologies shape our future and the…

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Dec. 19, 2024

Can Texas Bring Back America's Ability to Build Big Things?

A clip from our episode "From Building 3D-Printed Houses to Funding Critical Tech with Evan Loomis, Partner at Overmatch Ventures" #Infrastructure #Innovation #Texas #Construction #MegaProjects #Engineering #Manufacturing #AmericanInnovation

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Dec. 19, 2024

[Video Edition] Ep 131: From Building 3D-Printed Houses to Funding Critical Tech with Evan Loomis

Evan Loomis, partner at Overmatch Ventures and co-founder of ICON, exemplifies Austin's entrepreneurial spirit in tackling audacious challenges. From revolutionizing construction to investing in frontier technologies, Evan shares his journey through Austin's rapidly evolving tech landscape and why now is the moment for critical tech. We don't shy away from…

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Dec. 18, 2024

An LA VC Missed SpaceX & Snapchat by Confusing Location Marketing with Real Ecosystem Building

A clip from our episode "What is the Gundo?" #VentureCapital #Startups #SpaceX #Snapchat #Anduril #ServiceTitan #TechHub

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Dec. 18, 2024

[Video Edition] Ep 119: What is the Gundo?

What makes innovation ecosystems thrive and can the learnings of one hub be applied to another? Today I am joined by Isaiah Taylor, a founder building in the Gundo, and John Coogan, who has done his own deep dive on the hub, to discuss all things Gundo. We explore its…

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Dec. 17, 2024

Why Write Pattern Breakers?

A clip from our episode "Pattern Breakers with Mike Maples Jr., Founding Partner at Floodgate" #Entrepreneurship #VentureCapital #Founder #PatternBreakers #MikeMaplesJR #StartupStories

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Dec. 17, 2024

[Video Edition] Ep 129: Pattern Breakers with Mike Maples Jr., Founding Partner at Floodgate

Promising startups often fail despite following best practices, while rule-breakers and those running through chaos can achieve massive success. Why? Mike Maples Jr, Founding Partner at Floodgate, tackles this paradox in his book "Pattern Breakers." We discuss his Inflection Theory, why some pivots work and others don't, unexpected inspirations like…

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Dec. 16, 2024

Why Networks, Not Clusters, Are the Secret to Growing Tech Hubs | Richard Florida

A clip from our episode "Rise of the Meta City with Richard Florida" #TechHubs #Innovation #Business #FutureOfWork #Startup #RemoteWork #RichardFlorida

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