d-Talks
Business & Economics Podcasts
A podcast about new emerging technologies, crypto and other interesting projects the UAE
Location:
United Arab Emirates
Description:
A podcast about new emerging technologies, crypto and other interesting projects the UAE
Twitter:
@dtalks7
Language:
English
Website:
https://dtalks.me/
Email:
info@dtalks.me
Episodes
Ahmad Ali Alwan and Vijay Tirathrai on Hub71 and Techstars accelerator
10/10/2019
Links and Additional information
Hub71 homepage
Hub71 on LinkedIn
Techstars - Vijay Bio
Techstars Accelerator Program at Hub71
Key Timings in the podcast
Duration:00:32:37
Oliver Quie on overcoming a debilitating medical diagnosis and becoming an entrepreneur
8/25/2019
About Our Guest
Oliver Quie is the CEO and founder of GradCircle, an AI-powered resume matching service for students. He is also an educational researcher with UCL EDUCATE. Contact Olie: oliver.quie@gradcircle.org
Key Insights:
Key Quotes
Key Resources
GradCircle
Wim Hof
Duration:00:38:16
Melanie Mohr on GenZ shopping habits and influencer marketing
6/23/2019
Key Insights
Key Moments in the Podcast
[00:05] About Melanie
[03:27] The process of creating something new
[06:33] Financing for Melanie’s idea
[14:10] Blockchain and tokenizing the platform
[16:16] The token generation event
[20:24] Importance of staging a product
[21:22] The problem the protocol solves
[24:07] Content marketing
[30:10] Honesty and authenticity
[33:10] Influencers
[35:39] What brings Melanie to the UAE
[42:05] Fostering a network
Quotes
“It’s a marathon,...
Duration:00:46:38
Eirini Schlosser and Alexandre Perrin on entrepreneurship, investing and how to leverage AI to enhance the human experience
5/11/2019
Key Insights
· How their partners started training a computer game to detect psychological traits of employees
· How to identify leadership traits and influential abilities in potential employees
· Resilience is essential for entrepreneurs because everything is challenging about a startup
Key Moments in the Podcast
[00:45] About Eirini Schlosser
[05:00] About Alexandre Perrin
[09:30] Working between 2 am – 4 am
[12:30] Enauto Ventures
[15:15] Fascination with AI
[19:05] Training...
Duration:00:42:30
Jack Parmer on how to grow your passion project to 20 million downloads
4/27/2019
Key Insights
Quotes
“I worked on it [the business idea known as Plotly] without any income or job for over a year…”
“I couldn’t just wait to start writing code and work on it and make it better.”
“They just made their open source software so popular. It just infected companies like a virus.”
“I think we (Plotly) want to keep growing…so that we’re really the standard for graphing analytics, data science, and machine learning.”
“You have to find and choose an idea that you’re just...
Duration:00:36:55
Jamil Asfour on AI, the future of us and the importance of being able to accept failures
3/30/2019
Key Insights:
Ø What is “artificial intelligence”?
Ø Is “artificial intelligence” a threat or an opportunity for humanity?
Ø What could the future of artificial intelligence look like?
Key Moments in the Podcast
[00:49] Jamil shares his academic background and training in machine learning
[1:29] What is “artificial intelligence”?
[4:20] Will AI take our jobs?
[13:10] What Jamil feels is probably more in realistic in terms of the future of artificial intelligence
[14:07] Why Jamil...
Duration:00:35:57
Grigory Rybalchenko on common sense, simple crypto investments and the revolutionary power of blockchain tech
3/16/2019
Key Insights:
Key Moments in the Podcast
[2:40] Grigory shares his background and what led him to his current role as BitMeEx co-founder & CEO
[6:22] What is blockchain?
[9:25] Grigory talks about his entrepreneurial “moment of realization” & why he chose Bitcoin in the first place
[11:30] Why did Grigory decide to start business? Was it difficult?
[13:45] How easy or difficult is it to start a business in the UAE?
[18:30] How to overcome hurdles when starting your own...
Duration:00:58:59
Anish Krishnan on Non-Fungible Tokens, arabian horses and the stories we tell
3/2/2019
In this episode we cover:
Links:
Flamingo Skies
Planet Pegasus
Duration:00:36:49
Samson Williams on thrills and pitfalls of digital transformation
2/23/2019
We welcome our very first guest - Samson Williams and in this episode we cover:
Links:
Web: http://www.samsonwilliams.com/
Email: samson@axeandeggs.com
Twitter: @hustleFundBaby
Duration:00:51:33
Pilot Episode
2/16/2019
This is our very first episode, d-Talks are taking off!
Duration:00:09:07