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AI for foundersBuilding AI that makes you more human with Dave SifryGuest: Dave Sifry, Founder & CEO of Warmstart.aiHost: Ryan Estes, AI for Founders PodcastEpisode SummaryWe sit down with Dave Sifry, the legendary founder of Technorati and CEO of Warmstart.ai, to explore how AI can help founders reconnect with the relationships that matter. From building with empathy to managing personal evolution, Dave drops gems that every startup leader should hear.Key TakeawaysBuild products that solve problems or meet unmet needsAI should assist—not replace—human interactionReconnect with your network for organic deal...2025-05-0633 min
Outsource to Profits PodcastFixing the Cold Email Problem ForeverEpisode 79
Outreach Reimagined: How Warm Relationships Drive Scalable Growth
About the Host:
Jamie Shanks, Founder and CEO of Get Levrg and Pipeline Signals, is a leader in offshoring, sales enablement, and business growth. He founded Sales for Life, training 250,000+ professionals globally for companies like Microsoft and Oracle. Jamie specializes in scaling profit growth through strategic offshoring and account-based intelligence. A sought-after thought leader, he empowers businesses with actionable insights to streamline operations and drive sustainable success in competitive markets.
About the Guest:
Dave Sifry is a nine-time se...2025-04-2418 min
The Catching Fire Podcast12 - Letting the Customer Lead w/ Dave Sifry of WarmstartDave Sifry describes himself as a “nerd by birth, geek by training, and entrepreneur by choice.” Over an eclectic career working everywhere from Wall Street to Japan, this 9x founder has made it his mission to understand customer needs and serve them as well as he possibly can. As the CEO of Warmstart, he helps users boost their email response rates with thoughtful, personalized messages powered by AI.In this episode, discover: How to get to the root of customer problems and needs. How to get your customers paying for your product from the...2024-11-0658 min
FiredUp! - The Startup Marketing PodcastHow AI Can Power Personal Connections with Dave SifryIn an era where our digital connections far outnumber face-to-face interactions, we struggle with remembering, let alone maintaining, our Rolodex of network connections. But imagine if there was a way to store all of your past connections and bring them to the front of your mind right when you need them. That is precisely what Dave Sifry set out to do when he founded Warmstart, an AI-powered solution for cultivating enduring business relationships and maintaining personal connections with ease. Dave joins us on the podcast to share his personal pain points that resulted in the creation of Warmstart, a...2024-09-1956 min
The Informed LifeErin Malone on Pattern LibrariesErin Malone is the Chair of the Interaction Design BFA Program at the California College of the Arts. In this conversation, we focus on Erin’s long trajectory with design pattern libraries, including her recent work with the Anti-Defamation League developing tools and best practices to fight online hate.Show notesErin Malone (LinkedIn)@emalone (Twitter)Interaction Design Program at the California College of the ArtsAnti-Defamation League (ADL)ADL’s Social Pattern LibraryDesigning Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns, and Practices for Improving the User Experience, Second Edition by Christian Crumlish and Erin MaloneIA ConferenceYahoo! Design Patt...2022-09-1134 min
From the FrontlinesFrom the Frontlines: ADL Releases Survey Showing Widespread Harassment in Online Gaming"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast. It is hosted by ADL New York/New Jersey Director Scott Richman and focuses on ADL's efforts to fight hate and antisemitism in the United States and around the world. This week's podcast showcased ADL's recently released survey of the online gaming industry, which showed significant levels of harassment. The podcast features Dave Sifry, the Director of ADL’s Center for Technology and Society, which conducted the survey. The full title of the survey is “Hate is No Game: Harassment and Positive Social Experiences in Online Games 2021,” and it can be found at this l...2021-09-2610 min
The Software Agents PodcastADL - Dave Sifry, VP for Technology and Society - Fighting Online Hate with an Internet Scale Open PlatformThe Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is bringing modern software to the ever-growing task of watching for online hate speech. VP for Technology and Society Dave Sifry explains the open platform the ADL is building to apply machine learning to identify hate speech of all kinds across all social media networks.2020-10-2947 min
The New DisruptorsConsumption in the Age of Pandemic with Dan FrommerIn this episode recorded in early April 2020, Dan Frommer (Twitter) of The New Consumer joins host Glenn Fleishman. Dan is a long-time journalist. He’s been the editor in chief of Recode at Vox Media, an editor and writer at Quartz, and helped create Business Insider.
The New Consumer is a subscription newsletter and site that charges a fee for access to keen insights by Dan about the shape and changes in the retail economy. Dan started the site a year ago, long before a pandemic was even suspected, and he’s well poised to document the mass...2020-04-0847 min
Rosenfeld Review PodcastSolving Big Problems: Examining the Value of Creativity and Diversity with #EX19 Curator Dave SifryDave Sifry is one of our curators for this year’s Enterprise Experience 2019 Conference – the 5th edition, which will be more focused on cross-functional collaboration. Dave brings a background in computer science, has launched and advised an impressive variety of startups, and now works in the Bay Area with a focus on organizational design.
After getting a computer at the age of 9, Dave realized he was hooked on programming, and the joy of figuring out problems to help create solutions for products and companies. After founding several companies and learning from both mistakes and failures, Dave shares the insights he gain...2019-02-2633 min
Pure Energy PodcastPEP #10 - Top Tips for Urban Cycling with SF Bike Coalition**Updated 10/27**
Whether you’re a long-time urban cyclist or just thinking about taking your bike to the city streets, you are sure to pick up some tips from this week’s episode, featuring triathlete and SF Bike Coalition staff member Janelle Wong. Janelle and Liz talk about how urban biking can complement your training, how to stay safe when biking around the city, and best practices to help drivers, pedestrians and cyclists share the road. Also, find out whether Dave Sifry (featured in Episode 9) completed his attempted Alcatraz crossing!
Resources
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition: http://www.sfbike.org
Rules of the...2014-10-271h 02Pure Energy PodcastPEP #9 - Total Immersion with Dave SifrySF tech entrepreneur and triathlete Dave Sifry shares lessons from a recent Total Immersion (TI) swim clinic, which helped him shave a MINUTE from his average 100-meter freestyle time. A MINUTE! A must-listen for the TI-curious.
Resources
Total Immersion: http://totalimmersion.net/
TI courses at College of San Mateo: http://totalimmersion.net/component/eventlist/venueevents/150-college-of-san-mateo
Shinji Takeuchi TI example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJpFVvho0o4
Sun Yang 1500m World Record video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6uqZd8Tn3Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6uqZd8Tn3Y2014-10-1032 min
The New DisruptorsBe Kind Fast Forward With Jamie WilkinsonJamie Wilkinson is the co-founder and CEO of VHX, a service that delivers movies online to the customers of filmmakers. They exist in sharp contrast to many video sites — operated by the likes of Amazon, Apple, and others — in that they only deliver films free of digital rights management, take a sliver of the purchase price, and truly facilitate filmmakers reaching their audiences.
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Thanks to Cards Against Humanity, which is helping underwrite our new indie ads: inexpensive, short adve...2014-06-261h 25
ZURBsoapboxDave Sifry Shares Lessons Learned from Technorati and OffBeat GuidesDave Sifry, founder of Technorati and Offbeat Guides, gave a great talk covering starting a business, delivering products, finding the right talent and much more!2009-10-0600 min