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Emerging AccentsLaunching a startup in the US market - Luca CarducciLuca Carducci is an Entrepreneur, Full-Stack Developer, and CEO @ Skaffolder. For seven years, he worked in a big enterprise company in Italy, creating big projects for banks, insurances and public ministries. This and other past experiences allowed him to quickly figure out how much time developers and companies waste building code that already exists and how difficult it is to be updated with last technologies. To solve this problem, Luca quit his previous job and founded Skaffolder. Consider Skaffolder the WordPress for developers. The platform enables you to define your database m...2019-09-1724 minEmerging AccentsDavid Rodriguez: mexican entrepreneur solving big problems in the USDavid Rodriguez is a serial entrepreneur from Mexico. he founded THEA, a 3D human detection and tracking AI company. Before THEA, he founded NEbo.Cloud, company that helped clients in Mexico and US close the gap between business goals and IT needs. David was selected to participate in an entrepreneurial program in the US with Tech Ranch together with other Mexican entrepreneurs.2019-08-0742 minEmerging AccentsHow to get out comfort zone and accelerate professional growth with Sushni TumuSushni Tumu is a Digital Product Manager at Snap Kitchen, focused on making eating healthy a fun, simple and effortless process. She specializes in combining business, technology, and design to create a product that is valuable, feasible and usable. Previously she was a product manager at Charles Schwab and worked on several consumer mobile products.2019-07-1038 minEmerging AccentsLearn how to build a product management career with CEO of Product School Carlos González de VillaumbrosiaAs CEO and Founder of Product School, Carlos leads a growing team of instructors and employees dedicated to training the next generation of product managers across 16 campuses worldwide. He is also the author of The Product Book and a frequent speaker at technology industry events. Carlos founded three companies in the education space and has 8 years of experience building teams and digital products in Europe, Latin America and the U.S. Prior to founding Product School, he was the lead instructor at a Bay Area technology education company, where he was responsible for curating course content and teaching...2019-05-0926 minEmerging AccentsHow to be an ally to women and minorities with Youssef ChakerIn this episode, I interviewed Youssef Chaker, founder of Bear & Giraffe, a software development firm that focuses heavily on Diversity & Inclusion. Youssef has experience working with several startups and has supported many companies in Austin as fractional CTO. In the interview, we talked about his experience moving to the US and working in the tech industry. Youssef shared how he is helping women and minorities starting careers in tech and how is planning to create an tech ecosystem where women and minorities feel comfortable working.2019-04-251h 06Emerging AccentsTulsi Dharmarajan: why continuous learning is the key to leadership development and how women can be successful in techTulsi initially moved from India to the US to work with Microsoft on a consulting project. Since then, she has had an incredible career. She has held leadership roles in product management and strategy with several startups and currently works as Senior Vice President of Product and Design at Verb Inc, a tech startup that offers a talent development platform that combines online learning with real-world practice. At Verb, the leadership team firmly believes that leadership development is the core to every organization. Tulsi is a very interesting person who has made continuous learning a priority in her life...2019-04-111h 01Emerging AccentsSeyi Fabode - How to build sustainable businesses & become LinkedIn Top Voice in TechnologyIn this episode, I interviewed Seyi Fabode, founder of Varuna Tech and former product and strategy leader at several tech companies. Seyi was recognized as LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology in 2016 and 2017. He is also an excellent writer and has had ~3 million views/shares/likes on his articles on IoT, AI, Power and technology strategy. I talked with him about several key elements that helped him build sustainable businesses. Seyi also shared his experience moving from Nigeria to the U.K. and then to the U.S., going to business school in Chicago, being an entrepreneur, and writing interesting...2019-03-2857 minEmerging AccentsUnderstand the immigration journey with Jason FinkelmanThis episode covers immigration matters and updates about immigration policies and DACA. Jason Finkelman (@FinkelmanLaw ) has worked with U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to petition for family-based visas, and has worked across a number of industries including high-tech, semiconductor, healthcare, higher education, energy, oil and gas, import/export, research, video game, as well as professional athletics, music, and entertainment to secure employment-based visas.2019-02-0927 minEmerging AccentsLaunch a startup in the US with Farhaj MayanFarhaj Mayan @farhajmayan is a motivated and energetic entrepreneur born and raised in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His startup FADE, is a personalized barber marketplace for men. The FADE team graduated from the inaugural MassChallenge Texas Accelerator in Austin. 2019-01-1645 minEmerging AccentsBuilding product and tech communities with Reza ShiraziIn this episode I interview @Reza Shirazi, Reza is a Senior Product Manager at AffiniPay and a Community Builder & Blogger with Austin VOP. Which he launched in 2017 to interview product leders and share thair insights to build a stronger product and tech community in Austin2018-09-2238 minEmerging AccentsHow immigrant founders create jobs with Craig MontuoriCraig Montuori (@craig_montuori) is the cofounder and executive director of the Global EIR Coalition. A former Caltech rocket engineer, he decided that fixing problems for startups through the political process was more fun and a bigger set of problems to solve.2018-09-0440 minEmerging AccentsExpanding businesses internationally - Bringing Austin to the World and the World to AustinIn this episode I interview Casey Smith, International Program Manager at the City ofAustin Economic Development Department. She works within the Global Business Expansion Division and focuses on supporting local Austin businesses to expand into new markets and welcome international businesses to Austin. She creates other avenues for engaging with the international business community through a collaboration between fivelocal chambers of commerce called #ATXBound.2018-07-2923 minEmerging AccentsHow to build startups and communities across the world with Cam HouserCam (@cahouser) is Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at 3 Day Startup and professor at the University of Texas. In this episode he shares his story and insights. He has helped thousands of students in more than 30 countries across the world creating startups and build valuable relationships with mentors and other startup founders.2018-07-1140 minEmerging AccentsGlobal entrepreneurial networks and beyond with Maia DonohueMaia (@maiadonohue) is a Senior Program Manager with 3 Day Startup, where he has curated workshops and lectures on software development, startup fundraising, customer acquisition costs and more. He brings connections to a global network of entrepreneurs, investors and accelerators throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Africa. He is a guest lecturer on entrepreneurship at the University of Texas. Maia is also the Founder and Director of the Global Roundup conference, an entrepreneurship conference that sells out annually and brings in early-stage entrepreneurs from around the world.2018-05-2238 minEmerging AccentsChanging the world through social impact innovation and entrepreneurship with Kevin KoymKevin Koym (@kkoym) is the founder of Tech Ranch. He spends most of his time helping early stage tech entrepreneurs accelerate their ventures to success and has the goal to change the world through impact innovation.2018-03-0754 minEmerging AccentsLaunching a podcast, creating great content and growing your audience with Moby, host of The Fire Show PodcastLaunching a podcast, creating great content and growing your audience with Moby (@notthatmoby ), host of The Fire Show Podcast (@fireshowpodcast)2018-02-2232 minEmerging AccentsThe art of selling and starting multiple businesses - Ken DunnOver the past 20 years, Ken Dunn (@Ken_dunn) has started four major businesses in four separate industries; Property Management, Mortgage and Finance, Direct Sales and Publishing. In each business, the companies were disruptive and extremely successful, resulting in over 750 million in revenue. Ken has always created teams to support the growth of the businesses and then led the teams by generating leads and prospecting. He has traveled to countries on every continent and trained people in a dozen industries on prospecting and selling. His previous two books ‘The Most Important Minute’ and ‘Being The Change’ have sold over 300,000 copies. Ken has be...2018-02-0130 minEmerging AccentsRaphael Colantonio - Following passions and defining successRaphaël Colantonio is a French-born video game designer, and was the founder and 18-year president of Arkane Studios. He has served as creative director on several of Arkane's titles, including co-creator with Harvey Smith for the Dishonored series. In this episode Raphael talks about his passions and how he defines success.2017-11-2737 minEmerging AccentsGeorge Koutitas - Launching a startup in the US - Entrepreneurial philosophyGeorge Koutitas, founder of Gridmates and professor at Texas State University, talks about his experience launching a startup in the US as foreign-born entrepreneur2017-11-1438 minEmerging AccentsAngelos Angelou - Foreign born entrepreneurship and innovationAngelos Angelou is the founder of the International Accelerator, which has the mission to help non-U.S. citizen entrepreneurs set up their U.S. company, give it an “American look and feel,” and lay a sturdy foundation to build a global business. In this episode Angelos talks about the impact that foreign born entrepreneurs have on the US economy and how the International Accelerator is contributing to their success.2017-11-0118 minEmerging AccentsLaunch episodeThis is the launch episode for The Accent of Us, a show about international entrepreneurs, innovators, professionals and the stories about the contributions they have made in the fields of business, technology, science, and art and the impact they had on the the fastest growing city in the US2017-10-0904 min