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A Genuine Moment with Master Story Teller Donna Loughlin

Story telling is an incredibly important skill, but for a startup company, story telling is essential. Not only do you need to convey the value of what you are bringing to market, you have to tell the story of where it is all going and what it could be. Finding those genuine moments can be difficult, but so rewarding. Today we are going to be talking with an expert Donna Loughlin, founder of the LMGPR Public Relations firm, and the host of the amazing Before It Happened podcast, where she tells the origin stories of visionary leaders.

FUTR Podcast: Our 100th Episode!

It's hard to believe we have done 100 episodes of the podcast. We have had a great time interviewing so many interesting people and companies. It has been a fun ride, and we are looking forward to a whole lot more

So, today we talk about ourselves and the show. Thanks to everyone who has supported the show to get us to 100.

Update from VMware Explore 2022

To start with, VMware Explore was held in San Francisco at the Moscone center. Not sure this was a great decision. They may have felt if they stay local, more companies will be interested in sponsoring, and exhibiting. For everyone not from the bay area, it was very expensive. Hotels were at a premium for sure. San Francisco is also dealing with a bit of a crime crisis at the moment, which has been getting a lot of news coverage.

You gotta stay focused! - Clumio's VP of product, Chadd Kenney on listening to your customers

One of the great things about being a lean, agile startup is the ability to move and change quickly as the market shifts Most of the time, it is how the company adapts to shifting market conditions that determines its success. Today, we are talking with a company that Went through a major effort to refocus the company on solving the problems their customers were struggling with.

The Future Is In Their Hands - Here Come The Millenials

We often forget that some of the technology we use every day begins life in the labs of Universities around the world, and many of those people doing the work will one day be the technology leaders we look to solve the worlds most challenging problems. Today we are going to be speaking to one of those future leaders.

Sandesh and I were recently talking with Kai Pederson, a young man Sandesh has known since he was a child. We heard his stories as a member of the Army National Guard working on Cyber Security, his work in chip manufacturing and his research on energy harvesting IOT devices.

Conversational AI Saves The Day with Aisera CEO Muddu Sudhakar

We have all had the dream that we could live in a world of automation, like George Jetson, just pushing a button. That dream has been slow to arrive, but now we are seeing the rise of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Assistants. Companies that specialize in automating the mundane, and not so mundane task of people, have finally arrive to help drag us all into the future.

Ransomware Is Everywhere, with Pure Storage's Ransomware expert, Andrew Miller

The number one security risk right now is Ransowmware. The amount of breaches we have seen recently has been alarming, and the number continues to grow. Ransomeware is big business, so we are going to talk about how to survive an attack.

Today we are talking with Andrew Miller, who is a subject matter expert on Ransomware for Pure Storage. He has been on the front lines helping companies put meaningful protections in place to address these threats. We are going to talk about what he is seeing in the wild and what strategies can work to help companies weather this storm.

Being Trans, with Celia Daniels

We are continuing our conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and today’s conversation is going to touch on some difficult subjects. We are going to hear some very personal stories and unpack some of the complexity of these issues.

Celia Daniels is an Indian trans women, entrepreneur, public speaker, activist, motivator, musician, artist, photographer and filmmaker. She grew up in Southern India and faced intense stigma, discrimination and violence while trying to come to terms with her gender dysphoria.

Diversity, Equity Inclusion, We Talk With Sejal Thakkar About the Basecamp Walkout

We have often spoken about the critical need for different viewpoints in technology. Most companies you look at these days have Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives. But, it is often easy said than done. Today we are going to be talking about how to bring it all together and learn from our mistakes. We are also going to take a look at the recent issues at Basecamp, and where they went wrong.

How to Succeed with Weed - Interview with Cannabis Entrepreneur Zachary Zises

These days, everyone is feeling the stress of their jobs and of the industry. With so many people just dreaming of starting over, I always hear, I am going to just quit and go work in the Cannabis industry. It is the modern equivalent of saying I am going to run off and join the circus.

But the reality is more challenging. It is a highly regulated and complex industry, it is illegal on the federal level so you are at the mercy of state regulations and an ever changing political environment. Then you have to be able to produce and sell a fairly technical and complex product that requires a high level of service to the customer. Making money in the business is not as straight forward as you might think.

The Evolution of Druva With CFO Mahesh Patel

In 2008, Veritas employees Jaspreet Singh and Milind Borate got together to create the data protection company Druva. Fun Fact: In Sanskrit, "Druva" translates to "North Star".

For years they built the business around endpoint data protection, but the product evolved over into a more enterprise focused cloud data management company. Last year they completed a series E for $130M with a valuation north of a billion dollars.