Macro Micro Michael Marco & Startups at the Edge (M4Edge)
Conversations with startup CEOs with technology that can change how the economy functions.Hosted by Marco Annunziata and Michael Leifman
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 64
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2023
M4 Corona Combatants #3: 3DHubs and Sorcero use their platforms in the fight
This episode is number 3 in our Corona Combatants series. In this series we’re trying to amplify the efforts of our guests and their companies who are using the tools at their disposal to help fight …
Robots in the Supermakets During a Pandemic, and After, with Brad Bogolea of Simbe Robotics
As the coronavirus forced governments to shut down large parts of the economy, ordering workers to stay home, one of our first questions was: where are the robots when you need them?
So we invited Br…
Making lending faster, cheaper and better, with Keren Moynihan of Boss Insights
Our guest today is Keren Moynihan, founder and CEO of Boss Insights.
Our conversation with Keren is especially timely, as we recorded this podcast on Monday, March 16th, 2020. Just the day before, Sun…
M4 Corona Combatants #2: InWorks at University of Colorado and Make4Covid. Makers coordinating against Covid
This is a very special edition of the M4Edge podcast, and a part of our Corona Combatants series: we speak with a team of people who are striving to leverage 3D printing resources to quickly supply h…
M4 Corona Combatants #1: Our guests' companies' efforts to help out.
M4Edge is about startups with technology that can change how the economy functions, and nothing has quite as potentially dramatic an effect on the economy as a Pandemic plus a possible recession. But…
Food Waste and The Secret Lives of Fruits, with Katherine Sizov of Strella Biotech
Our guest today is Katherine Sizov, Founder of Strella Biotechnology. This is our third Ag-tech show in our young 2nd season. We opened with Allison Kopf of Artemis, and this episode follow Hunter Mc…
Hunter McDaniel of UbiQD on engineering the tiniest particles to have an enormous impact on lighting, agriculture, solar power and more
Today's guest is Hunter McDaniel of the company UbiQD. As in ubiquitous, but the "QD" stands for quantum dots. Today's episode is one of those wide ranging talks that has become a hallmark of some of…
Sam Kimzey of Chaac Technologies looks to the skies for the solution to twin problems
Our guest today is Sam Kimzey, co-founder of Chaac Technologies. That’s a pretty unusual name for a tech company – Sam will explain where the name comes from and why it is so relevant to Chaac’s mis…
Allison Kopf, Artemis and the Future of Agriculture
We decided to kick off the new year, the new decade and our new season with the basics: food. Our guest Allison Kopf, founder of Artemis, set out to tackle a fundamental challenge -how to make sure t…
Year End Bonus #3! Randy Altschuler of Xometry checks in after a year.
We’re closing out our first season with three bonus episodes. In each of these bonus episodes, we check-in with our first three guests on the show, Greg Mulholland of Citrine Informatics, Dipanwita D…
Year End Bonus #1! Greg Mulholland of Citrine Informatics checks in after a year.
We’re closing out our first season with three bonus episodes. In each of these bonus episodes, we check-in with our first three guests on the show, Greg Mulholland of Citrine Informatics, Dipanwita D…
Year End Bonus #2! Dipanwita Das of Sorcero checks in after a year.
We’re closing out our first season with three bonus episodes. In each of these bonus episodes, we check-in with our first three guests on the show, Greg Mulholland of Citrine Informatics, Dipanwita D…
The RAPID Economy. Our new theory for how technology will shape the economy.
It's been a bit over a year since we launched M4Edge, and we've had the opportunity to speak with many startup CEOs and CTOs and VCs. We've also had the opportunity to reflect on what we've learned, …
Ricky's Startup Reality. Ricky Inks a deal!
We're trying to make the "Ricky's Startup Reality" segments into micro-episodes. That was difficult for us - especially Michael, who had many questions he forced himself to not ask. This is a small e…
Andy Maggio of D6VR explains that virtual reality is getting real. Only one mention of Ready Player One....
Our guest on today’s show is Andy Maggio of D6VR. That’s VR as in virtual reality. The D6 stands for 6 dimensions, and Andy will explain what that means. We’ve all heard the term virtual reality for …
Anson Kung of A&K Robotics chats about robots, AI, goats and soccer.
Our guest today is Anson Kung, former CTO and co-founder of A&K Robotics. (See below for "late breaking news" on Anson's role at A&K.)
Today’s episode has our most thoughtful discussion so far of the…
Ricky's Startup Reality. Is this a turning point for Ricky's business?
Ricky's Reports from the Edge has a new name: the running series featuring Ricky Buch and his nascent startup Loctricity is now Ricky's Startup Reality.
This episode is a great one for a name change,…
AI in the workplace: efficiency versus privacy, with David Yang of YVA
Our guest is David Yang and he is the founder of a company called YVA, which is the subject of today’s show, but he’s no novice in startup world. David has founded TWELVE companies, starting in 4th g…
A 2 Billion person market: electricity access with Bill Lenihan of Zola Electric, live at the World Bank
The World Bank was gracious enough to host us for our 2nd live audience show. Along with the World Bank Global lead for Energy Access, Dana Rysankova, and Jon Exel, the Global Lead for Mini-grids, we…
Ricky's Reports - old frustrations and new idea explorations. DREC, not dreck.
Today’s episode is a return to Ricky's Reports from the Edge, where we check back in with Ricky Buch and his startup Loctricity. Ricky shares some of the frustrations of just trying to get meetings w…