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
Mobility Miniseries part4: Mike Granoff of Maniv Mobility Ventures, rounds out our miniseries
We cap our mobility mini-series from a different perspective: that of Mike Granoff, Managing Partner of Maniv Mobility, a venture capital firm that specializes in...mobility and the future of transpo…
Mobility Miniseries part3: Sampo Hietanen of MaaS Global, makers of the Whim App, on Dreaming Big about the Future of Mobility
Our guest today is Sampo Hietanen, the CEO of a Finnish company called MAAS Global. MaaS stands for Mobility as a Service, and they are the makers of Whim, an app-based platform for MaaS. Whim provid…
Ricky's Reports - electricity, almonds, and a not-for-profit complement or complicating factor for Loctricity
Ricky Buch is back from Ghana and Ricky's Report is back for another M4Edge episode. We discuss the viability of minigrids as a solution to energy poverty, Ricky introduces an idea to help minigrids …
Mobility Miniseries part 2: Shai Suzan of WayCare, and how to optimize traffic flow using LOTS of data
With today’s episode we continue our exploration of the Future of Mobility: how technology is starting to impact—hopefully for the better-- the way we move around our cities and beyond.
Today we talk …
Mobility Miniseries part 1: Israel Duanis of Fleetonomy
With today’s episode, we kick off a miniseries on “mobility.” In today’s tech parlance and in city planning parlance, mobility includes a bunch of different issues, but they have one thing in common:…
Gamification for Better Learning with Sandy Roskes of Legends of Learning
Did you know that using video games as a teaching aid improves students’ engagement, helps them learn faster, boosts their test performance and stimulates their critical thinking? These are just some…
Gamification for Workforce Training with Jessica Trybus of Simcoach Games
Growing up, Jessica Trybus, Founder and Chief Games Officer of Simcoach Games knew she was going to be a CEO. But she also wanted to be an actress, so she studied acting, majored in theatre and went …
Revolution, Live. Anna Mason and David Hall of Revolution's Rise of the Rest fund - from American University
And now, for something completely different… Our show today was recorded live at American University, with Professor Jeff Sosland and the students in his International Business—Global Entrepreneursh…
The Shape of Things to Come with Ben Redwood of 3DHubs (part2)
Our show today is part 2 of our interview with Ben Redwood of 3DHubs. Ben is bookend-ing our miniseries on Additive Manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D Printing. In part 1 of our interview with Ben,…
Scaling 3D Printing and Making Manufacturing Fun Again, with Blake Teipel of Essentium
Where else will you find a podcast on 3D printing that references cassette tapes and cowboy hats???
In this new episode of our 3D Printing series, we talk with Blake Teipel, CEO and cofounder of Essen…
Nanci Hardwick of MELD Manufacturing describes the Most Disruptive New Technology: her own
Our journey into the world of 3D Printing continues today with Nanci Hardwick, CEO of MELD Manufacturing Corporation—Last year, MELD was voted the Most Disruptive New Technology Award at the R&D 100 …
Technological change and psychological lock-in with Bob Swartz of Impossible Objects
Today’s episode is a conversation with Bob Swartz, the founder and chairman of Impossible Objects. Although that title does a disservice to his resume. He literally grew up in in the manufacturing b…
Breaking technology barriers with Greg Mark of Markforged
For the second episode in our miniseries on Additive Manufacturing, we interview Greg Mark, founder and CEO of Markforged (along with their Director of Communications Trak Lord).
Deloitte recently ran…
What is 3D Printing, with Ben Redwood of 3DHubs
In our view, 3D Printing - also known as Additive Manufacturing - ranks up there with Artificial Intelligence as one of "those technologies," meaning one of those that truly holds potential for funda…
Next up: 3D Printing
3D Printing is coming. To a factory near you. And a garage. And a desktop. And to the M4Edge podcast. Next up: interviews with 5 companies in the space.
Ricky's Reports #3: Chasing Unicorns
This week's M4Edge is solely a Ricky's Reports episode. Ricky talks about how his idea continues to evolve, and we discuss whether forcing startups to chase the $Billion dollar idea is a barrier to e…
Pitch Prfect with Tim Wikstrom of Presentr
We shouldn’t judge a book by the cover. But when we meet someone, that’s exactly what we do. Within the first few minutes, we form a strong impression based on how they speak and carry themselves. An…
How to incentivize and verify a carbon-free future, with Evan Caron of Swytch.io
We all know we need to accelerate the transition to renewable sources of energy. But on a global scale we are doing it in a way that is haphazard and inefficient. Governments experiment with subsidy …
Graph Analytics in the Cloak & Dagger (and also humdrum) World, with Leo Meyerovich of Graphistry
We are inundated by data, in our professional and personal lives. How do we make sense of it, extract the insights we need? An image is worth a thousand words, but can you visualize a complex dataset…
Building the Future of Healthcare IT, with Kevin Desai of Tafi.io
We all know the beautiful vision of our healthcare future: wearable tech tracking our heart rate, glucose levels, cholesterol and so forth; doctors and nurses who ask the right questions while our an…