The Business Wilderness - The Voice of Entrepreneurs

Ace is the leader of the String blockchain project. A project focused on bridging the schism between traditional finance and defi. A Next-Gen global securities blockchain platform. At its core String offers 5 features: private accounts, private transactions, private smart contracts, private NFTs, and high TPS. Learn more at string.ftnow.us

David is the Founder and Head of Product at Orbit Partners, a software engineering & product design studio based in Los Angeles, California. He has founded various ventures and was previously Senior Product Manager at Albert. Orbit works with companies of all sizes, from Series A to Fortune 500, across various countries. Orbit currently leads Product Development & Frontend Engineering at Sameday Health, while building software for various companies across the globe. Learn more:...

Charles was previously a principal engineer on the Quickbooks Self-Employed team working to power prosperity for self-employed people around the world. He also launched Intuit Workforce (previously Playbook HR before being acquired by Intuit), which helped companies onboard and manage independent workforces. Before starting Playbook HR, he was a PM at Microsoft working on search engine relevance for Bing. Charles graduated from Stanford University in 2012 where he majored in Computer...

Natalia Shirshova is co-founder and CMO of REINNO – a fintech startup bringing liquidity to commercial real estate. With a background in Economics researching non-performing loans and stock market interdependencies, she is leading the fintech revolution. One of her main goals is demystifying and destigmatizing the world of digital assets. Natalia believes that education and cooperation between blockchain companies are essential for wider adoption. Before REINNO, she did marketing and PR for...

Eric bootstrapped a branding agency 5 years ago, Started with a partner and a laptop on a table in New York's upper west side, and has grown the shop to 15 people, with creative, strategy, and media capabilities, serving clients around the world. Most recently, he launched Third Act. This first-of-its-kind marketplace is the destination for theatre NFTs is a pre-seed venture-backed by an A-team across the entertainment and crypto industry. Learn more https://www.thirdact.digital/

Agustin O’Connell is the CEO and Co-founder at STG Visions, a Computer Vision firm at the forefront of athletic talent evaluation. He studied Physics and Engineering at the College of William and Mary, where he was a football player and then a coaching assistant for a short time. He’s currently an MBA candidate at the college, studying entrepreneurship. While SportsTech and AI are at the forefront of his interests, he also has a passion/interest in ClimateTech and the developing Space...

SpeedLegal helps business and legal professionals review complicated contracts in a few minutes instead of a few hours. SpeedLegal uses a set of machine learning tools to extract useful data from bulk-uploaded contracts so users can focus on the parts that require more attention. SpeedLegal allows its users to reduce 75% of the cost of legal review and avoid making mistakes so they can make more deals. SpeedLegal's users have higher ROIs on the document review process compared to those...

Arthur Root is the founder and CEO of Nostra, the first-ever intelligent content optimization software. Before Nostra, Arthur spent time at Castlight Health, Comcast NBC, Appthority (acquired by Symantec), and TitanHouse. Arthur holds a bachelor's of science in public affairs from the Paul O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs where he was the student commencement speaker. Get in touch with Arthur here https://calendly.com/nostra/45-min

I'm Ankit, founder of Pathloom. We are building the first All-In-One application to make outdoors discovery and trip planning easy for hikers, campers, and other outdoors lovers. We're on a mission to get more people outdoors, more often. Prior to starting Pathloom, Ankit was an Aerospace Engineer, Researcher, and Astroprenuer with 2+ years at early-stage NewSpace startups working with large-scale NASA and USGS datasets and algorithms to help mission planners plan missions to the Moon. He...

Derek Russo is the co-founder and CEO of Chit Chat, a platform for meaningful connections and conversations - where people can seek specific knowledge and be rewarded for providing it. Derek started his career as a finance and technology management consultant at PwC; helping startups and Fortune 500 companies develop growth strategies, implement new technologies, and design processes to support post-merger integrations. He graduated from the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!). Schedule a...

Who is Greg Mclardie? Driving me has been the strong desire to build something with such a strong foundation that it will last for generations. The “something” that is built will be a noble company. I want to make a difference. I want to put a dent in the universe. 10 years ago I had the guts to pursue this vision in the food industry. I can connect the dots from disparate information to form a vision many others do not see. It is natural for me to challenge the status quo and to think...

Sarah Sharif is a Pakistani-born, British-American who has dedicated her career to social innovation, civic technology, and human impact projects. Sarah is the Founder of Experimental Civics, Founder of Capsule, and Co-Founder of Life Sci Hack. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Sharif quickly gained recognition as the Director of ATX Hack for Change driving the generation of 157 social innovation and emerging technology projects in her role. Through Experimental Civics, she has launched...

Chris's Story: As a passionate retailer I will never forget that first chapter of my career those many years ago when my manager and one of my life mentors said to me "young Chris, you have one of the most important jobs in the business collecting shopping trolleys". "Really?" I replied. He then explained that trolleys are what help customers shop and makes the registers ring. It was then that I learned that every person contributes to the success of a business and it's this lesson that...

GROWTH FOR SCALE UPS & ENTERPRISE WITH A FOCUS ON BRAND, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. Global Startup Director for Startup Grind (in partnership with Google for Startups) inspiring, educating, and connecting 2,000,000+ entrepreneurs, in 500 cities in 125 countries around the world. Local partners include: ASX, Deloitte Private, Salesforce, IBM, MYOB, Zendesk, and NAB. Entrepreneur in Residence at Collective Campus - Melbourne's Leading Enterprise Innovation Hub. Collective Campus...

Australian startup Benchvote delivers innovative and proven 'fan-first' engagement solutions which captures leads, increases revenue and delivers fan insights to publishers, sports teams and their sponsors. Some of the recent sporting rights holders, brands and sponsors Benchvote has worked with include: Australia’s NBL, 2017 Rugby League World Cup, A-League, AFL clubs Western Bulldogs and Adelaide Crows, NAB, TAB and more. We spoke to Benchvote’s founder Adam Mussa who has a...

Nima is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with over twenty years experience working in digital marketing and advertising across the globe, holding prominent roles with multinational agencies including JWT London, BMC media and Glass Onion. His areas of specialisation include, conversion rate optimisation (CRO), eCommerce, experimentation, digital transformation, digital strategy and user experience design. He is currently the CEO and Founder of New Republique, an award winning...

KX Pilates is Australia’s first high performance, boutique fitness company, with 54 locations across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Hobart and Jakarta, Indonesia. KX offer High Performance Pilates and International Fitness Retreats. Aaron started the business in 2010 and his vision is to personalise and expand the quality of the Australian fitness industry with new styles of functional fitness offerings that achieve incredible results. His goal for the next five...

Robert Tadros is the Founder and Managing Director of Impress!ve Digital one of Australia’s fastest growing digital marketing agencies specialising in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Facebook Advertising and Search Engine Marketing (SEM). He founded the digital marketing agency in March 2016. in two and a half years he has built a team of people and has grown the business 500 per cent from $600K to $4 million in annual revenue. Impress!ve has worked with over 100 clients including Misha...

Sam Bashiry is a man with incredible drive and the aspiration to make a positive difference in the lives of others. He utilises his innovative vision to challenge the conventional business model, and pave the way for a promising future across a range of industries. His journey from turning $1000 in to the now $25 million internet and telephony business; Broadband Solutions, has propelled him in to the spotlight as a thought leader in his industry and a well-known Australian...

Michael J Biercuk is the CEO and Founder of Q-CTRL, a venture-capital-backed company that provides disciplined control engineering solutions to harness the power of quantum physics for next-generation technologies. Q-CTRL is built on Michael’s research leading the Quantum Control Lab at the University of Sydney, where he is a Professor of Quantum Physics and Quantum Technology. Michael holds both CEO and Professorial positions concurrently and in his academic role is a chief investigator in...