Rockwell Felder, Gautam Mukunda, Stephen Smith, Ray Hespen | Office Hours #492

Rockwell Felder [00:00] Rockwell (Rock) Felder is a CPA, entrepreneur, and co-founder of SquadCast. His passion for business and podcasting made it a no-brainer to make the jump from corporate accounting to the startup world co-founding SquadCast. His other interests include martial arts, coffee, and pizza. Gautam Mukunda [14:25] He’s an internationally recognized expert in leadership & innovation who often jokes that his life’s ambition is to have the world’s most confusing resume & that he’s most of the way there. He is a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. He was a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations & a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program & Program on Emerging Technologies Stephen Smith [32:02] He cofounded NOCD, a digital health startup focused on obsessive-compulsive disorder. Smith, who has OCD himself, wants to make one of the most effective therapies--known as exposure and response prevention--is made more accessible. NOCD has a smartphone app that combines virtual visits with therapists combined with exercises for patients to reinforce what they're learning in therapy. Ray Hespen [44:42] Property Meld customers enjoy reduced maintenance costs and increased satisfaction from all stakeholders in the maintenance process. Last year alone, Property Meld facilitated 1.7 million maintenance requests and $550M in maintenance repairs, and the company forecasts significant growth in 2023.