Michael Glenn and guest host Andy Pettit visit the 2022 Austin Startup Week Crawl . Listen in as they meet and mingle with Austin’s foremost startup entrepreneurs. The guided tour begins here:(1:11) - Clearity Health seeks to enable affordable healthcare for all. Clearity Health is not an insurance company, but a place where individuals can compare healthcare prices provided by real people in their areas.(9:27) - Modgarden is a modular, organic vegetable growing appliance designed particularly f...
Dec 21, 2022•57 min
Michael Glenn, Colin Fowler, and guest host Lara Dueppen speak with NaThanya Ferguson of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Office of Innovation Outreach. This episode touches upon topics concerning unrepresented groups of inventors, including the historical underrepresentation of women as named inventors on patent applications. NaThanya highlights a number of inspirational inventor stories, and the group discusses what is currently being done, and what can still be done, to address ...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Colin Fowler and guest host Al Araiza traverse the floor at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 in search of creativity. Your guided tour begins here: 1:25 – Neubility innovates the delivery industry with self-driving delivery robots, redefining how items are transported within cities. 7:15 – Simply-Bread provides microbakers with the products and services they need to be successful entrepreneurs while nourishing their communities. 14:56 – Eliza Dolls teaches young girls how to code and build hardware throu...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Michael And Colin discuss the effect of innovation, and particularly artificial intelligence, on society with Rachel Dooley, Liz Grennan, and Ilona Logvinova of McKinsey. The group discusses what it means for an AI to be responsible including the management of training data and careful consideration of learning algorithms and the role start-ups play in the development of responsible AI.
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Erik Kulstad, cofounder of Attune Medical, about inventing and marketing new medical equipment. Attune Medical develops devices that give healthcare providers easy access to a patient’s core and allow precise temperature control, whether warming or cooling, through the esophagus when clinically indicated.
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Michael and Colin discuss the future of enterprise computing, Web3, interoperable blockchain networks, and the end of siloed information with Steve Cerveny, Founder and CEO of Kaleido. The conversation focuses on elements and tools of Web3 that go beyond the initial financial services use cases. Learn more about Kaleido here: https://www.kaleido.io
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Michael and Colin discuss artificial intelligence (AI) innovations that examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are increasingly using to evaluate the innovative applications before them. Leading the discussion is Jerry Ma, the Director of Emerging Technology at the USPTO.
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Craig and Ingrida Grossman of Gman BioTech about the development of antibacterial surface coatings and bacterial/viral tracing systems. Gman BioTech focuses on the importance of understanding and controlling the environment in which bacterial and viral threats thrive. Craig Grossman - Founder, President at Gman BioTech, Inc https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-grossman-6427072/ https://twitter.com/CRAIGGROSSMAN4 Ingrida Grossman – https://www.linkedin.com/i...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Michael and Colin visit the 2022 South by Southwest® Creative Industries Expo. After a two-year hiatus from live events, the festival is back. Join us as we meet a cross section of the exhibitors, explore their ideas, and share their enthusiasm and energy. Your guided tour begins here: 1:37: ZOZO NEXT https://zozonext.com/en aims to create a world where more people can enjoy fashion by imagining and solving users' problems in the fashion domain with the power of technology. 16:37: MIDI 3D https:...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler chat with fellow Perkins Coie patent attorney Vikram Iyengar about the pathway from inventor-engineer to intellectual property attorney, interwoven with an immigrant origin and the cultural expectations of Generation X in India. Vikram further contemplates the meaning of the word “inventor,” the environment of inventing in teams, and reflects on his early experiences interacting with patent attorneys from his current perspective as an attorney.
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler, joined by guest host Sumedha Ahuja, speak with Monica Plath, the founder and CEO of Littlebird Connected Care. Monica shares her journey of being an inventor and entrepreneur, and she reveals the driving forces behind Littlebird—her own two little ones.
Mar 08, 2022•53 min
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Ray Kampmeier, an electrical engineering consultant and product developer, about the challenges and rewards of designing and developing electronics products from proof-of-concept prototyping to mass-production and overseas manufacturing strategy. www.thehumbletransistor.com
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Description: In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Torrey Smith and James Erd, creators of the Endiatx PillBot, a remote-operated multivitamin-sized diagnostic robot that, once ingested, navigates around within the patient’s GI tract to capture medical data. Torrey and James discuss their passion for invention, failure as a source of inspiration, and turning problems into opportunities.
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 13 min
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Terance Robson to discuss the exacting standards, endless experimentation, creativity, invention, science, art, passion, and occasional serendipity that goes into blending the perfect cocktail.
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 7 min
In this episode, Michael and Colin talk with Art Simon, a retail product developer. Art shares his insights on developing and inventing consumer products. Specifically, Art discusses the invention of the Molly Mutt dog bed which makes use of an owner’s scent to appeal to our canine friends.
Nov 18, 2021•49 min
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Estelle Giraud, CEO & Co-Founder of Navnetics, Inc., a bioinformatics startup. Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field combining computer science with genomics/molecular biology. We discuss Estelle’s path toward that interdisciplinary background, along with her thoughts and inventions on both privacy and ethics in a world where genomic data is becoming increasingly available.
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 7 min
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Tyler Peppel, a serial entrepreneur, about his perspective on invention and how it is only a first step in the creative process. Other discussion topics include how to time innovation to coincide with market potential and new approaches to education.
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min
In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Bob Cousins, a recent recipient of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association’s Inventor of the Year Award. Bob is an interdisciplinary inventor who applies history to problems in order to invent new solutions.
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Lisa Wallace, co-founder of software company Assemble. A serial entrepreneur, Lisa got her start in web security and cryptography focusing on network analysis from an external point of view and machine learning email analysis. We will discuss navigating career transitions, life as a woman in the tech world, and more.
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 10 min
In this episode, Michael and Colin talk to Sam Thapaliya, a Nepalese immigrant inventor and startup founder. Sam had not seen a computer until he was 13 but he now develops innovative computer vision techniques. He will discuss the process involved in developing connections, hiring, and funding to support a startup and, of course, the workings of his technology, which focuses on integration of ad space onto surfaces displayed within streaming video.
Mar 17, 2021•58 min
Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Joseph Emmanuel of Netgear about the difficulties of inventing within the constraints of restrictive protocols, such as those associated with Wi-Fi, and making use of highly limited input streams to develop rich functionality.
Feb 26, 2021•54 min
Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn speak with Aaron Davis and Scott Stegman of MARS, who have invented a fundamentally new style of rocket engine using an air-breathing toroidal combustion chamber that has no moving parts. The rocket uses ambient fluids (air or otherwise) to achieve unprecedented efficiency in power-to-weight ratios.
Jan 20, 2021•57 min
In this episode, Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn sit down with Gilly Roswell, an entrepreneur and music supervisor who produces film scores. Gilly’s long hours spent researching cultural context for music to fit the settings of films led him to invent Tunesmap, a program that provides cultural context for any searched song. Tunesmap places period-relevant photographs, print media, merchandise, etc., at the user’s fingertips.
Dec 21, 2020•55 min
Colin and Michael talk with Danny Hillis, an early pioneer in parallel computing, knowledge graph based search engines, and cancer diagnosis, among many other achievements. Danny discusses how his curiosity spurred him to tackle and elegantly solve technical problems across often unrelated disciplines.
Sep 23, 2020•59 min
Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn sit down with Dr. Odelia Braun, founder of Emergency University, to discuss innovations that improved EMS response time and modern pandemic tracing.
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn interview Dr. Stephen Thaler, a pioneer in the field of AI. Thaler has invented “DABUS,” an AI that he credits with inventorship on two patent applications filed in each of the U.S. and European patent offices. Thaler discusses the joys and difficulties of living with a creative AI.
Jul 08, 2020•48 min
