The Silicon Valley Insider Show with Keith Koo

Do you want to learn about how the traditional automobile ownership model is being disrupted or you thinking of starting a career in the ride-sharing business (like being an Uber driver) without having a car? Be sure to listen to this episode of Silicon Valley Insider with Keith Koo. On this week's show, Keith has serial entrepreneur and special guest, Scott Painter, Founder and CEO of Fair.com to discuss his innovative approach to automobile leasing using Fair's Fintech platform. Fair allows users to obtain used cars at a low cost with only a valid driver's license and form of payment to get started. Scott talks about his lifelong love of automobiles and how to empower consumers to reach their financial dreams. Scott previously was the founder and CEO of True Car and has won many awards for entrepreneurship and innovation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Painter On this week's Cyber-Tip Keith discusses how the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that federal agencies no longer use Knowledge Based Authentication (KBA) to verifies identifies and what it means to you the consumer and how to protect yourself. On the Pivot, Scott Painter and Keith discuss the shift in attitudes towards traditional credit and debt (such as auto loans) and how consumers are looking at companies like Fair.com for alternative financing to car loans. www.svin.biz Scott Painter and Fair.com in the news: Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2018-07-26/buying-a-car-is-one-of-the-worst-financial-decisions-fair-ceo Cheddar: https://cheddar.com/media/ceo-scott-painter-says-fair-will-have-go-public-sooner-or-later Barron's: https://www.barrons.com/articles/uber-fair-partnership-51559188011 Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacknerad2/2019/05/29/uber-fair-announce-program-to-turn-car-less-into-rideshare-drivers/#364754887209 Listen Fridays 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. First airing is 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Download the podcast at 2pm Friday's For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Artificial Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology, #Patreon

On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, Keith covers the first anniversary of the EOSIO (EOS) Mainnet Launch with special guests: 1) Brock Pierce, Co-Founder of Block.One & Blockchain Capital & 2) David Packham Founder of EOS 42 and the Chintai Token Leasing Exchange. In the first segment, Keith and David discuss the 2nd Annual Tulip Emerging Technology Conference (www.tulipconf.com) and the EOS Block Producer Summit recalling how the EOS.IO Mainnet Launch happened during the inaugural Tulip event in San Francisco last year. David talks about the progress the EOS community has made over the year. In the second segment Keith and David discuss cryptocurrency ratings as well as the concept of token leasing and how holders of utility tokens can make income from their token holdings by allowing them up for lease. In the third segment, Brock Pierce gives an exclusive interview post his inspirational keynote at the Tulip Conference on the importance of a community and his definition of what it means to be a billionaire. Although Brock has gained a lot of attention as being one of the first "Bitcoin Billionaires" Brock discusses his life of service and dedication to giving back to the community. He explains why it was important to be part off the 2nd annual Tulip conference because of how much the community led to the launch of the EOSIO mainnet.. On this week's Cyber-Tip Keith explains the growing threat of "Deepfakes" and how you can detect them. On the Pivot, David and Keith discuss how Chintai's original vision of leasing tokens for EOS naturally applied to all utility tokens. Be sure to tune in. Listen Friday 6/14 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. First airing is 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Download the podcast at 2pm Friday's For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Arifitical Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology, #Patreon

Replay: On this week's Silicon Valley Insider host Keith Koo has returning guest Josh Trujillo, Head of 42 Accelerate. 42 Silicon Valley and 42 Paris program which is a completely tuition free college level and above computer science education. Keith, who is a mentor at 42 Accelerate, recalls how Josh was a cadet on the 42 Silicon Valley program before spearheading the creation of 42's own incubator/accelerator process. Josh discusses 42 Accelerate's journey and several notable past and present startups that have gone through the program. Don't miss this week's Cyber-Tip as Keith reminds everyone to always be vigilant with their online identifies even when using "trusted" brands like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Ebay or Netflix. On the Pivot, Keith and Josh discuss how 42 Accelerate was originally created for 42 students to create their own work related projects and then progressed to being a technology incubator. For more information on 42 Silicon Valley go to 42.us.org. For information on 42 Paris go to: Tune in Fridays at 1pm PST 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco or download the podcast at 2:00pm. Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Arifitical Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology, #Patreon

On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, Renee Wang, CEO and Tina Kuan, CMO of Castbox.fm and sister company Contentbox.one talk about their innovative approach to content curation and monetization. Hear how Renee got the idea to create Castbox when she was at Google as an app monetization expert. "Castbox is an easy to use podcast player for podcast lovers, offering a super clean layout and easy to navigate interface. ... Our mission at Castbox is to make information accessible to everyone, anytime, anywhere." Castbox has over 20,000,000 users on Google Play and ITunes in over 200 nations and content creators in over 130. Castbox is completely free for content creators. For listeners and podcasters, Contentbox has unique features such as full transcription of all shows that is searchable. (e.g. search on a Silicon Valley Insider for key word and timestamp such as "blockchain" 13 minutes. "ContentBox, is a blockchain-based infrastructure for the decentralized digital content industry. CastBox, an audio platform with over 50 million audio content and 15 million users, will be the first partner of ContentBox." Renee and Tina discuss how Castbox focuses on 1) The Listener experience with advanced features and 2) The Podcaster experience through attracting listeners and monetization. Contentbox is not just for podcasting but also publishers and video contenct creators. Listen Friday 5/31 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. First airing is 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Download the podcast at 2pm Friday's For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Arifitical Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology, #Patreon

On this week's Silicon Valley Insider host Keith Koo has returning guest Josh Trujillo, Head of 42 Accelerate. 42 Silicon Valley and 42 Paris program which is a completely tuition free college level and above computer science education. Keith, who is a mentor at 42 Accelerate, recalls how Josh was a cadet on the 42 Silicon Valley program before spearheading the creation of 42's own incubator/accelerator process. Josh discusses 42 Accelerate's journey and several notable past and present startups that have gone through the program. Don't miss this week's Cyber-Tip as Keith reminds everyone to always be vigilant with their online identifies even when using "trusted" brands like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Ebay or Netflix. On the Pivot, Keith and Josh discuss how 42 Accelerate was originally created for 42 students to create their own work related projects and then progressed to being a technology incubator. For more information on 42 Silicon Valley go to 42.us.org. For information on 42 Paris go to: Tune in Friday 5/17 at 1pm PST 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco or download the podcast at 2:00pm. Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Arifitical Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology, #Patreon

On this week's Silicon Valley Insider host Keith Koo joined with industry veteran Charlie Ganz, Founder and CEO of the Center for Innovation and Commercialization, LLC . CICL is an innovation bank that represents hundreds of innovative companies across all industries to help accelerate commercialization, market entry, strategic partnerships with Fortune 500 Companies, distribution channels. The CICL team consists of senior executives and advisory board members experienced in building and managing some of the most significant divisions at Fortune 500 Companies. Specialty areas are Corporate Development, M&A, new product introductions, acquisitions integration, licensed, funded, acquired startups, etc. Vertical Expertise Digital Media Financial Services Health Care Enterprise Software Security and Cyber Devices and IOT Energy Consulting To find out if your company or division are a good fit to be represented by CICL, email info@svin.biz Don't miss this week's Cyber-Tip as Keith discusses steps to keep your mobile identity safe. On the Pivot, Keith and Charlie discuss how companies stay innovative in a rapdily changing economic and technology climate. For more information on CICL: https://www.ciclsolutions.com/ Tune in Friday 5/17 at 1pm PST 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco or download the podcast at 2:00pm. Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Arifitical Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology, #Patreon

On this week's Silicon Valley Insider host Keith Koo sits down with return guest Teresa Grobecker, equity partner of US Capital Global and CEO of Real Estate Consortia (reC) and they discuss how the entire real estate eco-system can benefit using their revolutionary platform for real estate provenance (def. a record of history and authenticity) powered by blockchain technology. Teresa's first visit to Silicon Valley Insider: https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/12-14-18 discussed her background in the real estate industry leading up to the creation of Real Estate Consortia (reconsortia.com) During this show Teresa talks about the continuing momentum that reC is creating by recently being named to Second Century Ventures REach program which is the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors. Teresa and Keith discusses how by using reC participants in a real estate transaction can receive commissions for a property every time the property is sold in the future. Don't miss this week's Cyber-Tip as Keith discusses the Department of Homeland Security's mandate that all federal agencies patch critical vulnerabilities within a defined timeframe. On the Pivot, Keith and Teresa discuss how the Real Estate Consortia platform will initially start with Realtor referral tracking and then begin to take on additional industries. Tune in Friday 5/10 at 1pm PST or download the podcast at 2:00pm. Real Estate Consortia is for REALTORS® by REALTORS® https://reconsortia.com Listen Friday 11/16 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. First airing is 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Download the podcast at 2pm Friday's For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Arifitical Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology, #Patreon

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider host Keith Koo has return guest Gopinath (Gee) Sivalingam the Founder of Tulip Emerging Technologies Conference which is being held at Bespoke conference center June 4th-5th in San Francisco, CA. www.tulipconf.com Keith and Gee discusses Gee's start in emerging technologies like blockchain which led to the inaugural conference last year which included noted keynote speakers like Dr. Vanila Singh, Chief Medical Officer of the United States and Professor and Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunus, Dr. John Mattison, Chief Health Information Officer of Kaiser Permanente, and Mikael Erdman the Technology Ambassador to the USA from Denmark. This year's conference are focused on emerging industries beyond blockchain. There are technologies being developed to address Web 4.0, Privacy, Industry 4.0, Robotic Process Automation and more. Gee also addresses how in certain industries, conferences have the same speakers with the same content and how Tulip always focuses on new content. On this week's question of the week, Gee addresses stablecoins (in light of the recent revelation that the Tether stablecoin is not really backed one-for-one by a US dollar but rather 74 cents. On this week's Cyber-Tip Keith takes the time to re-educate listeners on how to protect themselves from "password spraying" and "credential stuffing" in the light technology vendor Citrix systems recent breach announcement. On the Pivot, Keith and Gee discuss how even in the success of Tulip Conference 1.0 in addressing blockchain as a technology how Tulip Conference 2,0 really broadens to address much larger opportunities across multiple stakeholders like investors, startups and enterprises. Listen Fridays 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. First airing is 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Download the podcast at 2pm Friday's For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Arifitical Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology,

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider host Keith Koo has guest and former Cisco colleague Molly Tschang, Founder and CEO of Abella consulting. http://www.abella.consulting/ Molly and Keith recall the dot com era days as they integrated virtually all of Cisco's mergers and acquisitions (Molly has led over 80+ integrations over her career) and what it was like to work for a high performing team. Molly further discusses her career journey leading up to high performance team building working with some of the most prominent private equity firms and corporations to develop their "Win as One" mindset and approach. Molly has recently launched a free video series that has garnered over 230,000 views in less than two months. On this week's Cyber-Tip Keith discusses a new term in Cyber Security called "Dark Patterns". .This is a questionable technique that is not clearly a hack but does prey on human behavior. On the Pivot, Keith and Molly discuss how organizations can embrace change and develop a "Win as One" teaming approach to make an enduring impact on their teams and themselves. Listen Friday 1/11/2019 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. First airing is 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Download the podcast at 2pm Friday's For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Arifitical Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology,

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider host Keith Koo has special guest John Peterson, Chief Product Officer of Stellar Cyber (stellarcyber.ai) an innovative cyber security company using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to empower SMBs (small and medium sized businesses) to gain access to the same types of advanced security tools that Fortune 500 companies do. John discusses how the founders of Stellar Cyber (formerly named Aella Della) got their start and how their security platform provides a unique approach via their customers' MSSPs (managed security service providers) and their SOCs (security operation centers). John discusses the struggle of any company to managed all of the cyber security tools they use due to resource and budget constraints. On this week's Cyber-Tip Keith discusses the recent Microsoft web mail breach. So if you are user of Outlook, Hotmail and MSN you will want to hear the details on what steps you should take to keep safe. Keith also discusses the latest DNS attack (Sea Turtle). On the Pivot, Keith and John discuss how organizations can stay ahead of malicious cyber attacks. John breaks it down for large organizations who are dealing with a large number of cyber tools or for small / medium businesses that lacks the budget or people to execute an effective cyber risk strategy. Listen Friday 1/11/2019 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco Listen and subscribe to the "Silicon Valley Insider" Podcast ahead of time to make sure you don't miss this show. First airing is 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Download the podcast at 2pm Friday's For questions or comments, email: info@svin.biz Be sure to subscribe and listen to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Silicon-Valley-Insider-Show-with-Keith-Koo-id1100209?country=us iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Android, Spotify (and iTunes): https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show Email us at info@svin.biz or find us here: www.svin.biz https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh Arifitical Intelligence, AI, Blockchain, Big Data, Data Analytics, Cyberrisk, Information security, VC, Venture Capital, Angel Investments, Fundraising, Capital Raising, Investor, Human Rights, Technology for Good, UN SDGs, Emerging Technology,