Liftoff with Keith Newman

I'm so mesmerized by what’s going on in robotics and industrial automation. Given that, I reached out to Mike O'Donnell to join us on The Look Back. From shrink-wrap software daze to Internet 1.0 to mega deals in the Enterprise Tech space into HealthTech specs, I catch up with the somewhat new CEO of blazing cool startup Relay Robotics. Give a listen (*and dont forget to like and SHARE).

A special Super Bowl episode of The Look Back with Thomas Turner, CEO & Founder of Relentless Beats!Turner is the producer of many major Super Bowl events with huge stars like @Ludacris @SnoopDogg @TimMcgraw and @Shaq. He manages the venue, the music, the video, the tech - everything and he talks about what makes a great event, how its managed and where the LIVE EVENT industry is headed....Let's get this party started!!!

Ann Winblad has seen it all, except lately she can't find this little t-shirt her father the then high school basketball coach gave her, that brings her back to her pre-teen days when she would cheer and support the hoops team along with her 4 sisters and her brother. Oh well, no time to dwell. It turns out Ann actually was a high school basketball cheerleader (and as Ann points out the class valedictorian) to the Federal Reserve to founding and running a software company, Open Systems,  which she sold for a tidy profit, and then into Software focused VC firm #1.As Founding Partner at Hummer Winblad, the first VC firm focused exclusively on software, formed in the late '80s she was turned down by hundreds of would-be LP investors at the time. Ann wound up funding many great co's including MuleSoft, Five9, Hyperion acquired by Oracle, Wind River and dozens others - now she's overseeing and coaching startups and investments in various markets including space and technology, while still cheerleading in her philanthropic adventures.

Today’s Look Back Podcast Guest is Joshua March, the Co-founder and CEO of SCiFi Foods, a Bay Area food tech company focused on making transformational meat alternatives first by combining plant-based and cultivated meat to make burgers that are drastically closer in taste to the real versions. Bring your entrepreneurial appetite and curiosity to our latest episode!

Avram Miller was the strategic and creative leader at Intel who served at the side of Intel's famous CEO Andy Grove (only the paranoid survive) and provided counsel on endless strategic that expanded Intel's position in the market. He then served as a leader at Intel Capital to further grow Intel's market dominance (and bank account). Miller now consults in medical science and technology in Israel, shared some amazing insights in this compelling convo - give it a listen and share with friends who are looking to infuse creativity.I HIGHLY encourage you to pick up his new book, The Flight of a Wild Duck, is available on all formats for order at https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Wild-Duck-Improbable-Technology-ebook/dp/B098KH6XZH

If you’re a budding entrepreneur,  venture capitalist or angel investor, you have to listen to this episode on The Look Back with the one and only Ben Narasin of TenacityVC (not to be confused with Tenacious D) who brings his secret recipes for investing and building successful startups. Ben’s a renowned entrepreneur with many amazing startups who went on to  connect with the venerable NEA before launching his own firm.

From his work with Steve Jobs in the early days of Apple and then NeXT,  then a stint at Microsoft, Dan’l has been training for his eventual role has as head of Silicon Valley’s @Computer History Museum. And this is not just your regular, run of the mill Museum - as one would expect -  this is a Museum on a mission!  Now we have The Look Back on the early days to today and how the Museum seeks to create the best experience for students of the game.

Mike Cassidy, aka Rocket (Thruster) Man -  has been CEO and Co-Founder of 5 high tech companies and is currently the head of Apollo Fusion, a high performance maker of satellite thrusters. This is his project following his role as Project Leader for Google's Project Loon. He’s also sold another co (Xfire) to MTV and Direct Hit to Ask Jeeves. If that’s not wild enough he attended the Berklee School of Music, Harvard and MIT. Quite a roll! I hope you enjoy this Look Back as much as I did. All systems go! Now strap it on and hit play! 

Gary Shapiro and CES! The two are seemingly inseparable as he’s been running the amazing trade show every January forever but underneath that linkage Gary is equally navigating innovation and fair trade. Technology and Sustainability and a host of geopolitical stuff. In short he’s seeking balance in a world out of whack and sharing it with the powerful industries he represents as CEO of CTA.In this episode of The Look Back find out why Gary is more excited about this year’s CES than ever > share this share with friends and see you in Las Vegas in January. 

In this new series, Founder Fables, we talk with Martin Mao, the co-founder and CEO of cloud monitoring firm @Chronosphere. Here we talk with startups who have interesting business that deserves watching as well as interesting thoughts on building a successful venture during this unique time. Martin started the the business at the start of Covid and following engineering roles with @Uber, @AWS, @Microsoft and @Google (nice pedigree as one might say). In this Episode we dive into his view of big co experience and then rolling to a startup along with the challenges of raising funding and driving a startup in challenging economic times, competing with giants and leading a co from the engineering side of the house.