Executive Producer: Giovanni Fumei talkingstartups@wnyu.org "Talking Startups at NYU," hosted by Giovanni Fumei, is a deep dive into the various aspects of turning your insights into a scalable business. We talk to experts, from and around NYU, about innovation, creativity, and doing things that they never thought they’d be able to do. You will get an insider's view into to the excitement and challenges of the world of entrepreneurship. This podcast series is a collaboration between WNYU and ...
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My Wellbeing - Destigmatizing Mental Health Access is Key to Scaling It
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In this episode of Talking Startups, my guest is Alyssa Petersel (Silver '17), founder of My Wellbeing. Her platform is designed to help people find the best therapist according to their needs. We dive into what therapy actually is, and explore the narratives through which we view the world. We talk about trauma, stigma around mental health, and wh…
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Ephemeral - Tattoos You Won't Have Time to Regret
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My guest today Is Joshua Sakhai one of the 4 active co-founders of Ephemeral, a company designing a tattoo ink which disappears over time. This ink is not yet out on the market, as the product is still in the development phase. However, as you will hear the product relies on an ingenious redesign of the ink particles, which break down over time and…
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How to Stumble, Strive, and Succeed in Advertising
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This week we talked with Michael Lebowitz, a guest lecturer at NYUStern, about the pros and cons of building an award-winning advertising agency without a business degree. Additionally we focused on the profound changes that have been occurring through out the advertisement industry in the last 15 years and how Big Spaceship has evolved to negotiat…
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Re-contextualizing Condoms for Gender Equality
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In this episode my guest is Meika Hollander the founder of the female sexual health products 'Sustain Natural'.This feels like quite a timely conversation in the age of #MeToo . We broach topics like how important contraception and female is to closing the gender wage and opportunity gap, as well as the sociological root of the orgasm gap.…
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When Audio Met Digital: How Audible Leveraged the Perfect Union
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This week we talked with Guy Story, Founding CTO at Audible, about what happened in the 80s when audio met digital, and how Audible made audiobooks a thing. If you want to hear more about the human stories which underpin some of todays biggest startups follow us here on Soundcloud or in the Itunes app.…
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Kunal Mehta - Disruption, Failure, and Hardships of an Entrepreneur’s Life
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“Season 2, episode 3 of #TalkingStartups #Podcast: We talked with Kunal Mehta, author of the book Disruptors and Venture Associate at the NYU venture fund, about why failing is essential and inescapable in any startup. He reminds us to fail fast and learn quickly.Av NYU Entrepreneurial Institute
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Season 2, episode 2 of TalkingStartups Podcast: Founder of the beauty product company EOS, Jonathan Teller, talks about identifying a market opportunity to re-inventing the common lip balm. Hear his philosophy on the risks & rewards of innovating in the beauty industry.Av NYU Entrepreneurial Institute
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ShopDrop - The Journey to Taking Risks and Helping You Look Good
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For this weeks episode we are talking to Estee Goldschmidt, the founder of ShopDrop. She founded this company when she discovered how exciting it is was to save money shopping at sample sales. She wanted to share that high with others so she founded a platform with which users can find sample sales in their area. We also explore how she has learnt …
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