Karthik Manimozhi is CEO at RentMoola, delves into a powerful opportunity for FinTech to make a difference for those facing eviction by their landlord.
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Sramana Mitra: Speaking about disinformation and harmful-to-society information, the COVID misinformation is also equally dangerous.
Wasim Khaled: There’re a lot of complexities that go into the decision-making process in social media platforms where the line between freedom of speech and censorship lies. That’s going to be a contentious topic that pushes into regulation on the social platform as we go forward in the next six months to a year.
>>>I’ve always been bullish about niche e-commerce. Here’s the story of an entrepreneur who has successfully bootstrapped a company in high-end light fixtures, Elite Fixtures CEO Steven Annese,
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?
Steven Annese: I’m a child of an Italian immigrant. I was born in New Jersey. It was in the 70s when most of the Italians migrated.
The current pandemic conditions coupled with other social issues in the country have resulted in businesses driving focus on business continuity. Emergency notifications provider Everbridge (Nasdaq: EVBG) is a provider of a Critical Event Management platform to study ad hoc data feeds and correlate threats with locations of assets and people to ensure a rapid and comprehensive incident assessment and remediation.
>>>Karthik Manimozhi: COVID has created some real structural and institutional issues. Certain sections of the population are disproportionately affected by COVID than others. What we’ve seen is three waves hitting the rental market.
>>>This is a fascinating story of a Ukrainian entrepreneur bootstrapping her CRM Software company to global scale. We’re thrilled to bring you Creatio (formerly BPMOnline) CEO Katherine Kostereva’s inspiring and super intelligent entrepreneurial journey.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s get going. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? Let’s go to the very beginning of your personal journey.
Katherine Kostereva: I was born in Ukraine. Since childhood, I’ve been traveling a lot and visited many countries worldwide. I graduated in 1999 with a Bachelors in Computer Science. Shortly after that, I got my MBA. Even from high school, I was obsessed with technology. I was thinking of the ways to transform business through technology. Technology has always attracted me.
Fake news and misinformation is playing havoc with modern society. This conversation delves into the depths of the issues.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s have you introduce yourself as well as Blackbird.ai.
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