Roundtable Recap: May 23 – Ideation Needs Rigor

During this week’s roundtable, we discussed three businesses and a lot of related methodology.

Orykl

First up, Huenu Solsona from Cape Town, South Africa, pitched Orykl, a 2-sided marketplace for spiritual healers.

Global Driver’s Club

Next up, Jay Velayutham from Dallas, Texas, pitched Global Driver’s Club, a concept-stage venture.

eNano Technologies

Then Alex Moreno from Berkeley, California, pitched eNano Technologies, a miniaturized BlueTooth chip.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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