This SpotClub Live we featured Tyler Menezes. Tyler is currently the Executive Director at CodeDay, a non-profit that is helping students find their place in technology. Tyler has recently received a notable mention on Forbes 30 under 30 as executive director of CodeDay. His programming journey began when he discovered a book on programming. He was interested not in programming, but in  the idea of building something cool. He went on to drop out of college to found a startup and go through startup accelerator Y Combinator, before becoming Executive Director at CodeDay. Since then, he has helped many students discover a passion in tech. We discussed a hypothetical new education system, the importance of diversity in tech, and more.TwitterLinkedIn

This SpotClub Live we featured Akash Chauhan, a three-time Elon Musk employee, a passionate builder, and a driven engineer. At a young age, Akash was tinkering with everything and anything he could get his hands on. That turned into a career as a mechanical engineer at The Boring Company, a manufacturing engineer at Redwood Materials, a starship launch intern at SpaceX, and a new programs engineer at Tesla, all before the age of 21. Akash is driven by the opportunity to build and technologies that change this world, demonstrating the true spirit of innovation. We discussed Akash's experiences with these companies, a future world where robots and humankind coexist, and more. LinkedIn

This SpotClub Live we featured Marian Thomas Semerdjian, an expert in adtech, marketing, data analysis, and sales/lead production. Through working at New Line Cinema, Yahoo, Buzzfeed, and Zynga, Marian has learned all about data, including the good and the bad. We discussed the impacts of data today, including how it may have even had an effect on the recent war in the region between Armenia and Azerbaijan known as Artsakh.  InstagramLinkedIn

Brian Femminella founded SoundMind after witnessing friends in the military and other communities experience trauma, anxiety, and mental illnesses. SoundMind is an audio therapy application that utilizes psychologically proven soothing sounds, and a machine learning algorithm, to help calm and soothe individuals with these struggles. Brian is also serving in the military and pursuing a degree in cybersecurity at the University of Southern California. He previously worked at the United Nations and US House of Representatives. In this episode, we discuss Brian's journey, mental health and its intersection with software, therapy, and the future of SoundMind. 

Taron Lizagub is the founder of Knoxlabs, a virtual reality marketspace. In this SpotClub Live, we experienced what it was like to record and attend a meeting in VR using his virtual office app NokNok. Taron shares his belief that the future of virtual reality is in mixed and augmented reality, describes a vision in which humans can communicate and interact with the world with mere thoughts, and more.

Stedman Cleveland, an ex Product Manager at Mopro, Playboy Enterprises, the Oprah Winfrey Network, and FreshRealm is creating a new sustainable model for the repurposing and reusing of clothing items via his company, Aura. The waste in the fashion industry is huge and e-commerce is only perpetuating this tremendous problem. Aura rethinks the online approach to clothing by creating a more sustainable model, placing a product's story at the center of attention rather than the brand.

As the capabilities of software advance, the methods to learn languages have changed and will change. Some game changers have already been created, for example Duolingo, which recently had its IPO. Ara Ghougassian, co-founder of Fluent, discusses how Fluent seeks to change how people think of language learning by integrating it in their daily activities: learning while listening to an audiobook, surfing the web, watching a Netflix show, or listening to a curated Spotify playlist.  Fluent will be the most focused language learning company in this vertical problem space, opting to concentrate on the language learning industry over expanding into multiple EdTech challenges. LinkedInTwitterFluent

Eric Zhu is passionate about the opportunity to build. At 13 years old this Carmel, Indiana local has been part of the educational technology industry both as a marketing specialist and CEO. He has leveraged the internet as a tool to empower him at a young age working with talented young founders across the globe. Eric is now working on his next stealth startup with hopes it will take off. Check out more about Eric at the below sources. LinkedInTwitter

Caitlyn Lubas, an ex-Instagram employee and NYU graduate, left her Silicon Valley job to pursue her life as a digital nomad and travel startup founder. Caitlyn has a passion to empower anyone to travel to new places and experience these areas authentically. Above all, she believes “you are where you go,” which led her to write her book with the same name, You Are Where You Go, publishing it with the hope of inspiring individuals to expand their mindset beyond the city or country they are from. Learn more about her at the following resources. Instagram Facebook TwitterLinkedInBook 

Justin and Esteban are the founders of Project Unicorn. On a personal level they value sincerity, handwork, and are pushing to build the next unicorn. Project Unicorn is on a mission to create an exclusive social platform for ambitious startup founders and only the best investors. This will help create a value-adding application that ensures the highest quality in its users, providing a platform that will connect people who would have otherwise never met.  If you are an investor or a startup entrepreneur interested in beta testing Project Unicorn, follow the resources below. ProjectUnicorn WaitlistSocials:InstagramTwitterLinkedIn