Check out this month’s timely podcast with film composer and creator, Carlo Siliotto. We talk about co-creation; the music supporting the storyline. The Writers Guild of America strike that began on May 2, 2023 continues as of the date of the release of this podcast. You can listen into Carlo’s soundbites on AI in the creative process, the economics of residuals and governance as a committee member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Carlo Siliotto is a Golden Globe nominated Film composer.  Since 1984 he has written music for over a hundred projects, ranging from theatrical features to documentaries and television series. Carlo is a prolific composer of concert music.. Carlo currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.  See you in the Founders Sandbox!

On this episode of The Founder's Sandbox, our host, Brenda McCabe speaks with Rushabh Mehta- CEO and Founder of MatchbookAI. They speak about Resilience: creating a new category by filling unmet needs with a new Data category. Rushabh shares his point of view on the primary challenges faced today in large enterprises, including latency, high costs associated with how data is used across enterprises and the control of the data.   You can find out more about MatchbookAI or contact Rushabh at: [email protected] https://campain.matchbookai.com  

On today's episode of The Founder's Sandbox, our host Brenda McCabe speaks with Min-Yi Shih. Min- Yi has a background in Physics and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, (quantum optoelectronics field aka laser, etc), got his MBA from UCLA, prior CTO, COO and GM in the R&D, defense, medical and communication equipment industries, angel investor and more recently advisor to early-stage founders and academics in the deep tech space.  Brenda and Min-Yi speak about “intrapreneurship through the lens of a scientist solving nonlinear equations”; How his journey started as a Research scientist at GE Global Research – where he considered himself an individual contributor; soon evolved to an individual enabler as a program manager, and eventually as an organizational “sherpa “guide for startups and academic institutions. You can find out more or connect with Min-Yi on his linkedin page at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/min-yi-shih-86506a3/

On today's episode of The Founder's Sandbox, our host Brenda McCabe speaks with Lisa Greer Quateman – Corporate Board member, recently retired Attorney, and advocate of a greater presence for legal expertise on Boards of Directors. They speak about “Enhancing resilience and supporting good governance by tapping legal expertise“- how to incorporate legal practices into your startup to enhance the governing principles of your company. You can contact Lisa or find out more about her at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-greer-quateman/ https://www.directorsandboards.com/articles/singlemy-board-journey-lisa-greer-quateman [email protected]  

For our third Women's History Month special podcast, Brenda McCabe speaks with Martha Gamboa; CEO and Founder of Frendii. Martha shares how a personal journey of health and wellness led to building Frendii- a technology startup developing a solution for women over 50 to build community and facilitate frequent social and human connections. You can find out more about Martha and Frendii at: https://frendii.com linkedin.com/in/martha-gamboa  

On this episode of The Founder's Sandbox, Brenda speaks with Veronica Parmar. Veronica manages and teaches at a Pilates studio in the greater Los Angeles area, where her diverse client list includes professional athletes, entertainment personalities, seniors, and those recovering from injuries.  With her deep understanding and passion of the Pilates work, she is able to inspire her clients to gain flexibility, strength and body awareness.  Veronica wants to expand her instruction to other aspects including guest teaching, workshops and Pilates retreats. You can find out more about Veronica or contact her at: www.pilateswithveronica.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-parmar/  [email protected]  

Today our host, Brenda McCabe, speaks with Betsy Berkhemer Credaire. Betsy is an advocate, author, and search professional, CEO and President.  Her retained executive seach firm, Berkhemer Clayton Inc., has celebrated 28 years in business. The retained executive search firm specializes in senior-level national and regional searches with diversity focus for Corporate Boards, Communications & Marketing, Finance & Investor Relations, for client corporations, universities and large nonprofit organizations.  Additionally, 50/50 Women on Boards is the only national campaign to educate and enable more women to serve on corporate boards of directors, and encourage companies to seek and select women.  She's also author of two books, "Winning the Board Game" and "The Board Game--How Smart Women Become Corporate Directors" You can find out more about betsy at www.berkhemerclayton.com. and her book "Winning the Board Game" or find her on linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsyberkhemercredaire/

On this episode of The Founder's Sandbox, Brenda McCabe speaks to Brian MacMahon of Expert DOJO. Brian specializes in helping entrepreneurs become more successful in their business by using all the tools available as owner of the largest peer to peer peak performance academy in the world. Expert DOJO improves the success rate of early-stage entrepreneurs with investment, foundation, showcasing, influence, and community.   You can reach Brian at : [email protected] https://expertdojo.com/

On this episode of The Founder's Sandbox, Brenda McCabe speaks with Enrique Serrano, founder of B5Tec, about how his company combines organic chemistry coupled with manufacturing at scale. You can find out more about B5Tec and Enrique at https://b5tec.com/ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_23_232 https://www.linkedin.com/in/enriqueserranodorado/ https://b5tec.com/b5tec-at-final-phase-of-bloomberg-bnef-pioneers/