They Make Me Smarter

They Make Me Smarter Podcast

Do you know many people who had planned the best things that happened to them? For most of us, golden opportunities are seen as an unexpected reward. Luck is important, of course, but what is luck? As they say, serendipity pays visits to open and prepared minds. Defeats and successes are not so different. What is important is how we cope with the situation to turn it to our advantage.

  • 16 minutes 3 seconds
    Jump into the future with Varun Jain interviewed by Sylvie Gendreau for They Make Me Smarter
    The Future of Autonomous cars and Robotics with Varun Jain interviewed by Sylvie Gendreau for They Make Me Smarter at Startupfest
    17 August 2017, 4:19 pm
  • 19 minutes 47 seconds
    Varun Jain interviewed by Sylvie Gendreau for They Make Me Smarter
    Varun Jain is the Head of Early-Stage Fund of Qualcomm Ventures. In this episode, he shares what was disruptive for the last three years in the autonomous vehicles. Varun leads Qualcomm Ventures' Early Stage Fund, focused on Seed and Series A opportunities in IoT, AI, Robotics and AR/VR. In 2017, Varun Jain was recognized as one among the global top 20 Rising Stars in the corporate venture industry by Global Corporate Venturing. In this episode, he told us how Qualcomm Ventures became the third investor in Cruise, the startup sold to GM for over 1B$ seventeen months ago.
    8 August 2017, 6:41 pm
  • 11 minutes 40 seconds
    Interview-2 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS005
    Interview-2 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS005 by They Make Me Smarter Podcast
    12 July 2017, 4:37 pm
  • 15 minutes 58 seconds
    Interview-1 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS004
    Interview-1 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS004 by They Make Me Smarter Podcast
    9 July 2017, 9:17 pm
  • 22 minutes 30 seconds
    What happens when you fail? Interview of Robert Pragal by Sylvie Gendreau, TFS003
    Robert meets a lot of people these days who got discouraged when thinks don't work out. They expect that everything they do will work out right away. NO, NO, NO, he said! Failure is the only way to learn.
    6 July 2017, 12:15 am
  • 16 minutes 38 seconds
    Make the problem visible. Interview of Robert Pragai by Sylvie Gendreau, TFS-002
    Learn the 21st century skills with Robert Pragai, a creative expert in problem-solving.
    26 June 2017, 2:26 pm
  • 19 minutes 17 seconds
    What to do when you get bored? Interview of Robert Pragai by Sylvie Gendreau-TFS00 1
    The conversation with Robert took almost three hours, from which I edited three episodes of 20 minutes. The first one is about his life story from which we learn how our personality and the events of our life can help us to draw a learning path to grow. The second episode, Make The Problem Visible, is about the new skills we need to learn to survive and succeed in today world. Finally, the third episode, What happens when you fail, is about tips and mind tricks to get things done and learned from our past failures. What makes Robert special? He gets bored easily. He needs to be stimulated ALL THE TIME to pay attention and be operational. For him, to be creative is not an option, it's a way of living!
    15 May 2017, 6:52 pm
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