A limited-run podcast about how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the day. Hosted by Christie Pitts of Backstage Capital and Peter Rojas of Betaworks Ventures.
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Peter Rojas Podcasts
A Frontier Tech podcast for founders, investors, and curious humans building the future.
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Backstage Capital is venture investment fund that backs underrepresented tech startup founders. Since inception in September 2015, Backstage has deployed nearly $2m into 40+ startups around the U.S. that are led by women, POC, and LGBT founders. This podcast takes you behind the scenes to show you what it's like to build a fund from scratch and give you deep insights into what investors are REALLY looking for. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You might steal a donut. But that'll have nothing to do ...
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Future of AI&ML in Creative Tech w/ Michael Dempsey @ Compound (0004)
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Future of AI&ML in Creative Tech: Machine Learning in Animation, Artificial Intelligence for Creative Studios, Democratization of Machine Learning for Creatives Michael Dempsey is a partner at Compound and invests in frontier technologies such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, machine learning, immersive computing, & AI/ML for creative work which i…
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Future of Audio w/ Matt Hartman @ Betaworks (0003)
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Future of Audio: AirPods as a Platform, Seamless Computing, Voice Assistants, Voice Interfaces, Cochlear Implants, Voice OS, Social Audio Matt Hartman is a partner at Betaworks Ventures. Betaworks invests in companies that change the way we communicate, such as Giphy, Anchor, Gimlet Media, Bitly, Medium, GroupMe, Venmo, Twitter, Kickstarter, and Tu…
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Future of Synthetic Reality w/ Peter Rojas @ Betaworks (0002)
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Peter Rojas was the co-founder of a few very popular technology blogs, including Gizmodo, Engadget, and Joystiq. He also founded the consumer electronics social networking site gdgt. After being acquired by AOL, Peter became VP of Strategy and director of AOL's experimental products group. Now Peter is a partner at Betaworks, a startup studio and s…
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Future of Food with Matt Newberg from HNGRY (0001)
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Matt Newberg is the founder of HNGRY, a media startup exploring the impact of technology on our relationship with food. Matt has spent the past eight years working in tech as an entrepreneur and product manager, most recently at Vimeo. He’s now finally layering on his passion for food to explore the future of food. In this episode we cover: 1. What…
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Hi everyone, welcome to what is likely the final episode of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! We are wrapping up our limited-run podcast with a special bonus episode on tablets. Yes, there were plenty of weird and wonderful tablets from produced in the years before (and even after) the iPad! For this episode we take a look back at Intel's Web Tabl…
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Welcome to Episode 7 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage C…
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Hear about some exciting developments at Backstage directly from Arlan herself.By Backstage Capital
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Welcome to Episode 3 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage C…
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Episode 5: 2007 - The Last Year of Blissful Ignorance
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Welcome to Episode 3 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage C…
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Episode 4 - Special Guest: Jason Gordon (Handspring, Microsoft, Motorola, HTC)
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Welcome to Episode 4 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! On this episode, we have a special guest, Jason Gordon, who worked at Handspring, Microsoft, Motorola and HTC and was on the front lines as smartphones went from barely usable to indispensable. We chat with Jason about what goes into phone development and launches, including the history of …
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Introducing 0G - A new Podcast by Christie Pitts + Peter Rojas
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Peter Rojas loves gadgets and made a career around sharing the stories behind the devices, including vintage mobile phones. Christie Pitts worked on the front lines of consumer device sales at Verizon. Today, they're both VCs investing in startups – Peter at Betaworks, and Christie at Backstage Capital. But, while they look toward the future of tec…
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Episode 3: 2006 - The Year Palm Wanted to Arrest Peter
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Welcome to Episode 3 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage C…
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Episode 2: 2005 - Before the Fyre Festival, Ja Rule was Really Into Phones
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Welcome to the Episode 2 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other.0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstag…
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Episode 1: 2002-2004 - The Misty Dawn of the Smartphone Era
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Welcome to the very first episode of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other.0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at…
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#ArlanWasHere MoveTheDial Global Summit 2018 (with Bea Arthur, The Difference)
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Join a live fireside event that happened November 7, 2018. #MoveTheDial Global Summit in Toronto, Ontario in Canada, brought together incredible tech leaders and influencers dedicated to promoting the participation and leadership of all women in tech.Listen in as Bea Arthur, Founder + CEO at Backstage Headliner The Difference and a Host + Contribut…
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Andrea Barrica shares the story of being raised in a religious, conservative, first-generation Filipino-American family that only taught abstinence to becoming the CEO + Founder of O.school, a non-judgmental source for information on sexuality and dating through medically-accurate videos, articles, and live streams. Greer and Andrea discuss raising…
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Greer interviews Headliner Damola Ogundipe, CEO + Co-founder of Civic Eagle, a political technology company that helps organizations win their policy campaigns with a SaaS platform that’s powered by artificial intelligence — legislative intelligence made simple.Full show notes:https://backstagecapital.com/podcast/civic-eagle/Credits:Executive Produ…
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