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Binary to Billions unveils the human stories behind technology's greatest successes, exploring the journeys of visionary leaders who've transformed from humble beginnings into category-defining companies. Join host Rob Scott as he discovers the pivotal moments, tough decisions, and invaluable lessons that shape both technological breakthroughs and the people behind them.
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In this conversation, Craig reflects on his unconventional path from law to venture capital, before being dropped into his first CEO role during the depths of the dot-com crash. Tasked with effectively shutting down a failing VoIP company, he instead rebuilt it from the ground up - cutting costs, reinventing the business model, and ultimately selling the company to Yahoo. That hard-won experience set the foundation for what came next: founding GrandCentral, the startup that would later become...
Join host Rob Scott as he sits down with Vasili Triant, CEO of UJET and a long-time builder at the intersection of cloud communications, contact centers, and customer experience. From the early days of IP telephony to today’s rapidly converging CX, CRM, and AI landscapes, Vasili’s career offers a front-row seat to multiple technology inflection points. In this wide-ranging conversation, Vasili reflects on his unconventional path into entrepreneurship, scaling businesses inside fast-growing co...
Join host Rob Scott as he sits down with Michael Walrath, pioneering digital advertising entrepreneur and current CEO of Yext. Their sweeping conversation spans the dot-com boom, the rise of programmatic advertising, and the tectonic shifts reshaping marketing in the AI era. From selling banner ads in the 1990s to building the world’s first at-scale ad exchange, Michael’s story is one of vision, timing, and relentless reinvention. In this candid chat, Michael reflects on the leadership lesson...
Join host Rob Scott as he sits down with Kirin Sinha,founder of Illuminix - the company behind the perception stack powering the next generation of XR, wearables, and physical AI. From entering MIT at 16 to building one of the world’s most advanced computer vision startups, Kirin’s journey is a masterclass in intellectual curiosity and fearless innovation. In this far-ranging conversation, she reflects on the transition from academia to entrepreneurship, the early days of developing mobile AR...
Welcome to Binary to Billions, where we explore the human stories behind technology's greatest success stories. In this episode, host Rob Scott sits down with Danny Jenkins, co-founder and CEO of ThreatLocker, whose extraordinary journey from bullied school dropout to cybersecurity pioneer embodies the power of turning adversity into innovation. Danny's story begins in Telford, where he was bullied and dropped out at age 15, teaching himself to code and writing scripts to delete his bullies' ...
Join host Rob Scott for an inspiring conversation with Ifty Nasir, the visionary founder and CEO of Vestd who literally created an entire industry category. Born in Bradford to immigrant parents in a cramped terrace house with nine siblings, Ifty's remarkable journey took him from teenage hustler selling refurbished sewing machines to becoming one of the youngest Vice Presidents at BP, before making the bold decision to walk away from corporate success. That leap of faith led to Vestd - the U...
In this episode, host Rob Scott sits down with Ray Nolan, the Irish tech legend who turned college dropout into billion-pound business builder—all without venture capital. Ray's story demolishes Silicon Valley mythology with cold, hard pragmatism and customer-funded growth. Starting as a self-taught programmer who abandoned electrical engineering, Ray stumbled from telephone billing software into the global hospitality empire that became Hostelworld. His unconventional approach? Skip the Powe...
What does it take to transform from a young immigrant surviving on dollars a day to building one of America's most successful unified communications companies? In this powerful episode of Binary to Billions, we sit down with Tomas Gorny, founder and CEO of Nextiva, whose extraordinary journey embodies the American entrepreneurial dream. Born in communist Poland where his village had just one telephone, Tomas dreamed of America from age seven. His father's gift of a secondhand Atari computer s...
Join host Rob Scott as he sits down with Mark Bunnell, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Nuwave Communications Inc., for an inside look at building and scaling a telecommunications company in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. Mark shares his entrepreneurial journey from the early vision that sparked Nuwave Communications to the operational challenges of growing a telecom business in an industry dominated by established giants. Discover how he and his co-founders identified m...
Join host Rob Scott for an extraordinary conversation with Michael Tessler, the visionary co-founder and former CEO of BroadSoft who literally created the Unified Communications-as-a-Service industry. In 1998, while others focused on hardware, Michael saw the future: enterprise communications would shift to software delivered over the internet. Discover how he and co-founder Scott Hoffpauir grew BroadSoft from humble beginnings into a global powerhouse serving 50 million users across 80 count...
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