You Say Data, I Say Dayta

Tap into the wisdom of Lance Cayko as he shares invaluable insights gleaned from navigating the worlds of architecture and entrepreneurship, offering inspiration for aspiring innovators.Links mentioned in the episode:F9 Productions

In the latest installment, I chat with Denzil Eden, the founder of Smarty about entrepreneurship, AI, and what it takes to be a founder. Denzil is the founder of Smarty. Smarty is a venture-backed startup, and it is the intelligent companion for the busy professional. The company helps you find focus, combat overwhelm, & plan perfect days using AI. Previously, she was a PM and software developer at Microsoft while also doubling as an adjunct lecturer for computer science at Foothill Community College and San Francisco State University. Denzil has a Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering and a Masters in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, both from MIT. Resources mentioned in episode:SmartyFigma Open AI conference

In this episode, I chat with Thierry Tremblay, the CEO of Kohezion, a leading low-code platform designed to democratize the development of database applications. He's on a mission to prove that you don't need deep coding skills to effectively manage data. Under his guidance, Kohezion has carved out a niche for itself by offering an intuitive, customizable solution that enables users to build their own applications without coding.In addition to steering Kohezion, Thierry contributes to the wider tech community by mentoring emerging entrepreneurs. At his core, Thierry is dedicated to simplifying technology for businesses of every size, ensuring they can leverage powerful tools to streamline their operations without getting bogged down in complexity.

Robert Hodges is CEO of Altinity, which helps enterprises build real-time analytics using ClickHouse. He has been working on databases as well as the applications that use them since the early 1980s. The journey included Sybase and Oracle in the 1990s, MySQL and PostgreSQL in the early 2000s, followed by analytic databases starting in 2010. Robert's technical interests include distributed systems, open source software, and Kubernetes. He is stoked to be part of the next wave of technology based on open source analytic databases. It's a privilege to help users discover creative new uses for data and technology!

In this episode, I have a lovely conversation with Sean Languedoc about the successes and challenges of building and leading businesses.Sean Languedoc has built or led 5 companies in technology over a 30 year career. 2 wins 2 losses and 1 that's winning now. He's an angel investor and mentor to many. His latest venture OUTFORCE DOT AI helps companies get the best matching outsource agencies and not get fooled by outsourcing agencies that promise the world. In this episode he gives away the secrets of how and when to outsource and how and when NOT to outsource. 

In the latest episode, I speak with Beate Chelette about how authority figures and ideas develop through data. Beate Chelette is the Growth Architect and founder of The Women’s Code. She creates strategies, designs process maps and blueprints for visionaries and leaders who want to maximize their profits and scale their impact.A first-generation immigrant who found herself $135,000 in debt as a single parent, Beate bootstrapped her passion for photography into a highly-successful global business and eventually sold it to Bill Gates in a multimillion-dollar deal.She is “One of 100 Top Global Thought Leaders in 2021” by PeopleHum and “One of 50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs by HuffPost. She is the author of the #1 International Award Winning Amazon Bestseller “Happy Woman Happy World – How to Go from Overwhelmed to Awesome”Recent clients include Amazon, Chevron, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, the Women’s Legislative Caucus of Cal State University Dominguez Hills, the Greater Los Angeles Realtor Association, Advertising Agency TracyLocke and thousands of small businesses.Resources mentioned in the show:InstagramFacebookLinkedInTwitterBeate's websiteBeate's podcast

Data is changing the construction industry too! In this episode, I chat with April Moss, the COO and Co-founder of DigiBuild, a Y Combinator-backed construction software company. The company has one of the largest, sustainable, and global supplier networks. It uses AI to help customers save vast sums of money and precious time. Resources mentioned in the episode:ICSConstruction Technology InstituteHUD

In this episode, I chat with Kevin Marcus about the many pieces of data used in marketing. We cover many concepts such as probabilistic and deterministic models, correlating IP addresses with a timestamp, mobile IDs, data wrangling, among many others!Kevin is the co-founder and CTO of Versium. A serial entrepreneur, Kevin is a technical evangelist with 20 years experience architecting highly scalable commerce and database systems. He is an advisory board member and alumni of University of California-Riverside.

Analytics is changing everything - even golf! Don't believe it, listen to this episode!If you are not a golf fan and have never picked up a club in your life, that doesn't matter. This edition will give you perspective on how the sport can be systematized and analyzed with statistics and Python.In the latest installment, I chat with co-founders and brothers, Matt and Will Courchene about their site, data golf, that is transforming the sport!Matt and Will Courchene grew up just outside Ottawa, Canada spending their winters playing hockey and their summers playing golf. They were both studying Economics in graduate school when they began applying their statistics skillset to PGA Tour data for fun. At first they posted the occasional blog post to a simple wordpress site, but it has since evolved into the data-driven golf analytics website known as datagolf.com.

You are probably wondering about Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, and their impact on you, your business, and the world. In this episode, I chat with Paul Blankley and Ryan Janssen about LLMs, AI, and the semantic layer - where they were in the past, what they are doing today, and their impact on our future.Paul and Ryan are the Co-founders of Zenlytic, the world’s first self-serve BI tool. Paul is the Co-founder / CTO of Zenlytic, a self-serve BI tool that uses LLMs to provide a simple chat interface to complex business data. He's worked in data for 7+ years and is passionate about all things data and AI. He has a master's from Harvard in Data Science, and he lives in Denver, CO, where he spends his free time snowboarding, running, and rock climbing.Ryan is the CEO of Zenlytic. Prior to co-founding Zenlytic, he worked as a software engineer and a venture capitalist and private equity investor.  He has a masters degree from Harvard in computational science and an MBA from Oxford.  Fun fact: Ryan has lived in 4 countries across 3 continents.Other Resources Mentioned in the Episode:Finding Asteroids Down the Back of the Couch: A Novel Approach to the Minor Planet Linking ProblemOffice of Planetary DefenseAttention is All You Need WhitepaperChelyabinsk EventSemantic Layer ExplainedLump of Labor Fallacy

Data is becoming more and more and more prevalent.In this episode, I chat with Dr. Gordon Chiu about how data uncovers many mysteries of life.Dr. Gordon Chiu completed Wharton’s Advanced Management Program and Harvard’s Business Analytics Program during the latter part of 2022, and co-founded his startup Phenegra  in February of 2023.  Gordon is pleased to share that Phenegra has won the 2023 Global Tough Technology Prize in the Harvard Business School Alumni New Venture Competition.  HBS regards Tough Tech ventures as those working on transformative technology that solves the world’s most important challenges through the convergence of breakthrough science, engineering, and leadership.  While his pitch presentation was notably unconventional, Gordon’s technology is undeniable.  Phenegra will initially commercialize Dr. Chiu’s discovery of reactive graphene as Graphalt, an asphalt additive that improves the durability, bonding, and oil retention of conventional asphalt.  This new asphalt composite is proven to be an effective material for making enduring pothole repairs.  With the unrelenting proliferation of potholes, dump-and-go temporary repairs, and the emergence of electric vehicles that are more than 30% heavier than their gasoline and diesel counterparts, Graphalt will play a significant role in reinforcing transportation infrastructure and mitigating soil, water and air pollution from desiccated asphalt worldwide.

AI is changing everything at a very rapid pace - the online knowledge base, image production, and white collar jobs. In this episode, I chat with Edward Sturm, a serial founder and growth marketing influencer who lives the slomad life. We cover a lot - blockchain, ether, centralized bank digital currencies (CBDC), and how ChatGPT could be the biggest innovation since the iPhone.  Most importantly, we talk about how you can hedge against AI.  How to connect with Edward:TikTok - @build_in_publicTwitter - @showprogressInstagram  - edward.buildsYouTube - @buildinpublic

Learn how you can change your life by using your own personal KPIs. The key is not the knowledge, but how you implement it in your life.In this episode, I chat with Kimberley Spencer about how she uses data to change lives. She works with clients to make a lasting impact, break on through to the other side, and live how they want.She is an award-winning high-performance, trauma-informed coach and trainer, Amazon best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and the founder of CrownYourself.comShe helps visionary leaders transform their self-limiting stories, build their empire, stand out fearlessly, and make the income and the impact they deserve.

Improved data, analysis, and integration are improving the lending market with real-time processing, up-to-date statements, and everything in one place. In this episode, I chat with Anurag Angara, the Head of Product at Canopy.After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill with a degree in Business Administration and as a self-taught programmer, he started his career as a consultant at EY working in the financial space. Since then he worked at various startups focused on the intersection of finance and technology - as a software developer, product manager, and founder. In 2020, he joined Canopy as employee number four and has spent the last three years helping the team build a unique and differentiated product. Canopy has the most flexible system of record for operators of great lending programs at scale. 

Through the adoption of AI,  the expanded use of technology, and the application of data, digital health investors are making healthcare more accessible, affordable, and easier for everyone involved - from the patients to those administering the care. In this episode, I chat with Justin Norden, Partner at GSR Ventures, who invests in digital health companies.Prior to GSR Ventures, he was CEO and co-founder of Trustworthy AI which was acquired by Waymo. Additionally, he worked on the healthcare team at Apple, co-founded Indicator - an NLP based platform for biopharma decision making, and helped start the Stanford Center for Digital Health. As an academic he is an award winning machine learning and bioinformatics researcher with 20+ publications. Finally, Justin is a former professional athlete and 3x world champion in ultimate frisbee. Justin received his MD from Stanford University School of Medicine, MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Master of Philosophy in Computational Biology from the University of Cambridge, and BA in Computer Science from Carleton College.

Learn about how successful entrepreneurs create and build amazing companies!  In this episode, I chat with Dan Simpkins, a very successful 3x founder, about using data and developing technology - technology that you use everyday!  Dan is a serial tech entrepreneur who also holds 20+ U.S. patents. His first two start-ups were acquired by public companies.   In his current venture, Dwellwell Analytics, Dan had an idea to use his vast expertise in sensing technology to create the first comprehensive "check engine light" for the home. 

Find out how SEO really works and what you need to do to improve your website rankings. SEO Optimizers is a digital marketing firm that generates leads and increases sales for clients. In this episode I chat with Brandon Leibowitz, owner of SEO Optimizers, about this fascinating topic. https://seooptimizers.com/https://www.youtube.com/c/BrandonLeibowitz/videoshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonleibowitz/https://www.instagram.com/leibowitzbrandon/https://www.facebook.com/BrandonLeibshttps://twitter.com/brandonleibshttps://seooptimizers.buzzsprout.com/

If you run a service based business this episode is a must-listen! Goals to Results focuses on getting better outcomes for its clients. In this episode I shoot the breeze with owner of Goals to Results, Dennis Riley, about running businesses and making them better through data.  

Data from satellites is very important for all of us users back on terra ferma.  EOSDA is launching the first of many satellites in November that will focus specifically on the agricultural sector.  In this episode I chat with Oleksandr Dzhevaga about the story behind this fascinating endeavor! 

NFTs (non fungible tokens) is an acronym that you hear a lot these days!  Community is a large part of the NFT landscape and in this episode, I chat with Arvin Khamseh, an expert marketer of NFTs, about that community and the NFT market.Connect with ArvinTwitterLinkedIn