What do renowned entrepreneurs Sergey Brin, Tim Sweeney, and Brendan Iribe have in common? They all studied at the University of Maryland! Today on the Campfire podcast, a podcast about impact and innovation from our nation’s capital, host Kh

Christy Wyskiel - A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

Feb 16th, 2021 48m 1s

Today, I'll be interviewing Christy Wyskiel, the Executive Director of Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures and Senior Adviser to the President on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. We'll be talking about how her role in bringing new technology and

Carlos Centeno (MIT Solve) - Can We Crowdsource Solutions to the World's Biggest Challenges?

Feb 3rd, 2021 47m 49s

Can we crowdsource solutions for the world’s biggest challenges? In this episode of Campfire Podcast, a podcast about impact and innovation from our nation’s capital, hosts Khuram Zaman and Adam Motiwala of Fifth Tribe interview Carlos Centeno

Chris Wink (CEO, Technical.ly) - It Takes A Village to Raise A Startup

Jan 6th, 2021 58m 14s

Tune in to Campfire - The Impact and Innovation podcast, with host Khuram Zaman. In this episode, Khuram sits down with Christopher Wink, the CEO of Technical.ly—a publication that covers local tech and startups. The two talk about various issu

Julie Lenzer (Chief Innovation Officer, UMD) - From Epic Games to Epic Innovation

Nov 4th, 2020 37m 27s

On this episode of Campfire – The Impact and Innovation Podcast, host Khuram Zaman of Fifth Tribe is joined by the first Chief Innovation Officer of Maryland University, Julie Lenzer. Listen as he invites her to share her expertise and experien

Christy Wyskiel (Johns Hopkins Tech Ventures) - A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

Oct 7th, 2020 48m 1s

In this episode, guest Christy Wyskiel is invited on to speak about her role in bringing new technology to businesses at Johns Hopkins and the surrounding Baltimore area. Christy provides a brief personal background and talks about how she is a

Dawn Myers - The $87B Business of Black Beauty

Sep 11th, 2020 1h 3m

From Big Law to Sephora, Dawn Meyers career has run the gamut. And while she didn't start out seeking to start a beauty brand, when she saw a real pain point, both in the market and in the lives of Black women, she found a solution by founding

Asif Khan - Games: The Good, The Bad, & the Very Ugly - Gaming and Innovation

Aug 14th, 2020 1h 19m

In this episode, we talk with Asif Khan (CTO of Fifth Tribe) about gaming and how it helped launch innovations in AI and Blockchain on the one hand and may have accidentally spawned the alt-right on the other. Along the way, we'll talk about th

Clare Burnham - From Startups to Starbucks - Innovation at Consumer Brands

Aug 7th, 2020 47m 46s

This podcast was an interview with Clare Burnham, a dynamic, successful entrepreneur and innovator who has a career with startups like Spiritual Gangster and big brand names including Abercrombie and Fitch, LuLu Lemon, Amazon, Starbucks, and Ma

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