Parth Sareen, Founder of LLM monitoring startup Extensible, talks Gen AI, building cool shit, and tech Twitter. Timestamps:  (2:00) - How will AI change UI? Will there even be UI?(9:25) - How did Waterloo shape you? (19:20) - Nature vs Nur

#85 - Jijnes Patel, Product Leader, on Career Pivots, AI, & the Future of Gaming

Feb 22nd, 2024 58m 4s

Back to our regularly scheduled programming with the Next Iteration Podcast! Having the privilege to talk cool ideas with amazing people has always been what we love the most about hosting a platform like this.   On today’s episode, we talk c

#84 - The Return! Catching up, what’s changed, finding purpose, and conversational side quests

Jan 31st, 2024 1h 2m

So, 2023 kinda kicked our ass 😅. And it's weird, usually as we approach the New Year you see a flood of "new year, new me" posts all over your feed — but it felt different this time with 2024. Did you guys feel that too?In place of the usual

#83 - Wallace Torres, Co-founder of WellTheory, on the Autoimmune Epidemic & a Root-cause Approach

May 25th, 2023 59m 43s

Wallace Torres, Co-founder and Head of Ops at WellTheory joins us on the pod today. WellTheory is a virtual care platform dedicated to fighting the autoimmune epidemic and empowering those with “invisible illnesses.”In this episode, we delve

#82 - William, Co-Founder & CTO of Federato, on Building Useful Products & Reinforcement Learning

May 10th, 2023 1h 6m

Back with a Banger. Today's episode follows William's journey from doing Stanford ML Research to founding his startup Federato at age 22. Tune in to learn about how he thinks about building actually useful products with AI, and solving problems

#81- Gabriele Brambilla, CEO of Alira Health, on Leadership, and Work Culture in Europe and the West

Jan 11th, 2023 57m 12s

How can you become a strong and successful leader and inspire an innovative team across a rapidly growing company? As you know, we are on a never-ending mission to build the best iterations of ourselves, and we want to enable you to do the same

#80 - Ray Christian, Product Expert, on the Intersection of AI and Psychedelics

Dec 7th, 2022 58m 32s

Ray Christian's an expert in all things AI, product, and psychedelics. Today we hear his thoughts on the intersection between those spaces, tune in for a thought-provoking conversation that'll make you question your consciousness.DISCOUNT COD

#79 - Leo Polovets, Founder of Susa Ventures, on Measuring Value & Investing for the Future

Oct 14th, 2022 57m 34s

Tune in for an intellectually rigorous conversation about investing, value, and the world's hardest problems.Timestamps: 2:30 - Would Nostradamus make a good VC?6:00 - How’d you go from engineer to VC?22:30 - What are the hardest problems

#78 - Dr. Mai Shimada, on Ketamine Assisted Therapy & Founding as an MD

Sep 7th, 2022 1h 3m

Today’s episode is on ketamine assisted therapy and psychedelics in general, featuring Dr. Mai Shimada, who has completed her MD from the University of Tokyo, an emergency residency in New York City, and her MBA from INSEAD. Find her on Link

#77 - Lulu Cruz, on Cutting Hair and Raising “Carter the Farter”

Jul 20th, 2022 54m 30s

We back with another banger. Listen to Lulu, Fuad's barber, spit some wisdom about life and becoming a fully fledged human beingTimestamps:3:30 - What actually goes down in the barbershop on the backend?12:00 - How’d you get into skateboard

#76 - Florcy Morisset - NFT Consultant, on Web2 vs Web3 & the Bear Market

Jun 1st, 2022 52m 39s

Today’s episode features Florcy, an NFT consultant and expert on all things Web3. Tune in to hear how she’s thinking through the bear market, and why Web3 is uniquely situated to solve so many of our systemic issues.Timestamps: 2:00 - Web1 v

#75 - Introducing MedTalkcracy! ft. Omar Khateeb

May 19th, 2022 49m 9s

Announcing our partnership with Zion Maynard's MedTalkcracy! We're super excited to have Zion aboard to spearhead all things MedTech withing the Next Iteration Platform. Enjoy the first episode of the new MedTalkcracy season, featuring Omar K

#74 - Zion Maynard, Founder of MedTalkcracy, on Biotech and Fitness

May 11th, 2022 54m 54s

Timestamps:3:00 - What is MedTalkcracy’s mission?  10:00 - How has podcasting changed you? 14:00 - When “what if” becomes “what is”, where will you be? 34:00 - Connecting the dots40:00 - Zion roasts Fuad’s workout routineIf you want to le

#73 - On boredom, but it's actually interesting.

Apr 14th, 2022 45m 2s

Boredom is one of those topics that you find people on both sides. But it's also a relatively recent invention - so how much of that is due to people being unable to really understand how to navigate boredom? In fact, what really is boredom the

#72 - Should You Do Grad School?

Mar 31st, 2022 49m 23s

4:15 - What are your options?7:10 - How Damien chose his Master's Program19:35 - Your biggest regret from grad school21:35 - Network? Nah, it’s a COMMUNITY30:45 - Getting into a top MBA program

#71 - Dr. Avasthi, Co-Founder of Arcadia Science, on the Open Science Movement

Mar 9th, 2022 1h 4m

3:30 - Disdain for authority and research9:20 - What is Arcadia Science?20:30 - Open science vs open source software 39:00 - Model organisms and expanding our models49:00 - What is the most important problem facing us in our time?

#70 - Tyler Taaca, Growth APM, on Transitioning to Product & Finding a Career That Fits You

Feb 24th, 2022 53m 3s

Timestamps2:50 - Product Management vs Project Management9:10 - What got you into the product space? 23:00 - Why Spotify is Tyler’s fav product 32:30 - Could a sociopath be a good PM?42:20 - How do you find product market fit with a partner

#69 - Essentialism, Exploration and the Meaning of Life

Feb 10th, 2022 37m 55s

Essentialism can be argued as one of the atomic building blocks of a full life. It unlocks your potential by allowing you to focus on only the most important and high-impact things. Without it, you risk drowning yourself in distractions, flee

#68 - Natalie Arora, Head of Ops, on the Susa Ventures Summer Program

Feb 3rd, 2022 35m 58s

Susa Summer Fellows Application: https://airtable.com/shr66JTPi2nEiJhI1 Timestamps:1:30 - What Susa Ventures does3:15 - Natalie’s Path to VC18:30 - The Susa Summer Fellowship26:00 - Lessons from working at startups31:35 - Why selling dirt

#67 - Patience

Jan 27th, 2022 38m 31s

Our thoughts on the new lockdowns, and how patience truly is one of the best virtues. Timestamps3:20 - Why it’s hard to be patient young14:00 - How patience helps with building habits23:00 - Choosing what to be impatient with31:30 - Openi

#66 - Gratitude During the Holidays

Dec 22nd, 2021 40m 31s

Happy Holidays, Iterators!Timestamps:2:43 - Gratitude turns what we have into enough4:50 - Fuad’s Big Boat Analogy (BBA)11:40 - How do you show people you care about them?24:00 - Dealing with family stress during the holidays32:20 - We m

#65 - Arunie Saldhi, Mental Health Expert, on Supporting Your Friends & Your Own Mental Health

Dec 2nd, 2021 1h 6m

Timestamps:2:30 - How did you get into the mental health space?11:15 - What’s the best way to support a friend going through it?25:40 - Is our mental health as a society getting worse?35:00 - What global learnings can we take to solve menta

#64 - Dr. Qasim Butt, Clinician and Content Creator, on Behaviour Modification

Nov 24th, 2021 54m 1s

Timestamps: 3:20 - What actually helps people change their behaviour?14:20 - Hindsight bias and choosing your specialization as a doctor25:00 - Pivoting out of medicine38:00 - Alzheimers and diabetes43:00 - The path of least resistance

#63 - Darren Larsen, Consultant, Doctor, & Lecturer, on Medicine as an Artform

Nov 12th, 2021 57m 38s

Timestamps2:20 - The role of humility in medicine13:15 - Patient care as an artform27:40 - Leadership in medicine and in life37:20 - What’s blocking medicine from fully embracing tech?43:55 - Halo Health and becoming an angel investor in h

#62 - Riley Finch, Operations at Afore Capital, on Venture, Investing, & Startups

Nov 4th, 2021 53m 23s

Timestamps:2:45 - How geography affects the distribution of resources14:30 - Is the current VC market sustainable?18:55 - Why not all companies need VC29:00 - How did sports eventually put you on the path to getting into VC?40:44 - What fr