
Profiles in Innovation - Juan Giraldo
Profiles in Innovation features Juan Giraldo, serial entrepreneur and CEO & co-founder of Waku, sharing his journey building mission-driven ventures and leading innovation in the Spark program.

Hosted by Brandeis Innovation · EN · 21 episodes
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Innovation starts with a spark—and this podcast brings it to life. The Brandeis Innovation Podcast shares stories of curiosity, creativity, and courage from entrepreneurs, researchers, and changemakers connected to Brandeis University. Tune in for real-world insights, lessons learned, and the ideas shaping what’s next.
Brandeis Innovation hosts The Brandeis Innovation Podcast, a business show with 21 episodes published.

Profiles in Innovation features Juan Giraldo, serial entrepreneur and CEO & co-founder of Waku, sharing his journey building mission-driven ventures and leading innovation in the Spark program.

In this Profiles in Innovation episode, Gianna Everette delves into the origins and mission of InBite, an app designed to foster connections and community among students and young adults through shared mealtime experienc

Tune in to hear Prof. Timothy Hickey discuss his journey in research and innovation, and how he fosters collaboration between academic ideas and practical solutions.

In this Profiles in Innovation episode, Sara Motoyama discusses automating cognitive test scoring with machine learning to make research faster, more accurate, and more accessible.

Sara Landa shares insights from her journey launching Tulum Charters — a yacht charter company — and the strategies that helped her grow it profitably without heavy overhead.

In this Profiles in Innovation episode, Prof. Stephen Van Hooser discusses the NDI Cloud project — a solution for sharing and managing complex neuroscience data to accelerate research collaboration.

A Profiles in Innovation interview with Eric Moyal, founder of Project Insulin, on developing a nonprofit approach to producing and distributing affordable insulin and addressing systemic barriers to essential medicine a

A Profiles in Innovation episode featuring Yuxuan Zhang, part of Brandeis Innovation’s series highlighting innovators and their stories.

How can make sure that you create a product that customers will love? Eyal Cohen, Brandeis undergraduate and founder of the startup Pool learned how to use a technique called customer discovery to validate his business i

In this Profiles in Innovation episode, Sam Aronson, founder of Tree for the Taking, shares his journey building sustainable guitars from invasive trees and transforming the music instrument industry.

Douglass Guernsey, MBA '22, is on a mission to transform the way we use non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Rather than an instrument of financial investment or speculation, Douglass sees NFTs as a tool to validate social action

As far as innovative inventions go, you’ll be hard pressed to find such an interesting, diverse portfolio as Dan Perlman’s. With over a 100 US and international patents (published and pending), Dan’s work spans decades o

Heller graduate and SparkTank winner Alison Elliott has long had a dream of combining her dual passions for sustainability and delicious, original recipes. Starting with a blog, her brand The Farmer Foodie grew during he

Undergraduate student Daniel Hariyanto looks to address a challenge not too unfamiliar for him – Alzheimer’s disease. A co-founder of his startup company Mobile Memory, Daniel has developed an app that detects early sign

A thought-provoking episode of the Onye Podcast exploring real-world experiences, ideas, and insights in an engaging audio discussion.

PhD candidate Adrianna Shy is proactively involved at the forefront of medicinal health research – developing therapeutic solutions for treating human diseases such as Alzheimer’s. A participant of the I-Corps program, A

Ben Pockros is in the MD/MBA program at Tufts and Brandeis Universities, while also launching an app that helps students navigate their health insurance options. And you thought you were busy! Find out how this student i

Brandeis University SparkTank competition winner Mariam Serag had a classic problem - standing all day in high heels is painful and tiring. Being an entrepreneur, she had her own solution to a common problem: start a foo

Inspiring insights on collaboration, innovation, and collective problem-solving from a Brandeis Innovation session.

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The Brandeis Innovation Podcast is hosted by Brandeis Innovation. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 21 episodes.
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