Eilon Reshef, Co-founder and CTO at Gong, talks about his conversational intelligence platform for helping sales teams converse more effectively. Gong was founded founded in 2015 and has raised $26 million in investment. Eilon also reflects on AI and data ownership.

“I can’t recall a King who suddenly decided he doesn’t want to be a King anymore …. Kings are gonna take as much tax as they can and these guys are gonna take as much of our privacy as they can.”

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Rick Stollmeyer is Co-founder and CEO at MINDBODY, the largest platform on the planet for the health and wellness industry. He started this in his garage in 2001. Rick feels people have a duty of care to themselves, their loved ones and society to improve their own health. The emotional, personal time, productivity and financial hit caused by unnecessarily shortened healthspans is enormous. This episode is a little different for a couple of reasons. It’s the only company in series 1 over a decade old – post IPO with a market value of $2 Billion. The interview was conducted just offstage in the WebSummit before Rick was about to speak – so watch out for the abrupt end!

“Everything in life gets better when you take care of yourself.”

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Polina Montano, Co-Founder & COO, explains why she set up Job Today, which sets out to bring new levels of efficiency and immediacy to hiring across high staff-turnover industries like retail and hospitality. Job Today launched it’s viral app in 2015, and has raised $65 million for it’s mission already. She talks about the ‘crazy’ invisible offline nature of local jobs, video cover letters and the increasing need for companies to focus on developing a positive internal culture.

“We really believe that people are much more than their resumes“

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Nicolas Dessaigne, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, chats about Algolia, his platform for building search into your business. Algolia was founded founded in 2012 and has raised $74 million in investment. He discusses the importance of APIs, conversational interfaces and a special focus on developer experience. Nicolas is obsessed with promoting a positive company culture and he believes in always striving for authenticity.

“Sometimes when you have a problem or a bug, it’s an opportunity to shine … you need to care about the culture you create“

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