Youcollective Pathmakers Podcast

KindWorks.AI improves well-being through Kindness and technology. We’ve built a friendly and fun AI product ('Beni') that suggests short, simple, and fun Kindness acts and exercises. Companies partner with KindWorks.AI to improve employee experience and well-being. Benefits of using Beni include an increased sense of purpose, increased connectivity to colleagues and others, and increased competency, motivation, and performance.

Silectis helps companies get the most out of their data. The Magpie platform modernizes data lake infrastructure up and running in weeks instead of months. Demetrios Kotsikopoulos, a veteran in the enterprise data management space, discusses enterprise data management and how companies can extract most value from their data.

YouCollective Pathmakers Podcast episode features Cynthia Plotch, who is building a highly successful e-commerce business for women. In the episode, we talk about how Cynthia started Stix, what she learned, and her advise for founders. Cynthia Plotch co-founded Stix in 2019, a company on a mission to transform women’s health experience, starting with a direct-to-consumer pregnancy test. Stix most recently wrapped up the prestigious Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator in New York City. Before starting Stix, Cynthia was on the founding team of Hungry Harvest. As an early employee, she expanded the produce delivery company from Baltimore to Philadelphia and went on to lead their national expansion. Cynthia received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Venture for America alumni.

Colleen Costello started Vital Vio when she was in college. She is now running a company providing antimicrobial LED lights for consumers, and private and public sectors. We talked about Colleen's pathmaking journey, learnings as CEO, and her vision. Take a listen and if you are as inspired about Colleen's story as we are, please share!

Pree is the CEO and co-founder of Preemadonna. We talk to Pree about her journey as an entrepreneur and founder. Preemadonna is a technology company building creative products and platforms for girls and women. The company is disrupting the $15B nail care industry with its patented Nailbot. Using robotics, Nailbot prints instant art, directly from your smartphone onto nails.

Jin Zhang is our latest guest on YouCollective Pathmakers podcast. She talks about her experience as a leader in the technology industry and her experience as an engineering and product leader.

Ellie Shamshiri | Neuroscientist by Joyce J. Shen

Aditi Khullar is our newest pathmaker featured by YouCollective. She has a tremendous life story and is an accomplished data scientist at one of the most respected investment firms in the world. We talked about her journey, her learnings from work and life, and her views on data science and AI.

YouCollective is an open platform democratizing the voice of pathmakers. YouCollective podcasts uncover and feature individuals who are passionate, hardworking, resilient, curious, strategic, and ambitious. This podcast features Sara Amara, a global banker working at HSBC. She shares her amazing journey as a banker from the Middle East to a banker in London and how she creates her path.

Kiersten Henderson is a PhD level scientist and data scientist. We discuss her transition to focus on data science and her pathmaking journey.

From being an engineer to an ecosystem building impacting lives of thousands of entrepreneurs in FinTech, Jean shares her story of her path.

Emily Werth is an attoney with ACLU. She discusses her path from Harvard Law Student to fighting women's causes.

Alex King | Philosophy Professor by Joyce J. Shen

Nikko Karlo Robles | Corporate Strategist by Joyce J. Shen

YanXin Li | IP Attorney by Joyce J. Shen

Jessica Leon | Community Builder by Joyce J. Shen

Victoria Moore | Professional Counselor by Joyce J. Shen

Karla Magana Figueroa | Consultant by Joyce J. Shen

Jodi Smith | Yoga Teacher by Joyce J. Shen

Evan Klein | Software Engineer by Joyce J. Shen