Stories of young people working on emerging technologies to change the world.
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Making It Real with Luke Piette: Reverse Engineering your Optimal Life Path
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić (2018) and Luke Piette (2017) about life, growth, education, and community. They dive into: The value (and challenges) of taking an unconventional path Luke's experience founding Edyfi, an alternative to university for exceptional young outliers that scaled to 5 locations, 100+ community members,~$40…
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Making It Real with Shagun Maheshwari: Practice Being an Outsider
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić (2018-2020) and Shagun Maheshwari (2017-2019) about solving the world's biggest problems, going to college, and being confident in your decisions. They dive into: Leaning in to being an outsider Shagun's experience founding Voltx (raised pre-seed of $1M), a machine learning platform to accelerate bat…
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Making It Real with Nadeem Nathoo: Becoming the Primary Activator in Your Life
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A special Season 1 finale edition of the Making It Real Podcast with TKS Founder, Nadeem Nathoo. Nadeem and Isabella sit down to chat about the value of early exposure to emerging technologies, life after TKS, identifying the world’s biggest problems, and frameworks for intentionally viewing the world and yourself. They dive into: Global inflection…
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Making It Real with Sofia Sanchez: Focus on Cultivating Yourself
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić and Sofia Sanchez about doing things that scare you, building things you're proud of, and biological technology for human and planetary health They dive into: Sustainable textiles and Sofia’s experience developing better engineering tools for plants at Stanford’s Brophy lab The scary decision to l…
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Making It Real with Urszula Solarz: The Core Memories Are Still to Come
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić and Urszula (Ula) Solarz about identifying and leading from your core values, the problematic use of the term “girl boss”, creating valuable content, and getting comfortable taking things off your to-do list. They dive into: Ula’s experience as a writer studying Economics and Computer Science at Ya…
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Making It Real with Michael Trịnh: Questioning Assumptions to Create Knowledge
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić and Michael Trinh about questioning assumptions, biotechnology, and focusing on the journey. They dive into: Michael’s experience as a fourth-year student at the University of Toronto in Immunology and Genetics, plans to start a Ph.D. and work as a molecular engineer at MIT The importance of questio…
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Making It Real with Jesse Pound: Understanding the Problem and Implementing the Best Solutions
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić and Jesse Pound about community, travel, global impact, and root cause analysis. They dive into: Jesse’s experience as a mechanical engineering student at Queen’s and as a founder working on Vunatec, a transparent, inclusive and efficient ecosystem based in Kenya that works as a digitized value cha…
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Making It Real with Cassia Attard: The Process of Finding Authenticity
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić and Cassia Attard about authenticity, sustainable impact, and life after TKS. They dive into: Cassia’s experience in studying sustainability at McGill University and her work at EFAD, a UN agency focused specifically on rural people lifting rural people out of poverty through agricultural interventio…
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Making It Real with Jack Ceroni: Adding Tools to Your Intellectual Toolbox to Tackle Future Problems
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić and Jack Ceroni about mathematics, mindsets, and life after TKS. They dive into: Jack’s experiences working on projects at MIT, Xanadu, and U of T, and the behind-the-scenes experiences of both startup and academic settings Planting seeds by engaging mentors and industry experts from a place of genu…
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Making It Real with Ayaan Esmail: Getting to Version 2.0 of Yourself
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić and Ayaan Esmail about creating impact and value, mental health, and joyful fulfilment. They dive into: Working on International healthcare initiatives in Africa The impact your community has on your mental health and the importance of seeking out a kind, ambitious, and authentic friend group Ayaan’s…
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Making It Real with Adam Majmudar: Building Purposeful and Productive Habits
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić and Adam Majmudar about building habits, taking the unconventional path, and optimizing for purpose. They dive into: Taking the unconventional path, seeking out unique experiences, and gap years Adam's experience as a Founding Engineer at thirdweb, a venture-backed web3 company with a $160M valuation…
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Making It Real with Alishba Imran: Maximizing Opportunities
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A conversation between TKS alum Isabella Grandić and Alishba Imran about staying grounded, curious, grateful, and ambitious. They dive into: Identifying problems you’re excited to work on Alishba's experience interning at Tesla and seeking hands-on mentorship from industry experts Having a framework for why you do things and staying grounded by com…
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Episode 28: How Ben Nashman raised $7M as a teenager after TKS
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Ben Nashman is a TKS Alumni and the CEO of Synex Medical. Synex is a medical device company that is building a technology to measure blood metabolites, like glucose levels, non-invasively. Ben shares his journey starting Synex as a teenager, raising money, building a team, and much more.
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Episode 27: Unfiltered Conversation On Mental Health w/ Agosh Saini (TKS Alumni)
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We don't hold back in this episode. Agosh opens up and talks about his story struggling with mental health during university. We discuss his learnings and he gives advice that he wish he had earlier. This is an incredibly important topic with lots of gems in this episode.
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Episode 26: Philosophy of Time
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Time in an interesting concept. In this episode Navid shares his thoughts on time, including how he spends his "currency of time" and how he thinks about the concepts of the past and future in relation to the present moment.
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Episode 25: Advice from Gina Cody - Risk Taking, Passion, and Finding Purpose.
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In this episode, Soumiya Sivasathiyanathan (TKS Ottawa) interviews Gina Cody. Gina Cody, MEng 81, PhD 89, is the first woman ever to be awarded a PhD in building engineering at Concordia. On September 24, 2018, Cody made a $15 million gift to Concordia's Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. In recognition of her generosity and tremendous pr…
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Episode 24: Conversation about Kibera Slums with 2Nadiem and Navid
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Episode 22: Conversation with TKS Foundations Director, Nadim Nasser (aka 2Nadiem)
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Episode 19: Advice from Erica Brescia (GitHub COO)
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In this episode, Navid sits down with Cate Rung, the founder of www.pngme.com. Cate talks about what she's working on and her experience as a female starting a company.
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Episode 17: How To Crush Innovate (Advice From Isabella and Alishba)
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Isabella and Alishba recorded this podcast to give you advice after being in your shoes just a year before. Since then, they have been invited to speak at conferences around the world and have worked with transformative companies working on amazing innovations in blockchain, cellular agriculture, and artificial intelligence. This conversation is ve…
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If you follow the advice I give you in this episode, you will increase your productivity by 10x.
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Lock that monkey up! Stop doing things for instant gratification, and start doing things that invest in your future self.
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Episode 14: Why Personal Newsletters Are Legit
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I interview Isabella on how sending out personal newsletters helped her create relationships with some of the most legit people in the world. We talk about why newsletters are important, pro tips, and the type of value you can expect. We also talk about what you shouldn't do in newsletters and how some people have the wrong mindset about them.…
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Episode 13: Solving Climate Change
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In this episode, I cover how to to make a significant impact in the flight against climate change. I cover the issues that stem from climate change, data and statistics on climate change, and 4 ways you can solve climate change. If you're passionate about climate change, listen to this episode.
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Episode 12: Flawnson & Agosh, Journeys of TKS Alumni - Special Episode!
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This is a special episode. Flawnson and Agosh met in TKS and became best friends. They went to the University of Waterloo together, but took very different paths. One went down the path of nanotechnology, and the other pursued startups and AI. Listen to learn more!
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Mayank is in his second year of TKS, but is going to Disrupt (the third year program) . In this podcast, he talks about his journey building technology in Brain-Computer Interfaces and other projects in TKS. Reach out to Mayank after you listen to his podcast!
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Episode 10: Alishba's advice to incoming TKS Innovators
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Alishba is in her second year of TKS (Activate). In this podcast, she talks about what she wishes she knew before starting TKS. Tune in to hear about why she thinks building relationships in TKS is super important, and to follow the process! About Alishba: Alishba a 16-year-old Blockchain, Machine Learning developer & researcher from The Knowledge …
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Episode 9: Isabella's Learning Points From Meeting Satya Nadella
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Izzy was invited to speak at a huge Microsoft conference in Las Vegas. She crushed it and got a standing ovation! She learned a ton from this experience and wanted to share her knowledge with everyone, especially what she learned from meeting Satya.
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Episode 8: The Philosophy of Entrepreneurship
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In this episode, Cherry Rose interviews me (Navid) on my "lows" during my startup days. But the thing is, I never had huge lows. I think partly because I'm lucky, and partly because I'm intentional. Listen to hear how I incorporate philosophy into entrepreneurship to avoid low mental states.
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Episode 7: Jerry Qu, Buildup to CES
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Jerry Qu, a young leader from the Toronto TKS program, built a machine learning based webapp that summarized any research paper on the internet. As a result, Jerry was recognized as one of CES' Young Innovators to Watch 2019.Join host Christopher Di Grazia and Jerry as they talk his winning project, Backen, and Jerry's plans heading to Las Vegas.…
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Episode 6: Tanisha Bassan, Buildup to CES
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Tanisha Bassan, a young entrepreneur from the Toronto TKS program, was recognized as one of CES' Young Innovators to Watch 2019. No small feat. Join host Christopher Di Grazia and Tanisha as they discuss her amazing journey from middle school student to CES speaker, and her expectations heading into the worlds largest consumer electronics show.…
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Episode 5: Sabarish Gnanamoorthy, VR/AR
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14 year old Sabarish talks about his predictions for virtual and augmented reality while discussing the current state of these technologies. He also mentions his experience working with Microsoft, the Thiel Fellowship, and Udacity.โดย Navid Nathoo
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Episode 4: Ayleen Farnood, Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs)
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Ayleen Farnood, 14 years old, talks about how we can link humans and machines using our brain waves, aka, Brain-Machine Interfaces. She talks about the implications of this new technology and how it will change the world in healthcare and other areas.โดย Navid Nathoo
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Episode 3: Brianna Gopaul, Quantum Computing and Quantum Key Distribution
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Brianna Gopaul, 14 years old, talks about her journey researching quantum computing and quantum key distribution, and how these new technologies will impact the world.โดย Navid Nathoo
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Episode 2: Rikard Saqe, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
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Rikard Saqe, 16 years old, discusses his views on multiple cryptocurrencies including Ethereum, RaiBlocks, IOTA, and Bitcoin. He has built an ERC20 token on the Ethereum blockchain and encourages others to learn about building blockchain applications to solve problems in various industries.โดย Navid Nathoo
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