This episode features two amazing guests; Jim St. Germain and Christine Handy, both authors with new books telling the stories of their personal triumphs over adversity.

Jennifer Pierre is the founder of Melanites, a toy company that designs diverse dolls, toys, storybooks, and games that celebrate brown boyhood. Melanites’ mission is to show positive representations of boys of color to inspire kids to dream big, stand tall, and cultivate curiosity, adventure, and fun!

Today’s guest is Mallesh Murugesan. Mallesh is the Founder and CEO of Abeyon, and Co-Founder and CEO of Chirrp.ai. He’s an innovative leader with a passion for artificial intelligence and design.

Today’s guest is Rodney Bullard, the Vice President of Community Affairs at Chick-fil-A and author of “Heroes Wanted: Why the World Needs You to Live Your Heart Out.”

Today’s guest is Milka Milliance. Milka has worked with leaderships teams of global companies as a consultant and coach, helping them design and implement strategic initiatives across global organizations.

In this episode of Innovation City, Tyler and Michael talk to “content godfather” Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, CEO at WatchMojo, the 10th-largest YouTube channel in the world when measured by all-time views (10 Billion) and subscribers (16 Million).

In this episode of Innovation City we’re talking with Brian Brackeen, CEO and founder of Kairos, which was selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of 2013’s Top 25 Startups in the United States. Kairos is a major innovator in face and emotion-recognition AI.

Today on Innovation City we’re talking with Michelle Abbs about women entrepreneurs—breaking through the status quo, making a difference, and shaping the future. This is our first podcast from Venture Cafe Miami, and we really enjoyed sitting down with Michelle, Babson College WIN Lab Miami Director.