The Silicon Valley Insider Show with Keith Koo

The Silicon Valley Insider Show with Keith Koo


Latest Episodes

Upland the Top Blockchain Game: Monopoly Money as Virtual Currency
October 23, 2020

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s guest is serial entrepreneur Dirk Lueth, Co-Founder of Upland a Monopoly-like mobile game built on blockchain that connects virtual worlds (called metaverses) to their corresponding physical worl.

Overcoming Burnout and Stress with Cathy Trinh
October 19, 2020

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s special guest is Cathy Trinh. Cathy is a seasoned executive recruiter with Logic Consulting group and focuses on filling executive roles in finance and accounting. Cathy is also a personal coach .

From Disruption to Digital Transformation with NTT DATA
October 14, 2020

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s returning guests are Eric Clark, Chief Digital Officer and Kris Fitzgerald, Chief Technology Officer of NTT Data.Eric and Kris discuss how companies have been adapting to work in the “new normal..

ICON Foundation - Pubic & Private Partnerships on a Decentralized Network
October 13, 2020

Title: ICON Foundation - Public & Private Partnerships on a Decentralized NetworkOn this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s guest is Min Kim, Co-Founder of the ICON Foundation, a decentralized network of private and public blockchains.M...

Keeping FreshBooks Fresh with Mike McDerment, Founder and CEO
October 12, 2020

On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Host Keith Koo’s special guest is Mike McDerment, Founder and CEO of FreshBooks the billing and invoicing software used by millions in over 100+ countries.The show begins with Mike and Keith reminiscing about M..

LinkedIn’s First Head of HR – Where does Work go from here?
September 14, 2020

In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Host Keith Koo very special guest is his friend, Steve Cadigan, Talent Hacker, and advisor. Steve and Keith have known each other for decades and reminisce about their time working together during Cisco’s dotcom.

Icecap – Tokenization of Investment Grade Diamonds
September 08, 2020

On this week’s Silicon Valley Insider (#SVIN), Keith Koo’s guest is Jacques Voorhees, CEO of Icecap Diamonds a company that is creating a two-way marketplace for investment-grade diamonds using Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).Jacques is very well known in th..

California’s Registered Apprenticeship Program a Model for the Future
September 02, 2020

Did you know that there are currently over 70,000 open and unfilled Cyber Security jobs in California? The market salaries for these jobs can range from $100,000 to $150,000. The volume of traditional four-year college graduates has not been able to fulf.

Would You Sell Your Data for Ice Cream?
August 24, 2020

Would you be willing to sell your data for ice cream? Sadly, many people do not realize they do this daily when given a free offer of a product in exchange for their personal information. In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo’s guest is te.

Raising Capital Beyond Silicon Valley
August 17, 2020

In this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo’s returning guest is Jonathan Nelson, Managing Director of the Hack Fund and founder of Hackers and Founders.Jonathan updates Keith on how the Hack Fund is moving forward with putting their next fund,..