In Episode 3 of Bloom, Wyvern co-founders Callie Lissinna and Kurtis Broda join co-host Emily Rendell-Watson to talk about the startup's origin, tackling climate change using satellites, and how equity plays an important role in the company.
"One thing that I've learned ... is that you can't really get very far without allyship at all. You can't rely on the minority themselves to be pulling the weight," Lissinna told Taproot's innovation podcast.
"So if you have ... a small team of really awesome allies who take initiative to do the research themselves and learn how they can support the underrepresented group, that's really key because the minority themselves will always be obviously aware of the situation and looking to make it better. But that's not going to get you very far."
Rendell-Watson and co-host Faaiza Ramji also talk about how the Islamic Family and Social Services Association plans to use technology to better deliver social services; a partnership that will allow mixed martial arts fighters to be paid in bitcoin; and AI4Good Lab, which is a machine-learning boot camp for women.
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