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Gary Fowler, President, CEO and Founder, GSD Venture Studios https://www.linkedin.com/in/fowlerinternational/ Gary is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and investor with 17 companies, two Unicorns and a successful IPO. Gary was on the original management team of ClickSoftware that was sold to SalesForce for 1.35 billion, and was the co-founder at the award-winning AI company, Yva.ai that was acquired by Visier. He has over 30 years of experience and is the CEO, President and Founder of GSD Venture Studios, a Silicon Valley-based Family Office, Venture Studio, and Hyper-Accelerator with 1

  1. 1d ago

    Agents Running Media: Breaking Silos and Transforming Ad Orchestration with Jules Minvielle

    Join Jules Minvielle, Co-Founder and CEO of Olyzon, for an authoritative conversation on the fundamental bottleneck shifting across global advertising. Over the past two years, generative AI industrialized creative asset generation—enabling marketing teams to produce hundreds of ad variations in seconds. Yet the media plans responsible for distributing, testing, and optimizing those assets remain trapped in fragmented spreadsheets, disparate consoles, and manual channel silos. Having built and successfully exited two adtech ventures (including serving as COO of Ogury and co-founding Mozoo), Jules brings over 15 years of transatlantic execution to fixing advertising's operational layer. In this episode, he breaks down how Olyzon’s agentic orchestration platform unifies media buying across DSPs, Connected TV (CTV), YouTube, and social platforms—while enforcing rigorous human-in-the-loop governance where every single action touching money requires human approval. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: The New Bottleneck in Advertising: Why the production hurdle in advertising has pivoted from creative generation to media orchestration—and why managing multi-platform buys manually in spreadsheets is breaking agency economics. Dismantling Channel Silos: How your audience moves seamlessly across streaming television, social feeds, and video networks while media teams remain segregated into siloed channel desks. Cross-Platform Agentic Orchestration: How autonomous agents plan, activate, and measure campaigns across existing buying stacks (Amazon DSP, DV360, The Trade Desk, Roku, YouTube) into one continuous, unified feedback loop. The Evolving Role of Media Professionals: What tasks autonomous agents take off human plates (frequency caps, pacing reconciliation, manual IOs) versus where human taste, strategic instinct, and client relationship management become irreplaceable. 🌍 Why This Matters: Global advertisers allocate hundreds of billions of dollars each year across disconnected walled gardens and open programmatic platforms. Today, human media buyers are forced to serve as manual integration layers—copying data between dashboards, reconciling conflicting reporting metrics, and making budget reallocations days after performance trends shift. When budgets are managed through fragmented workflows, ad spend is wasted on over-saturated frequency and misaligned audiences. Jules Minvielle and the Olyzon team are deploying agentic AI where it matters most: at the decision and execution layer. By letting autonomous agents orchestrate live buys across platforms without removing human oversight, Olyzon enables global brands like LVMH, AXA, and DoorDash to execute dynamic, unified campaigns that adapt in real time. 👤 Expert Background: Co-Founder & CEO of Olyzon, an agentic media orchestration platform automating campaign planning, cross-platform activation, and measurement for leading global advertisers and agencies. Co-Founder of Mozoo, an early pioneer in mobile advertising, and seasoned transatlantic operator bridging the Paris and New York venture ecosystems. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs), agency executives, programmatic traders, media planners, adtech founders, venture capital investors, brand marketers, and enterprise software leaders seeking to understand agentic AI deployment in commercial operations. 🚀 Timely Topic: As marketing departments adopt agentic workflows and demand transparent, cross-channel performance, moving from manual spreadsheets to autonomous media orchestration is an urgent industry transition. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #AdTech #AgenticAI #Olyzon #JulesMinvielle #MediaPlanning #CTV #DigitalAdvertising #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

  2. 2d ago

    Human-AI Interaction: Wearables for Emotional Intelligence with Michael Belhassen

    Join Michael Belhassen, Founder and CEO of Anoria, for a deep dive into the next paradigm of consumer hardware and artificial intelligence: training human emotional intelligence. For the past decade, wearable tech has focused almost exclusively on physical proxies—counting steps, tracking heart rates, and charting sleep stages. Yet human performance, relationship quality, and creative output are fundamentally governed by our emotional state. After spending five years at Apple as a Product Design Engineer on the iPhone hardware team—joining as an 18-year-old intern and most recently leading the mechanical enclosure design of the iPhone 17 Pro—Michael left Cupertino to found Anoria, backed by Y Combinator. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: Beyond Passive Tracking to Trainable EQ: Why traditional wearables only measure physical exhaustion after the fact, and how closing the real-time feedback loop makes emotional self-awareness and flow states trainable. Decoding Emotion from 150 Biometric & Audio Signals: How Anoria’s state-of-mind inference model (SOMI) translates subtle physiological shifts and conversational acoustic signals into an actionable "Flow Score" across energy, mood, and focus. From Apple's 100M+ Scale to Startup Agility: Key engineering lessons from obsessing over sub-millimeter tolerances on flagship iPhone enclosures, translated into the rapid prototyping sprints of a seed-stage hardware startup. The Y Combinator Hardware Playbook: Navigating Y Combinator as an early-stage deep-tech hardware company, validating rapid prototypes with early adopters, and assembling world-class engineering talent from Apple and Meta. 🌍 Why This Matters:As generative AI commoditizes intellectual knowledge, human emotional intelligence—empathy, self-regulation, and interpersonal communication—becomes our most defensible and valuable trait. Yet modern digital life fragments human attention, amplifies chronic stress, and erodes face-to-face connection. Michael Belhassen and the Anoria team are redefining our relationship with personal devices. By merging Apple-grade mechanical craftsmanship with neuro-informed machine learning. 👤 Expert Background: Founder & CEO of Anoria, a Y Combinator-backed hardware company building the first wearable to read emotional signals and develop emotional intelligence. Former Apple Product Design Engineer, spending five years on the iPhone hardware engineering team, joining at age 18 and recently leading the enclosure design for the iPhone 17 Pro. Mechanical & Materials Innovator, First Class Honors Master of Engineering graduate from Imperial College London, specializing in advanced materials and sustainable precision manufacturing. Hardware & AI Leader, assembling an elite multidisciplinary team of former Apple and Meta hardware and AI engineers to pioneer ambient emotional sensing. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For:Hardware engineers, consumer tech founders, wearable product designers, neurotech researchers, venture capitalists, AI developers, and leaders interested in the intersection of human-computer interaction and emotional intelligence. 🚀 Timely Topic:As consumer AI shifts from screen-based chat interfaces to ambient hardware and autonomous agents, bridging the emotional gap between humans and technology is the next massive frontier. Michael Belhassen delivers an insider blueprint for merging world-class hardware design with frontier agentic intelligence to enhance human connection. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #Wearables #EmotionalIntelligence #Anoria #MichaelBelhassen #Apple #YCombinator #HardwareDesign #AgenticAI #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

  3. 2d ago

    Decoding the Brain: Making Brain Checks as Routine as Blood Tests with Dr. Hagai Lalazar

    Join Dr. Hagai Lalazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Hemispheric, for an exclusive, deep-dive discussion into one of the most ambitious frontiers in deep tech: cracking the electrical language of the human brain. While medicine relies on routine, quantitative biomarkers like blood panels to monitor physical health, neurology and psychiatry have remained largely dependent on subjective questionnaires, behavioral observation, and trial-and-error diagnoses. Co-founded alongside Gidi Littwin (co-founder of RealFace and co-inventor of Apple’s Face ID), Hemispheric spent six quiet years engineering Descartes—a 6-billion-parameter NeuroAI foundation model trained on over 250,000 hours of non-invasive EEG and behavioral data across more than 100,000 participants. Fresh off emerging from stealth with $52 million in funding. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: The "Blood Test" for the Brain: Why objective, non-invasive neural biomarkers are the missing link in neurology, and how a short EEG scan can produce actionable quantitative reports on brain health. Building Descartes Across Six Years: The computational leap of designing a 6-billion-parameter foundation model capable of generalizing across new individuals without retraining. Cracking the Signal-to-Noise Barrier: Why raw EEG was traditionally dismissed as too noisy to decode, and how massive multi-modal training datasets overcome individual electrical "dialects". Targeting High-Burden CNS Conditions: How objective neural decoding provides early warning signals, drug response monitoring, and treatment stratification for depression, PTSD, and Alzheimer’s. Bridging Academia and Big Tech Execution: Key leadership takeaways from Hagai’s 25-year neuroscience career paired with Gidi Littwin’s experience bringing consumer-scale facial recognition to Apple. 🌍 Why This Matters: Central nervous system (CNS) conditions represent one of the heaviest disease burdens on earth, yet diagnostic and clinical feedback loops remain largely observational. Brain disorders are often caught only after irreversible neurodegeneration or debilitating cognitive decline has set in. Invasive neural implants carry surgical risks and limited scalability, while expensive fMRI scans cannot be used for routine checkups. Dr. Hagai Lalazar and the Hemispheric team are unlocking the non-invasive path. By scaling foundation AI to translate EEG into objective biological readouts, Hemispheric is laying the groundwork for preventive brain health that is accessible, scalable, and routine. 👤 Expert Background: Co-Founder & CEO of Hemispheric, leading the NeuroAI company decoding the human brain with frontier foundation models. Computational Neuroscientist, bringing 25 years of research and industry leadership across neural systems, statistical modeling, and brain-computer interfaces. Co-Founder Alongside Gidi Littwin, teaming with the co-founder of RealFace and co-inventor of Apple's Face ID. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Neuroscientists, AI researchers, healthcare executives, biotech and CNS pharmaceutical leaders, deep-tech investors, clinical psychologists, and founders working at the intersection of biology and foundation models. 🚀 Timely Topic: As foundation models move beyond natural language and computer vision into biological and physiological systems, neural decoding is emerging as the defining frontier of precision medicine. Dr. Hagai Lalazar delivers an authoritative roadmap for translating complex brain activity into scalable clinical impact. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #NeuroAI #Hemispheric #HagaiLalazar #DescartesAI #EEG #BrainHealth #DeepTech #FoundationModels #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

  4. 3d ago

    Becoming Memorable: Building Brand Recognition in the Age of AI with Sahar Arshad

    Join Sahar Arshad, Founder and CEO of OnVibe, for an insightful and practical conversation on how small businesses, startups, and lean teams can build lasting brand authority without burning massive capital on pay-per-click ad auctions. As consumer behavior pivots from traditional Google search toward conversational AI agents and LLM answer engines, the mechanics of how companies get discovered, trusted, and chosen are being completely rewired. Drawing on her rich background as a repeat founder—previously co-founding healthcare AI pioneer CloudMedx and serving as Director of New Ventures at LG NOVA—Sahar breaks down the architecture of the "Familiarity Engine" and the "Knowledge Footprint," offering everyday entrepreneurs a clear blueprint to become the business people naturally remember and recommend. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: The "Familiarity Engine" Concept: Why people consistently choose the brands they feel they already know, and how consistent, low-friction digital touchpoints build recognition and demand long before a customer is ready to buy. The "Knowledge Footprint" Strategy: How lean teams can convert the daily questions, operational knowledge, and expertise they already possess into a public, searchable footprint that both humans and AI models recognize. Bootstrapping Trust Without Big Ad Spend: Practical, scrappy ways for small businesses and independent service providers to build omnipresence and organic brand equity on modest marketing budgets. From Healthcare AI to Social Strategy: Strategic takeaways from scaling high-stakes, trust-critical clinical AI at CloudMedx and incubating corporate ventures at LG NOVA, applied directly to brand building and consumer trust. 🌍 Why This Matters: For decades, small businesses relied on paid ad arbitrage and traditional SEO to capture inbound demand. Today, digital advertising costs continue to rise, and generative AI search engines are answering customer questions directly—bypassing website clicks altogether. If an AI agent or a potential customer doesn't already recognize your brand's authority, you effectively do not exist in the decision cycle. Sahar Arshad and the OnVibe team are solving this vulnerability. By empowering lean teams to operationalize their organic brand voice and publish high-credibility content at scale, OnVibe ensures that modern businesses build the real-world reputation and digital presence needed to stay at the top of the recommendation stack. 👤 Expert Background: Founder & CEO of OnVibe, an LG NOVA spin-off providing AI-driven social content and branding strategy for small businesses and lean teams. Former Director of New Ventures (AI) at LG NOVA, where she led product incubation and venture creation at the intersection of AI and consumer experience. Acclaimed Tech Leader, recognized as U.S. Data Leader of the Year and U.S. Entrepreneur of the Year by the Women in IT Awards, and featured as a top woman leader in healthcare technology. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Small business owners, startup founders, marketing directors, solopreneurs, brand strategists, agency leaders, and product marketers looking to adapt their brand discovery strategies for the AI era. 🚀 Timely Topic: As search-driven customer acquisition shifts permanently to conversational AI and answer engines, establishing organic trust and an authoritative digital presence is a top survival priority. Sahar Arshad delivers a practical, conversational masterclass on turning everyday business expertise into long-term customer demand. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #Branding #OnVibe #SaharArshad #AIEra #MarketingStrategy #SmallBusinessGrowth #FamiliarityEngine #LGNOVA #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

  5. Nov 6

    Services Are the New Software: Building AI-Native M&A Legal Solutions with Michiel Van Lerbeirghe

    Join Michiel Van Lerbeirghe, Co-Founder and CEO of Duely, for a deep dive into the real future of legal technology: why selling pure software to law firms fails, and why "services as software" is transforming corporate transactions. Traditional BigLaw operates on the billable hour—an economic model where efficiency is penalized, and savings achieved through AI are rarely passed on to clients. Having spent his career as an M&A lawyer and General Counsel, Michiel recognized that private equity sponsors and mid-market corporates don’t want another AI software subscription they have to learn, operate, and verify. They want the finished deliverable—from data room cleanup and legal due diligence to drafting the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) and closing—executed at fixed pricing and high speed. In this episode, Michiel explains how Duely combines dedicated M&A lawyers working in tandem with proprietary AI engineers to deliver fixed-fee M&A execution across 20+ transactions. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: Why the Billable Hour Breaks AI Adoption: The structural conflict inside traditional law firms—when revenue equals time spent, automation represents revenue loss rather than competitive advantage. Services as Software vs. Point-Solution SaaS: Why private equity funds and corporate M&A teams prefer end-to-end service delivery over buying another AI copilot license that leaves them doing the actual work. The "Duely Tandem" Model: How pairing senior M&A legal counsel with dedicated AI engineers creates continuous feedback loops, allowing proprietary agentic tooling to handle document parsing while lawyers focus on strategic risk and negotiation. Predictable, Fixed-Fee Pricing: Replacing open-ended hourly billing with transparent, upfront transaction fees that align advisor incentives with deal speed and execution clarity. 🌍 Why This Matters: Mid-market M&A transactions are routinely bogged down by six-figure legal bills, repetitive manual contract reviews, and unpredictable hourly invoices. Traditional law firms buy AI tools to cut internal costs, but client fee structures remain unchanged. Michiel Van Lerbeirghe and the Duely team are turning this industry paradigm on its head. By operating as a full-service, tech-engineered legal provider that assumes full liability for deal execution. 👤 Expert Background: Co-Founder & CEO of Duely, the Ghent-based AI-native legal service running full-scope M&A transactions at fixed prices. Former M&A Lawyer & General Counsel, with deep practical experience leading corporate acquisitions, contract negotiations, and in-house legal operations. Pioneer in "Services as Software", leading an innovative model where in-house AI engineers and specialized legal practitioners execute transactions in tandem. Proven Deal Track Record, managing legal execution on 20+ M&A projects for private equity funds, corporate acquirers, and portfolio companies. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Private equity partners, corporate development leads, M&A directors, general counsels, legaltech entrepreneurs, investment bankers, and venture investors interested in vertical AI-native services. 🚀 Timely Topic: As dealmakers demand lower overhead, faster closing cycles, and alternatives to traditional law firm fee structures, AI-native legal service firms are emerging as a major market disruptor. Michiel Van Lerbeirghe delivers a compelling blueprint for how legal transactions will be executed in the agentic AI era. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #LegalTech #MandA #Duely #MichielVanLerbeirghe #PrivateEquity #ServicesAsSoftware #AIinLaw #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

  6. Nov 2

    Why Monitoring Isn’t Enough: How AI Could Transform Type 1 Diabetes Care with Elaine Phan and Andreas Taylor

    Can artificial intelligence help transform Type 1 diabetes management from simply monitoring glucose levels to providing more proactive, personalized care? Join us for an insightful conversation with Elaine Phan and Andreas Taylor of Matrix Edge Therapeutics as we explore how AI-powered healthcare innovation could reshape diabetes care, support better clinical decision-making, and help address the challenges faced by people living with Type 1 diabetes. While continuous glucose monitoring provides valuable real-time data, effective diabetes management involves much more than tracking numbers. The opportunity lies in turning data into actionable insights that can help patients and healthcare providers anticipate risks, make informed decisions, and improve care. 🚀 In this episode, we’ll explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital health, and diabetes management—and how emerging technologies could unlock new possibilities for personalized, proactive healthcare. As AI continues to advance in healthcare, what will it take to move beyond monitoring and deliver meaningful improvements in patient outcomes? 📅 Date: October 28 🕐 Time: 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST 📺 Tune in to discover how Matrix Edge Therapeutics is contributing to the conversation on the future of AI-driven healthcare. Follow GSD Venture Studios for more conversations with innovative founders and companies transforming industries through technology. #MatrixEdgeTherapeutics #ArtificialIntelligence #Type1Diabetes #DiabetesCare #AIinHealthcare #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #PrecisionMedicine #MedicalTechnology #HealthTech #GSDVentureStudios #ElainePhan #AndreasTaylor

  7. Oct 29

    Agentic Commerce: Turning Real People’s Experiences into Transactions with Terrie Fung

    Join Terrie Fung, Founder and CEO of BUYBLE, for an intimate and inspiring conversation on rewriting the rules of local commerce while navigating the profound trade-offs of building a global business. Today, small neighborhood businesses, independent cafés, and local restaurants are caught in a punishing cycle: ad-monopoly platforms demand ever-increasing marketing spend for dwindling reach, while consumers grow increasingly numb to sponsored content, influencer campaigns, and fake online reviews. In this episode, she breaks down how BUYBLE uses agentic commerce to empower everyday customers to monetize their authentic reviews into direct merchant sales, while sharing her raw journey as a single mother of four sons crossing the Pacific alone to launch in Silicon Valley. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: Agentic Commerce Powered by Real People: How BUYBLE turns genuine, day-to-day consumer lifestyle posts and word-of-mouth recommendations into direct, frictionless transactions. Combating Fake Reviews & Ad Fatigue: Why modern consumers trust peer verification over polished brand campaigns, and how BUYBLE's incentive model rewards authentic customer loyalty. The Reality of Solo International Expansion: What it really takes for an Asian female founder to fly into Silicon Valley alone, incorporate in the U.S., join the Plug and Play GOAL program, and hit the streets of the Bay Area. The Single-Mother Entrepreneur Paradox: Navigating the relentless balance between protecting precious time with four growing boys and chasing global venture-scale opportunities. 🌍 Why This Matters: Small, independent businesses are the cultural and economic backbone of our neighborhoods, yet existing digital advertising models extract margin without guaranteeing repeat foot traffic. Terrie Fung is shattering both barriers. By building a software ecosystem where genuine human connections drive transactions, BUYBLE offers local businesses a sustainable growth engine while Terrie’s journey provides an honest masterclass on resilience, mother-led leadership, and global ambition. 👤 Expert Background: Founder & CEO of BUYBLE, a Hong Kong Cyberport-backed platform pioneering agentic community commerce and authentic review monetization. Serial Entrepreneur, co-founded and exited a beauty enterprise with a 250% return in her twenties, and founded USA Direct (now Shop Easy Logistics), pioneering international parcel consolidation in Hong Kong. Community Leader & Advocate, founder of 香港地創業媽, a vibrant network of over 9,000 mother entrepreneurs featured across 20+ media publications. Recognized Asian Business Leader, honored in the 2023 Hong Kong Professional Elite Ladies Selection (JCI City Lady), named JCI Most Charismatic Female Entrepreneur (2019), winner at Asia's Best Commerce Awards, and member of the Plug and Play GOAL Fall Cohort in Silicon Valley. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Consumer commerce founders, local business owners, venture capitalists, Asian diaspora founders, working parents in tech, community builders, and marketing leaders exploring the future of peer-to-peer and agentic commerce. 🚀 Timely Topic: As local retailers seek alternatives to predatory ad platforms and authentic consumer trust becomes the most valuable currency in commerce, community-driven monetization is taking center stage. Terrie Fung delivers a compelling roadmap for building purpose-driven commerce while navigating high-stakes international expansion. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #AgenticCommerce #BUYBLE #TerrieFung #WomenInTech #SiliconValley #PlugAndPlay #LocalBusiness #Cyberport #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

  8. Oct 29

    Outsourcing Entrepreneurship: Expat Founders, Lifestyle ROI & Emotional AI with Karl Schieneman

    Join Karl Schieneman, JD/MBA, President and Founder of TestMyWitness, for a compelling look at serial entrepreneurship, legal innovation, and the lifestyle-first approach to building global companies. After exiting three successful LegalTech ventures (including Legal Network, PCN, and Review Less), earning a dozen Inc. 5000 accolades, and winning the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, Karl came out of early retirement to build his final company on his own terms—from the coastal paradise of Búzios, Brazil. In this episode, he breaks down how TestMyWitness combines emotional AI and trial attorney feedback to prepare witnesses for credible testimony in U.S. courtrooms, while demonstrating how expat founders can build world-class global teams, crowd-invest across peer networks, and redefine ROI beyond purely financial metrics. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: Outsourcing Entrepreneurship & The Expat Advantage: How living in a high-quality, lower-cost international hub like Brazil allows founders to extend runway, build cross-border teams, and maintain exceptional quality of life. Redefining ROI (Lifestyle vs. Capital Allocation): Why true entrepreneurial success is about solving complex problems, fostering creativity, and achieving a high lifestyle ROI rather than grinding to maximize corporate shareholder value. Peer-to-Peer Founders' Portfolios: The strategy of cross-investing and crowd-funding among a trusted network of lifelong professional peers to build a diversified startup portfolio with high personal confidence. Lessons from 25+ Years in LegalTech: Insights from founding, scaling, and exiting three legal staffing and technology companies, alongside hosting the industry-standard podcast ESIBytes. 🌍 Why This Matters: The traditional Silicon Valley narrative dictates that founders must raise hyper-dilutive venture capital, work 80-hour weeks in expensive tech hubs, and focus solely on financial exits. Karl Schieneman offers an inspiring alternative for seasoned operators and new founders alike. By leveraging global connectivity, cost-effective operations, and emotional AI technology, TestMyWitness demonstrates that high-impact software can be built from anywhere in the world—proving that solving real problems and prioritizing lifestyle yields the ultimate entrepreneurial return. 👤 Expert Background: President & Founder of TestMyWitness, deploying emotional AI and attorney feedback platforms to improve witness credibility in U.S. litigation. 3-Time Exit Serial Founder, former founder of Legal Network, PCN, and Review Less, named to the Inc. 5000 list 12 times. EY Entrepreneur of the Year Winner (2004), recognized for pioneering creative staffing and technology solutions in the legal sector. LegalTech & Podcast Pioneer, holding a JD/MBA with over 25 years of experience in legal operations, e-discovery, and founder of the legal podcast ESIBytes. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: LegalTech founders, trial attorneys, expat entrepreneurs, digital nomads, early-stage investors, litigation support leads, and serial operators seeking a balanced, lifestyle-centric approach to venture creation. 🚀 Timely Topic: As remote work and global talent distribution become permanent fixtures of the tech ecosystem, combining international living with high-tech software development is a growing movement. Karl Schieneman delivers a masterclass on building a meaningful, tech-enabled enterprise from anywhere on Earth. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #LegalTech #TestMyWitness #KarlSchieneman #ExpatEntrepreneur #EmotionalAI #LifestyleROI #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

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Gary Fowler, President, CEO and Founder, GSD Venture Studios https://www.linkedin.com/in/fowlerinternational/ Gary is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and investor with 17 companies, two Unicorns and a successful IPO. Gary was on the original management team of ClickSoftware that was sold to SalesForce for 1.35 billion, and was the co-founder at the award-winning AI company, Yva.ai that was acquired by Visier. He has over 30 years of experience and is the CEO, President and Founder of GSD Venture Studios, a Silicon Valley-based Family Office, Venture Studio, and Hyper-Accelerator with 1

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