Hosted by Joyce Shen, YouCollective Podcast uncovers and shares stories about innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship‪.‬ Joyce J. Shen

KindWorks.AI improves well-being through Kindness and technology. We’ve built a friendly and fun AI product ('Beni') that suggests short, simple, and fun Kindness acts and exercises. Companies partner with KindWorks.AI to improve employee experience and well-being. Benefits of using Beni include an increased sense of purpose, increased connectivity to colleagues and others, and increased competency, motivation, and performance.

Silectis helps companies get the most out of their data. The Magpie platform modernizes data lake infrastructure up and running in weeks instead of months. Demetrios Kotsikopoulos, a veteran in the enterprise data management space, discusses enterprise data management and how companies can extract most value from their data.

YouCollective Pathmakers Podcast episode features Cynthia Plotch, who is building a highly successful e-commerce business for women. In the episode, we talk about how Cynthia started Stix, what she learned, and her advise for founders.

Cynthia Plotch co-founded Stix in 2019, a company on a mission to transform women’s health experience, starting with a direct-to-consumer pregnancy test. Stix most recently wrapped up the prestigious Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator in New York City.

Before starting Stix, Cynthia was on the founding team of Hungry Harvest. As an early employee, she expanded the produce delivery company from Baltimore to Philadelphia and went on to lead their national expansion. Cynthia received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Venture for America alumni.

Colleen Costello started Vital Vio when she was in college. She is now running a company providing antimicrobial LED lights for consumers, and private and public sectors. We talked about Colleen's pathmaking journey, learnings as CEO, and her vision. Take a listen and if you are as inspired about Colleen's story as we are, please share!

Pree is the CEO and co-founder of Preemadonna. We talk to Pree about her journey as an entrepreneur and founder. Preemadonna is a technology company building creative products and platforms for girls and women. The company is disrupting the $15B nail care industry with its patented Nailbot. Using robotics, Nailbot prints instant art, directly from your smartphone onto nails.

Jin Zhang is our latest guest on YouCollective Pathmakers podcast. She talks about her experience as a leader in the technology industry and her experience as an engineering and product leader.