Most AI conversations begin from the assumption that the world already looks digitally uniform. It doesn’t. In this episode, Monti Kgengwenyane and Mithabisi Bokete with OrionX discuss building AI infrastructure across environments shaped by expensive connectivity, frag...

Mandy’s Gut Punch Journey from Victim to Legend (S3 -E2 ) Host : Kathryn Lancioni Guest : Mandy Horvath Episode Overview: In this compelling episode of Gut Punch, Kathryn Lancioni welcomes Mandy Horvath, whose life was forever altered after being struck by a train under...

Retail media is attracting more investment than ever. Budgets are increasing. Networks are expanding. Expectations are rising. But one big question still sits underneath all of it: what actually drives performance? Because for many brands in the APAC region, retail medi...

Growth startups often reach a point where momentum starts to expose the operating model. The product is working. Customers are interested. Investors are watching. But beneath the surface, the company may be fighting gaps in GTM discipline, roadmap clarity, data quality,...

Crypto was supposed to disrupt manufactured credibility. Instead, parts of the industry learned how to manufacture it too. In this episode of Crypto Hipster, Jamil Hasan explores why pressure—not titles, visibility, or polished narratives—reveals who actually understand...

After one of the first gatherings of some ecommerce leads that I helped put together around 10 years ago, I will never forget what one of the attendees said to me - “thanks to this, I found my people.” From that sentence, the seeds of the Digital Shelf Institute were bo...

Exposure is not ownership. In this episode of Crypto Hipster, Jamil Hasan sits down with Alan Qureshi of Black Lake to examine what happens when real-world assets move onchain — and where the cracks still exist beneath the surface. Because tokenization sounds clean… unt...

The Untold Story Behind the Ascent (S3 -E1 ) Host : Kathryn Lancioni Guest : Mandy Horvath Episode Overview: Life can change in an instant, and no one knows this better than double amputee, world record holder, and adventurer Mandy Horvath. Hosted by Kathryn Lancioni, G...

Some years ago, Kerry Siggins was sitting in her office when her COO said something that stopped her completely. He told her she was erratic. That she was the problem. That she was hard to work for. She did not argue. She thanked him, asked for time, and then got to her...