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Dare to Disrupt

This is a podcast about Penn State alumni who are innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders, and the stories behind their success.

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Bringing Research Lab Innovations to Your Toilet: The Story of spotLESS Materials

March 18, 2025

Bringing Research Lab Innovations to Your Toilet: The Story of spotLESS Materials

Birgitt Boschitsch is the co-founder and CEO of spotLESS Materials, an advanced materials company and Penn State spinoff commercializing highly repellent anti-fouling coatings.  In...

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Redefining Curly Haircare with the Sisters who Co-founded OCOA

February 18, 2025

Redefining Curly Haircare with the Sisters who Co-founded OCOA

Sisters Cory Varona-Corniel and Nicol Varona Cancelmo are the cofounders of OCOA, providing clean, natural, curly haircare products. In this episode, Nicol and Cory...

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Electrifying Urban Mobility with Revel Co-founder Paul Suhey

January 21, 2025

Electrifying Urban Mobility with Revel Co-founder Paul Suhey

Paul Suhey is the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Revel, where he drives the company’s mission to accelerate electric vehicle adoption in U.S....

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LIVE from The Nittany Lion Inn: Scholar Hotels Founder Gary Brandeis

December 10, 2024

LIVE from The Nittany Lion Inn: Scholar Hotels Founder Gary Brandeis

Gary Brandeis is the CEO and Co-Founder of Scholar Hotels, a hotel ownership and management group with a focus on properties close to major...

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Delivering Empathy at Scale Using AI and Data with Mario Ciabarra

November 19, 2024

Delivering Empathy at Scale Using AI and Data with Mario Ciabarra

Mario Ciabarra is the CEO and founder of Quantum Metric, a customer-centered digital analytics platform for today's leading enterprise organizations. Since its founding in...

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00:41:08

Simplifying Solar Investments with Enact Co-Founder Deep Chakraborty

October 22, 2024

Simplifying Solar Investments with Enact Co-Founder Deep Chakraborty

Deep is the co-founder and CEO of Enact Systems, a leading software platform revolutionizing the solar and energy storage industry. Deep co-founded Enact in...

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