Ep 40 - Brainfood with David Koretz of Plum

The Big Idea Box

Today's episode features David Koretz, the Founder & CEO of Plum, the company delivering perfect wine by the glass in luxury homes and hotel rooms around the World. Moderated by Andrew Quarrie, founder of Urbanism Summit, we learn how artificial intelligence and innovation is shifting the tech industry. David was previously the Founder & CEO of Mykonos Software, which was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2012 for $80 million. Under his leadership, Mykonos was awarded the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award. Following the company’s acquisition, he served as the Corporate VP of Products & Strategy for Juniper’s security business. David is the inventor of a dozen technology patents and was recognized as an innovator by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Though he is technically (and spiritually) a college dropout, he has completed executive education at Harvard University, Stanford University and the Rochester Institute of Technology. David serves as Chairman of the Board of Adventive. He is a wine fanatic, aspiring nomad and lover of all things street food.

Here are the topics addressed and timestamps: 00:00:49 Intros, David's Story 7:44 Beginning Plum and Taking A Risk; 14:45 Investing in Plum; 16:24 Miami's Ecosystem and Points of Healthy Growth; 30:53 Creating Quality Engineers in Miami; 33:13 Future Industries of Opportunity; 42:02 Investing in K-12 Education BioTechnology; 44:16 Q & A

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Brainfood Speaker Series is a monthly, hands-on discussion with local entrepreneurs who share the secrets of their success and failures. This monthly event takes place at The LAB Miami, helping Miami startups as well as entrepreneurs understand the opportunities alongside the challenges of launching and growing a business. We’re sharing these amazing stories that provide new ideas and key, practical advice to advancing one’s own entrepreneurial career. Brainfood is brought to you by The LAB Miami in partnership Endeavor Miami.

Show Notes: David Koretz - Plum - Andrew Quarrie - Urbanism Summit - Silicon Valley - Costa Ventures - Higher One - AI Technology - Andy Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems - Mushroom Cloud - Seattle Microsoft - Del - Ryan Cohen - Chewy - Modernizing Medicine - Naval Ravikant - August Capital - AngelList - ICO - IOT - Fairchild Botanical Garden - Impossible Foods