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The Elon Musk of Defense Tech: Mach Industries ’ ethan thornton with RJ Lumba Ethan Thornton is the Founder of Mach Industries, which is building the next-generation of defense systems. Ethan dropped out of MIT at the age of 19 years old to found Mach Industries, which was soon backed by Sequoia’s Stephanie Zhan and Shaun Maguire and eventually Bedrock Capital’s founder Geoff Lewis. Ethan ran a wood and metal workshop in high school to make the initial Mach products. Listen in iTunes: https://lnkd.in/gTAyfURD Listen on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gZWQgcn6 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g8KGACd3 Visit our website: https://lnkd.in/g44c7TbU Sign up for our free email newsletter at https://lnkd.in/dpMbrQud #leadership #entrepreneurs #defense #manufacturing

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The pace of change in technology is relentless—and if you’re not staying ahead of it, you risk being left behind. AvePoint has built its global success on this very mindset. What began in a public library in Somerset, New Jersey, has grown into a company trusted by more than 17,000 customers worldwide who rely on AvePoint’s Confidence Platform to optimize their SaaS operations and secure collaboration. Over the past 22 years, AvePoint has pivoted from serving primarily large enterprises to embracing multi-cloud environments and integrating next-gen technologies like Gen AI, expanding its footprint across geographies and industries. Dr. Tianyi (TJ) Jiang), Co-Founder and CEO, stresses that the key to success is staying agile, constantly innovating, and always investing in customers’ pain points. The company’s transition into the cloud was just the beginning—today, AvePoint serves SMBs as well as large enterprises, and its approach to innovation keeps them ahead of competitors who have become stagnant over time. In an industry where disruption is constant, AvePoint's strategy is simple: adapt quickly, innovate relentlessly, and stay ahead of the next big shift. How are you preparing for the future of your business? Listen on iTunes: https://lnkd.in/dR_2FvBH Listen on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gh__PZrp Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/dxsFnyWy Visit our website: https://lnkd.in/gmWKuKfD Sign up for our free email newsletter at https://lnkd.in/dpMbrQud #Entrepreneur #Podcast #DataManagement #CloudSolutions #TechInnovation #SaaS

Leadership That Lasts: Inside the Daily Practices of Great CEOs Sign up for our free email newsletter at https://lnkd.in/dpMbrQud #entrepreneurship #leadership #strategy https://lnkd.in/gsWpwF-t

The Top 50 Generative AI Entrepreneurs of 2025 Great Entrepreneurs is pleased to announce The Top 50 Generative AI Entrepreneurs of 2025. These founders and leaders are advancing the field at a time when generative AI is no longer just experimental—it’s foundational... Alexandr Wang (Scale AI), May Habib (Writer), Dmytro Lider (Grammarly), Hovhannes Avoyan (Picsart), Daniela Amodei (Anthropic), Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity), Jonathan Ellis (DataStax), Afif Khoury (SOCi), Benu Aggarwal (Milestone), Aarti Joshi (Modak), Clement Delangue (Hugging Face), Dmitriy Karpman (Hive), Jayneel Patel (OpenXcell), Gaurav Dhillon (Snaplogic), Chetan Dube (Amelia), Tim Shi (Cresta), Al Lalji (Smartek21), Sri Satish Ambati (H2O.Ai), Alex Zhavoronkov (Insilico Medicine), Alex Vratskides (Persado), Brian Rieger (Labelbox), Alvin Hung (Vyond), Anil Jason (QuillBot), Oleg Rogynskyy (People.Ai), Itai Zlotnik (Tomorrow.Io), Krishna Rangasayee (Sima.Ai), Luigi Ricciardi (Typeface), Rafael Umann (Azion), Sean McClain (Absci), David Karandish (Capacity), Edo Liberty (Pinecone), Anshul Khandelwal (InVideo), Igor J. (Pryon), Oz Etzioni (Clinch), Adeel Khan (Magicschool AI), Alain Kaeser (Yseop), John Cottongim (Roots Automation), George Sivulka (Hebbia), Deon Nicholas (Forethought), Purva Gupta (Lily AI), Kylan Gibbs (Inworld AI), Rukesh R. (Deccan AI), Melanie Fellay (Spekit), Dave Ditzel (Esperanto Technologies), Surojit Chatterjee (Ema), Dominik Kovacs (Colossyan), Ofer Klein (Reco), Ali Golshan (Gretel), Alex Levin (Regal), Maria Chmir (Rask AI). Sign up for our free email newsletter at https://lnkd.in/dpMbrQud #entrepreneurship #leadership #awards #generativeai https://lnkd.in/gBxK98UX

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