Disruption / Interruption
Disruption / Interruption
When did you say ”THAT’S IT! I’VE HAD IT!”? Time to Disrupt and Interrupt with host Karla Jo. Every week KJ interviews professionals who are disrupting their industries and altering economic networks that have been antiquated with bull-headed predecessors holding up the progress. KJ delves into uncovering more from industry rebels and innovators that you didn’t know you needed in your life.Social links:
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Disrupting Pharma’s Paperwork Pandemic: The AI Built for Real Science with Ome Ogbru
In this episode of Disruption/Interruption, host KJ sits down with Ome Ogbru, PharmD, CEO and founder of AINGENS, to tackle a decades-old problem hiding in plain sight: life sciences runs on groundbreaking science, but is buried in broken processes. After 20+ years as a clinician, professor, and ph…
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Disrupting Agri-Finance: Turning “Too Risky” Farmers into Prime Investments with FLO FUND’s Suvankar Mishra and Stefan Jacob
In this episode of Disruption/Interruption, host KJ sits down with Suvankar Mishra and Stefan Jacob, co-founders of FLO FUND, a fintech platform on a mission to close the $170 billion financing gap facing smallholder farmers in the Global South. The conversation unpacks why traditional banks have f…
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Disrupting AI Security: The End of the "Safe" AI Pilot with Matt O’Brien
Host KJ sits down with Matt O'Brien, CEO of SnowCrash Labs, to unpack one of the most urgent and underappreciated threats of our time: the collision of the AI arms race, America's electricity crisis, and the rise of uncontrolled AI models. Matt explains why the US is falling dangerously behind Chin…
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Disrupting Life Insurance: Why "Passive Service" is a Risk to Your Wealth with Mark Forman
Host KJ welcomes Mark Forman, CMO of Optifino to explore how AI is finally modernizing the $2 trillion permanent life insurance industry. Mark shares his accidental journey from poetry student to InsureTech marketer, explaining how a lack of transparency, outdated distribution models, and the absen…
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Disrupting Pharma Data: AI That Delivers Insight, Not Overload with Jeffrey Freedman
Jeffrey Freedman, Executive Vice President at Evolution Health Group, joins Disruption/Interruption to reveal how AI and machine learning are revolutionizing pharmaceutical marketing. For decades, the pharmaceutical industry has been "data rich but insights poor," drowning in information while stru…
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Disrupting Global Payments Black Hole: Turning "Lost Money" into a Growth Engine with Hristian Drensky
Global FinTech leader Hristian Drensky, CEO of MoreFin, exposes the hidden costs bleeding businesses dry in international payments. From multi-currency conversion fees to 30-day reconciliation delays, he reveals why "free" payment solutions aren't actually free and how Asia and Africa are outpacing…
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Disrupting Critical Thinking: Why AI Means We Should Stop Teaching "Writing" and Start Teaching "Logic” with Alan Paulin
In this episode of Disruption/Interruption, KJ sits down with Alan Paulin, co-creator of Mavis, to explore how AI is fundamentally transforming the way we write and work. Alan shares his journey from building Cash App to creating a startup that eliminates "copy-paste purgatory" between AI tools and…
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Disrupting Medical Taboos: Why ChildbirthTech is the New Frontier of MedTech with Tracy MacNeal
In this episode of Disruption/Interruption, KJ sits down with Tracy MacNeal, CEO of Maternal Medical, to discuss a long-overlooked crisis in women's health: birth injuries. Tracy reveals how 10-15% of women who deliver vaginally experience severe pelvic floor trauma—injuries that often go undiagnos…
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Disrupting HealthTech for Women: Hacking Hormonal Health with Oleg Kovalev
In this episode of Disruption/Interruption, KJ sits down with Oleg Kovalev, Chief Marketing Officer at Aspect Health, revealing how his company became the #1 women's hormonal health startup in the USA by disrupting traditional PCOS treatment. Discover how continuous glucose monitoring and lifestyle…
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Disrupting EdTech's Instability: The Full-Stack Approach to Conversational Mastery, with Stacy Richter
In this episode of Disruption/Interruption, KJ sits down with Stacy Richter, CEO of Live Lingua, to explore how the EdTech industry has lost sight of what really matters: human connection. Stacy shares his unconventional journey from corporate collections to boutique marketing to language education…
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