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It's episode 100 of Tech Bites! To celebrate we've invited special guest host Kerry Diamond of Radio Cherry Bombe to interview Tech Bites's Jennifer Leuzzi on the past 99 shows, things you learn on the radio and pizza.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Women in tech are making headlines everyday on everything from innovation to publishing and profit. On this episode we talk with the women CEO’s and company founders about the SOTU of the food tech world. In-studio guests include: Rachna Govani, CEO/Co-founder Foodstand, the app that helps you build and maintain good eating habits. Meghan Carreau, CEO/Founder TuckrBox, the farm-to-lunchbox meal delivery service for kids. Deepti Sharma Kapur, CEO/Founder FoodtoEat the catering service that brings local food vendors to the office.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The winners of the 8th annual NYC Big Apps competition were announced this week. The civic tech competition had 150 app start-ups trying to solve challenges facing NYC over three categories; transportation, knowledge and community. In-studo guests Ryan Baxter and Akil Bello, of winning app PassNYC, and Matt Bishop of Open City Labs, discuss the competition and how they're solving real city live problems with app tech.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Are you a cook or FOH staff looking for a job, but tired of all the job boards with hundreds of listings but no replies? Are you a restaurant manager with staffing needs that change hour-to-hour with call-sick and no-shows? The new hiring app, Jitjatjo may be your solution. In this episode of Tech Bites, Justin Melia of Jitjatjo interviews NYC chefs Tim Dornon and Alex Leonard, as potential candidates for the Jitjatjo talent pool, to see how the staffing app works IRL.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Every episode of Tech Bites ends with a question. We ask guests for an actionable piece of advice we can all use in real life. Get advice here on everything from running a successful start-up to being a networking super-star to making a great dinner on the fly. Featuring: Episode 6: Ryan Sutton, restaurant critic Eater. Episode 12: Amanda Hesser, CEO and CO-founder Food52. Episode 45: Mitchell Davis, Vice President James Beard Foundation. Episode 52: Ben Leventhal, CEO/Founder Resy. Episode 57: Kerry Diamond and Claudia Wu, Co-Founders Cherry Bombe Magazine, Jubilee & Radio. Episode 71: Khee Lee and Rachna Govani, CEO/Founder Foodstand. Episode 77: Laurie Woolever, Writer, Editor and Bourdain Gatekeeper. Episode 83: David Sax, Writer. Episode 90: Damien Morgavero, Entreprenur and Author.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Get legal advice for the digital age. How do chefs, food companies and people protect their intellectual property and use social media for marketing? One day a chef post a photo of a dish on Instagram. Then next day, another restaurant on the other side of the world is selling the same thing. On this episode, David Postolski Esq. joins us in studio to talk about best practices for protecting intellectual property in the digital age.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Who doesn't want some free advice on taxes and getting your business receipts in order? In-studio guests ChouxBox founders Tony Aiazzi and Xavier Mariezcurrena, and Dave Oz, CPA and co-founder of Chelsea Hospitality Group, talk about how POP systems and tech platforms can help you get organized for tax day and all-year round.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you're increasingly concerned about your online privacy, tune in to this episode for some easy ways to protect yourself online - and in the real world. In-studio guest Kendra Pierre-Louis, a writer at Popular Science Magazine, discusses this new business and tech world that has commercialized our private data, and how to keep your private information private. Unless of course - it's already out there.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Calling food start-ups and entrepreneurs. If you've got a great product but don't know how to turn it into a viable go-to-market plan, this episodes of Food Business Bootcamp is for you. Learn how to structure your business plan with the right data points to drive product development, scalability and investment strategy. In-studio guests are: Liz Vaknin, cofounder of Our Name Is Farm, a data-driven consulting firm that specializes in assisting sustainable food and beverage growers, producers, businesses, markets and communities develop their brands and audiences. Patricia Duffy is an experienced marketing strategist, consultant, trainer/facilitator, and connector. Emphasizing sustainable business models, Patricia is active in initiatives and organizations designed to advance food businesses via market and industry connections. This includes hosting a monthly Community Table forum for food professionals and students at New York University and mentoring members at the Brooklyn FoodWorks.See Privacy Policy at h

Spring cleaning isn't just for your closet, it's for your tech life and your personal headspace. Every year, we feature a spring detox, digital disconnect and mental refresh episode with Paul Kemawikasit Alexander, the NYC based acupuncturist and energy alchemist. The PK Alexander Method and The Way of Inspiration is a unique 10-part series that incorporates breathing and moment exercises to cultivate and connect the mind, body, and spirit.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How do software and data make your dinner better? Sixteen years ago, entrepreneur Damian Mogavero brought together an unlikely mix of experts—chefs and code writers—to create a pioneering software company whose goal was to empower restaurateurs, through the use of data, to elevate and enhance the guest experience. Today, his data gathering programs are used by such renown chefs as Danny Meyer, Tom Colicchio, Daniel Boulud, Guy Fieri, Giada De Laurentiis, Gordon Ramsay, and countless others. Damian joins us in-studio to discuss his recently published book The Underground Culinary Tour. In the bestselling tradition of Moneyball, it is a high-octane, behind-the-scenes narrative about how the restaurant industry, historically run by gut and intuition, is being transformed by the use of data.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Have you had the juicy meaty burger made without any meat? Impossible? No. The all-natural, plant-based Impossible Burger is real and it’s coming to a burger chain near you. The Impossible Burger is earning great reviews and fans amongst chefs and consumers, their environmentally friendly, plant-based meat substitute. One of the most important questions for any food tech company is – how do you scale successfully? In this episode – Impossible Food COO David Lee joins us to discuss their new production facility in California, ramping up production and gives us a peak at some new products in the R&D pipeline.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we bring Tech Bites engineer David Tatasciore out of the control room and into the studio to talk about his latest project, What's the Story? – a fictional comedy podcast about storytelling and journalism for the "post-truth era." Launched in January of 2017, it follows the story of Ray Elliott, who quits his job as a fact-checker in order to stop being a professional story ruiner and become a professional storyteller – because "stories are what move us, not facts." David and WTS? creator Bryan Farrell join us in studio to discuss the timeliness of making a fake radio news podcast and what the "post-truth era" means.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On Get Mentored! We help food tech start-up PieShell get their marketing and PR game on point. PieShell focuses on crowdfunding online for the food and beverage industry. In order to move PieShell to the next level, CEO/founder Cheryl Clements needs to grow two critical user groups: companies raising funds and people contributing funds. Today's mentor is Steven Hall, founder of Hall PR, a New York City based company specialized in hospitality marketing for clients around the globe. Got a start-up that needs a boost? Get in touch with Tech Bites and Get Mentored! techbites [at] hertiageradionetwork [dot] orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Would you like a side of data with your salad? How do restaurants grow their delivery revenue and get a piece of the 30-billion dollar US food delivery market? The obvious answer is to get delicious food to their customers as quick as possible. The less obvious answer is collecting data and using metrics to build a faster, stronger delivery system. On this episode we talk with in-studio guests from fast-casual chain Just Salad, CEO/Co-Founder Nick Kenner and Janae Banks, Guest Relations Manager, about how they built their Command Center to drive customer happiness and sales.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We all want to make our food lives a little bit better right? More environmentally and economically friendly, tastier and functional. It's hard to always get everything right- but you can do somethings most of the time and be healthyish. That's the basic idea around Healthyish, the online platform from Bon Appetit launching this week. Healithyish editor Amanda Shapiro joins us in studio to talk about why a website that features self-care, lunch bowl recipes and Issa Rae might be exactly what people are looking for right now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What’s for dinner? Do you want someone to help you answer that question with menus, recipes and shopping lists? On this episode we look at EatLove.is, a new online subscription service for personalized meal planning. The information-based service is the latest trend in home cooking and meal strategy, poised to disrupt the meal kit business. Critics of companies like Blue Apron and Purple Carrot; say they have too much packaging waste and too much food. In this Women in Tech episode: Monique Nadeau CEO of EatLove.is and Naz Riahi, founder of the food tech conference Bitten, and former meal kit user, join us in-studio to discuss how you put dinner on the table in the 21st century.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Would you believe me if I told you Silicon Valley techies love paper? Look around any design office or tech conference and you will see people everywhere scribbling and doodling in Moleskin paper notebooks. In spite of all the digital productivity and drawing programs and gadgets, the immediacy of pen to paper is still very satisfying to the creative process. In the his new book The Revenge of Analog, Toronto-based writer David Sax, travels the globe to discover why paper, film, board games and vinyl are not only surviving in the digital age, but thriving.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What’s the top food trend coming in 2017? We all want to know. Tune in to Episode 82 of Tech Bites with in-studio guest Kate Krader, Food Editor of Bloomberg Pursuits and gastronomical oracle. We’ll ask her what food and tech trends she sees coming next year, and which ones will fade away. Don’t miss the last episode of 2016 – for the first look at 2017.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What were the big food tech stories of 2016? Find out what recipes and stories got the most clicks at the New York Times, from Melissa Clark, Dining Section columnist and cookbook author. Thinking about making a New Year’s resolution to go on a social media diet? Jacqueline Raposo, host of Love Bites, has already tried it out and loved it. She’ll share her plan to get off the digital and back into real life. If you’re looking to make changes in your eating habits – there’s an APP for that. The Foodstand App co-founder Rachna Govani, calls in with a status on how people are doing with their Good Eating Challenges. Wondering what the Obama’s White House holiday party is like? Our last guest, Jack Inslee former Tech Bites engineer, calls in from Washington DC with all the party details.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.