Has Marc Canter with Instigate.ai created the next big thing after Tik Tok?
Alysha has the pleasure of meeting Marc Canter all because she listened to her “Spidey Sense” after Erica O’Grady (Episode 8) told her about Jeff Pulver’s networking group (Episode 15) which is how they connected. However, it was after the biggest myrony that connected Daniel Kottke from last week’s episode (Episode 17) that Alysha knew meeting Marc was for a greater reason. Hear the continued story from last week’s episode of the early days of Silicon Valley where Canter shares about his experience with Jobs and how Canter’s software MacroMind (which later became Macromedia) was also in the first Apple Computers. Canter shares his extremely colorful history in the software world including his claim to fame with video games (remember Professor Pac-Man?) and his meeting with Bill Gates…we know even if you are not into computers will appreciate the story he shares. Canter finally explains about his latest creativity & entertainment tool known as Instigate.ai where we will be able to tell a “story” with AI that we get to create. Is this going to be the next big thing after Instagram and Tik Tok? We hope so because for those that are tired of just selfies, Instigate.ai is the answer & more myronies could be shared!!
About the Guest:
Marc Canter is a software entrepreneur, who co-founded MacroMind (in 1984 in Chicago), which became Macromedia [MACR.] Because of Marc's tireless work, enthusiastic evangelism and creative leadership - Marc is known as "one of the fathers of multimedia."
After Macromedia Marc created an Interactive Music Video Band (MediaBand) w/Todd Rungren, created an Interactive TV Talk Show and a venue based Operating system (MediaBar) all leading up to "the Internet." At that time Marc's product Director - was directly responsible for creating 85% of the world's multimedia and generating 100,000's of digital media jobs and production entities.
Marc focused on broadband solutions during the early days of the Internet - traveling to London, Amsterdam, Japan and Italy, building "Interactive TV" systems and Digital City prototypes - all leading up to the development of a "white labeled Social Networking" platform (called PeopleAggregator) which he utilized to build 27 different social networks - between '03-'09. The 00's also had Marc getting heavily involved in the rights of User's to their Data and a group called "the Identity Gang."
In '09 Marc picked up his family and moved to Cleveland, after having lived and worked in the SF/Bay Area for 27 years. Marc created an "economic development" platform (called "the Digital City Project") which he took out on the road to Amsterdam, Kuala Lampur, Jamaica, Tampa, FL, Kansas City and other cities. Marc's family then moved to Charlotte, NC - where he started yet ANOTHER startup, which originally focused on IoT Authoring tools, but pivoted into an entirely new kind of Messaging App - called Cola.
Cola brought Marc back to SF - where he eventually started "Instigate, Inc." which is developing a new kind of "conversational storytelling" tool. Marc is an expert of taking ideas from Zero to One and has been helping software startups develop and grow their companies for over 30 years. Marc is a leader, an interdisciplinary thinker, a Dad and a loving husband to his wife, 5 kids and one granddaughter.
Instigate.ai = website
https://www.facebook.com/Cantervision = Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/marccanter = Facebook account
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marccanter/ = LinkedIn
https://twitter.com/marccanter4real = Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/marccanter/ = Instagram
About the Hosts:
Alysha Myronuk is the creator of the fun new word of myrony (my+irony) which are the crazy coincidences that happen in life that we can’t explain and is also another word for sign/synchronicity. Her life was fairly normal until she got into a car accident that triggered fibromyalgia at the age of 18 and had to deal with that very painful chronic condition along with many other life challenges including loss of both parents, marriage, divorce, suicide attempts, alcohol and prescription drug abuse and a full hysterectomy by the time she was 35. Alysha’s strong spiritual connection and tenacity is what helped her through those very dark days that lead into years at times. Later she realized the reason she went through those trying times was so she could help others struggling with life’s challenges and share the understanding of how to move forward.
She now lives in San Jose, CA but still considers herself an East Coast girl at heart after growing up in Northern New Jersey and living in Delaware, Maryland and DC area for her entire life until she moved to California 8 years ago in 6 days which is a part of her myronic journey that helped her tap into her super power that she calls her “Spiritual Spidey Sense”. Thanks to her many careers which include hospitality & sales has allowed her to meet and work with so many different people but she is extremely excited to now be following her calling in life of sharing her concept of myrony by co-hosting “That’s Myrony” Podcast (www.ThatsMyrony.com/podcast-1) and also helping others through her spiritual coaching business “My Myrony” Mentoring where she is able to use her psychic gift of “knowing” also known as claircognizance to help her clients understand their blocks in life which help them move forward from their past to create the life they desire all with a little myrony :) www.ThatsMyrony.com/my-myrony-mentoring
Co-Host Todd J. Courtney was raised in San Jose, CA. where he spent the past 30 years as a business owner. During that time, he was teaching what Wallace D. Wattles calls “thinking stuff” to business offices. While raising three kids and teaching them the same techniques, he realized his passion lies with helping our youth understand that they too can create the life they truly dream of.
It wasn’t long before Todd realized why most of our youth get trapped in the same cycles as their parents. After researching the teen and young adult market, it seemed a lot more work needed to be done to help our youth during this time of a rapidly changing world. Todd’s premise is this; “If we expect our youth to change the world, we have to start by changing our youth.”
So, he wrote his first book, “Thinking in One Direction,” which helps teens navigate life with less stress.
Given his knowledge on the subconscious mind and seeing the need to help our youth in the areas of health, Todd created the first ever animation video for kids with leukemia. This fun, adventurous, yet non-invasive animation, blends the power of the mind with the body and backs it up with the science of epigenetics. You can learn more about this at www.JustImagineIf.org.
During his research on brainwaves, he learned that 95% of our behavioral patterns are established by the age of 7, which scared the hell out of him. So, he and his wife, Jackie, created a new genre of nursery rhymes written for the 21st century! Something that can program the child with positive messaging that was value driven. You can find their books at MaxRhymes.com.
Over the past couple years, he got to know Alysha Myronuk with whom he shared a lot in common. After many conversations they decided to create a new podcast, “That’s Myrony,” to teach others how to explore and take notice of their own personal ironies, or as we call them, Myronies!
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