Marble Institute of Technology: Founders and Friends https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends Conversations with the people building the future of transportation. en-us Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:49:32 GMT Will Drones Solve Last Mile Delivery? Not So Fast... https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/will_drones_solve_last_mile_delivery_not_so_fast https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/will_drones_solve_last_mile_delivery_not_so_fast Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:49:32 GMT Drones won’t fix last-mile delivery. The middle mile is where the opportunity is. How Drones Are Changing Emergency Response https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/how_drones_are_changing_emergency_response https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/how_drones_are_changing_emergency_response Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:14:01 GMT Drones are arriving on scene before the fire trucks do. How Do We Make Flying Cars Boring!? | Tsung Xu, Founder of Vight https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/how_do_we_make_flying_cars_boring_tsung_xu_founder_of_vight https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/how_do_we_make_flying_cars_boring_tsung_xu_founder_of_vight Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:11:18 GMT Tsung Xu taught himself hardware by building an autonomous quadcopter and two VTOLs from scratch in his garage. Three months each. A lot of crashing. Then he started Vight to build flying cars people actually own. The Man Who Invented the Cashtag - Howard Lindzon https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/the_man_who_invented_the_cashtag_howard_lindzon https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/the_man_who_invented_the_cashtag_howard_lindzon Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:25:45 GMT Howard Lindzon invented the cashtag. Before that he built Wallstrip and sold it to CBS. He’s been reading markets and technology cycles for thirty years, and he has a specific method for deciding when a new technology stops being hype and becomes inevitable. The World’s First Female Flying Car Pilot | Heather Chirtea https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/the_world_s_first_female_flying_car_pilot_heather_chirtea https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/the_world_s_first_female_flying_car_pilot_heather_chirtea Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:22:23 GMT Most people don’t believe flying cars exist yet. Heather Chirtea owns one - and she’s been flying it across America.In this episode of Founders and Friends, Riley sits down with Heather Chirtea, billed as the world’s first female flying car pilot, who ... Flying Cars Are Closer Than You Think — And Later Than They Promised https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/flying_cars_are_closer_than_you_think_and_later_than_they_promised https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/flying_cars_are_closer_than_you_think_and_later_than_they_promised Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:50:48 GMT Everyone’s watching the aircraft. Nicolas Zart has spent 20 years watching what happens underneath them — and he says the technology was never the thing holding electric flight back.In this episode of Founders and Friends, Riley sits down with Nicolas ... Reinventing the Supplement — Sam Bregman (Melts) | Founders & Friends Ep. 1 https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/reinventing_the_supplement_sam_bregman_melts_founders_friends_ep_1 https://terminal.marbletech.us/podcast/s/founders_friends/reinventing_the_supplement_sam_bregman_melts_founders_friends_ep_1 Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:38:06 GMT Sam Bregman spent two years in R&D turning a personal frustration - needles, chalky powders, sugar-loaded gummies - into a genuinely new supplement format: dissolvable strips. In this episode, host Riley Rosebee sits down with the founder of Melts to t...