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Arik Marmorstein

The Indian Startup Show

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Embrace Autism Podcast

Naveen Jain

Siraj Raval

Yashika Shah

Nitin Gupta

Vishal Shah

Vamsi Krishna

Deepak Goel

Sahil Arora

Anu Acharya

Sanjay Manaktala

Amar Vyas

Kavita Kapoor

Aaron Orsini

Raveesh Bhalla

Madan Kataria

OwlTail

In our second episode, we talk with Arik Marmostein; he is a serial entrepreneur who’s founded Mimoona, RefreshBox, and most recently Spectroomz, a remote freelance blog for autistic talent. Arik lives in Israel with his wife and his autistic son.Follow Arik:Website: Spectroomz.com Facebook: AutismJobsBlog Twitter: @SpectroomzTopics of discussion:0:38 Greetings and quarantine1:11 Arik as a serial entrepreneur3:00 How Arik manages all of his projects4:43 Ro’im Rachok: Autistics in the Israeli Defense Force6:40 Major corporations specifically hiring autistics8:15 Corporations resist neurodiversity10:14 Autistic work preferences11:16 Matt’s bad work experience11:46 Martin’s work preferences12:00 Arik loved studying law but not practicing it14:35 Arik’s aspie traits and broad autism phenotype15:15 Rare mutation turns Arik’s son into an autistic X-Men16:23 Arik’s son suffers a seizure17:45 Arik embraces his son’s autism18:35 Autistics speak on the torture of ABA therapy19:35 Eye contact can be tough20:45 Arik’s son’s diagnosis21:22 Verbal, high IQ autistic kids dig older folks but struggle with other kids23:10 The issue of a lack of knowledge on autism24:50 Autism had awful public relations26:22 Matt’s 25-year-long journey to receive an autism diagnosis28:23 River otters spotted!29:18 Autism research focused on children (particularly boys) at the expense of adults30:00 Gatekeeping achievements31:40 “If he didn’t have that mutation, he’d be a genius”32:50 Googling for hope: Autistic geniuses34:00 Autistics withheld from showing off their talents34:46 Remote work to help autistics and NTs35:17 Autistics are more than code monkeys38:23 The variety of behaviors on the spectrum39:53 Autistics prefer detailed instructions and minimal social interactions41:20 The sociological issues of the treatments of autistics42:55 MDMA reduces anxiety in autistic study participants46:22 Supposed empathy deficits in autism really caused by co-occurring alexithymia47:25 Coming out as autistic at work48:22 Everyday discrimination50:02 The Moses of neurotypes: How Arik bridges the autistic–NT divide54:00 Neurodiversity isn’t a priority at most organizations56:00 Fluorescent lighting sucks56:26 Accommodations at work57:36 Bigger organizations lack flexibility58:45 The mission of Spectroomz1:00:17 What Arik’s learned from working with autistic people1:02:08 Nevo’s (Arik’s son) special interests1:05:38 Arik doesn’t dig the Foo Fighters1:06:46 Arik and Nevo’s Infinite Playlist1:08:18 Two very important questions1:08:51 The best hummus in Israel1:09:53 The great US hummus hoax1:10:39 More on Sonya Bot1:12:00 How Arik created Sonya Bot1:13:18 Sonya Bot is universal1:14:28 Sign up for Spectroomz!1:15:10 Arik’s social media

In our second episode, we talk with <a href="https://embraceasd.com/spectroomz-autistic-freelancers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arik Marmostein</a>; he is a serial entrepreneur who’s founded Mimoona, RefreshBox, and most recently Spectroomz, a remote freelance blog for autistic talent. Arik lives in Israel with his wife and his autistic son.Follow Arik: <ul><li>Website: <a href="http://www.spectroomz.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spectroomz.com</a></li> <li>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/autismjobsblog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AutismJobsBlog</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/spectroomz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Spect</a><a href="https://twitter.com/spectroomz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">roomz</a></li></ul>Topics of discussion: 0:38 Greetings and quarantine 1:11 Arik as a serial entrepreneur 3:00 How Arik manages all of his projects 4:43 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro%27im_Rachok" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ro’im Rachok</a>: Autistics in the Israeli Defense Force 6:40 Major corporations specifically hiring autistics 8:15 Corporations resist neurodiversity 10:14 Autistic work preferences 11:16 Matt’s bad work experience 11:46 Martin’s work preferences 12:00 Arik loved studying law but not practicing it 14:35 Arik’s aspie traits and broad autism phenotype 15:15 Rare mutation turns Arik’s son into an autistic X-Men 16:23 Arik’s son suffers a seizure 17:45 Arik embraces his son’s autism 18:35 Autistics speak on the torture of ABA therapy 19:35 Eye contact can be tough 20:45 Arik’s son’s diagnosis 21:22 Verbal, high IQ autistic kids dig older folks but struggle with other kids 23:10 The issue of a lack of knowledge on autism 24:50 Autism had awful public relations 26:22 Matt’s 25-year-long journey to receive an autism diagnosis 28:23 River otters spotted! 29:18 Autism research focused on children (particularly boys) at the expense of adults 30:00 Gatekeeping achievements 31:40 “If he didn’t have that mutation, he’d be a genius” 32:50 Googling for hope: Autistic geniuses 34:00 Autistics withheld from showing off their talents 34:46 Remote work to help autistics and NTs 35:17 Autistics are more than code monkeys 38:23 The variety of behaviors on the spectrum 39:53 Autistics prefer detailed instructions and minimal social interactions 41:20 The sociological issues of the treatments of autistics 42:55 MDMA reduces anxiety in autistic study participants 46:22 Supposed empathy deficits in autism really caused by co-occurring alexithymia 47:25 Coming out as autistic at work 48:22 Everyday discrimination 50:02 The Moses of neurotypes: How Arik bridges the autistic–NT divide 54:00 Neurodiversity isn’t a priority at most organizations 56:00 Fluorescent lighting sucks 56:26 Accommodations at work 57:36 Bigger organizations lack flexibility 58:45 The mission of Spectroomz 1:00:17 What Arik’s learned from working with autistic people 1:02:08 Nevo’s (Arik’s son) special interests 1:05:38 Arik doesn’t dig the Foo Fighters 1:06:46 Arik and Nevo’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YpmWENOu6Djv3qTMIpxgD?si=XH70_i1XQnaD54swOyYEgw&amp;fbclid=IwAR1zJehVHfvRFoxFQhTBzIOB7LL2I-4ssBMkdxAFQ7Cj7W4EJXweP9TKBdE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Infinite Playlist</a> 1:08:18 Two very important questions 1:08:51 The best hummus in Israel 1:09:53 The great US hummus hoax 1:10:39 More on Sonya Bot 1:12:00 How Arik created Sonya Bot 1:13:18 Sonya Bot is universal 1:14:28 Sign up for Spectroomz! 1:15:10 Arik’s social media

Embrace ASD Podcast #02 – Arik Marmorstein

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Is it the time to reboot the way planet works? Should we restrict Bots to their limited use or say “Hello” and welcome these machine &amp; programs with personalities in the making to crucial fields like Education, Business, healthcare, art &amp; culture? Join VachSoch to explore with Expert Bot Designers,Developers,Deployers &amp; Bot Company Founders from around the world in exploring ways ”to be more human” while handling growth in this high-tech,fast growing,competitive world. Know how we can create more space for ourselves as “Creative and more productive humans” using the #bot skill of “Automation”, making lives more green , fulfilling and blue oceanic!!!

9.BotCast 1.0- Chatbots for Business- with Arik Marmorstein from Mimoona-Israel

Arik Marmorstein is the founder of Refresh Box. Refresh box enables people to subscribe or create 5-link-collection newsletters. Think of it like a platform for newsletters. So anyone can subscribe or create different newsletters. It’s currently a side project with two friends and its getting great traction. Since launching Refresh box has 2500 users , 530 curators and more than 7,000 subscriptions. All without spending any money on marketing! It recently got featured on TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/13/refreshbox-lets-anyone-create-newsletters-featuring-the-weeks-best-reads/ We talk about product market fit, raising funding. time spent working on a startup at Dreamit’s accelerator in New York &amp; Paul Grahams essay’s. How he juggles 3 jobs and at the same time looking after a new born baby! Quote “If you are working too much on design maybe you are covering something up” - Arik Marmorstein Links www.refreshbox.co Paul Graham - Do things that don’t scale http://paulgraham.com/ds.html ==&gt; STARTUP GOLD!!! if there's one thing your get out of this podcast then read this!

Arik Marmorstein is the founder of Refresh Box. Refresh box enables people to subscribe or create 5-link-collection newsletters. Think of it like a platform for newsletters. So anyone can subscribe or create different newsletters. It’s currently a side project with two friends and its getting great traction. Since launching Refresh box has 2500 users , 530 curators and more than 7,000 subscriptions. All without spending any money on marketing! It recently got featured on TechCrunch. <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/13/refreshbox-lets-anyone-create-newsletters-featuring-the-weeks-best-reads/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/13/refreshbox-lets-anyone-create-newsletters-featuring-the-weeks-best-reads/</a> We talk about product market fit, raising funding. time spent working on a startup at Dreamit’s accelerator in New York &amp; Paul Grahams essay’s. How he juggles 3 jobs and at the same time looking after a new born baby! Quote “If you are working too much on design maybe you are covering something up” - Arik Marmorstein Links <a href="http://www.refreshbox.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.refreshbox.co</a> Paul Graham - Do things that don’t scale <a href="http://paulgraham.com/ds.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://paulgraham.com/ds.html</a> ==&gt; STARTUP GOLD!!! if there's one thing your get out of this podcast then read this!

Ep05 - Arik Marmorstein  - Entrepreneur & Founder of Refresh Box