Hahna Alexander's guest appearances

Hahna Alexander

Going Deep with Aaron Watson

Mission Driven: The Long Short Way Podcast

The Empower Podcast with Emily Kennedy

Courtney Williamson

Kenny Chen

Joe Vennare

Erica Peterson

Kim Scott

Peter Thiel

Jason Hartman

Gary Vaynerchuk

Ben Hunt

Kevin Bupp

Damion Lupo

Andrew Yang

Erik Voorhees

Sarah Evans

Jason Miller

OwlTail

Today we are talking with Hahna Alexander, CEO of SolePower. She started it as a student project at Carnegie Mellon and now SolePower is partnering with the US Army R&amp;D division to create a self-sustaining data collection and power source for soldiers. The patented kinetic energy technology is being developed as a lightweight solution that creates power as boots strike the ground.   I’ve known her since we were both students at Carnegie Mellon and it’s been amazing to see her grow this badass company. We talk about how product vision evolves over time, finding mentors &amp; building an advisory board, and how to blaze your own trail in a male-dominated industry.   FOLLOW OUR GUEST Connect with  Hahna Learn more about SolePower   RATE &amp; REVIEW  Rate &amp; Review on iTunes! Leave me a review and let me know what you liked about this episode. Thank you for helping it grow!    CONNECT WITH EMILY On Twitter &amp; LinkedIn - @heyemilykennedy Sign up for the email newsletter: www.emilykennedy.org    Music by: Taste the Vibe - “Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine? (Mungø Remix)” unedited, via Creative Commons

Today we are talking with Hahna Alexander, CEO of SolePower. She started it as a student project at Carnegie Mellon and now SolePower is partnering with the US Army R&amp;D division to create a self-sustaining data collection and power source for soldiers. The patented kinetic energy technology is being developed as a lightweight solution that creates power as boots strike the ground. I’ve known her since we were both students at Carnegie Mellon and it’s been amazing to see her grow this badass company. We talk about how product vision evolves over time, finding mentors &amp; building an advisory board, and how to blaze your own trail in a male-dominated industry. FOLLOW OUR GUEST Connect with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hahna-alexander-b5756b50/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Hahna</a> Learn more about <a href="http://www.SolePowerTech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SolePower</a> RATE &amp; REVIEW <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-empower-podcast-with-emily-kennedy/id1440536165" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Rate &amp; Review on iTunes!</a> Leave me a review and let me know what you liked about this episode. Thank you for helping it grow!  CONNECT WITH EMILY On <a href="https://twitter.com/heyemilykennedy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyemilykennedy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> - @heyemilykennedy Sign up for the email newsletter: <a href="http://www.emilykennedy.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.emilykennedy.org</a> Music by: Taste the Vibe - “Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine? (Mungø Remix)” unedited, via <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Commons</a>

085 Blazing Her Own Trail in Wearable Tech with Hahna Alexander

SpaceX

Hahna is the Chief Technical Officer and cofounder of Sole Power Technologies. The company builds an shoe insole that charges a battery while the used walks. That battery can be used to charge a cell phone or other electronic device.   As a child, Hahna was inspired by the technology in science fiction books, shows, and comics. She became an engineer because she wanted to make such technology a reality. For her, developing an energy harvesting shoe insert meant creating a device that could be found in an Isaac Asimov book. She also has a lifelong dream of going to space, which grew bigger while designing robots at NASA. As company CTO, she leads product design and is the only one capable of drawing more than stick figures.   Hahna’s Challenge; Spend some time every day learning about a topic you want to get smarter on.    Popular Science Invention of the Year   Connect with Hahna Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Website email; info@solepowertech.com

Hahna is the Chief Technical Officer and cofounder of Sole Power Technologies. The company builds an shoe insole that charges a battery while the used walks. That battery can be used to charge a cell phone or other electronic device. As a child, Hahna was inspired by the technology in science fiction books, shows, and comics. She became an engineer because she wanted to make such technology a reality. For her, developing an energy harvesting shoe insert meant creating a device that could be found in an Isaac Asimov book. She also has a lifelong dream of going to space, which grew bigger while designing robots at NASA. As company CTO, she leads product design and is the only one capable of drawing more than stick figures. Hahna’s Challenge; Spend some time every day learning about a topic you want to get smarter on. <a href="http://www.popsci.com/article/science/invention-awards-2014-charge-gadgets-your-footsteps" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Popular Science Invention of the Year</a> Connect with Hahna <a href="https://twitter.com/SolePowerTech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/solepowertech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/sole-power-llc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="http://solepowertech.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> email; info@solepowertech.com

51 Hahna Alexander, Spurned SpaceX and NASA to start her own company