Dr. Manish Mehta

AI Enterprise Vision

Over 20 years experience guiding successful large-scale deployments of AI technologies including autonomous systems, robots, and virtual agents

Areas of expertise:

- Autonomous systems - Led technology strategy for commercial mower company
- Intelligent agents - Pioneered virtual agents transforming customer service at multinational
  corporations
- Robotics - Oversaw robot deployments in manufacturing facilities
- Voice assistants - Built AI-powered assistants for construction workers
- Healthcare robots - Advised Tech startup developing robotic companions to assist seniors with medication
- AI Strategy and Cultural transformation

I offer organizations:

- Identifying clear AI objectives aligned to business goals
- Assembling cross-functional teams combining AI, business, and domain expertise
- Guiding pragmatic AI implementations focused on improving efficiency, safety, and customer
   experience
- Advising on ethical, responsible AI adoption strategies
- Leveraging experience deploying AI solutions across industries from healthcare to manufacturing

Let's connect to make your organization's AI vision an operational reality!

Chief AI Strategist: Driving Pragmatic AI Implementations

Creator AI Studio

With over 20 years as an AI innovation pioneer, I create imaginative AI experiences by taking early stage technologies from concept to implementation.

My expertise includes:

a. Conversational AI - Created interactive museum exhibits and theme park characters
b. Robotics - Developed robotic assistants and experiences like Turtle Talk AI system
c. Intuitive Creation Tools - Enabled non-programmers to build AI behaviors through easy interfaces
d. Immersive Experience Design - Architected AI gaming blending conversation and immersion

I offer:

- Innovation Strategy: Guided projects from research to requirements to design like Pirates of the
  Caribbean ride reimagining
- Team Assembly: Brought together cross-functional talent to develop experiences like robot 
   companions for seniors
- User-Focused Development: Conducted ongoing testing and feedback with users during creation of 
   museum exhibits
- Entrepreneurial Leadership: Scaled innovations from prototype to full deployment such as the AI 
   gaming experience

My passion is pioneering experiences that fascinate and inspire audiences by leveraging AI and emerging tech.

If you seek a leader who thrives on the frontier turning early stage technologies into imaginative implementations, let's make the extraordinary happen together!

Chief AI Creator: Transforming Emerging Tech into Engaging AI Experiences

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Employee Number 1 at the CTO office and Help Build the company’s first-ever CTO Office. Help Lead Innovation Ecosystem to $1.2B/yr revenue. 3 Years FastCo and AII “Most Innovative” Company

- Developing multi-year research, technology and commercialization strategies across emerging areas 
   like AI, IoT, Industry 4.0, robotics and autonomous systems.

- Building partnerships between business units (Security, Healthcare, Industrial, Consumer) and functions
   (Sales, Marketing, IT, R&D).

- Managing cross-functional teams of 50-150 people on strategic projects.

- Conducting M&A technical due diligence, competitive intelligence, quantitative and qualitative studies.

- Establishing an external ecosystem network with VC firms, startups, and commercial companies across 
  the Bay Area and beyond, leading to successful partnerships and investments with 15+ organizations
  including Plug n Play, Baidu Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, and more.
  
- Driving well-received technology strategy initiatives on AI, ML, IoT, and AI conversational tech for the
  CEO.

Technical Director of Innovation, Office of the CTO

AI+ Accelerator TechCode - US

AI+ accelerator at Techcode consists of startups that are focused on the application of artificial intelligence technologies: voice recognition, machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision and gesture control to all the different industry verticals, e.g. robotics, virtual reality/augmented reality, smart home, IoT, medical device and wearables.

Startup Mentor

Accenture Technology Labs

- Supported development of visionary "liquid workforce" transformation in 2012, enabling Accenture
   crowdsourcing initiative. Platform catalyzed 15K+ hours and mobilized 100K people.

- Liquid workforce became a smash hit theme of Accenture Vision 2016, igniting 14K+ social media 
   mentions, 230+ client downloads, 112M reach. Amplified by 638 influencers like IBM and futurist Gerd
   Leonhard.

- Led research, strategy, and UX design to build Accenture's crowdsourcing capability across business areas. 

- Defined go-to-market strategy. Reported progress to leadership.

- Led patented design of new crowdsourcing offering curating on-demand teams. Transformed CIO recruiting
   and teams.

- Guided pilots analyzing coordination challenges with internal and external crowd workers. Led prototype
  development.

- Advised crowdtesting vendor pilots (Applause, Passbrain). Guided analysis for product insights. Managed 
   tools for new crowdtesting capability. Led pilots at top clients.

- Shaped design and guided development of a platform to enrich unstructured data via paid/free crowd work  
   and automation. Led vendor pilots.

- Drove multiple patented ideas advancing intellectual property. Filed inventions.

- Forged partnerships with vendors, R&D, and academia.

- Spearheading innovation blitz for Industry X.0 across 5 labs, reimagining products with emerging tech like AI
  and robotics.

- Pioneering human-robot innovation teams to conceptualize, design, manufacture and service products. 

-  Created behavior design strategies to motivate user participation for Fortune 100 clients. Recognized by  
   client with top award.

The Human-Centered AI Innovator - Unlocking Human Needs through UX and AI

American Cancer Society

Providing advice, leadership and direction to American Cancer Society to further the Society’s progress by leveraging the skills and talents of volunteers to add value to and complete strategic initiatives and projects.  The role involves advising the society to increase its appeal and competitive advantage in the volunteer marketplace, save the Society time and money on project initiatives, and offer opportunities to further develop staff and volunteers.

The goal of the program is to redefine volunteer opportunities to include Skills-Based Volunteering (SBV) to increase the society's market relevance and competitive advantage. The SBV program supports both SBV and episodic volunteers and meets the outcomes of the Board accepted recommendation. The purpose of the Society’s Skills-Based Volunteer(SBV) Advisory Team is to provide advice, consultation, leadership and direction to the Society’s strategy on Skills-Based Volunteerism.  The team is charged with developing a long term, enterprise-wide rollout for Skills-Based Volunteers.

Strategic Advisor

Georgia Institute of Technology

- Pioneered trailblazing augmented reality app - deployed and delighted hundreds of diverse users including actors, virtual world members, and non-programmers.

- Architected award-winning UX design thrilling 150+ visitors with innovative augmented reality gaming experience at UCI Beall Center. Transported players into resolving virtual character conflicts.

- Spearheaded software architecture and pioneering Wizard UIs controlling one-of-a-kind experience. Conducted rigorous qualitative and quantitative evaluation.

- Pioneered first Web 2.0 app empowering non-programmers to create, modify and share game character AI behaviors. Developed advanced AI dynamically enhancing user-generated AI.

- Deployed live and piloted by hundreds of user groups: actors from School of Theatre at Illinois State University, non-programmers from virtual world Second Life and Non-Programmers.

- Led extensive user research and crafted detailed personas. Spearheaded iterative prototyping of breakthrough end-user authoring tool and AI approach.

- Rigorously and holistically evaluated pioneering experience through qualitative and quantitative UX research methods. Dove deep into extensive data gathering and analysis.

Next-Gen AI Experience Designer

Disney Research

Transforming Turtle Talk Character Experiences

- Pioneering innovative system enabling multiple operators to engage AI characters, slashing costs.
- Uncovering guest needs and motivations through insightful operator interviews and observations at Disney Land.
- Rigorously evaluating developed system through extensive usability studies with operators and guests.

Reimagining Pirates of the Caribbean Guest Experience

- Energizing Pirates experience through vigorous ideation and prototypes.
- Accelerating cutting-edge Pirates research, assembling university and industry teams.

Theme Park Experience Innovator - Infusing UX with AI

University of Southern Denmark

- Pioneered Museum Exhibit Advancing State-of-the-Art in Conversational AI - Enabled first-of-its-kind 
speech interaction between children and AI-controlled Hans Christian Andersen.

- Led insights-driven Wizard of Oz studies, observations, and interviews to deeply understand young participants. Crafted detailed user personas and storyboards bringing exhibit vision to life.

- Spearheaded iterative wireframing, mockups, and development of breathtaking final exhibit. Published top-tier peer-reviewed papers.

- Conducted rigorous qualitative and quantitative evaluation uncovering actionable insights to shape future roadmap. Translated findings into pioneering recommendations.

- Developed cutting-edge advances in speech recognition, NLU, dialog management, and gestural coordination—unlocking seamless speech-based interaction.

- Exhibit captivated audiences and received extensive press for pushing scientific and engineering boundaries. Addressed key challenges to inspire future innovation

Pioneer of First-of-its-Kind AI Experiences

Steria

Software programmar

Reimagined Disney Attractions with AI | Pioneered Conversational AI Museum Exhibits | Self-Driving Car Degree | Corporate AI & Robotics Deployment & Strategies | Speaking Human, AI & Business over two decades

I speak human, business & AI and build AI solutions that nail all 3; learned and practiced over 20 years at the school of hard-knocks pioneering first-of-its-kind AI experiences including:

- Next-gen AI powered system for Turtle Talk with Crush
- Reimagining Pirates of the Caribbean ride with AI based storytelling
- AI powered speaker for construction workers
- Cobots and mobile robots deployed at manufacturing plants
- Medication compliance robot companion at senior living facilities
- Conversational AI powered museum exhibit at Hans Christian Andersen Museum
- AI powered immersive conversation gaming experience at UCI Beall Center Musuem
- Self-driving car development at Udacity
- Autonomous mower technology strategy
- Conversational agents for customer service 
- AI strategy and cultural transformation at large multinationals
- AI powered technology enabling non-programmers to create, modify and share game character AI 
  behaviors


Industries Covered: Manufacturing, Security, Healthcare, Entertainment, Creator Economy

Technologies Covered: Self-Driving Cars, Robotics, Human-Centered AI, Conversational AI, Crowdsourcing, Industry4.0

Work presented at White House and featured in USA Today, MSNBC, Washington Post, Computer Technology, InformationWeek, Bloomberg, Venture Beat and Business Wire

Partnering with me, you gain:

•      A human-centered designer - translating user insights into exceptional experiences
•	A business strategist - providing diligence to steer initiatives, quantify ROI, and minimize risks
•	An AI/ML expert - architecting, deploying and optimizing systems from prototype to production
•	20+ years experience spearheading innovations from concept to commercialization
•	Investments analysis quantifying technical feasibility and commercial viability
•	A technology pioneer - adopting emerging capabilities like robotics and autonomy
•	Cross-functional leadership uniting diverse teams to deliver complex initiatives
•	Trend tracking identifying high-potential focus areas to capitalize on

I would enjoy grabbing a virtual coffee to explore how we can work together to bring AI innovations to life - the future is bright! Let's connect.

My mission in life is to impact and inspire 100 million entrepreneurs worldwide. We have already impacted well over 4 Million this year 2021. 

The biggest mistake I hear - "I will wait until later to start building my personal brand" DO NOT WAIT!

Our goal is to amplify you and your brand in the media and publications. This helps with your SEO strategy, personal reputation when your name or brand is searched and build credibility with future clients. 

We have been at the forefront of audio-only apps like Clubhouse where we reach thousands of people on a daily basis including having a club with over 108k entrepreneurs as members. We have had amazing people join the rooms including Grant Cardone, Daymond John and so many more. 

We have a room highlighting authors, a Founders Story room highlighting amazing founders such as Grant Cardone, Sharon Lechter, Gino Wickman, Daymond John, Kevin Harrington, Kara Goldin, and so many more.

Who am I?
I realized during my first real management job that I loved to lead people. It was not about the title, it was about the ability to help and change lives. 

You don't realize how much of a difference you can make until you help someone get a promotion or be able to provide for their families.

For well over a decade I worked in the corporate world where I was able to lead a few hundred amazing individuals. Everything I learned I use in my own organization.

Since 2014 helping lead the marketing of our e-commerce stores on Amazon and Shopify. Sold over $15 million online. 

Ventured into the brick and mortar business to help others with their skin conditions like myself. Helped thousands of men and women be confident with their skin. Made tinted sunscreen cool with guys and we were awarded Inc 5000 fastest growing companies in America twice. 

Nowadays, I love to help business owners and entrepreneurs become the authority and stand out in the media. Let us help you get into publications, on tv or on podcasts. Why? Because there are so many incredible people who can inspire millions but no one knows who they are. 

I also love to inspire and empower through candid conversations from our media company called IBH - over 100k people reached monthly, iTunes and Spotify charts in over 20 countries and 3 shows. Wrote an Amazon best selling book about launching a podcast in 48 hours. 

Featured in over 60+ publications across the world:
Forbes, Inc, USA Today, Modern Luxury, Thrive Global, and more.

If you want to generate more media and impact others email us today- hello@ibhmedia.co

Daniel Robbins

Feature Incredible Leaders on TV in Front of Millions | TEDx Speaker “Future of Marketing in the Metaverse” | CoHost Of The Future on CNN Philippines | Creator of Founder's Story and Impact+ | 8 Million Monthly visitors

Daniel Robbins is a media producer and entrepreneur with a passion for impacting and inspiring entrepreneurs worldwide.

Co-Founder

A membership community built to empower entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs.
A community-driven member ecosystem for entrepreneurs. Free education, collaboration, and creating projects together in the metaverse/Web3.0 while having fun.

Most sales emails suck. Mine did too. Here is exactly how we changed that. 

I was pitching exhibitors for an upcoming event (Expo West, let me know if you are going). It read like every other PR pitch on earth. So I stole a play.

I went on YouTube and searched “best sales script advive”. (yes i spelled it wrong)

An Alex Hormozi clip popped up. He explained a tactic called ghost products.

You recommend something cheaper or you tell them what they do not need from you. You do it to prove you are on their side.

So I transcribed the video. Pasted it into AI. And had it create a reusable prompt that rewrote my whole outbound sequence.

If you want the exact prompt, here it is. Copy paste it. Swap the brackets. Use it for any offer.

PROMPT
You are an elite direct response copywriter and B2B sales strategist. Rewrite my sales email using the ghost product trust tactic.
Context
 I sell: [what you sell]
 To: [who you sell to]
 Their goal: [what they want]
 What most people do instead: [option A] and [option B]
 Time-sensitive context: [event or deadline]
 Proof: [2 to 3 proof points]
 Compliance line to include verbatim: [paste exact wording]
Rules
 Start by naming the two common options.
 Validate them.
 Recommend a ghost product or a cheaper alternative.
 Explain why that still misses the real outcome.
 Present my offer as the simplest path to the outcome.
 One sentence on deliverables.
 One CTA only, a 10-minute fit call.
 Short lines. No fluff. No hype.
Output
 6 subject lines
 3 email versions: short, medium, ultra short
 2 follow ups
 1 LinkedIn DM version
Here is my current draft to rewrite
 [paste your email]

That prompt turned my pitch from vendor energy into advisor energy.
Try it. 

Thank You Alex!

Mission: Impact 1 Billion | Performance-Based PR | Founder’s Story Top 10 Show 800k+ YouTube | International Best-Selling Author: Unlimited Possibilities (Penguin)

I've interviewed over 1,000 founders.

So when I find content that actually changes how I think about brand, I pay attention.

I just watched a 6-hour brand-building course by Caleb Ralston. This is what I learned.

Here are the 8 frameworks worth keeping:
1. Brand is a pairing, not a feeling. Branding = intentionally pairing relevant things done consistently. Nike + Jordan. Harley + freedom. What are YOU pairing yourself with?

2. The Brand Journey Framework 4 questions that give you a complete roadmap: What's my desired outcome → What must I be known for → What must I DO to be known for it → What must I learn to do that

3. Define what you WON'T be associated with 99% of people ignore this. The creators who lose trust didn't build the wrong brand — they just never defined what they'd say no to.

4. Find the gap, own the gap If everyone in your space chases virality, owning trust is your differentiation. What is everyone saying that you can credibly disagree with?

5. The Accordion Method Post high volume first to gather data. Once you know what resonates, compress — fewer posts, more effort per post. Most people skip the first step.

6. The 70-20-10 Rule 70% proven content. 20% iterations. 10% pure experiments. The 10% is where every breakthrough format comes from. Most people never protect that bucket.

7. Share knowledge, sell execution Give away your best frameworks for free. Charge for implementation. Make your free content so good people think "if this is free, what are they charging for?"

8. Trust before transactions — always The sequence is: value → credibility → relationship → sale. Skipping any step kills the conversion.

Craziest thing, you can transcribe YouTube videos in YouTube, copy and paste them into Claude or Gemini or ChatGPT. Then ask it to summarize and tell you what it learned. Then have it create a prompt based on the info learned so you can implement this. 

Game Changer!

HOLY. MOLY! The Founder's Story just hit 800,000 subscribers on YouTube!

This show started in 2020, it was called Inspired by Her, hosted mostly by my wife Kate Hancock WEF DAVOS, a moment that honestly changed the entire trajectory of my life. 

We saw some early traction, slow and steady, and then something wild happened...Clubhouse exploded.

And suddenly, we had an estimated 20 million live listeners tuning in, with some of the most incredible founders and entrepreneurs in the world joining us in real time. The magic wasn't just the guests. It was YOU. 

The audience asks questions live, challenges ideas, sharing their own stories. That interactive energy was unlike anything I'd ever experienced. That's when we rebranded to Founder's Story.

We couldn't record those sessions, one of my biggest regrets, but what it built was something no algorithm can manufacture: a real community.

From there, we took this content and distributed it to TV stations across the country, which is why I've always called this a digital TV show, not just a podcast.

And then the last 18 months? Maniacal, obsessive focus on YouTube. Every week. No excuses. 6-8 hours a day, analyzing and changing.

This week alone, the founder of TaskRabbit and the author of The Lean Startup are coming on. That's the level we're playing at now.

But here's what I'm most excited about: we're bringing back the thing that made this special from the beginning. We want YOU to be able to submit questions for upcoming guests, just like the Clubhouse days. Because the best conversations were never just mine to have. They belonged to all of us.
800,000 strong. We're just getting started 

To every single person who watches, shares, and sends messages, thank you. You have no idea.

Buckle up. 

This post was inspired by Steven Bartlett and their 15 million on YouTube with DOAC. I hope to one day reach that point.

Some amazing recent guests: 
Samyr Laine 
Bill Harper 
Karan Y. 
Sunaina Sinha 
Julian Metcalfe 
Julia Arpag 
Yarin Gaon 
Aurora Winter, MBA 
Seth Casden 
Amanda Marino, B.S., CIP, CLC, CRC 
Devain Doolaramani 
Roman Yampolskiy

Last week Gary Vaynerchuk sat down with me at Expo West. He held up a box of gummies like it was the most important thing he ever built.

Not VaynerMedia. Not his early investments in Facebook, Twitter, and Uber.
A box of gummies. Sounds crazy right?

But the more he talked the more I realized this isn't about gummies at all.
Gary sees two massive shifts that are about to collide.

Collectibles inside CPG. 

He's putting rare stickers inside every box that could resell for $1,000 on eBay. Think Cracker Jack meets Pokemon cards. One sticker. One bag of gummies. A completely new reason to buy.

Live social shopping. 

No retail distribution. No stores. No meetings with buyers. Direct to consumer through live selling. He told me point-blank this is the biggest opportunity in the world right now.

Most founders at Expo West were fighting for shelf space. Gary wasn't even looking for it.

His wife, Mona, spent 15 months ensuring every single ingredient was 100% clean. Not "clean enough." Actually clean. No chemicals. No compromises. He said it's unequivocally the cleanest fruit gummy on the market.

The brand is called Very Luckee Gummies.

And it's launching on live shopping first. Not retail. Not Amazon. Live.

That's not a product launch. That's a bet on where all of commerce is heading.

I also asked him what small brands with zero budget should do to compete against the massive booths and big money at events like Expo West.
His answer was simple.

Be human. Be creative. Be humble. You don't need a booth. You don't need money. You need human skills and the willingness to walk up to strangers.

He said he built everything that way. And he's watched hundreds of others do the same.

I wrote the full breakdown for Inc. magazine. Link in comments.

Love that I got to do this with my wife Kate Hancock and cohost.

Performance-Based PR | Founder’s Story Top 10 Show 1M+ YouTube | International Best-Selling Author: Unlimited Possibilities (Penguin) Mission: Impact 1 Billion

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