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    <title>Looking Beyond With Michael Sikand  - Episodes Tagged with “Car”</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <description>Looking Beyond With Michael Sikand is a time capsule for Michael's early years of building his brand, Our Future, through a series of high-energy interviews he conducted with business executives and startup founders as a 20-year-old University of Michigan student. Michael ended up pivoting to becoming a short video content creator and built Our Future into a media company he sold to Morning Brew at age 22. In 2022, Michael was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list in media. 
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    <itunes:subtitle>Looking Beyond With Michael Sikand features the host's early years of building his brand, Our Future, through a series of high-energy interviews he conducted with business executives and startup founders as a 20-year-old college student. Michael ended up pivoting to becoming a short video content creator and sold his company at age 22 to Morning Brew.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>#23 Ed Bolian, Founder of VinWiki</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In Episode 23, listeners hear from Ed Bolian, Founder and CEO of VINwiki Inc., former Cannonball Run record holder, and ex-Sales Director of Lamborghini Atlanta. He discusses why he started an exotic rental car company in college, how his VINwiki youtube channel went viral overnight, and his advice to young people who aspire to be shrewd negotiators.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>16:27</itunes:duration>
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  <itunes:keywords>Ed Bolian, VINwiki, lamborghini, supercar, electric, car, ev, electric vehicle, startups, startup, business, technology, disruption, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, drakogte, drakomotors</itunes:keywords>
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  <title>#2 Shiv Sikand, Founder of Drako Motors</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 11:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>On today's episode Michael Sikand talks shop with Shiv Sikand, co-founder of Drako Motors, to discuss why he launched a supercar startup, the ludicrous specs of the 2020 Drako GTE, and the importance of electric cars in society. Before building an electric supercar, Shiv co-founded IC Manage, an enterprise software company that works with the largest technology companies in the world. He has a B.S. in Physics and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester in England. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>15:36</itunes:duration>
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