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Bilal Aijazi – Polly.ai
Welcome to the latest episode of the Apps People Stories podcast. In this episode, I talked with Bilal Aijazi, the Co-Founder and CEO of Polly.ai, a leading app for Microsoft Teams. Bilal takes us on a journey through his early days in computing, where he loaded DOOM from floppy disks, to his time at Microsoft…
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Vardhaman Deshpande – Focusworks AI
In the fourth episode of my show, I had a conversation with Vardhaman Deshpande. He recently created a software application called Focusworks AI, which is powered by AI and designed to summarize information in Microsoft Teams. I found our discussion very interesting, especially because Vardhaman has a technical background. We delved into the specifics of…
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Hack to the Future: How Microsoft’s Internal Hackathons are Driving Innovation and Empowering Teams
In this episode, I am joined by Afreen Rahman and Kamil Szybalski to delve into the transformative power of Microsoft’s Fix Hack Learn weeks. We explore how these hackathons have served as a catalyst for innovation, spawning impactful features and even standalone products. Listen as Afreen shares her experience working on a hardware project and…
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Tharshan Muthulingam – Founder & CTO, ScrumGenius
In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Tharshan Muthulingam, the founder and CTO of ScrumGenius. ScrumGenius is a highly effective tool that allows teams to conduct asynchronous standup meetings directly through chat. Tharshan shared insights about the development and growth of the app, which has had a significant impact on teams of various…
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Melissa Painter – Founder & CEO, BreakThru.me
I interviewed Melissa Painter, the Founder and CEO of BreakThru, an app for Teams that encourages users to take brief, movement-based breaks to improve mental and physical health. During our conversation, we covered a range of topics, including the various ways in which BreakThru has been found to enhance productivity within organizations. One of the…
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Hello World 🚀
As a member of the development team responsible for constructing services, APIs, SDKs, and extensibility points for the Teams web, desktop, and mobile clients, I have had the opportunity to work with and assist individuals who are highly enthusiastic about creating apps for Microsoft Teams. Through my interactions with these developers, I have learned that…
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