Paul Canetti is an entrepreneur, educator, and futurist who is passionate about the intersection of technology and business.Paul is the CEO and Co-Founder of Skej, a new AI personal assistant company.Canetti is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia Business School, where he is known as the “founding father” of the product management MBA program. Since 2016, he has lectured on product and marketing strategy, user experience, customer experience, and emerging technologies like AR/VR, blockchain/web3, and generative AI.As Founder and President of New Tech Business School, an executive education company, Paul leads a team of highly credentialed instructors and coaches in providing corporate training and strategic consulting. His clients have previously included Meta, Spotify, Verizon, HP, Trusted Media Brands, American Express, TikTok, Walmart, Unilever, L'Oréal, Citigroup, and more. He has also taught all over the world, throughout Europe and Asia.Previously, Paul served as CEO and Co-Founder of MAZ, a video distribution and e-commerce platform used by Forbes, Bloomberg, and Condé Nast. MAZ was listed as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's "Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America" and was acquired by Providence Strategic Growth.He was also Co-Founder and CEO of Bounce House, an e-commerce platform for local service businesses, which was acquired by Declare Health.As an investor, Canetti is a General Partner at Everlong Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, a Fund Manager at deftly.vc, and serves on the Strategic Advisory Board of Riverside Acceleration Capital, a global VC firm with over $12 billion in assets under management.In addition, Paul hosts the podcast Tech News for MBAs, writes two newsletters, Product Tips and Hypothetically Great, and is the author of the upcoming book After the Smartphone: A Business Guide to Augmented Reality. He has been featured as an industry expert and has written for Bloomberg News, TechCrunch, Fast Company, The Information, and Insider.Fun fact: Paul once sang in a band that was featured on MTV.