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Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration

249: From War Survivor to Construction Industry Innovator... How René Morkos used AI to Build ALICE Technologies...

Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration

Millionaire Interviews Podcast & Sir Austin Peek

Careers, Business:careers, Business

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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René Morkos, Ph.D. is an inventor, founder, adjunct professor at Stanford University, and CEO of ALICE Technologies. He is the inventor of the world’s first Generative Construction Simulator and Optimizer and obtained his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence applications for construction as a Charles H. Leavell fellow at Stanford University, where he currently serves as an adjunct professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. He is a second-generation civil engineer with over 15 years of experience in construction, divided between industry and academia. This Episode is Sponsored By: If you have a brand that you’ve always dreamt of building, or business you want to take online, the first step is finding your domain name. Hover makes it super simple with clear and straightforward user experience, easy to use tools, and truly amazing support from friendly humans. Secure, simple, and reliable, Hover is a trusted and popular choice amongst millions of people launching any kind of brand or business. If you’re ready to get your idea off the ground with the perfect domain name, head to: millionaire-interviews.com/hover to get 10% off your first Hover purchase. Great leaders don’t do anything alone. Find the support you need to delegate those details with Belay. Belay has been helping business leaders with staffing solutions for over a decade. And you can find that out by checking out Episode 84 of our podcast where Austin interviewed the founder of Belay, Bryan Miles. Belay is offering an exclusive VIP offer to all of our podcast listeners, so just text STORY to 55123 to claim your VIP offer. Jon Ostenson, Founder of FranBridge Consulting and Top 1% US Franchise Consultant is here to help you explore the world of non-food franchising opportunities today. Jon and his team are part of the largest brokerage in the US and have vetted the market thoroughly. FranBridge is hands down the premier source of the best opportunities in the non-food franchising world. You can hear more of Jon’s story and how he started FranBridge Consulting on Episode 250 of our podcast. Sign up for a free consultation call with Jon today at millionaire-interviews.com/franbridgeconsulting and receive a FREE copy of his new book Non-Food Franchising. Alice in California joined our Patreon Community after listening to Group Call I. She's found the group friendly & insightful… and you can too! If you want to join our kinky community, visit: millionaire-interviews.com/patreon Al in Texas listened to Ep 165: Charles Bonfiglio interview, which became his most favorite episode. He became a Patreon member because he wanted to listened to the second part of the Charles Bonfiglio interview. If you want to hear more interviews, become a Patreon member by going to: millionaire-interviews.com/patreon Want to Support the Show? Well we'd love for you to join our Patreon Group! What's in it for you? Well you'll instantly get a scheduled call from Austin, where he'll help you with your current or future business... Sign-Up Now at millionaire-interviews.com/patreon. 😀😎😍 *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Rene Morkos. *** Support this Podcast via Patreon Feedback? Questions? Comments? We would love to hear from you! Hollar at us via: Facebook Group (@MiPViPs), or Twitter (@acpeek or @millionairepod), Instagram (@millionaire_interviews), LinkedIn (@austincpeek), Facebook (@millionaireinterviews), or Email: [email protected]. 😎😍😀

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0:00.0

Because I had a pretty good life.

0:03.2

I had a lot of friends.

0:04.6

I spent a lot of time sitting on the beach drinking beer.

0:07.0

Life was good.

0:08.0

So it was like, okay, well, if you're going to go do something, it's got to be a masterpiece.

0:11.4

It's got to be something like really cool, like really incredible.

0:15.9

These folks are smoking opium.

0:18.4

Those guys are smoking a sheesh.

0:20.2

There's alcohol.

0:21.2

There's drugs, weapons.

0:22.2

And I'm 22.

0:24.1

I would sit in the corner, mind my own business, and just watch.

0:27.4

It's a bouncy question like, how was Alice Warren?

0:33.3

I was just focused on pushing the edge, pushing the boundary.

0:36.4

That's kind of one thing I didn't talk about.

0:38.3

I was exploring myself.

0:40.1

I think one of the hardest things to do, and I think actually maybe the hardest thing

0:43.9

to do is to hold.

0:47.8

The question you're asking, which is what is a theoretical max, is not a question that

0:51.2

that that person asks.

0:53.0

I guess the thing that I learned was, don't think it's figured out.

0:56.4

It's kind of mind blowing it.

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