Tyrone is a mechatronics engineer and data scientist with a passion for real-world applications of emerging technologies. As founder and lead data scientist of HomeFair AS, he developed machine learning-driven platforms to empower home sellers and buyers, culminating in the successful merger of his startup with a leading Norwegian property tech company. Tyrone’s unique path took him from South Africa to Italy, Australia, and Norway, working on innovative projects in sensor technology, big data, and real estate analytics. His experience spans both technical and business development, and he champions ethical data use and collaborative culture in startups.💡 What You’ll Learn from Tyrone's Journey: 🔸 Pivoting from Technical Roots to Entrepreneurship: How Tyrone leveraged his engineering and data science background to create a technology startup in a new industry, adapting his skills and learning business fundamentals along the way. 🔸 Building (and Selling) a Data-Driven Startup: Lessons on assembling a complementary founding team, iterating on product-market fit, managing funding challenges, and navigating acquisition and merger paths, even in less mature startup ecosystems.🔸 The Ethical Edge of Data Science: Insights on why thoughtful, ethical data use matters, and how open dialogue with stakeholders can inform better, more balanced tech products and company policies. 🔸 Risk, Resilience, and Founders’ Alignment: Why understanding personal and co-founder risk tolerance, motivations, and transparent equity discussions are critical to startup health and long-term founder well-being.You can connect with Tyrone on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ to follow his journey.🎥 Big thanks to VidOps for supporting Founders Voyage. Use code voyage at ⁠vidops.io⁠ for 10% off expert audio, video, animation, and photography services.👏 Props to the stellar crew: Nancy Nash, Daniel M. Melo, Carlos Javier Chacón Sánchez, Matthew Ray, and host Spencer Walker-Fooks. You bring this show to life.🥂 Want to support the journey? Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ and help amplify more voices like Tyrone.#FoundersVoyage #Entrepreneurship #Podcast

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