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The Founders Live Podcast

The Founders Live Podcast tells stories of unique and inspiring entrepreneurship from around the world.

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7/5/2020

062 - Lori Most: Building A Strong and Sturdy Bridge for Rural and Remote Healthcare artwork

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062 - Lori Most: Building A Strong and Sturdy Bridge for Rural and Remote Healthcare

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Nick Hughes is joined by Lori Most from Minneapolis who is founder and CEO Binary Bridge. Their Offline Network Enables and Powers Full Clinics in Any Remote Location around the world. BackpackEMR will instantly share your patient’s data securely from your Registration station to Vitals, Labs, Exam Rooms, and through to Pharmacy with a custom-built, offline, data-sharing network. Nick and Lori have and interesting and insightful conversation including her perspectives on Covid and the racial tensions in the US which started in her city, as well as her journey as an entrepreneur, how she identified the challenges of remote healthcare, and the next steps in building their solution. This is a great conversation, we hope it helps you today. https://www.backpackemr.com/

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6/28/2020

061 - Sharen Eddings of CodewithSharen: STEM and Coding Education For Teachers artwork

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061 - Sharen Eddings of CodewithSharen: STEM and Coding Education For Teachers

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This was recorded as part of our online Founders Live Conversations Series, watch the video here. We interviewed Sharen Eddings of CodewithSharen, a Interactive Text-Based Programming Language STEM E-Learning Solution. "Schools hire us to teach teachers how to code, so teachers can teach their students how to code too." We had a conversation in front of a live virtual audience who submitted questions and comments in real time as Nick and Sharen talked about STEM education and how schools are missing out on a great opportunity and how Codewithsharen is on a mission to solve this problem, as well as the racial challenges specifically in the tech industry. Enjoy the conversation. http://www.codewithsharen.com/

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6/28/2020

060 - Pradnya Desh of Advocat Technologies: Bringing More Affordable Legal Care To The World Through AI artwork

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060 - Pradnya Desh of Advocat Technologies: Bringing More Affordable Legal Care To The World Through AI

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Nick Hughes is joined by Pradnya Desh from Seattle, CEO of Advocat Technologies, CONVERSATION-DRIVEN LEGAL RESEARCH AND DRAFTING FOR ATTORNEYS. Nick and Pradnya have an enlightening conversation starting first with her perspective and experience with Covid-19 in Seattle and beyond. Then they get into her journey as a founder, Advocat Technologies, what she is building and why, and the future of legal technologies as AI develops and becomes more prevalent in our world. This is a very fun conversation, we hope it helps you on your journey. https://advocattechnologies.com/

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6/21/2020

059 - Joel Carben of Carben Ventures - Landing The Ship And Exiting A Startup During Covid-19 artwork

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059 - Joel Carben of Carben Ventures - Landing The Ship And Exiting A Startup During Covid-19

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Nick Hughes is joined by Joel Carben from Port Townsend, WA of Carben Ventures - Our mission is simple. We are here to help you build and grow the best companies in the world. Nick and his good friend Joel have a great conversation hitting many different topics starting with how they met, how Joel started IdealSeat, the experience building and pivoting the business and ultimately exiting during early Covid-19. He then dives into his lessons learned and talks about is next act - how Carben Ventures will help entrepreneurs grow world changing companies. You can feel Joel's desire to help founders through this podcast. This is a very fun conversation, we hope it helps you on your journey. https://www.carbenventures.com/

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6/21/2020

058 - Dave Parker of The Trajectory Series: What's Next For Startups In Covid-19 Era artwork

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058 - Dave Parker of The Trajectory Series: What's Next For Startups In Covid-19 Era

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This was recorded as part of our online Founders Live Conversations Series, watch the video here . We interviewed entrepreneur and investor Dave Parker, who has founded numerous companies, advised and mentored many founders and who also a spent some time as venture partner for Seven Peaks Ventures. Nick Hughes and Dave have an engaging conversation online about the current global situation, what he is seeing right now as the opportunities in the early stage market. We also hear about his background, his experience in the startup and technology industry, lessons learned and address questions from you, the audience. https://www.gettrajectory.com/ SHOW LESS

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6/12/2020

057 - Sharad Mittal of Teracube: Sustainable Smartphones and Other Tech Will Save Our Planet artwork

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057 - Sharad Mittal of Teracube: Sustainable Smartphones and Other Tech Will Save Our Planet

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(Note: the reception and data connection on this episode was faulty at times) Nick Hughes is joined by Sharad Mittal, founder and CEO of Teracube, of Redmond, WA. Teracube is the world’s most reliable and sustainable smartphone. Nick and Sharad have an interesting conversation starting with his experience with the pandemic, what he is doing personally, and how their team is continuing through it. They then dive into Teracube, the issues of waste that plague the technology industry and how Teracube is building a sustainable solution for smartphones. This is a great conversation - a bit choppy at times - but will be useful for you nonetheless! https://myteracube.com/

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6/12/2020

056 - Jordan Peacock of Becoming Machinic: Don’t Waste This Reboot artwork

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056 - Jordan Peacock of Becoming Machinic: Don’t Waste This Reboot

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Nick Hughes is joined by Jordan Peacock from Minneapolis, Minnesota CEO and cofounder Becoming Machinic - which integrates existing IT infrastructure and business processes for enterprises. Nick and Jordan have a wide ranging and intriguing conversation starting with his thoughts on this Covid-19 outbreak and how you shouldn't waste a time for rebooting. This is a time for opportunity, reflection and personal and business transformation. They then go into his projects, how he grew his businesses - both the IT business as well as Yak Collective, which is a group of people who have come together to create insightful writings of current issues and events. This is a very interesting conversation, we hope it helps you today. https://www.becomingmachinic.com/ https://yakcollective.org/ https://yakcollective.org/projects/yak-wisdom

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6/7/2020

055 - Ana Romero of Mooch: Bringing You Everything You Need For Your Pet artwork

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055 - Ana Romero of Mooch: Bringing You Everything You Need For Your Pet

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Nick Hughes is joined by Ana Romero of Mooch (Moch) from Guadalajara, Mexico. Mooch offers everything you need for your pet. We are a platform that makes people who have a pet in their care the best owner, through a directory of services, a market and a fun social network. Nick and Ana have a fun conversation starting with a bit more description of Mexico and what entrepreneurship is like in Guadalajara, they touch on the latest challenges due to Coronavirus and then dive into Mooch and what problem Ana found in the world around having pets. This was such an enjoyable conversation, we hope it's helpful to you too. https://mooch.com.mx/inicio

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6/7/2020

054 - Ernanda White of Black Girls Drone: Empowering Women and Girls From Underserved Communities To Become Pilots artwork

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054 - Ernanda White of Black Girls Drone: Empowering Women and Girls From Underserved Communities To Become Pilots

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Nick Hughes is joined by Ernanda White from Dallas Texas, founder and CXO of Black Girls Drone - Taking flight in pursuit of STEAM equality, education and visibility for underrepresented women and girls from underserved communities as they become FAA Certified UAV aeronautic drone pilots. Nick and Ernanda have an engaging conversation starting with her experience in Texas during the Covid-19 outbreak and how it has affected daily life. They then dive into her journey as an entrepreneur and how she discovered the issues of underrepresentation in the aviation industry, and how she determined to solve them with drone and aviation education and community for black girls. This is a very uplifting conversation, we hope it helps you today. https://www.blackgirlsdrone.net/

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5/30/2020

053 - Claudius Mbemba of Neu: Cleanliness and The Task of Ridding The World of The Coronavirus artwork

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053 - Claudius Mbemba of Neu: Cleanliness and The Task of Ridding The World of The Coronavirus

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Nick Hughes is joined by Claudius Mbemba of Seattle, who is the CTO of Neu. Neu is the hassle-free cleaning solution for vacation rentals. Nick and his good friend Claudius have a fun conversation starting with his background as a collegiate athlete and his views on how success in athletics influences entrepreneurship. They then dive into Neu, how they came up with the business, and what challenges and new opportunities the founding team is seeing now due to Covid-19 outbreak, as well as some amazing tips and advice for early stage founders especially with fundraising. This was such an great conversation, we hope it's helpful to you too. https://www.neucleans.com/

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5/30/2020

052 - Dan Kihanya of Founders Unfound: The Stories of Overcoming Underrepresentation Must Be Told And Celebrated artwork

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052 - Dan Kihanya of Founders Unfound: The Stories of Overcoming Underrepresentation Must Be Told And Celebrated

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Nick Hughes is joined by Dan Kihanya, Entrepreneur and creator Founders Unfound - Exceptional founders of African Descent, stories of entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds. Nick and Dan have a very engaging and emotional conversation around a few topics such as the current covid outbreak, Dan's background in past downturns, as well as diving into the topic of his new Podcast about underrepresented founders. This topic is very important to Nick and Founders Live as we strive to bring equality to entrepreneurship around the world, and the wisdom and insights Dan shares with the audience are invaluable and very important in today's divided world. We hope it's helpful to you as well. https://foundersunfound.com/

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5/23/2020

051 - AJ Rice of Privo Mobile: A Dumb Phone For Kids Is A Smart Idea artwork

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051 - AJ Rice of Privo Mobile: A Dumb Phone For Kids Is A Smart Idea

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Nick Hughes is joined by AJ Rice in Portland OR, Founder and CEO of Privo Mobile . Privo Mobile is a dumb phone designed for kids with a modern user experience and interface with a safe and private data experience. Nick and AJ have a very interesting conversation around a few topics such as the current covid outbreak, how AJ came up with the concept for a dumb phone, the current mobile industry standards around data collection and where AJ see's things going in the future, as well as some tips and advice for early stage founders. This was such an enjoyable conversation, we hope it's helpful to you. https://www.privomobile.com/

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5/23/2020

050 - Ryan and Munya of FarmHut: Powering The Future of Agriculture in Zimbabwe artwork

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050 - Ryan and Munya of FarmHut: Powering The Future of Agriculture in Zimbabwe

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Nick Hughes is joined by Ryan and Munya of Zimbabwe of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe who are the founders of FarmHut, which is Agricultural Investment Made Easy. Nick, Ryan and Munya have a great conversation firstly around how the covid-19 pandemic is brining major challenges to their life and business in Zimbabwe. They then jump into the agriculture business and what FarmHut is doing to improve the lives and access to quality local food in Zimbabwe, as well as their experience pitching at Founders Live Harare! This was such an enjoyable conversation, we hope it's helpful to you. https://farmhut.co.zw/

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5/17/2020

049 - Founders Live Conversations with Elizabeth Scallon of WeWork Labs artwork

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049 - Founders Live Conversations with Elizabeth Scallon of WeWork Labs

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This conversation was recorded live on Founders Live with audience participation. A conversation about entrepreneurship and the journey in the startup world. We interviewed Elizabeth Scallon of WeWork Labs in front of a live virtual audience as Nick and Elizabeth have an engaging conversation online. We hear about her background, her experience in the startup and technology industry, lessons learned and address questions from the audience.

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5/17/2020

048 - Laura Clise of Intentionalist: Spend Like It Matters artwork

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048 - Laura Clise of Intentionalist: Spend Like It Matters

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Nick Hughes is joined by Laura Clise of Seattle, WA who is the Founder and CEO of Intentionalist. Intentionalist is your local guide to diverse small businesses and the people behind them. Nick and Laura have very intriguing conversation around how the covid-19 pandemic is brining major challenges to the local business sector. They then dive into Intentionalist, what they envision is the future of local business and intentional spending, as well as her experience pitching at Founders Live Seattle! This is an important conversation helpful to any early stage entrepreneur. https://intentionalist.com/

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5/10/2020

047- Femi Oloruntoba of Esta Technologies: Generating Employment Opportunities For People With Unique Talent artwork

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047- Femi Oloruntoba of Esta Technologies: Generating Employment Opportunities For People With Unique Talent

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Nick Hughes is joined by Femi Oloruntoba of Founder and CEO Esta Technologies from Toronto, Ontario in Canada. Esta is an on-demand home services platform for any project. Take photos and videos of your home issues, and match with a local contractor. Everything home services at your convenience. Nick and Femi have a great conversation first touching on his experience up in Canada with the Coronavirus, how it has impacted his industry. They then dive into his company Esta Technologies, what they envision is the future of empowering employment for people with unique talents locally and abroad, as well as his experience pitching at Founders Live Toronto! This is a fun conversation with many nuggets of wisdom for early stage entrepreneurs. https://www.estalinks.com/

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5/10/2020

046 - Amy Woidtke: Moving In Place - Envisioning A Fresh Start For Yourself, Your Home and Your Business artwork

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046 - Amy Woidtke: Moving In Place - Envisioning A Fresh Start For Yourself, Your Home and Your Business

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Nick Hughes is joined by Amy Woidtke, owner and chief operator of Making Space For You from Seattle WA. Making Space For you is a Time Saving, Clutter Busting, Move Wrangling Organization service for Growth-oriented LGBTQ & Allied Professionals & Entrepreneurs. Nick and Amy dive into the conversation talking about Seattle and her Covid-19 experience, how it is changing the nature of travel and moving during this time, and also get into her entrepreneurial journey of how she discovered her talent to help people organize their lives, especially during stressful times like these. This great conversation will help any person who is dealing with challenges and stress in their own life right now. https://amywoidtke.com/ Amy’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amywoidtke/

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5/3/2020

045 - Todd Edman: So Your Business Is Ruined By Covid-19, What Do You Do Now? artwork

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045 - Todd Edman: So Your Business Is Ruined By Covid-19, What Do You Do Now?

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Nick Hughes is joined by Todd Edman of Eugene, OR Cofounder and CEO of Bitcork. BitCork Helps Restaurants Buy Artisan Wine One Bottle At A Time. Nick and Todd jump into the conversation talking about Portland, and his Covid-19 experience, then they talk about his company BitCork, what they were initially doing in the local restaurant space and how that is being affected during the current affects of the crisis. Check out this great conversation which will help any entrepreneur who is dealing with challenges in their own business right now. https://bitcork.io/

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4/26/2020

044 - Preeti Suri of AdventureTripr: Building The Future of Travel in A Post Covid-19 World artwork

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044 - Preeti Suri of AdventureTripr: Building The Future of Travel in A Post Covid-19 World

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Nick Hughes is joined by Preeti Suri from Seattle, WA, who is the founder and CEO of AdventureTripr. AdventureTripr powers adventures for everyone, connecting you directly with local businesses to book extraordinary experiences. Nick and Preeti enjoy an engaging conversation that starts with them chatting about Seattle and her experience during the initial Covid-19 outbreak, then they talk about her vision of building a travel company and how that is shifting and possibly changing with the current affects of the crisis. This is great conversation full of nuggets of startup wisdom. Check it out. https://adventuretripr.com/

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4/26/2020

043 - Rachel Kois of Simple Switch: Ethical and Purposeful Purchasing Can Change The World artwork

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043 - Rachel Kois of Simple Switch: Ethical and Purposeful Purchasing Can Change The World

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Nick Hughes is joined by Rachel Kois from the Denver CO area, who is founder and CEO at simpleswitch.org, which powers Ethical and impactful purchasing with cause impact. Nick and Rachel jump into a very interesting and inspiring conversation around how Rachel identified the current issues with commerce and sustainability, how she started SimpleSwitch, the impact of Covid-19 on her startup (some positive!), as well as a few pointers and tips from her early startup experience. This is fun and informative conversation and we hope it helps you in your startup journey. https://www.simpleswitch.org/

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