Listen now: The Seduction of Solopreneurship
We often hear stories about startup founders single-handedly building a digital empire. It sounds seductive, almost as if they’ve stumbled on some magic recipe for success. In reality, it’s a lot of hard work and perspective, with constant course correction driven by market demand. In this episode, Aubrey welcomes guest Adil Ahsan, an entrepreneur and business coach with a wide variety of experiences.
Listen now: Startup Bus 2016
Justin Davis returns to the show after 2yrs to chat about his experience as a conductor on the Florida Startup Bus. A new flock of entrepreneurs pitch new ideas focused on the restaurant industry. Augmented/virtual reality training, AI-enabled hiring systems, and much more.
Listen now: The Increasing Role of Design in Business
This week, special guest and user experience researcher, Melissa Hui, joins the show to talk about the ROI of design and how creativity and ideation play an increasing role in business.
Listen now: Tricorder Xprize
Tracy Ingram joins the show to talk about wearable devices and personal medical data in the cloud. Tracy and his team have advanced to the second round of the Xprize challenge to build handheld medical scanning technology, much like Star Trek tricorders.
Listen now: Fostering Entrepreneurial Success
JJ Roberts of Tampa Bay Innovation Center joins us to tell stories of his startup endeavors, including an insider’s view of Y Combinator. What does it take to build a sustainable ecosystem where startup companies of all kinds can thrive? Leadership in a culture of collaboration.
Listen now: OneSpark 2014
We are joined by special guests Mitch Neff, Saxon Baum, Ned Pope, and Taylor Wallace for a comprehensive recap of OneSpark, a crowdfunding event held in Jacksonville, FL. It was a huge event this year, with nearly 300k attendees. Tampa Bay was represented well, with Justin promoting Drawer (http://getdrawer.com), Saxon and Taylor engaging with users to improve WeVue (http://wevue.com), Mitch representing Startup Bus (http://startupbus.com), and Ned championing Florida Next (http://floridanext.org). What can we learn from this event, and how can we build upon its success? Find out in this lively episode.
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