Startup Hustle

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Startup Funding Oct 30, 2019

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Whether you have this brilliant idea or you’re active in the early stage of your company’s development, you need to find someone who can fund your business. Figuring out how to fund your business is difficult and raising funds for your startup is crucial to your success.

Get set for another startup hustle with the Matts and guest Maggie Kenefake, managing director, and Jeff Shackelford, senior VP of investment capital and financial operations. The Enterprise Center in Johnson Country (ECJC) is a non-profit organization helping Kansas City entrepreneurs grow by providing entrepreneur education, mentoring, office space, and connections to capital funds.

So, whether you need help determining where to start or you’re working to grow your business, ECJC can be a valuable resource in helping entrepreneurs and startups navigate the many resources that are available to them.

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HR for Startups Oct 29, 2019

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Managing employees and handling complicated company policies can be time-consuming and difficult. As a business owner, you don't have the time to do all these when you are focusing on growing the business.

HR is the key to staying on top of today’s talent market. They are the ones who manage the company’s most important asset - the PEOPLE. Get informed about how HR changes your company’s growth in this episode, as the Matts and their guest, president, and co-founder Erica Brune discuss why HR is so important for business culture. Lever1 is a Kansas City-based professional employer organization (PEO) providing convenient resources for businesses across the country.

Their biggest measurement of achievement is the growth and success of your clients. Learn how PEO clients can focus on their pressing business operations to maintain and grow their bottom line!

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Digital Transformation Oct 28, 2019

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The digital economy influences all aspects of our society, especially how we interact. The emerging digital economy improves how we live and paves the way to develop new scientific research and breakthroughs.

Through a combination of new and emerging technologies, digital transformation is within our reach. These technologies will address sophisticated issues supported by Big Data.

Get set for another ground-breaking episode with Matt DeCoursey and KC Digital Drive Managing Director, Aaron Deacon. KC Digital Drive is a 501 c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to make Kansas City a digital leader to secure economic prosperity and improve the quality of life for all people in the region.

They work these objectives through a four-part process: engaging with the communities, identifying opportunities, implementing solutions and tracking results.

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Medical Device Startups Oct 24, 2019

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Using a crutch can be very daunting and exhausting. The longer you use it, the more you need it to avoid pain and discomfort. You might just get used to it, but wouldn’t you prefer to use something that can comfortably support you from the start?

In this podcast episode, Matt DeCoursey and guest, CIO and co-founder of Mobility Designed, Max Younger share a whole new experience to people who are using the traditional crutches.

Younger and his wife started Mobility Designed around 2 years ago. The company began with a mission to make crutch-assisted mobile, comfortable and functional. They believe that you can have a better quality of life through improved mobility and that recovery should be a painless experience.

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Animal Health Startups Oct 23, 2019

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Cancer is the leading cause of death in dogs. Instinctually, animals can hide their pain, but if they hide it for too long then it might already be too late.

It’s a heartwarming episode as the CEO of ELIAS Animal Health, Tammie Wahaus, gives pet owners and veterinarians hope and a better way of treating cancer in dogs. ELIAS Animal Health approach is simple: Every canine patient is unique, every cancer is unique.

To win against this devastating killer, cancer therapy itself must also be unique. Their Autologous Prescription Product harnesses the power of the dog’s immune system to eliminate cancer.

If you are a pet owner and looking for better options to not only prolong your companion’s life but also to improve the quality of life, then tune in to this podcast!

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Medical Matching Oct 22, 2019

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For most patients, finding the right care provider can be a daunting task because of the wide selection and range of providers. More and more patients are looking for new providers as their current physicians retire or change their current practice.

So, how do you find the right one for you? In this episode of the Startup Hustle, Matt and Matt grab a seat with the president of MD Matchup, Jim Brown. MD Matchup is an interesting consumer acquisition and patient retention online software that matches patients with providers based on healthcare and personality-related compatibility factors.

Similar to dating websites, MD Matchup uses these factors and variables to create the beginnings of a great professional relationship. They believe it’s the best step in establishing a strong relationship between both parties.

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Climate Change Startups Oct 21, 2019

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What can we do to counter the effects of climate change? In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Dynamhex CoFounder and CEO Sunny Sanwar discuss how gathering data can help solve climate change. Dynamhex monitors and visualizes complex energy consumption data for individuals, corporate, and government entities. They support climate leaders in making data-driven decisions in a timely fight against climate change.

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Developer Shortage Oct 17, 2019

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And he’s back! Matt DeCoursey is back in Cebu and keeping all 170 employees here at Full Scale entertained with his energetic presence! While in Cebu, Matt sat down with Full Scale’s Development Manager, Rodolfo Nacu, better known as "Nax," to talk about why Cebu is known as "the tech hub" of the country.

Nax has over eleven years of experience in the Research and Development industry for Retail Software technology, a recipient of various local and global awards on innovation, technical merit, and positive business impact. In this episode, Nax explains how Cebu is growing and is seen as the tech hub for innovative companies entering the country.

Aside from how fluent the Cebuanos are in English, which makes communication fluid, they are also very efficient, focused, and hard-working developers. Tune in to this episode and get more insight into why you should hire Filipino developers and why Matt speaks highly of Cebu.

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Fleet Management Oct 16, 2019

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In today's episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and guest Muffi Ghadial, Founder and CEO of Electriphi, to the show to charge up a conversation about fleet management and what it takes to run a large number of commercial electric vehicles.

The growing fame of electric vehicles is irrefutable. Electriphi provides energy management solutions that save energy costs, increase reliability, and simplify the transition to electric vehicle fleets. Tune in and get in the know about this growing industry need.

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Solar Power Oct 15, 2019

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In today's Startup Hustle podcast episode, Matt DeCoursey and guest John Powers, founder of Extensible Energy, discuss how machine learning can make solar more cost-effective in commercial buildings. Commercial buildings are switching to solar power to take advantage of the solar energy from the sun entirely. Extensible Energy's mission is to promote the expansion of the retail solar market that adapts to energy, technology, data, and the grid.

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