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Roundtable: Entertainment conversation on future of media with FanUp and FutureStream Jan 19, 2021

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Life's gone full digital, and the race is on to capture the world's attention in new and exciting ways. On this special episode of the Technori podcast, we catch up with a couple media-forward founders that placed first and second in the recent Sava360 & NAMIC "Startup Pitch" competition that showcases disruptive companies in tech, sports and entertainment. First place: FutureStream - a streaming performance that allows you to pay to watch live concerts, giving 90% revenue to the artist. Second place: FanUp (app is live) - an interactive interactive platform for fantasy contests with no salary caps, real-money, and brand prizes that you can play with friends and influencers. Tejas Bodiwala (FanUp) and Javier Laval (FutureStream) join the show to talk with Scott about competing in the Startup Pitch, what seeded their company ideas, how they'll monetize and respective visions and plans going forward.

Morning Brew co-founder on the newsletter renaissance Jan 13, 2021

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Newsletters have taken on new life in recent years, with incredible growth particularly in the tech and business sectors. Chief among them is Morning Brew, an all-encompassing business newsletter (among other things) that was recently acquired by Business Insider at a reported valuation of $75 million. Co-founder Austin Rief joins the show to talk about the their development, seamless transition with BI, smarts+ niche as the future of digital and how to consume the internet.

How Emmet Peppers became a successful self-made hedge fund manager Jan 07, 2021

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Scott Kitun talks to self-made hedge fun manager, Emmet Peppers. The founder of the firm Good Soil Investment, Emmet grew his money from investing $30,000 including a massive bet on Tesla - into $70 million. Emmet talks about jumping from the mail room into investing without day trading experience, how buying a Tesla got him down the hedge fund path and why he believes anyone can build wealth with the right investing strategy.

Hologram provides the next-gen of telecommunication Jan 04, 2021

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The Internet of Things, or IoT, is often trotted out without much explanation much like "AI" or "machine learning". But if you take IoT as the the ability for your devices or your company's devices to communicate with each other - Hologram is the SIM card that allows that connectivity to occur efficiently. Hologram.io uses cellular connectivity to power up almost any kind of hardware with the ability to scale globally with carrier-switching. Founder and CEO Ben Forgan joins the show to catch up with Scott from when he presented on the Technori stage back in 2017, how the company has changed, evolved and growing in an increaasingly IoT-driven world.

Acorns for kids? EarlyBird is the gift of financial literacy Dec 23, 2020

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Ever grappled with the lack of financial literacy in this country? Or are tired of wasting money on toys that your kid or someone else's kid will use for 5 minutes? EarlyBird lets you accomplish it all by essentially being the Acorns for kids. You start an account, put in a set amount of money to invest (others can contribute gifts of money to the portfolio as well) and can grow that money for years and years until the child turns 18 and gains control of their account. Co-founder and CEO Jordan Wexler talks about how these investing on EarlyBird - with relatively small amounts of money - can help children understand the world of money gradually through exposure, and become readied participants in the financial system faster than any generation before now.

Havoc Shield gives SMBs the cybersecurity boost for the modern business climate Dec 22, 2020

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When we think cybersecurity, we tend to think big data breaches like Target or your parents setting their passwords as "password". We skip over the the prime target for many attacks - small businesses. Attacks against SMBs make up almost half of all cyber crime, and has seen gigantic spikes with the pandemic in 2020. These attacks, successful or not, can lead to exorbitant costs on small companies in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. CEO Brian Fritton co-founded Havoc Shield with these climbing cyber crime rates in mind as a vulnerability small businesses have to plan and budget for and not just react to. Brian joins the show to talk about how Havoc Shield protects businesses, raising a recent round of funding, working on security for political campaigns and taking our digital lives as seriously as attackers do.

How TapRm could become the Shopify of beer Dec 17, 2020

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Beer delivery is its infancy, which is to say it's often expensive and lacks selection. Enter TapRm, an ecommerce platform and marketplace to find and purchase your favorite brews delivered right to your door. By cutting out the costs of middlemen, TapRm is able to save money that doesn't get passed onto the customer while also taking bigger margins than some competitors. CEO Jason Sherman joins the show to talk about their the incredible growth they've experienced during the pandemic, why they believe the momentum won't level off, why Prohibition's impact still lingers in the market and how beer/seltzer is the new celebrity tequila.

Bra-less designed clothing company Frankly delivers comfort, style and confidence Dec 16, 2020

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Frankly Apparel's appeal is as straightforward as it gets: stylish, comfortable clothing for women to wear without the need for a bra. CEO Heather Eaton and her co-founder Jane Dong bonded over discussing their very different body types (Heather large-chested, Jane- tall, small-chested) and lack of clothing options that truly fit them. The idea of Frankly was born and after a successful Kickstarter, they are on their way to redefining bra-less clothing to fit all cup sizes and become the new standard. Heather joins the show to talk with Scott about changing the fashion industry, building a company in the pandemic, serving an underserved niche in the market and what it's like to use TikTok as a viral marketing tool.

Reimagining thoughtful digital advertising with 1World Online Dec 14, 2020

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1World Online founder and CEO Alex Fedosseev joins Scott on the show to talk about the state of digital advertising, why no one wants to see old practices like pop-up ads and auto-play videos, and how to do digital ads, smarter and natively.

Investing in human capital with Candor Ventures Dec 11, 2020

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When Noah Berkson and Raul Henriquez started their business together helping young companies with tech development and resources, they quickly realized how many issues founders were commonly facing, particularly prioritizing decisions on what aspects of the core product to focus on and building the core team. They launched Candor Ventures to invest in companies with their own capital and tech assets to power young businesses to operate like mature, Series B companies but at the pre-seed stage of development. Noah and Raul join the show to talk with Scott about the importance of human capital, location-based serendipity and helping startups get out of their own way to have a better chance at success.

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