theINCUBATOR: Recent Episodes
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Joined in studio today by Jeff Gray, Founder + CEO of The Memory Kit. The Memory Kit is a way to revel in the amazing life and legacy of a person with Alzheimer’s or dementia. It’s the archive, photo album, campfire story, recipe book, art gallery, soundtrack and laugh-track of a friend or family member―created […]
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Joined in studio today by Bobby Valentine, CEO of fitRaise: Support great causes while exercising; earn donations while you run, walk, or ride! [Update from Bobby:] The PHIT America event is just about over. Doug Gordon completed his journey across America without incident and has raised several thousand dollars through fitRaise. Since we recorded the […]
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Joined in studio today by Chris Estrada, CEO of The Operation Spot. [From their website:] Opening a coworking space is more complex than buying furniture, calling it a coworking space and herding people in through the open doors. The right coworking space can transform communities and invigorate local economies. Eliminate the guesswork. Discover the exact […]
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Joined in studio today by Louis Gump, CEO of NewsON! Find the app on the iTunes store here! Introducing a groundbreaking service, delivering live and on-demand local news via mobile and connected TV apps. NewsON provides instant access to a nationwide lineup of local news video, including live broadcasts, time-shifted broadcasts, and short clips, available […]
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Joined in studio today by Judy Robinett, funding expert, author, and speaker. Judy is the author of How to Be a Power Connector. You can learn more about Judy here! Discussion guide from today’s interview with Judy Robinett: 1. How to become a power connector. And why building a real network is the true force […]
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Joined in studio today by David Trice, CEO of ENGAGE.cx. ENGAGE.cx is the only technology putting the customer clearly at the center of the business process for consumer-facing brands by connecting both online and offline interactions. Our world is filled with data. From traditional Nielsen ratings to tracking our behaviors across the web, we are […]
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Joined in studio today by both Armand Kadima and Beverly Pryce, Partners of MD Burns Nash: A leading boutique consulting firm, specializing in Finance and Business Strategy for Information Technology Startups… Notes and discussion guide from today’s show featuring MD Burns Nash: Specializing in Finance and Business Strategy for Information Technology Startups: 1. I have […]
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Joined in studio today by Mark Haidet, the CEO of Orderly, a restaurant purchasing app for ordering, invoicing & inventory. Notes and discussion guide from today’s show featuring Orderly: A restaurant purchasing app: 1. What’s your background when it comes to technology and business? 2. What led you to found Atlanta-based startup Orderly? 3. What […]
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Joined in studio today by Michael Patrick, Founder + CEO, of Thanks Geoffrey, your own personal and shared butler service! Notes and discussion guide from today’s show featuring Thanks Geoffrey: Your personal butler service: 1. “We all need help at the edges…” 2. Purpose is to help people focus on their careers, and also achieve […]
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Joined in studio today by Marty Fleischmann, CEO + Co-Founder, of Farrago Comics: Awesome comic books by the best creators and publishers, all for FREE! Over 400 comics & graphic novels in many genres — quick install, then explore & pay nothing but attention! Notes and today’s discussion guide from today’s show: Free comic books […]
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Joined in studio today by Matt Reiner, CEO, and Eddie Goepp, COO, of Wela: Wela offers convenient access to free advice and financial tools, customized to your hopes and dreams. Get your full financial picture all in one place, track your financial goals, and make smarter investments. Notes and today’s discussion guide on today’s show […]
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Today, we welcome Jordan Lofton to the Incubator! Jordan is the Founder + President of Golden Source Consultants: passionate about changing the way management consulting firms do business, for the better. Notes and today’s discussion guide on today’s show: How to recruit, train, and engage millennials in startups? 1. Is your company talent and their […]
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Today, we welcome Brett Dahlin to the Incubator! Brett is the Founder + President of GoFundVeterans.com: Crowdfunding for veterans. Brett is a native of Georgia and graduated from Kennesaw State University. He also has 5 years of management consulting experience and works at North Highland Consultant in Atlanta. Notes and today’s discussion guide on today’s […]
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Today, we welcome Ben Kubic and Jude Rasmus to the Incubator! Ben is the Co-founder and CEO, and Jude is the Co-founder and Head of Real Estate of VIRGENT REALTY! Virgent makes it really simple to sell your home… Notes and today’s discussion guide on the simple way to sell your home: 1. Home selling […]
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A pleasure to welcome Brooke Beach to the Incubator! Brooke is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kevy: your eCommerce Marketing Solution! [From their website: Kevy is the only true email marketing automation platform built uniquely for ecommerce businesses. By combining order history and real-time behavior data, Kevy gives you the ability to take action on […]
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A pleasure to welcome Kaitlyn Klimbach, Events Coordinator, and Raleigh Rose, Events Assistant, both of the Atlanta Tech Village, to the Incubator! There are hundreds of events per year at ATV, and these two ladies make them all possible. To learn more: Upcoming Events at ATV Host an event at ATV Notes and today’s discussion […]
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A pleasure to welcome David Cauthron, CEO of Nimboxx, to the Incubator. [From their website: Eliminate the integration and configuration complexities that consume IT budgets and tie up valuable resources. Nimboxx converges servers, storage and networking into a single appliance, with one management interface. The easiest hyperconverged infrastructure solution to deploy and manage, bar none.] […]
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Have trouble finding clothes online that really fit? We are joined in the INCUBATOR today by Catherine Iger and Greg Vilines, co-founders of Atlanta-based Fittery! Why buy clothes online if you aren’t really sure if they will fit you? Well, with Fittery, there’s now a better way! Notes and today’s discussion guide on finding clothes […]
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Joined in the INCUBATOR today by Nikhil Deshpande, Director, and Peter Lee, Marketin Director, of GeorgiaGov Interactive. GeorgiaGov Interactive is an outfit within the State of Georgia’s Georgia Tehnology Authority. The team works with various state agencies and elected officials to have an effective web presence. Making government less complicated for the constituents and helping […]
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Joined in theINCUBATOR today by Roman Grimaldi, CEO and Co-Founder of Moxie Sports: Optimizing the way sports teams communicate by creating time-saving tools for scheduling – while also providing powerful messaging features to keep you in touch with everyone on your team. Notes and today’s discussion guide about a simple app to manage sports teams: […]
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Joined in theINCUBATOR today by Cory Hewett, CEO of Gimme Vending, reinventing unloved vending supply-chain technology thru a unified focus to make tools that are Simple, Fast, and Beautiful. Notes and today’s discussion guide on radically improving the vending supply-chain: 1. “We are connecting vending machines to the internet.” Why is that disruptive? 2. The […]
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Joined in theINCUBATOR today by Pratik Patel, a co-organizer of Connect JS, a community conference with topics and sessions including AngularJS, React.JS, Testing JavaScript, Advanced JavaScript, Enterprise JavaScript, Cross-platform Mobile Development with Phonegap & Ionic, Server-side JavaScript, Design/UI/UX, Rails, and PHP. Notes and today’s discussion guide: 1. The origin and mission of Connect JS, a […]
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Joined in theINCUBATOR today by Anna Ruth Williams, the Founder + CEO of AR|PR, results-driven and award-winning public relations and integrated communications agency for technology leaders and innovative startups. Notes and today’s discussion guide: 1. AR|PR has won many awards. We discuss what sets them apart from the traditional PR agency. 2. “PR is broken […]
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Joined in theINCUBATOR today by Zoe Fox, the Community Curator of DeskHub. From DeskHub’s website: “DeskHub is committed to being the premier network of shared entrepreneurial workspaces in the country. We’re starting by bringing exceptional coworking spaces to Scottsdale, Atlanta, San Diego, Salt Lake City and Portland. You don’t need to be in the biggest […]
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Joined in theINCUBATOR today by Katie Ryan, the General Manager of FlatironCity. From their website: The new office model will place emphasis on flexibility and social space. Tenants and their teams can choose to work in spaces that are either private or open depending on the assignment…work at a desk or meet at the lounge. […]
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Joined in theINCUBATOR today by Erin Rosintoski, the Community Manager at the Atlanta Tech Village! From their website: “Our mission is to support and inspire entrepreneurs to achieve success through a community that promotes faster connections between talent, ideas and capital. Together, we will fuel Atlanta’s rise to a top five tech startup center in […]
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Joined in theINCUBATOR today by Justin Richards, Co-Founder of Tenrocket and Alex Torres, a designer with 352 Inc. “Ideas are great, but often times the people don’t have the time or the willingness to see through an idea to build it and test the market. We thought there should be a place get crowd approval […]
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Joined in theIncubator today by Aditya Somani Co-Founder of Ample Biometrics, headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Ample Biometrics is the first plug-and-play, multiple application vein scanner designed from the ground up. Veins offer an added level of security and convenience over fingerprints and other biometrics. Ample seamlessly integrates with any imaginable application. Notes and discussion guide: […]
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A pleasure to welcome my friend Brooks Robinson, the Co-founder and CEO of Springbot, to the show! Springbot integrates and makes simple the data, content and multi-channel marketing tools (social, online, email, etc.) eCommerce stores need to drive more traffic, conversions and overall revenue. The Six Key Takeaways from today’s conversation: 1. You assume an […]
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Joined in theIncubator today by Miguel Oller (CEO + Co-Founder) and Ricardo De Andrade (Co-Founder) of Shortweb, headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Because what’s important on the internet, should be obvious. Notes and discussion guide: 1. What is Shortweb? Highlighting the internet…. 2. Lots of noise on the internet. How do you see the important stuff? […]
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Joined in theIncubator today by Jake Hadden (Partner and Student Services Director) and Max McChesney (Partner and Campus Director) of DigitalCrafts, an Accelerated Learning Program (more commonly referred to as a “code school” or “coding bootcamp”) headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Notes and discussion guide: 1. The accelerated model of learning, and why it matters. 2. […]
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Janna Bastow is co-founder and CEO of ProdPad, product management software that helps product people and their teams build better products. She’s also co-founder of Mind the Product, a global community and resource for product people, which organizes the Mind the Product conference and ProductTank events around the world. THE FIVE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS […]
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Joined today by Tony Stubblebine, Founder + CEO, of Coach.me. [From their iOS page:] Coach.me is the ultimate productivity community. Together, we’ve achieved more than 50 million goals. Every aspect of our app and community is focused on helping you achieve mastery. From day one, we show you your progress, celebrate your milestones, and answer […]
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Joined today by Philip Lang, Co-Founder and COO, and David Walker, Co-Founder, and CEO, of TripleMint: Their advanced, easy-to-use search platform pools listings and updates continuously – you see everything NYC brokers can see. Maybe more. Today’s discussion guide: What TripleMint is and why they founded it. What they learned working as traditional real estate […]
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A thrill to welcome Corinne Thomas to today’s show. Corinne is the Director of Marketing with foodjunky! What is foodjunky: Looking for an easier way to order food at home or in the office? Get foodjunky. They make the process easy for individuals and groups, so everyone’s happy. Discussion guide for today’s show: Being a […]
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A real pleasure to welcome David Moeller to today’s show. David is the CEO of Codeguard. Discussion guide from today’s conversation: How have websites and the methods used to construct them changed in the last 10 years? And why is this important – who cares? Life in a technology startup is often glamorized. How is […]
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A real pleasure to welcome Genna Keller to the show! Genna is a Principal with Trevelino/Keller, a public relations and digital marketing agency. Some notes from our discussion: A conversation around marketing for technology startups and/or product launches: The role that PR and advertising plays in this; do you need it? “There is validity in […]
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A pleasure to welcome Alex Vidor to the studio for today’s show. Alex is the Business Development Lead for NowSight. Discussion guide from today’s conversation: 1. A community by the beach is building a startup hub (Wilmington, NC). 2. Mentorship’s impact on one’s learning curve. 3. Seeing results rather than just data when making business […]
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A thrill to welcome Dave Blakey to the show. Dave is the CEO of SNAPT: Load balancing, web acceleration, and application firewalling. As the industry shifts from hardware to cloud-based software solutions, Snapt helps forward-thinking IT organizations protect business-critical applications, avert network security crises, and easily adapt to new virtualized applications, environments, and infrastructures. We […]
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Pleased to welcome Bruno Lowagie, the Founder of iText to the show! iText is an open source library that allows you to create and manipulate PDF documents. It enables developers looking to enhance web and other applications with dynamic PDF document generation and/or manipulation. Discussion guide from today’s conversation: What is iText? What makes it […]
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A total joy to connect with Faraz Zubairi, the Founder + CEO of both ExamMed and Treehouse Holdings! Faraz joined me in studio to talk about healthcare tech, HIMSS, and the status of the Atlanta startup scene. You’ll enjoy, and learn, from this conversation. You can learn about ExamMed here. And you can get information […]
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