We had an on-site visit to Power Technology, Inc. in Little Rock, AR and learned about the new advancements coming in the theater world with the transition from bulbs to lasers.
Power Technology has been providing innovative laser solutions for over 40 years - they create military lasers, bioanalytical lasers, and other industrial applications.
Find out more:
http://www.powertechnology.com/
Host:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Jeston George has been growing Apptegy for the past three years - what started in his living room is now occupying an entire floor of the Simmons building in Downtown Little Rock with nearly 50 employees.
Apptegy is a constant contract tool for any schools and their communities, and their user base is growing rapidly with over 200 districts signed up.
To learn more find them at www.apptegy.com or on linkedin: http://tinyurl.com/zkjvhmc
Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Arlton has been growing the Made by Few conference over the last five years, and will be holding the event in Northwest Arkansas for the first time on October 26-29. You can find more information about the conference, or register here:https://madebyfew.com/
The Made by Few vimeo account with recaps of former conferences: https://vimeo.com/workwithfew
Arlton referenced another podcast that he has found helpful, Burning Questions: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/burning-questions-podcast/id1123472466?mt=2
The books that he recommended were Startup Communities and War of Art:
https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Communities-Building-Entrepreneurial-Ecosystem/dp/B00B1D8RHI
https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Through-Creative-Battles/dp/1936891026/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472477842&sr=1-1&keywords=war+of+art
This episode was recorded in Cape Breton, Canada at Breton Brewing just before the kickoff of Mentor Camp. www.mentorcamp.ca
The first group was the founding team from TrapTap, the world’s simplest traffic indicator, and they were incredibly successful on Kickstarter, raising $370K on Kickstarter and even more on Indiegogo.
Find out more: http://traptap.com/
April Dunford and Patrick Hankinson who were in town for the Mentor Camp joined to share their experiences. April has been involved with seven different startup companies and been through four exits. Patrick is 28 and working with his third early stage venture.
The last pair was from Halifax, Liz Gosselin and Robert Ore spoke on the upcoming mentor camp. Liz is the founder of Pivot, a Halifax based digital marketing agency: http://letspivot.com/
Robert Ore now runs an impact fund for a family office in the US. Four years ago he exited his last venture, Ocean Nutrition Canada.
Pardon the background noise. This episode was recorded at the Breton Brewery: http://bretonbrewing.ca/
Omar Kasim graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Sam M. Walton College of Business in three years. He balanced the decision of starting a restaurant that he had been contemplating launching, or going to Law School. The entrepreneurial track seemed more intriguing, and now one year later he has a successful fusion taco fast-casual restaurant in Fayetteville, AR and plans to expand the brand.
The Motivational Speech that Omar mentioned at the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLcJHC9J7l4
https://www.facebook.com/conquesos/home
Hosts:
Jeff@Startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@Startupjunkieconsulting.com
Songcat makes top-notch music production feasible for musicians to access from their home studio. The service matches artists with other talented musicians online, and then produces a radio-ready song for $500. Described as the "Uber for Music Production," Songcat has been experience 2x user and revenue growth each of the last three months.
The opportunistic founder team has made four moves across international borders since the inception of this idea in late 2014 living in Ireland. They walk us through their path to market and future plans for SongCat
Contact:
info@songcat.biz
https://www.facebook.com/songcatmusic/?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/SongCatMusic
https://soundcloud.com/songcat
Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Mike Abb, Dr. BowtieTodd Jenkins, and Keaton Smith joined the show to discuss the upcoming Young Professional Summit in Northwest Arkansas - Ignite Your Passion.
Conversation started with the background of these young community leaders. It flowed into some details about the upcoming summit, and why it is important to have a strong group of young people engaged in the community, and we discussed how while generational differences can be useful at a macro level, it's unfair to apply them to any individual. Come to the YP Summit to continue the conversation with us:
Sign up for the YP Summit:
http://web.rogerslowell.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9975
Find our guests:
Mike Abb:
http://www.abboriginal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/abboriginalproductions/?fref=ts
Keaton Smith:
https://www.facebook.com/keaton.smith.50?fref=ts
Dr. Todd Jenkins
https://www.facebook.com/BowtieTodd/?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/BowtieTodd
bowtietodd@bowtieleadership.com
Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com
52nd Episode! Released weekly, this means we've lasted an entire year on the air!
Pop the champagne? Nah. We went with hard cider from our friends at Black Apple Crossing.
This week we were joined by Spencer Jones with LineGard Med, and exciting company that was founded by Spencer under two years ago when he was working as a registered nurse. He saw problems with the status quo in the hospitals he worked in, and started down a road of creating medical devices. It's been over 400 days since he last scrubbed in, and he doesn't plan on turning back. Spencer is in the process of moving his company back to Fayetteville after participating in two accelerators, and working as the Entrepreneur in Residence at the HUBx LifeSciences Accelerator in Little Rock, AR.
Books recommended in this episode (with links to Amazon):
The Hard Thing about Hard Things
Get in touch with Spencer:
https://www.facebook.com/linegardmed/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf
Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Joe Ehrhardt began his banking career in high school, and it has been his area of focus ever since. He combined that passion with his interest and skill in computer science to begin 3E Software, Inc. which has grown into a national software solution company for banks, headquartered in Northwest, AR.
Joe Ehrhardt
info@3esoftware.com
http://www.3esoftware.com/
Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Mathew Scott joined us to share his interesting background - everything from a military background in psychological warfare to building medical sales teams, and his current venture, FEED. The Agency which helps with brand building for physicians and dentistry.
accounts@feedtheagency.com
http://feedtheagency.com/