Innovation City
213 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsInnovation City is a podcast featuring the innovators, disruptors and creators behind the innovation movement. Imagine a place where you can break through the status quo of business as usual and realize your life's purpose. A place where you can have an impact and shape the future. This place exists in cities across the world. In this innovation podcast we introduce you to the disruptors, innovators, and creators behind the movement.
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St. Louis’ Novel and Noble Neighbor, Holland Saltsman
October 06, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 22.7 MB“If you can get a book in the hand of a kid, that’s phenomenal. If you can get a book in a kid’s hand, and they get to meet that author, and they get to hear about the book and they get to hear about the process, odds of them picking up that book up and reading it are just tenfold.” – Holland Saltsman Today’s guest is Holland Saltsman, Owner at The Novel Neighbor, “where people, art and books meet.” Holland opened the bookstore six years ago to fill a need for an independent bookseller, an...
From Process to Promise with T. Moore
September 29, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 22 MBIf I can come and leave the world a little better than I left it, than when I was here, then my job is done. - T. Moore Today’s guest is T. Moore, Creative Director at Doer House. Doer House is a brick-and-mortar concept and retail space for Black creatives. T. Moore is an entrepreneur and artist, who specializes in experiential design. In this episode, T. Moore sits down with the team to discuss the Black creative movement, offline vs. online presence, his advice for young entrepreneurs,...
Making An Impact On And Off The Court with Khalia Collier
September 22, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 18 MB“Don’t just play the game, change it.” - Khalia Collier Today’s guest is Khalia Collier, Owner & General Manager of the St. Louis Surge, the first women’s sustainable basketball franchise in the Gateway City. Khalia was born and raised in St. Louis, and has turned her lifelong love of the game of basketball into an entrepreneurial journey. In this episode, Khalia sits down with the team to discuss what it’s like being a young, Black, female sports team owner, owning the responsibility of m...
Demian Bellumio on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Algorithms
September 15, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 20.5 MB“There’s a lot of responsibility around algorithms and we’re just scratching the surface because we are learning.” - Demian Bellumio Today’s guest is Demian Bellumio, Vice President of Augmented Intelligence at NEORIS, which is creating disruptive solutions to enable the world’s leading enterprises in transforming their data into a strategic, actionable and valuable asset. Demian is a serial entrepreneur, with over 15 years of experience in creating and growing tech companies. In this epis...
From Miss Universe to Fundraising with Mandela, with Michelle McLean
September 08, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 23.3 MB“I think that’s what it’s really about, for innovators, entrepreneurs: Utilize the opportunities that you’re given. Don’t sit there and complain about, ‘Oh, I didn’t get this enough…’” - Michelle McLean Today’s guest is Michelle McClean, Founder and President at Africa’s Finest Safaris. Africa’s Finest Safaris is a tourism marketing company offering bespoke sales, marketing and representation services to African tourism partners. Michelle, a philanthropist, business owner, and former Miss ...
True Community Development with Derek Fleming
September 01, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 26.7 MB“It’s really about allowing the culture that exists to remain.” - Derek Fleming Today’s guest is Derek Fleming, managing partner at MSDG, LLC. MSDG is responsible for such community projects as the multi-layered entertainment venue, Red Rooster Overtown. Derek is a real estate developer with a specific focus on hospitality, and he’s known for bridging different worlds and being a mentor to others. In this episode, Derek sits down with the team to discuss different perspectives in real ...
Why Ernisha Randolph is the Queen of Bootstrapping
August 25, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MB“I just have a belief that there’s always something that we can do. Most of the time when we fail it’s because we give up. We give up way too soon.” - Ernisha Randolph Today’s guest is Ernisha Randolph, owner and CEO of Sweet Butter Hospitality Group, a firm that manages a number of culinary brands and experiences including, among others, a catering company, soul food restaurants, and specialty food product lines. In this episode, Ernisha sits down with the team to discuss business ins...
Riyaad Seecharan on How to Build an Amazing Team
August 18, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 19.5 MB“If you’re creating something and there’s no conflict, you’re doing it wrong.” - Riyaad Seecharan Today’s guest is Riyaad Seecharan, CEO at Tesser Health, which manages prescription healthcare drugs for companies, to help reduce the cost of medications for employees. Riyaad is an entrepreneur with 20 + years of leadership and product development experience, with successful exits to Microsoft, JC Flowers, and Rev360. In this episode, Riyaad sits down with the team to discuss how confli...
Building Better Housing Security In Miami with Annie Lord
August 11, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 19.7 MB“I imagine a place where, if you are working, it's not unreasonable to expect that if you have family you could buy a house to build wealth. We have to have ways to improve ourselves.” – Annie Lord Today’s guest is Annie Lord, Executive Director of Miami Homes For All. Miami Homes For All has worked to end and prevent homelessness in Miami-Dade County since 1985. They believe that everyone in Miami deserves to lead a dignified, healthy, and vibrant life. Born and raised in Miami, Annie...
Creating Pathways To Success In Any Arena with Enoch Showunmi
August 04, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 20.8 MB“You feel like there’s no limits when you see other people doing it [following their dreams] and it’s like, “Yeah, I can do this too.”” – Enoch Showunmi Today’s guest is Enoch Showunmi, Founder of Global Soccer Pathways. Global Soccer Pathways is a resource for players to get education, elite training, and mindset training. Enoch is a former professional soccer player and played for the Nigeria National Soccer Team within just 1 year of becoming a pro player. After playing soccer professio...
PLNK Fitness Founder, Brooke Meek on Marketing with Muscle
July 28, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MB"I believe I can always do something better than the way I am doing it." – Brooke Meek Today’s guest is Brooke Meek, Founder of PLNK Fitness. Her love of fitness and "Big Hairy Audacious Goals" inspired her to turn an innovative design into a full-fledged business. Her studio focuses on a piece of workout equipment called the Megaformer. A need to nurture her mental and physical health combined with a love of learning and a good opportunity was her catalyst for becoming the successful fema...
The Art of Conversation with Pascal Beauboeuf
July 21, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 29 MB“Sometimes what you feel in your gut is what you ignore all the time. You just go from what you’ve learned and what you’ve had programmed in your mind...rather than “what is my heart saying?”” – Pascal Beauboeuf Today’s guest is Pascal Beauboeuf, Executive Producer and Host of The Pascal Show. Beauboeuf has always had a passion for conversation. Perfecting the art form has helped him discover his authenticity and voice. He believes the most meaningful conversations are heart centered and b...
Mich Hancock on Creating Authentic Digital Experiences
July 14, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.9 MB"It's a matter of bringing out the best of who our clients are and putting the right words around it." – Mich Hancock Today's guest is Mich Hancock, Founder & CEO of 100th Monkey. Mich started 100th Monkey when she recognized a real need to help older internet users and business owners get acquainted with social media platforms. She was inspired by the opportunity to provide a safe bridgeway to help her clients make social media work for them. A long period of personal hardship was the cat...
Austin Woods Talks On The Process of Finding and Funding Founders
July 07, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MB"Venture capital and funding is definitely a game of relationships." — Austin Woods Today’s guest is Austin Woods, Analyst at Lewis and Clark Ventures. Early into his career, Austin knew he wanted to leave behind academia to pursue a less conventional life as a venture analyst. He made the segue with a desire to build business models that would help improve educational and social outcomes. The possibilities for better economic approaches in different social systems is what inspires his wor...
Yvena Atkins On The Future of Work
June 30, 2020 17:19 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MB"Come with an idea! Come with a collaborative spirit! Come with a bias for action!" - Yvena Atkins Today’s guest is Yvena Atkins, Strategy Manager for Accenture. Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations. Yvena is the kind of thinker that can and will break barriers. She understands how to make connections to solve hard problems and drive innovation. She works toward ...
Tricia Zimmer Ferguson Spills the Beans on Business
June 23, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 23.2 MB"If you are curious about things, you are going to learn more, dig more, and figure out ways to make things better" - Tricia Zimmer Ferguson Today’s guest is Tricia Zimmer Ferguson, owner of Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Company. Coming from a third generation entrepreneurial family, Tricia says running a business is in her DNA. Ferguson says she didn't expect to land herself in the coffee business, but rather stumbled happily upon it. For her, coffee is an experience that brings people together...
Creating Products That Sell Themselves with David Lekach
June 16, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB"I feel most alive when I'm solving problems." - David Lekach Today’s guest is serial entrepreneur, David Lekach. Lekach inherited the entrepreneurial spirit from his father who is the founder of the well known fragrance company Perfumania. Lekach lives to solve problems and create businesses admitting he has few interests outside the world of start-ups. In this episode, Tyler and Leigh-Ann have a lively talk with David about how Dream Water was conceived, the importance of making conn...
Backstage with "ToJo Bigg Dawg" Kenneth Gibson
June 09, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MB"My purpose is to be a better person every day that I wake up." - Kenneth "ToJo Bigg Dawg" Gibson Today’s guest is Kenneth "ToJo Bigg Dawg" Gibson, CEO of Bigg Dawg Entertainment. Gibson is from St. Louis and his hometown connections helped him see the opportunities needed to start his business. He built his business plans while serving an 8 year incarceration. He says he used his time in prison as "training for manhood" skipping card games and hang outs to spend time in the library, ...
Getting Intimate About Innovation with Alexandra Fuente
June 02, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 23.5 MB"What matters is how we can help each other." - Alexandra Fuente Today’s guest is Alexandra Fuente, Founder and CEO at Woxer. Woxer is an apparel company that designs boxer briefs for women. The company is still in its infancy and has already enjoyed rapid growth and expansion. Fuente is driven to make a superior product that is sensible and sustainable. She aspires to become a venture capitalist and support other women who want to build businesses. While she has always dreamed of bei...
Tackling Inequality Through Digital Accessibility with Giovanni Castro
May 26, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 23 MB“Digital inclusion and access to devices or wireless, at this point, is a necessity." - Giovanni Castro Today’s guest is Giovanni Castro, State and Local Government Manager at Verizon. Verizon is working to improve digital inclusion in Miami and South Florida by working in collaboration with local government and nonprofits to provide improved wireless accessibility. As a Cuban American, Giovanni has experienced first hand the impact that inequality has on lives and communities. He knows ho...
Using Micro-Mobility To Make Moves In Florida with Uhriel Bedoya
May 19, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 19.9 MB"We are not here to see through people, we are here to see people through." - Uhriel Bedoya Today’s guest is Uhriel Bedoya, Florida General Manager at Lime. Lime is a micro-mobility company that is changing how we move in cities. With over a million rides, Lime is one of the first and leading scooter start-ups. In this episode, Tyler and Leigh-Ann sit down with Bedoya to get the juice on how micro-mobility is improving communities, why designing and building products that break barriers cr...
Providing Opportunities To Eliminate The Statistics with Rebecca Danta
May 12, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBToday’s guest is Rebecca Danta, Managing Director at Miami Angels. Miami Angels is the largest and most active angel network in Florida, which funds Seed and Series A technology companies with early traction across various sectors. At Miami Angels, Rebecca has helped deploy over $4.5 million into 18 deals while building a sustainable, independent business model for the organization. Rebecca is a Miami native and passionate about investing into markets and teams that are often overlooked in t...
Embracing Authenticity And Discovering Your Why with Jayson Wells
May 05, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 26.3 MB“Procedures change, principles don’t.” - Jayson Wells Today’s guest is Jayson Wells, Experience Teller, Author, and Enhancement Coach. Jayson is a former professional basketball player who now travels around the country developing extraordinary winners so they can go inspire and motivate the world. He is the author of “The Things We Know, But Do Not Do”, a book to help educate parents, athletes and coaches about what’s most important during your journey through sports. In this episode, J...
Finding Your Freedom Through Entrepreneurship with Jimmy Hendricks
April 28, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 27.1 MBA good team member is not going to join an idea that doesn’t have traction. A good idea solves everything. - Jimmy Hendricks Today’s guest is Jimmy Hendricks, General Manager of Lee Labs and Founder of Agency Maestro. Lee Labs is the technology venture group of Lee Enterprises. Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news, information and advertising in 50 markets across 21 states. His newest venture, Agency Maestro, is a SAAS platform designed to help any type of agency to manage t...
Opening Doors For Opportunity And Inclusion with Leigh-Ann Buchanan
April 21, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 21 MB“Inclusion allows people to not only be at the table, but to play a role and feel like they are a part of the ecosystem.” - Leigh-Ann Buchanan Welcome to Season 3 of Innovation City, a podcast featuring innovators, creators, and disruptors to discover how business is changing in the modern world. Today’s guest is Leigh-Ann Buchanan, Executive Director of Venture Café Miami. Leigh-Ann is the founding Executive Director of Venture Café Miami. Under her leadership, VCM’s innovation ...
Top 20 Countdown: Week 15 (LAST ONE) - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
April 14, 2020 08:30 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBToday’s episode is the last of several highlight shows where we took a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Our last featured guest of this series is Anastasia Mikhalochkina, Founder at Lean Orb. Anastasia is an advocate for sustainability in South Florida. Lean Orb offers food service packaging made from plant-based materials, with a goal of ultimately replacing plastic and styrofoam with greener, more sustainable options.
Top 20 Countdown: Week 14 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
April 07, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 11.3 MBToday’s episode is the fourteenth of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guest is Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, CEO at WatchMojo. WatchMojo is one of the largest YouTube channels in the world when measured by all-time views (13 Billion) and subscribers (22 Million). Ashkan has a track record of launching, building and scaling content companies with advertising supported models.
Top 20 Countdown: Week 13 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
March 31, 2020 08:30 - 8 minutes - 8.96 MBToday’s episode is the thirteenth of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guest is Samuel Achilefu, PhD, the Director of the Optical Radiology Laboratory at the Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Achilefu is a professor of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. He performs groundbreaking research in the field of cancer research, including the ...
Top 20 Countdown: Week 12 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
March 24, 2020 08:30 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBToday’s episode is the twelfth of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guests are Freddy Sidi, President and CEO of Chargello and Janisse Rosario-Schoepp, M.P.H., Ph.D., the Vice President of Operations and Strategy at Health Foundation of South Florida. Freddy is a serial entrepreneur whose first company (started when he was just 20 years old) quickly became one of the largest CLECs in the e...
Top 20 Countdown: Week 11 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
March 17, 2020 08:30 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBToday’s episode is the eleventh of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guests are Ben Mizes, CEO and Co-Founder of Clever Real Estate and Miriam Dorsett, Connection Doctor at Chibur. Ben is a serial entrepreneur with experience in business development for institutional homebuyers, working with startups, and raising venture capital raising investments. Miriam is a full-time artist, entreprene...
Top 20 Countdown: Week 10 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
March 10, 2020 08:30 - 17 minutes - 17.2 MBToday’s episode is the tenth of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guest is Felecia Hatcher, Author & Co-Founder of Code Fever. Felecia is on a mission to rid communities across the globe of innovation deserts by working with community leaders and government officials to create inclusive and diverse tech/startup ecosystems. She is also a White House Award winning entrepreneur, bestselling a...
Top 20 Countdown: Week 9 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
March 03, 2020 09:30 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBToday’s episode is the ninth of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guest is Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, Founder & CEO of Radical Partners. Radical Partners is an accelerator for social-impact ventures based in Miami, FL.
Top 20 Countdown: Week 8 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
February 25, 2020 09:30 - 13 minutes - 13 MBToday’s episode is the eight of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guest is Greg Hewitt, CEO at DHL Express (U.S.). Greg has over 25 years of experience in the corporate world and has been with DHL for 18 years. DHL is a leading international postal and logistics company with over 10,000 employees in the US.
Top 20 Countdown: Week 7 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
February 18, 2020 09:30 - 10 minutes - 9.32 MBToday’s episode is the seventh of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guest is Heather Monahan, founder of Boss in Heels. After successfully climbing the corporate ladder for 20 years, she devoted herself to helping women take control of their careers. She is a best-selling author of Confidence Creator, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker.
Top 20 Countdown: Week 6 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
February 11, 2020 09:30 - 9 minutes - 9.55 MBToday’s episode is the sixth of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guest is Natalia Martinez-Kalinina, General Manager of CIC Miami and Latin America Lead of CIC Global. Natalia is also the Founder of Awesome Foundation MIAMI, a micro-grant leader in South Florida, Co-Founder of Aminta Ventures, and she was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve on the Florida Commission on Community Ser...
Top 20 Countdown: Week 5 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
February 04, 2020 09:30 - 10 minutes - 10.5 MBToday’s episode is the fifth of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guest is Pilar Guzman Zavala, CEO at Half Moon Empanadas. Half Moon Empanadas is a serious innovator in the food space, offering 20+ flavors of Argentinian empanadas, and leading the charge to create a whole new food category in the national fast-casual market. Pilar is also a mentor at WINlab Miami, FIU Startup Food Lab, a ...
Top 20 Countdown: Week 4 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
January 28, 2020 09:30 - 6 minutes - 7.3 MBToday’s episode is the fourth of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guests are Allison Babka and Lee Broughton from the STLMade movement. STLMade is a movement that wants to help establish St. Louis’ narrative through storytelling and shining a light on the innovators, thinkers, doers, & makers in the St. Louis region.
Top 20 Countdown: Week 3 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
January 21, 2020 09:30 - 7 minutes - 7.53 MBToday’s episode is the third of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. With over 120 episodes and 2 seasons worth of amazing interviews, the Innovation City and Venture Cafe teams have been blown away by the amount of talent and innovation our guests have and are achieving in their local businesses and communities. Today’s featured guests are: Brandon Curry, Founding Partner of Moonbase Market Sam Abbassi, D...
Top 20 Countdown: Week 2 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
January 14, 2020 09:30 - 11 minutes - 11.7 MBToday’s episode is the second of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. Today’s featured guest is Alejandro Burgana, President & CEO of Brickell Energy and Founder of OBE Power. Alejandro is an entrepreneur working to build up the commercial electric vehicle charging infrastructure in South Florida.
Top 20 Countdown: Week 1 - Innovation City with Venture Cafe Miami & St. Louis
January 07, 2020 09:30 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBToday’s episode is the first of several highlight shows where we are taking a look back at our top 20 favorite interviews and conversations of all time. With over 120 episodes and 2 seasons worth of amazing interviews, the Innovation City and Venture Cafe teams have been blown away by the amount of talent and innovation our guests have and are achieving in their local businesses and communities. Today’s featured guests include: Rodney Bullard, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility at Chick-...
Trusting Your Gut & Taking The Entrepreneurial Leap - Special Episode
December 31, 2019 09:30 - 12 minutes - 12 MBToday’s episode is the last of 3 special shows where we are taking a look back at some of the most prominent themes from our 2019 guest interviews and highlighting them in 3 different episodes. In this episode, we are talking about facing your fears and taking the steps forward to face them head on and accomplish your goals.
Creating Increased Opportunity For All - Special Episode
December 24, 2019 09:30 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBToday’s episode is the second of 3 special shows where we are taking a look back at some of the most prominent themes from our 2019 guest interviews and highlighting them in 3 different episodes. In this episode, we are discussing inclusivity in our local ecosystems and hearing how these innovative entrepreneurs are tackling the issue in their own communities.
Does Your Business Solve Your Customer's Needs? - Special Episode
December 17, 2019 09:30 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBToday’s episode is the first of 3 special shows where we are taking a look back at some of the most prominent themes from our 2019 guest interviews and highlighting them in 3 different episodes. In this episode, we are discussing product-market fit with 3 incredibly passionate entrepreneurs who know the importance of market fit all too well. Today’s featured guests include: Mark Young, CTO & Head of Product at The Climate Corporation Elizabeth De Zulueta, CEO of Zulubots, Inc. Matthew H...
Helping the Environment One Toilet at a Time - Richard Lamondin (Miami, FL)
December 10, 2019 08:30 - 25 minutes - 25.1 MB“Focus. There are always shiny objects, but right now you need to win one gold metal at a time.” — Richard Lamondin Today’s guest is Richard Lamondin, Co-founder & CEO of EcoSystems. EcoSystems is a nationwide leader in water and energy conservation. Richard sits down with the team to discuss how he and his brother started EcoSystems, the importance of speaking your customer’s language, educating others about water and energy conservation, the challenges that come with rapid scaling, his a...
Connecting Lifestyle And Medicine Through Technology - Yenvy Truong (Miami, FL)
December 03, 2019 08:30 - 23 minutes - 23.1 MB“[During user testing] You have to know how to decipher if it is a one-off feedback or a common feedback when trying to understand how to build your product correctly.” — Yenvy Truong Today’s guest is Yenvy Truong, Co-founder & CEO of HealthSnap. HealthSnap is a Miami-based health technology company creating a new standard in healthcare by bridging the gap between lifestyle and medicine. Yenvy joins us to discuss her passion for entrepreneurship, how the HealthSnap app works, the challenge...
Igniting The Entrepreneurial Spirit Within Today’s Educators - Carlos Vazquez (Miami, FL)
November 26, 2019 08:30 - 22 minutes - 22.7 MB“Take the time to pause, reflect, and be strategic. Have your notebook out and look at today, look at tomorrow, and look at next week, too.” — Carlos Vazquez Today’s guest is Carlos Vazquez, President & CEO of Miami EdTech. Miami EdTech is an education technology non-profit on a mission to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit within today’s educators. Carlos sits down with the team to discuss his journey into the education and entrepreneurial ecosystem, the systemic issue concerning the lack ...
The Power of Music and Motivation - Courtney Orlando (St. Louis, MO)
November 19, 2019 08:30 - 31 minutes - 31.1 MB“You have to be haunted by your craft. Which means when you're asleep it’s speaking to you and when you’re awake it’s speaking to you.” — Courtney Orlando Today’s guest is Courtney Orlando, Artist & Producer. St. Louis native, Courtney Orlando, is an Urban/Soul artist, songwriter and Grammy award-winning producer. He also produced the opening track that is on every Innovation City episode. Courtney sits down with the team to discuss his passion for music and how he got started, what i...
The Path To Becoming Debt Free - Kiley Summers (St. Louis, MO)
November 12, 2019 08:30 - 26 minutes - 26.1 MB“Before you make any big life decisions, get the people around you, the people you’re going to affect the most by your decisions, to buy in and understand what you want to do.” — Kiley Summers Today’s guest is Kiley Summers, Founder & CEO of SpenDebt. SpenDebt is a financial technology company designed to assist people to payoff debt leveraging micropayments through every day transactions. Kiley joins the team to discuss taking his “year of faith” and how he became debt free, how SpenDebt ...
Furthering The Tech Startup Ecosystem - Mary Louise Helbig (St. Louis, MO)
November 05, 2019 08:30 - 28 minutes - 27.9 MB“[When working with startups] I’ll take the guy who hits the single every time he gets up to bat versus somebody that you’re waiting for to hit a home run.” — Mary Louise Helbig Today’s guest is Mary Louise Helbig, Executive Director at ITEN. ITEN provides programs for rapid development of scalable tech ventures, engaging experienced entrepreneurs to help others build successful, growing companies. Mary sits down with the team to discuss her passion for entrepreneurship, what makes a scala...
A Real Cereal Entrepreneur - Sarah Schlafly (St. Louis, MO)
October 29, 2019 07:30 - 23 minutes - 23.7 MB“It’s the one-to-one relationships that I have built that sparked it all, because you meet those people and they are the ones who introduce you to everyone else.” — Sarah Schlafly Today’s guest is Sarah Schlafly, CEO of Mighty Cricket. Mighty Cricket is a cricket protein based food company whose mission is to transform everyday foods into rich sources of sustainable and superior quality protein. Sarah sits down with the team to discuss how she came up with Mighty Cricket, the benefits...