How do medical students pass national exams? These medical students designed a brand new platform to help medical students navigate the system. Find out about the business they're building and how they create smarter doctors, faster. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Founder and designer Tia Robinson created an hot activewear line in Atlanta, Georgia that keys into the needs of active performance, pole, and party. Find out why she invented this unique line and how she's building the business. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Lafayette Julius and Rodney Morris of Valor Ventures interview Julius Bryant, a Startup Runway Finalist and founder of Jax Rideshare. Julius rents cars to carless people, empowering them to make money in the gig economy. Learn about his fast-growth Atlanta platform. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Meet Ashley Richardson, whose software for social media and graphics is growing fast from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Ashley talks about her journey as a founder. She shares why her platform for startups is growing so fast and what's next for MyTotem. MyTotem is a Zane Ventures Fund founder and a Startup Runway Finalist. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Lauren Kane spent years with Golden Seeds. She shares how she learned how to work with female founders through the Golden Seeds platform. "It's inherently hard for women to fundraise." Learn about how she's driven to support women entrepreneurs find capital through her own consulting business today and her experiences on the journey. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Learn how Ross Kimbel at Silicon Road invests in b2c leaders changing the world of commerce. This venture capital firm is based in Atlanta and focuses on companies changing how brands go to market. Ross shares openly how to get in touch, what they look for in founders, and why they love leading seed rounds in strong Atlanta startups. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Rocket scientist and physicist Louise Wasilewski is changing the world through her growing Atlanta enterprise SaaS startup Acivilate, adopted by many leading organizations. Imagine having your father taken away from the family for a crime. Imagine further, the family's economic as well as emotional suffering even after his return, because of the full impact of how hard it is to be employed after incarceration. This are just parts of Louise's amazing story. Hear her tips on fundraising and more. ...
Robin Gregg left a huge corporate job to take the helm at Atlanta logistics software startup RoadSync. She shares how she navigated from startup mentor to CEO, her tips on venture capital fundraising, building a strong team, and so much more. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Jasmine Crowe, CEO at Goodr, is engineering a way to feed the hungry with her startup Goodr. Get inspired by this no-nonsense, venture-backed Atlanta founder who brings smiles to the faces of our neighbors in need every day--at scale. She shares what it was like to negotiate her first enterprise customer, the Atlanta Airport, and her first investor with honesty and passion. This is one you don't want to miss. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event ....
Jasmine Crowe is a hero, and you're going to love hearing her story using tech, accounting expertise and hustle to overcome hunger. Her vision is just beginning at Goodr, one of the hottest startups out of Atlanta. Hear her share her wisdom on fundraising, hearing no, and saving the world. Because she most definitely is doing that. Listen now. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Boards can accelerate or sink your startup. Hear seasoned operators Connie Mixon, Theia Smith, and Tim Cook discuss the right way to build a dynamic startup board that will help you win. Each of these Atlanta experts has dynamic national experience across multiple startup boards. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
In this special edition drawn from his keynote at Startup Runway, hear from Ryan Wilson, a founder of color, on why Black Leadership Matters. Reality meets encouragement in his message--hear his powerful perspective as the founder of a fast-growing movement for inclusive, progressive communities across the country. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Amy Zimmerman has helped multiple fintech startups scale and exit in her role as Chief People Officer or "talent wrangler in chief." Learn her secrets on scaling talent fresh from her recent success as one of the First 5 team members at Kabbage. This is also a VIDEO interview on our web site if you'd like to see Amy in person. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Startup Atlanta just released the definitive guide to the Atlanta startup ecosystem. Hear Kylan Kester share what's new, what's hot, and what you need to pay attention to the country's fastest-growing startup and venture capital hub. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Turn your selfies in savings with Klippit, a startup competitively selected from hundreds of applications as a Startup Runway Finalist. Hear founder Chike Nwoke share his inspiration for the platform and how to get insider access. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
This episode dives deep into the dynamics of the Atlanta ecosystem with leaders JP James and Amyn Sadruddin. Learn why TIE Atlanta is investing six figures in startups led by founders of color and women this year and how to apply to their mentorship program. For angels in the community, you'll get a deep dive on how the active TIE Angels group puts capital to work and hear some challenging thinking around why they find more risk more rewarding. It's a dynamic conversation and if your want to kno...
What if being terminated were less, well, terrible? That's what motivated Sarah J. Rodehorst, co-founder and CEO of ePerkz, a Startup Runway finalist. With ePerkz, people find dignity, better opportunity, and more clarity. Hear Sarah share how she was drawn this to high stress opportunity and what she knows about making termination less terrifying for managers and employees alike. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event ....
Background tracking system Pruuvn blew away the competition winning the investor's grant at the most recent Startup Runway. Hear from Brian Hobbs about his journey as a founder and why he's intent on building the best background tracking platform in the world, right here in Atlanta. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Money laundering. Fraud. Politically exposed persons. Welcome to the world of Kristin Stafford, CEO of Vital4, an Atlanta software firm relied on by some of the largest banks and employers in the world to monitor risk, including employee backgrounds, negative media and more. Hear how she thinks about the work from anywhere economy in this interview with her investor Lisa Calhoun of Valor Ventures. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event ....
Co-Founder Tammy Farley of The Rainmaker Group build and sold a successful software business in hospitality revenue management by taking a road less traveled. Learn about her unique insights into building a world-class software business in Atlanta. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Atlanta legendary SaaS founder and investor David Cummings just launched a free digital mentorship program to help unemployed and underemployed Georgians start companies. He's inviting you to be part of it. Hear firsthand how he's making it easier for those hardest hit by COVID-19 and the pandemic--and pass this episode along to the frustrated founders among your friends! Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Valor Ventures Cariana Morales and Erik Stapel dive into surprising discoveries about the state of startups in the Southeast--many of which run counter to the news you'll hear in traditional West Coast startup news channels. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Atlanta software engineer, military spouse and founder Sheffie Robinson created WP Clover to make regular websites work like Superwoman. Hear her discuss how she's built her firm into a scaling b2b software resource powering dozens of fast growing firms that thrive on her platform. Sheffie is a part of our Startup Runway Finalist series. Finalists are competitively selected by the Startup Runway Foundation from hundreds of startups as highly investable. Let's take this conversation to real time....
Eller Mallchok runs one of the most successful early-stage healthcare funds and accelerators that serves the Atlanta region, Jumpstart in Nashville. Learn about what she looks for in break-out healthcare startups. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Get the straight scoop from Atlanta founder George Azih on how he's built LeaseQuery into an enterprise SaaS legend, and keeps scaling the firm to new heights after a first investment of $42 million led by Goldman Sachs. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Sandy Welfare has worked in C-suite technical roles across the world. Today, leading at a Fortune 100 firm, she shares how she sees leadership and inclusion with wisdom, experience, and grit. You'll get tremendous take-aways on some of the toughest issues confronting business leaders like hiring and firing, managing for inclusion and more. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
In this engaging banter between seven venture capital investors, you'll learn:1) what these specific, active investors are looking for2) do's and don'ts of raising venture capital2) guidance for founders, especially founders of color and women, on how to succeed and thrive with authenticity.Speakers include: Allan Jean-Baptiste of KKR, who invests out of the $3B technology fund; Eller Mallchok who runs a premium healthcare accelerator in Nashville, Jumpstart Foundry, with an associated fund; Mar...
Sandy Welfare has worked in many countries and numerous leadership roles as a tech leader who is also a black woman. Hear her secrets of leadership including when to hire, how to let people go, and working toward inclusive culture. You'll be inspired on her thoughts on how to be it when you can't see it--and more! Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
Co-founders Rob Frohwein and Kathryn Petralia dish on their new startup, Drum.io which is just in the app store this week. Plus the impact of COVID-19, and what it was like processing PPP loans through Kabbage. This super-honest interview with two of the top fintech founders working today will leave you inspired, refreshed and informed about the frontiers in fintech and what it takes to build a unicorn. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event ....
Hear Alex Gonzalez, a seasoned corporate executive and head of innovation from the Metro Atlanta Chamber, talk about how COVID-19 is creating a new innovation ecosystem, and what you should do next. Let's take this conversation to real time. Join Valor for an upcoming event .
