TrashBot is an intelligent waste management system utilizing AI and robotics. CleanRobotics developed TrashBot as a solution to human-error introduced during recycling. This climate friendly robot separates recyclable waste from compostable waste with a 96% accuracy, a task that humans in crowded environments struggle to do with 50% accuracy. Tanner Cook recalls his story of bringing TrashBot from just an idea into a fully built out and shipped tool. The idea was born out of their customer disco...
Jul 03, 2023•12 min•Ep. 16
Jacob Bozarth is the founder of Resound, a podcast editing platform that automates the production process using AI. Resound was founded out of Jacob’s previous company, Resonate, after he identified the problem of long editing time decreasing the number of people who see their podcast past the first couple episodes. “Edit your podcast in minutes, not hours”, says the founder who has edited podcasts for over 35,000 podcasters and 13 Apple #1 podcasts. Jacob also gives general advice about foundin...
Jun 27, 2023•14 min•Ep. 1
In this episode we chat with Mario Mazzone of Keyhorse Capital, an early-stage VC investor focusing on Kentucky based companies. Mario talks about some of the verticals he’s bullish on, but says he spends more time looking at who the founders are. Some of the specific things that stand out to him are: founders with solid understanding of their industry, how well they’ve hit current KPIs, the number of users they have, how engaged the users are with their platform, how the users were acquired, if...
Jun 12, 2023•7 min•Ep. 14
Welcome to Story of Entrepreneurs Q&A video featuring Chloe Fan, startup co-founder of Design with Frank. In this interview, Chloe shares her invaluable insights and experiences, offering viewers a glimpse into the world of entrepreneurship and architectural design. Design with Frank is a simple design tool for designing a dream home. You can think of it as Sims but for your real home. Their target first customer is single family houses. Chloe Fan, founder of Design with Frank, came up with ...
Jun 02, 2023•11 min•Ep. 12
Ben Simmons is the CEO and Cofounder of Table Needs, a restaurant technology startup. The business is focused on increasing diversity in their community by helping restaurants reach profitability. Being the owner of 3 restaurants, he saw that the future of restaurant tech involved a single platform. This is proven since many of his customers started off using Clover or Square but found it didn’t meet their specific needs. Table Needs started alpha testing with a brewery just down the street. He ...
May 15, 2023•34 min•Ep. 11
In this Startup Stories podcast we interview Brett Calhoun, managing director and GP at Scale VC. The early-stage venture firm based out of Colombia Missouri runs both a venture fund and a venture studio. One thing they are proud of is the amount of help they provide by getting other successful founders in the area involved in their program. Scale VC is collaborating with the University of Missouri to create an on-campus accelerator with the money they have raised in their most recent fund. This...
May 09, 2023•35 min•Ep. 10
In this episode of Startup Stories we talk to co-founder of GoCharlie.AI, Brennan Woodruff. GoCharlie is a venture backed AI marketing startup. We talk about various different topics including AI, product market fit, marketing, career switches, goto market strategies, customer markets and training an LLM.
Apr 16, 2023•24 min•Ep. 9
Jennifer Libby, the CEO of Promly ( http://promly.org ), is dedicated to helping GenZ get the resources they need to improve their mental health by using technology. Jenn uses concerts as a way to reach her customers. Jen founded her business to help solve the increased amount of depression in teenagers and help improve the attention span of Gen Z. Promly is unique in that it is incorporated as both a non-profit and a public benefit company (PBC). Jen discusses how machine learning and AI can be...
Feb 18, 2023•32 min•Ep. 7
Nancy Aichholz is the former CEO of Aviatra Accelerator, a non-profit accelerator who has served over 3,000 female founders from all stages of their business lifecycle. They provide women with the unique resources and support they need to be successful, such as networking, capital and providing workshops. Nancy talks about the difference between a non-profit and a for-profit. She also shares her perspective on the venture market, stating that these past couple years accelerators have been produc...
Feb 07, 2023•35 min•Ep. 6
Learn about how Uriah setup over 1,900 print shops for his 3d printing as a service startup
Feb 02, 2023•32 min•Ep. 5
Ryan Scheidler purchased Ambassador Travel almost 2 decades ago. After years of hard work, he sold for a profit. In this episode we discussed the mindset he used while researching which company he wanted to buy. We also talk about his experience running a business in the travel industry. https://dtspotlight.com Story of an Entrepreneur Episode 04 http://www.TechStory.app Real stories and wisdom from entrepreneurs Cohosts: Tyler Hilbert – Passionate about startups and technology TylerJoshuaHilber...
Jan 21, 2023•33 min•Ep. 4
Kevin DuPriest is the CEO of Planetoid Mines, a company developing robots to mine resources from the moon. This business is subsidized by NASA's Break The Ice Challenge ( https://breaktheicechallenge.com ), a challenge to design a system for excavating and delivering icy regolith. In this video, we discuss more in depth the details on Planetoid Mines, Break the Ice Challenge, and some of the struggles of running a space startup. Planetoid Mines online presence: https://www.youtube.com/@planetoid...
Jan 13, 2023•27 min•Ep. 3
Steve Flaherty is the CEO of necoTECH, a company creating better infrastructure solutions. This is accomplished by recycling plastic waste into asphalt. In this episode, Steve discusses the future of sustainability and how to factor it into your business plan. Steve also provides insights about how to crowdfund with low advertising costs and how to get DoD funding to jumpstart your business. necoTECH’s website: https://necotechusa.com https://wefunder.com/necotech Grant Funding: https://www.afwe...
Dec 21, 2022•40 min•Ep. 2
Michael Arens is the founder and CEO of Clean Earth Rovers. He has commercialized and built a business around his passion for cleaning oceans by identifying and narrowing his focus on people that are most impacted by pollutants in the water. Learn about how he started a business building ocean cleaning robots. Story of an Entrepreneur Episode 1 www.TechStory.app Real stories and wisdom from entrepreneurs
Dec 06, 2022•41 min•Ep. 1
