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Ventures by the LakeS1E10: Smart Batteries with Sophia from BlipJoin us for our conversation with Sophia Wennstedt from Blip Energy! Blip is making energy equity accessible to accelerate the clean energy transition by building a new category of smart, affordable energy storage to add homes to the smart grid network. Listen to learn about Sophia's journey from engineer to business school, to founder.
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Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventures-by-the-lake/2023-12-0546 minVentures by the LakeS1E9: Building Environmental Sustainability Hardware with Tayyaba from TikalJoin us for our conversation with Tayyaba Ali from Tikal Industries! Tikal is an environmental diagnostics company leveraging advanced hardware and AI to detect contaminants in water. Listen in to learn what goes into building a hardware tech company and how to approach an environmental problem from a business lens.
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Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventures-by-the-lake/2023-10-1950 minVentures by the LakeS1E8: Bringing Pizazz to Cybersecurity with Mariana from KikrrWe talk to Mariana Padilla, CEO of Kikrr. Kikrr is a platform that connects buyers to cybersecurity software vendors and provides access to on-demand demos. Listen to the episode to learn how Mariana & Kikrr aren't afraid to do things a little differently in the cybersecurity industry.
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Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventures-by-the-lake/2023-09-1246 minVentures by the LakeS1E7: Attention to Detail with Ahmed Ali from Midwest CowboyWe talk to Ahmed Ali, founder of the lifestyle and clothing brand Midwest Cowboy. Ahmed tells us how he got started on Midwest Cowboy in 2020 with a stimulus check, and has since made over six figures without taking a single venture dollar or leaving his full-time job. Listen to hear what convinced him to get started, and what he's learned along the way.
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Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventures-by-the-lake/2023-08-1545 minVentures by the LakeS1E6: Building in Crypto with Andrew from CoherenceWe talk to Andrew Gunderman, founder and CEO of Coherence. Coherence takes the work out of investing in cryptocurrency - no knowledge required. Listen in to learn more about Andrew's decision to leave Ohio State University and move to Chicago to work on Coherence full time.
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Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventures-by-the-lake/2023-08-0556 minVentures by the LakeS1E5: "Why You?" with Erica from GlobowlWe talk to Erica Bethe Levin, founder and CEO of Globowl. Globowl provides internationally inspired food to babies and toddlers in order to support early allergen introduction; decreasing the risk of developing food allergies and picky eating in the future. We discuss the unique challenges faced by companies that develop physical products (especially CPG brands), and we dive into why your answer to "Why You?" is so important. Listen to learn how Erica uses her passion and connection to this problem as one of her greatest assets.
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2023-06-2937 minVentures by the LakeS1E4: Student Special with Mike Raab from the Garage @ NUWe talk with Mike Raab, the director of Northwestern's student entrepreneurship community, the Garage. We chat about unique opportunities for students interested in learning about entrepreneurship or founding a company themselves. Listen to learn more about how you can take advantage of the entrepreneurship resources available at your school!
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Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventures-by-the-lake/2023-06-2222 minVentures by the LakeS1E3: Community & Investing in Chicago with Abhinaya from M25We chat with Abhinaya Konduru from M25 about all the resources she's organized for the Chicago tech community (links below), what she looks for as an early-stage investor, and why Chicago is a great place to build a company! (Recorded on 3/4/23)
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Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin...2023-06-1553 minVentures by the LakeS1E2: Building for Yourself First with SMARTChartsSMARTCharts automates notetaking for clinicians and turns progress into patient-friendly pictures, charts and graphs to support patient engagement, improve communication, and increase productivity for providers. We talk to founder Corinne Vargas about the origin of SMARTCharts as a tool she designed for herself, and when she decided to build a business around it. We also touch on winning pitch competitions, rough times during the pandemic, and the impact of the Chicago entrepreneurship community on SMARTCharts. (Recorded on 2/17/23)
SMARTCharts's website: https://www.mysmartcharts.com/
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...2023-06-0146 minVentures by the LakeS1E1: Validating Product Market Fit with Activated ScaleActivated Scale is a marketplace that helps connect startups with experienced & vetted sales talent. We sit down with the founder, Prateek Mathur, to talk about his first steps after starting Activated Scale, the difficulties of managing a marketplace, and the importance of validating product-market fit when working on a new venture. (Recorded on 1/27/23)
Activated Scale's Website: https://www.activatedscale.com
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