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Kyle Wilson is the CEO and Founder of Boom Beans, an Appalachian-based organization working to help teach high school students about entrepreneurship through hands-on experience of starting their own businesses. We discuss Kyle’s background prior to starting Boom Beans, the mission of the organization, and their progress to date. Learn more about Boom Beans at BoomBeans.org Visit us at MiddleTechP...

In Part 2 part series, Logan walks through the biggest investments in the nuclear fusion space. Let us know what you think by shooting us a DM on social! Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTechPod.com 

Evan, Nate, and Logan discuss Blue Origin sending a 90 year old to space, Apple exploring using AirPods to collect body temperature and posture data, and Spotify releasing features to allow podcasts to interact with their audiences. Watch Friday Updates live on Middle Tech's Instagram every Friday at 8:30am. @MiddleTechPod on all platforms.

Ryan Foster is a Lexington, KY native who has become a very successful investor and owner of several Lexington bars and clubs. After graduating from the University of Kentucky, Ryan began a career in banking and then used his experience and insights from the bank to get started in real estate investing. He's since accumulated well over 100 residential units in the region as well as several well kn...

This week, we sat down for a roundtable conversation on the topic of NFTs with Rex Wallace, Sam White, and Dean Christensen. Rex, Sam, and Dean all have extensive experience in the NFT space and have gotten in on some of the most prevalent projects in the space - specifically, the CoolCats project and incorporating that project in with an up and coming teenage Nascar driver, Jesse Love. Our conver...

Why is Nuclear Energy not dominating the conversation as we look towards a more climate-friendly future. In Part 1 of this 2 part series, Logan walks through the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Let us know what you think by shooting us a DM on social! Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTechPod.com 

Logan, Nate, and Evan discuss Facebook’s major outage this week and Google/YouTube demonetizing climate change denial videos. Watch Friday Updates live on Middle Tech's Instagram every Friday at 8:30am. @MiddleTechPod on all platforms.

Phil Greer is a high school coach turned massive Kentucky Real Estate Developer, as well as a scholarship football player for the University of Kentucky and former Tates Creek High School teacher & coach. After a few successful real estate deals, Greer dove head first into the restaurant industry by opening his first Shoney's, followed by a Fazoli’s, and his first Cheddar’s in ‘96 under the Gr...

Brian Moyer is the CEO of the Nashville Technology Council, a nonprofit dedicated to growing the Nashville technology ecosystem through connecting key players, uniting the state government and technology community, developing tech talent, and promoting the ecosystem as a whole. As a successful entrepreneur himself, Brian laid out what it took to get Nashville to where it is today, and the work the...

The new Ford battery plant outside of Elizabethtown has the potential to fundamentally transform the area. Evan explores the topic in this weekend's thoughts. Let us know what you think by shooting us a DM on social! Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTechPod.com 

Nate, Logan, and Evan discuss Ford's new battery plant outside of Elizabethtown, new Google search features, and TikTok getting into the NFT game. Watch Friday Updates live on Middle Tech's Instagram every Friday at 8:30am. @MiddleTechPod on all platforms.

Chad Needham is a Lexington Real Estate Developer and had often been referred to as a staple of the North-side of Lexington. While on DevelopLex, Chad discusses his organic path from the corporate world into real estate investment and development, his niche of the North side of Lexington with the new “Greyline Station” in particular, and what he views as the next steps for Lexington. Chad’s most r...

Christian Miller is a Principal at Poplar Ventures, a Louisville-based Venture Capital firm investing in B2B SaaS companies based in Middle America. We sat down with Christian to do a deep dive into everything that goes into VC and discuss how he got into the space, what his day to day consists of, and how a VC firm operates. Learn more about Poplar Ventures at PoplarVentures.com Visit us at Middl...

With $83 million in yearly cannabis tax revenue on the table, why does your friend from out of state still have to bring you the goods? Let us know what you think by shooting us a DM on social! Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTechPod.com 

Nate, Logan, and Evan discuss the EU mandating a universal device charger, Twitter releasing features around NFTs & a creator tip jar, and Apple working on a mental health monitoring software. Watch Friday Updates live on Middle Tech's Instagram every Friday at 8:30am. @MiddleTechPod on all platforms.

Pat Madden is one of Lexington's best known real estate developers. He and his family are responsible for developing their family farm into what we know as Hamburg. After Graduating from Stanford and then the University of Kentucky Law School, Pat went on to practice law before returning to develop Hamburg into what it is today. Our conversation covered his background, the details related to devel...

Koby Hastings is the Founder and CEO of Leadrilla, a lead generation and CRM software serving independent sales agents in the Life Insurance and Medicare Industries. Through the use of software and automations, Leadrilla is disrupting an industry that's typically been regarded as sketchy and lacking technology. We discuss how Leadrilla has grown since Koby first came on (episode 72), how the Lexin...

The pandemic put a laser focus on the rural/urban divide in access to high speed internet. Now is the time to change that. Let us know what you think by shooting us a DM on social! Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTechPod.com 

We sat down with Liz Brown Evans, Director of Marketing for Awesome Inc, to recap the pitches from Awesome Inc's August 5 Across event. 5 Across is a pitch competition hosted by Awesome Inc, in which 5 companies pitch to a panel of judges for 5 minutes each for a $500 prize. Use code MIDDLETECH to get free admission to the October 5 Across here . Visit Awesome Inc at AwesomeInc.org Visit us at Mid...

Building in public has become a go-to for founders of early stage companies. But with shorter consumer attention spans and higher expectations, are founders really doing it for their customers? Let us know what you think by shooting us a DM on social! Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTechPod.com 

Joshua Driver is the Co-founder and CEO of Selflessly, a cloud-based virtual foundation platform designed to create, manage, and report on corporate social responsibility programs. Based in Indianapolis, Selflessly is a certified B-corporation with a mission to empower companies to impact real change through managing their social responsibility programs. We discuss how the MVP for Selflessly was b...

The average American will move 11.7 times in their life - so why is it so damn complicated? Let us know what you think by emailing us at middletechpodcast@gmail.com or shooting us a DM on social! Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTechPod.com 

Lincoln Day is Middle Tech’s newest team member, creating content and news in the AgTech space (specifically in Kentucky). Lincoln is the founder of Stalk Commodities, a Kentucky based company working to automate crop harvesting processes. We’re pumped to welcome Lincoln to the team and are excited to help facilitate conversation around Kentucky’s booming AgTech ecosystem as we work to make i...

This weekend: Kanye West is on a bit of a seemingly disjointed creative tear recently. Nate went to his show in Chicago this week and wonders what we can all learn from it. Let us know what you think by emailing us at middletechpodcast@gmail.com or shooting us a DM on social! Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTechPod.com 

Jane Allen is the CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, a nonprofit dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs to the resources available to them in the startup ecosystem and supporting them as they build their company. Nashville's startup ecosystem is thriving as the city grows and the NEC is playing a large role in ensuring that all entrepreneurs have easy access to the community. We discuss Jane...