Startup Hustle

Join Matt DeCoursey and Jannae Gammage, CEO of Foresight, to kick off Startup Hustle's two-week series featuring Kansas City's Top 2023 Startups. Enjoy this exciting conversation about America's new business plan. Learn about your options in finding capital for your business, even when you are part of a minority.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored...

Join Matt DeCoursey and Chuck Schneider, CEO & Founder of Redpoint Summit, in this second episode featuring one of Kansas City's Top 2023 Startups. Learn how you can use analytics to create actionable outcomes for processes or procedures in your organization.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Learn more ab...

Join Matt DeCoursey and Matt Watson as we announce Kansas City's Top 2023 Startups! We are kicking off a two-week series to spotlight the founders behind these emerging Midwest growth companies. And, while KC may very well be the heart of flyover country, investors aren't skipping over these opportunities. Meet the 12 top Kansas City-based startups and hear why each growing company has everyone st...

Join Matt DeCoursey and Adam Tank, Chief Customer Officer of Transcend, for a conversation about raising capital before you have an actual product. Hear how you can get your business funded even when you technically haven't started building it yet.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Learn more about Transcend:...

Join Lauren Conaway and Karen Hughey, Founder and CEO of Nucleus Training Solutions, for a conversation regarding the high cost of turnover. Hear great insights on managing your team, professional training, career development strategies, and how to recognize the great work being produced by your employees.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Kara Lowe, President & CEO of KC Tech Council, talk about growing your local tech industry. Learn all about the tech brain drain, how serious it is, and how tech founders can help nurture the local tech ecosystem.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Learn...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Shan Shan Fu, Founder of Millennials in Motion, talk about how effective pay-per-click is. Listen in to learn about effective PPC strategies you can use and how to manage them properly in order to get optimum results.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Learn...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson and returning guest Benjamin Ritter, Leadership and Career Coach of Live for Yourself Consulting, talk about creating a career you will love. Discover interesting ways of exploring career options and how to find the best one that you are most passionate about and love doing.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sp...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Join Matt and Matt as they talk about what happened to startup valuations. Learn from some great examples of business devaluations and how you can be strategic in increasing the valuation of your business.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Drew Jarvis, CMO and Co-Founder of Sunny Period (Menstrual Mates, Inc.), talk about revolutionizing the period care industry. Learn how to help break the stigma around menstruation, support menstruators to become more comfortable during their periods, and do what great entrepreneurs do best: solve problems.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: htt...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Glenn Fisher, Managing Partner at NavMD, talk about employee benefits. Learn how you can better manage your employee benefits costs and still retain the best employees for your organization.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Learn more about NavMD: https://...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Jacob R. Anson, Co-founder of AgencyJR, talk about email conversion protocol™. Explore the difference in approach between retention and proactive customer acquisition, and gain a better understanding of what you need to do to optimize your email list and convert more.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sp...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson and Hoss Devin, CEO and Founder of Automotive Innovations, dive into the common challenges entrepreneurs traditionally face when running a dev team. Gain valuable advice from these seasoned founders on what to look out for and how to avoid the traditional pitfalls startup founders make while managing a development team.   Find Startup Hustle Everywher...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, guest host Frank Keck kicks off the 4th and final segment in this “Founder Fridays with Frank” series as we talk about the challenges our Startup Hustle hosts (also CEO & startup founders) face on any given day. Hear company culture tips and gain new perspectives. Startup Hustle's host, Lauren Conaway (our go-to for DEI knowledge and community building) is th...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Shiloh Johnson, Founder and CEO of ComplYant, talk about managing your finances. Learn all about financial management and how proper financial care can help you maximize your cash flow, avoid hefty tax fees, and hopefully help grow your generational wealth.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Mickey Parker, COO of Accelefund, talk about startup financing. Learn about the various investment options you have and how to avoid the pitfalls involved in managing your finances.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Learn more about Accelefund: https://acce...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Nick Uresin, President and CEO of ArgoMetrix, talk about how to use analytics on Amazon. Enjoy hearing all about Nick's personal journey to entrepreneurship and the strategic ways he suggests to adapt and keep up with the pace in Amazon eCommerce.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson and Payman Taei, CEO and Founder of Visme, talk about Payman's experience bootstrapping his company to become the #1 tool for online presentations. Learn about the challenges Payman encountered in building Visme and how he empowered its users to take design into their own hands.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode i...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, guest host Frank Keck kicks off the 3rd episode in this “Founder Fridays with Frank” series as we talk about the challenges founders face on any given day. Hear company culture tips and gain new perspectives - remember, it's not about you. It's about the other person. Startup Hustle's founder, Matt DeCoursey, is the next guest to sit in the Founder hot seat with...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Kendra Cole, Founder of The CryptoMom App, talk about women in crypto. Learn all about the crypto space, how to start investing, and some tips on how to start your crypto journey.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io   Learn more about The CryptoMom App: https:/...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Derek Lidow, Professor at Princeton University and CEO of Derek Lidow talk about the history of entrepreneurship. This insightful conversation will help you gain a better understanding of the top traits that entrepreneurs need to possess in order to succeed.    Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored b...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Brad Curtis, SVP of Sales & Strategic Accounts at eZdia, discuss how to use content to create more profit. Learn how to maximize user-generated content, improve SEO, and how to build your brand story to create more profit. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5 This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io Le...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson and Ted Blosser, CEO & Co-Founder of WorkRamp, talk about Ted's journey in building WorkRamp into a top Learning Management System (LMS). Listen as they talk about getting investments and how Ted discovered the right market fit for his business that propelled it to grow.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sp...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, guest host, Frank Keck kicks off week 2 in our new series, “Founder Fridays with Frank,” as we continue to explore the challenges founders face on any given day. Hear company culture tips and gain new perspectives - remember, it's not about you. It's about the other person. Startup Hustle's standard Tuesday host, Andrew Morgans (our go-to eCommerce, Branding Mast...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Sophia Rascoff, CEO and Co-Founder of Recon Food, talk about building community with food. Learn how Sophia is making waves in the food industry as a young entrepreneur and how she got inspired to create communities that love food and support each other through cooking.    Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is...