Grit Daily Startup Show

Welcome to the Grit Daily Startup Show where our host Sebastian rusk interviews startup founders with revolutionary ideas about the future of healthcare. On this episode, Sebastian interviews Austin Childs and Dan Lopez, the co-founders of Neural, a platform that connects health care providers and consumers through web 3 technology. Together, they discuss the challenges of regulation and jargon in the health and wellness space, along with Neural's 2023 roadmap. They also mention the Neural portal, which allows people to sell, rent, or share their information, as well as incentivize others to participate in its expansion. With the help of their own cybersecurity and hashing techniques, the co-founders of Neural are working towards revolutionizing healthcare in the U.S.Topics Discussed and Key Points: Exploring the Neural Portal: Connecting with Digital Avatars in 2023Data Security Through Influencer PlatformsThe Challenges of Developing Platforms to Connect Health Care Providers and Consumers.Jargon and Roadmapping in BusinessTimestamps[00:03:42] Connecting with Digital Avatars[00:06:58] Securing Data Through Influencing Platforms[00:10:22] Exploring the Obstacles of Building Platforms to Link Healthcare Professionals and Patients.[00:14:04] Business Jargon and RoadmappingNotable Quotes“We have created a system where we have entirely perverse incentives. You have a third party payer system. So who's really the consumer? Who's really the person who's actually communicating directly with the health system for care, and you have a fee for service. So how are we incentivizing quality of care, cost-effective care? We're actually just building on volume of care.” “What we're seeking to do is say, alright, healthcare has tried to change regulation in the United States for decades. You know, it's been incredibly slow. So what do we have to do? We have to create an ecosystem that actually empowers not the patience of the person.” “If we're going to empower people to consolidate, shouldn't we also give them the opportunity to decide what to do with it?”  "My hope is that we get really close to having healthcare data right in your wallet so that it's not only something that you can tap into here, gaining value from it, but you could sell your genomics data for tens of thousands of dollars."Resources The Grit Daily PodcastConnect with Sebastian RuskTwitterFacebookLinkedInConnect with Austin ChildsLinkedInWebsiteConnect with Dan LopezLinkedInWebsiteCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We’d greatly appreciate it!Support the show: https://hype.co/@gritdailynewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Grit Daily Startup, where we love to talk about all things startup: the good, the bad, and the gritty! Our host, Sebastian Rusk, is joined by Sarah Neill who shares the story of Mys Tyler, an app that matches fashion bloggers with women who look like them. Sarah enlightens us on the challenges of being an entrepreneur and she shares how the platform has grown in the past year with 310,000 users and nearly 2000 creators. Tune in to get ahead of the game on all things startup in the world of business today!Key Takeaways·   Finding the Perfect Fashion Inspiration with Mys Tyler App·   Living and Starting a Business in New York City·   The Challenges of Starting a Business·   Growing Your Platform: The Year of Making Money for CreatorsTimestamps[00:03:11] Discovering Trendy Fashion Styles with Mys Tyler App[00:06:15] Making a Life & Launching a Venture in New York City[00:09:08] Exploring the Obstacles of Entrepreneurship[00:12:11] Grow Your Platform: Make Money as a Creator This YearNotable Quotes"It's quite nice to be in a job and do a really good job. You know, like to know that you're doing a really good job. In startups, you're basically all the things you're bad at. That's what you spend all your time doing.""You're not perfect, you're not professional, you're not a perfectionist. You're literally just doing everything that you should not be doing because it's not your wheelhouse, and that's what you're spending your time doing as an entrepreneur.""It's because you just love it. It's like you truly believe that you're creating something important, that you're having impact. I think, you know, there's also a sense of pride of being able to be the generals and being able to figure it out.""When you think about fashion it's designed to be very exclusive and sort of aspirational, but sort of inaccessible. I don't know what the exact percentage is that maybe 1 percent of people look like, you know, a typical model. And so everyone else has just felt abnormal in the world of fashion. And so all of a sudden by sort of helping people buy and close that fit, we've actually helped people actually feel like they fit into fashion, which has been really powerful."Resources The Grit Daily PodcastConnect with Sebastian RuskTwitterFacebookLinkedInConnect with Sarah NeillLinkedInWebsiteCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We’d greatly appreciate it!Support the show: https://hype.co/@gritdailynewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Grit Daily Startup Show, hosted by Sebastian Rusk, is a podcast not to be missed! This week's episode features guest Paula Reina from Audiochain, a music sync licensing platform for businesses and creators to connect together for transactions with sync licensing clearance. Through Audiochain, a tool as a platform is created for creators and artists to do business without a middle man, and royalties are allocated directly from the fan to the owner of the song. Credit is collected instantly with the blockchain, versus through external sources, which can take up to 3 months. Paula advices creators to make sure to own their own masters, as in the past too many lawsuits have happened where artists did not get their fair share. Tune in to the Grit Daily Startup Show and gain valuable insight into Audiochain and the music industry!Key Takeaways:Benefits of Audiochain for Creators and ArtistsThe Benefits of Blockchain for Collecting Music RoyaltiesOwnership of Music Masters: Understanding Fair Compensation for CreatorsTopics with Timestamps:[00:03:56] The Audio Chain platform can be extremely advantageous for creators and artists, providing them with a range of benefits.[00:07:44] The Advantages of Blockchain in Collecting Music Royalties[00:11:17] Understanding Fair Compensation for Creators of Music Masters OwnershipNotable Quotes:"It's pretty much in a nutshell a music sync licensing platform for businesses and creators to interact together transacting sync licensing clearance.. So kind of cutting out the middleman and going directly to the creator." "With the blockchain, it's immediate. With the tools that we created to collect those royalties, it’s immediate, and you're doing it yourself." "Creators need to make sure that they own their own masters. They own their own music. And you can do this with Audiochain and blockchain." Resources The Grit Daily PodcastConnect with Sebastian RuskTwitterFacebookLinkedInConnect with Paula ReinaTwitterWebsiteCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We’d greatly appreciate it!Support the show: https://hype.co/@gritdailynewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Grit Daily Startup Show, hosted by Sebastian Rusk. Join us for a fascinating conversation with Asia Lee, founder and CEO of Altucell, a groundbreaking biotech company. Lee shares her incredible story of being stolen from her island at age five and brought to Seoul. She encourages us to look for the good in trauma, and to embrace the possibility of self-discovery and fulfillment. Asia also weighs in on how her company is in the process of curing types 1 diabetes. The show concludes with Asia’s powerful takeaways: to continue learning and questioning oneself in order to uncover potential through challenging thoughts and judgments. Reach out to Asia if you have further questions and discover this and more on the Grit Daily Startup Show.Topics Discussed and Key Points: Overcoming TraumaThe Power of Positive ThinkingQuestioning Your Beliefs & Self-DiscoveryTimestamps[00:04:09] The Power of Overcoming Trauma: How Asia Utilizes Her Own Experiences to Create Altucell and Conquer Type 1 Diabetes[00:08:56] The Power of Positive ThinkingNotable Quotes “David took a piece of rock, and you're like this is just a piece of rock and David chiseled what he saw that was possible. I want you to visualize that you are a rock and a chisel. Imagine who you can be, and keep chiseling away the things you don't want in your life.” “Start with a good daily habit. This is not gratitude, looking at the glass half empty or half full. It's being  grateful that you even have a glass and then wanting everyone to have a glass.”“Question your beliefs. Question, question, question, because without questioning, you're limited.” “It's a gradual process. My goal is for everyone to have fulfillment wherever they are, whatever they want to do.”Resources The Grit Daily PodcastConnect with Sebastian RuskTwitterFacebookLinkedInConnect with Asia LeeLinkedInWebsiteCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We’d greatly appreciate it!Support the show: https://hype.co/@gritdailynewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Grit Daily Podcast with your host Sebastian Rusk, where we explore the behind-the-scenes of startups and their founders. Today’s guest is Matt DiBara, the creator of The Undercover Contractor. Matt is a fourth-generation mason who used his expertise to start a business that helps people not get scammed by construction companies who do poor jobs on home renovations projects. Sebastian and Matt talk about the experience of starting a business. Sebastian discussed how when he was starting his business, he had to make tough decisions quickly and have faith in himself during the process. Matt shares that he recently attended the World of Concrete, completing the full circle of his journey. His final message is to never give up!You don’t want to miss this episode! We hope you enjoy!Topics Discussed and Key Points:●Creating a Successful Business with Hard Work and Dedication●The Challenges of Starting a Business●Making Tough Decisions Quickly as a Startup Entrepreneur●The Power of Determination and PerseveranceTimestamps[00:00:45] Matt’s Background in the Construction Industry[00:02:53] What It Takes To Start A Successful Business[00:05:48] Inner Knowing and The Challenges of Starting The Business[00:08:33] Tough Decisions You Make As An Entrepreneur[00:13:28] Why Determination and Perseverance Are Necessary For SuccessNotable Quotes"My first day on the job was 9 years old and my dad, or ‘the old man’ sometimes as the crew call him as a joke, you know. Anyways, I got there and he's like, hey, you gotta pick up some trash.""I had to just know. A startup is so hard because you have to have that inner knowing that you're gonna make it.""If you looked at me, like, he's got this much in the bank account. He does this for work. This is his education. Yeah. Those probability statistics don't work in my favor. But I had this inner knowing.""You gotta make tough decisions quickly. And what I mean by that is you gotta protect the nest and not necessarily every egg.""If you can live with the downside and the upside is exponential and somewhat likely, that's how I've done well in my career."Resources● The Grit Daily PodcastConnect with Sebastian Rusk●Twitter●Facebook●LinkedInConnect with Matt DiBara●LinkedIn●Website●YoutubeCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We’d greatly appreciate it!Support the show: https://hype.co/@gritdailynewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Grit Daily Podcast with your host Sebastian Rusk, where we explore the behind-the-scenes of startups and their founders. Today’s guest is Inesa Ponomariovaite! Inesa is the founder and CEO of a hemp-based products company that she started after her mother's cancer diagnosis. Her company produces non-consumable CBD products used to control the nervous system and promote better sleep. While they’ve only been in business for four or five years, Inesa says they’re doing well despite the challenge of competing with larger, more established companies in the industry. Inesa's mission is to heal the world and bring health to everyone, and the biggest challenge she faces is trusting the industry leaders in a market built around marketing.You don’t want to miss this episode! We hope you enjoy!Topics Discussed and Key Points:●The Power of Hemp-Based Products●The Challenges of Starting a CBD Business●The Benefits of CBD for the Nervous System●Healing the World Through Business LeadershipTimestamps[00:00:28] How Inesa Started her company[00:03:35] The Challenges of Creating a CBD Business[00:07:52] Why CBD is Good for the Nervous System[00:11:15] Inesa’s Goals with her Company and Healing the WorldNotable Quotes"Do you like your liver? Most people do. Do you like your brain? Yes. I do. Do you like your receptors for your food? Yes, I do. So if you like it or you don't, the cannabinoid system in your body is already part of you. That means this plant is already inside your body. You have receptors all over and you're producing all those endocannabinoids in your body. So that means if you don't like the plant, you don't like yourself because it's already in there.”“The low THC levels of hemp is beautiful. It is grown correctly, produced correctly, safely. This plant is nothing but beautiful and you already have it in your body. So when people say no to it, I said, then you say no to yourself."”"If you wanna feel great and would like to actually age your life and feel great, I would say you should take good quality CBD because there's a difference in quality. Because what it does it actually controls and regulates the entire nervous system. The nervous system itself controls all the other systems in the body. So just by controlling the nervous system and regulating it, that itself is a huge benefit. It helps with inflammation; it helps sleep and the changes can be seen every single day. There are new testimonials coming in every single day that the product changed their life forever.”Resources● The Grit Daily PodcastConnect with Sebastian Rusk●Twitter●Facebook●LinkedInConnect with Inesa Ponomariovaite●LinkedIn●WebsiteCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We’d greatly appreciate it!Support the show: https://hype.co/@gritdailynewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Grit Daily Podcast with your host Sebastian Rusk, where we explore the behind-the-scenes of startups and their founders. Today’s guest is Olivia Mark, the Managing Director of RelevanC, a company that has utilized both tech and data to craft a white-label platform that enables retailers to target their customers and serve ads that are pertinent to their customer journey. Sebastian and Olivia share an enthusiasm for retail media, and she shares her insights on what the retail media landscape looks like in 2023. Sebastian is particularly excited about the potential of marketplaces expanding retail options and increasing orders this year.You don’t want to miss this episode! We hope you enjoy!Topics Discussed and Key Points:●The Intersection of Retail and Technology●What RelevanC Does●Creating Relevant Ads with First-Party Data●The Future of Retail Media in 2023Timestamps[00:00:28] Introducing Olivia Mark[00:02:01] What is Retail Media?[00:03:48] How To Create Relevant Ads[00:07:28] Retail Media in 2023Notable Quotes"My dad's a retired tech entrepreneur, so from an early age dinner table conversations were about product releases, IPOs versus acquisitions, and the benefits of product marketing.""So, retail media means a lot of different things for a lot of different people. So to be specific, we focused on the highest impact format, and that is sponsored product ads.""It's hard. You know, people put blood, sweat and tears into these things. But if the market timing is wrong, the competition got there first, or whatever – it’s over, you missed. You have to know when to end it. And those are really hard decisions to make, but they're important ones.""I think it's really the shift from relying on third party cookies to first party data. So first party data is the data that we give retailers ourselves."Resources●The Grit Daily PodcastConnect with Sebastian Rusk●Twitter●Facebook●LinkedInConnect with Olivia Mark●LinkedIn●WebsiteCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We’d greatly appreciate it!Support the show: https://hype.co/@gritdailynewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Grit Daily Podcast with your host Sebastian Rusk, where we explore the behind-the-scenes of startups and their founders. Today’s guest is Lucas Kiely, an entrepreneur and founder of Yield.app. Lucas began his career as a banker before creating the fintech company Mobilical. Yield.app, his current venture, is a digital asset wealth management company that offers investment, wealth management services, and a gap-bridging solution for where traditional banking or private wealth cannot. The company is also building for a more robust regulatory framework for a variety of people including family offices, individuals, and high net worth individuals. Sebastian encourages startup founders to "back yourself" when it comes to raising money, as most companies fail. So if failure is imminent, it's best to fail fast.Don’t miss this episode! We hope you enjoy!Topics Discussed and Key Points:●Wealth Management Services Offered by Yield.app●Trust and Financial Security for Wealthy Individuals●The Challenges of Raising Capital for Start-up Companies●The Power of Believing in Yourself and Your DreamsTimestamps[00:00:28] Introducing Lucas Kiely[00:03:54] The Yield.app venture[00:07:45] Wealth & Financial Security[00:11:21] Raising Capital for Start-ups[00:14:34] Betting on YourselfNotable Quotes"Don't let time take away your dreams. You've got an idea, just back yourself.""The hardest thing for anyone to do is raise capital. Most startup companies actually fail. And failing I think Peter Thiel said it best is if you're gonna fail, fail fast.",“I discovered the internet as we now sort of live our daily lives through in ‘95 as an undergraduate at Oxford as a biochemistry major. And I don't really have much fun with Biochemistry. I got completely addicted to, you know, messing around on on web.”"In sales, what you wanna do is get to the next stage. So think about it like dating, you know, Can I get your phone number? Can I meet you for a coffee? There's a process, a journey that you go on. But it's the same thing as selling yourself.”Resources● The Grit Daily PodcastConnect with Sebastian Rusk●Twitter●Facebook●LinkedInConnect with Lucas Kiely●LinkedIn●WebsiteCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We’d greatly appreciate it!   Support the show: https://hype.co/@gritdailynewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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