Startup Mindsets

Frances Simowitz is CEO of Weve Acceleration formerly Numa New York. In on today's episode we learn about New York City's vibrant entrepreneurial scene. Moreover, we learn about Frances switching career goals from wanting to be an opera singer to a bona fide leader in bolstering the startup New York scene for international companies looking for a presence in the US.  Their New York office leverages New York’s thriving innovation ecosystem  to deliver immersive educational programming for startups and  multinational corporations. They offer virtual and in person startup acceleration programs to support US market entry of early and growth-stage international companies. (18:20) Mindset is the limiting factor (24:00) Proving doubters wrong (32:00) Advice to 20 year old self (35:00) Frances' Startup Mindset Startup Mindsets is now partners with Bench Accounting!!! Use our referral link for 30% off your businesses' book keeping services for the first 3 months.

Hall Martin a long time angel investor and creator of Texas Entrepreneurial Network aka Ten Capital joins Startup Mindsets to tell us about his experiences being alongside new ideas and startups for decades. Today TEN Capital helps startups and  growth companies everywhere raise venture funding.  To date TEN Capital has helped entrepreneurs who have raised over $644M.   Shortcuts 22:30 Being a Professor at University of Texas, Austin 25:50 Is Entrepreneurship born or made? 27:00 Trying to be innovative in corporations 29:00 It's the "WHY" that gets you through 31:00 Startup Team Skills 34:50 Picking out the white spaces and having a technology roadmap  Startup Mindsets is now a Bench.co Partner!!! Use our referral link for 30% your businesses' book keeping services for the first 3 months.

What's up Startup Mindsets Fam! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, in the spirit of hospitality we have Luca Zambello, Founder of Jurny on the show today. Jurny is a hospitality tech company offering SaaS-based management solutions for the modern traveler. We discuss what it was like during Jurny's most difficult months in operation during covid and how they made it through.  Luca discusses growing up in Italy and moving to attend UCLA, what inspired him to start Jurny, and how he build the company without coding himself. Jurny's raised over 10M USD with notable VCs such as Mucker Capital. Be sure to try them out the next time you're looking for a vacation!!! Startup Mindsets is now a Bench.co Partner!!! Use our referral link for 30% your businesses' book keeping services for the first 3 months.

Dr. Alice Martin is the founder of Dermanostic and a physician in Germany.  Alice tells her story of changing her mindset to become an entrepreneur as she says, “Physicians don't take many risks” because risk in healthcare can mean death while risk is a common ingredient when founding a startup.  We hear about their experiences filming TikToks, recruiting a software engineer, and their mission to digitize dermatology. If you're in Germany, be sure to download their app on the Apple Store.   Startup Mindsets is partnering with Bench Accounting for startups!!! Use our referral link for 30% off your businesses' book keeping services for the first 3 months.

Our guest, Kobina Asah joins us from Ithaca, New York to talk about his startup, Coverr and how it provides independent contractors stability. Currently 50M+ Gig Economy workers  operate in the United States and represent one of the fastest growing  labor segments, yet have difficulty accessing business financing due to  their lack of standard underwriting criteria. COVERR evaluates  alternative and traditional factors to provide contractors with capital  to help stabilize earnings volatility or small emergencies (2:45) What is Coverr? (4:00) Inspiration to build Coverr. (7:00) Commentary on why the gig economy experienced growth. (15:50) First experiences with entrepreneurship Startup Mindsets is now a Bench.co Partner!!! Use our referral code for 30% your businesses' book keeping services for the first 3 months.

After years of working at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan in equity research, James Giancotti felt the desire to create a product that solved problems he experienced as a banker from a technology standpoint. Oddup is a data driven research platform that rates startups primarily in Asia. With headquarters in Hong Kong, we get to know more of the startup scene in China, ie what makes it so unique and according to James, the hardest working place for entrepreneurs. Startup Mindsets is now a Bench.co Partner!!! Use our referral code for 30% your businesses' book keeping services for the first 3 months.

Richard White has over a decade of entrepreneurship founding UserVoice and Fathom. He takes us through his journey from selling PlayStation cheat codes as a kid to being part of the first YCombinator batch in Cambridge in 2005 to the latest with Fathom in YC 2021. We talk fundraising from Zoom Apps Fund and what it’s like couch surfing while creating a tech company. Stop taking notes on Zoom with fathom.video, try them on the Zoom Apps Store today!

Fly and Fetch is a startup changing the way people travel and send goods. Based out of Edmonton, Shelvie tells us how she created the company and how things are doing. We also hear about Draper University’s survival week and how coming to Silicon Valley has affected growth. Learn more about how you can get free flights at flyandfetch.com

Startups and Entrepreneurship are at an all time high during the pandemic leaving first time startup founders with the challenge of figuring out what to do. Incued, helps founders with guided business planning. Josh joins us to detail the company’s plans and his journey being a founder.

Rayson Esquejo has ran social media marketing campaigns for multiple films including Jobs (2013) Side Effects (2013) and most recently for TFC and Wood Works. Taking a new technology and incorporating it into business strategy is easier said than done. We hear about Rayson's advice for keeping up with market trends and using social media for its advantages.  Most recently, Rayson worked with Jay Leno to create TikToks for an upcoming film.  This episode dives into over a decade of social media use to drive engagement in the entertainment industry.