49. Jeffrey Stern on moving to Cleveland to start a tech career and the city's growing startup community

Jeffrey Stern is a co-founder and product manager at Axuall, a venture-backed company in Cleveland, and is also the host of the Lay of The Land Podcast which tells the stories of entrepreneurship in Cleveland. In this podcast, we talk with Jeffrey about his decision to move to Cleveland in order to start a tech career and the catalyst for launching his podcast. At Axuall, Jeffrey and his team are focused on streamlining the sharing of verified digital credentials between clinicians and healthcare organizations to eliminate onboarding delays while empowering clinicians with ownership of their own data. Prior to Axuall, Jeffrey was the first employee at Votem, working to restore and bolster trust, access, and transparency in elections with a core focus on developing secure and verifiable voting systems. Jeffrey is also an alumni of Venture for America. Connect with Jeffrey on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypsternLearn about Axuall: www.axuall.comMore on Lay of the Land: https://upside.fm/shows/lay-of-the-land/