Speaking Startup: How to track a pandemic without compromising privacy

TripleBlind, a Kansas City startup that makes security software, has joined an international effort to develop an app using GPS data from mobile phones to track the spread of COVID-19 — without compromising users’ data security. Greg Storm, a TripleBlind co-founder, joined Speaking Startup to discuss how TripleBlind is contributing to that effort while navigating the other challenges of running a business that’s less than a year old. Plus, at a time when the coronavirus has cast uncertainty over all business planning, we looked at how that uncertainty is affecting investment in early-stage companies. Jim Gann, director of entrepreneurial support in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development at the University of Missouri, shared what he has seen in recent weeks from venture-backed startups and investors.