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Why We Strive

by Cory McKane

The Why We Strive Podcast sits down with the most successful tech founders, investors, and creatives to learn about what they strive for and why. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whywestrive/support

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Episodes

  1. #30 | Ziki - The Tesla of Food [Video]

    Nick Nanakos | CEO - Ziki ZIKI factory - produces modular restaurants with unstoppable unit economics. ZIKI factory-produce modular restaurants with unstoppable unit economics. The cuisine we operate is Greek-Mexican fusion that uses zero seed oils, soy, or vegetable oils. We opened 10 locations…

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  2. #29 | Echo 3D - 3D asset management [Video]

    Alon Grinshpoon | CEO - Echo 3D 3D asset management for games, 3D apps, and AR/VR experiences echo3D (www.echo3D.com) is a cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR asset management that provides tools and network infrastructure to help developers & companies quickly build and deploy 3D apps, games, and…

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  3. #28 | Macro - Adding Identity and Expression to Zoom

    Ankith Hathari | Co-Founder - Macro Adding Identity and Expression to Zoom Zoom fatigue is never going to be solved by making meetings more 'productive'. Automatic transcriptions, notes, and integrations don't address the core issues of why virtual meetings drain our energy more than in-person...

  4. #27 | Lazarus 3D - 3D Printed Body Parts

    Smriti Zaneveld | Co-Founder - Lazarus 3D Using 3D printing we can take your patient's scans and rapidly validate, manufacture and deliver a high quality model of their anatomy in a matter of days. We offer a full turn-key solution: physician only needs to provide the DICOM image and Lazarus 3D...

  5. #26 | Storage Scholars - Student Storage Made Easy

    Sam Chason | CEO - Storage Scholars https://www.whywestrive.com/episodes/storage-scholars-sam-chason Storage Scholars is the nation's premier provider of student storage, moving, and shipping solutions, with operations on 60 college campuses across the country. They are a young, sharp company...

  6. #25 | Bones In Motion - The Company That Pioneered Mobile Fitness

    Jon Werner | CEO - Bones In Motion, Co-founder - Koya Cherie Werner | CEO - Fiesta, Co-Founder - Koya https://www.whywestrive.com/episodes/bones-in-motion-koya Your phone is your fitness device. This episode covers the journey of Bones in Motion (acquired by Adidas) and the growth of a new…

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  7. #24 | Lift ATX - The best gym in Austin, Texas

    Daniel Hinojosa - CEO | Lift ATX #24 The best gym in Austin, Texas Strength in Community | Community in Strength Lift ATX is a gym with a primary focus of serving the community. In addition to providing an affordable, welcoming, inclusive environment to promote health and wellness, Lift ATX…

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  8. #23 | Wander - Vertically Integrating Travel

    John Andrew Entwistle | Founder - Wander Vertically integrated the vacation rental industry, creating a radically better experience for travelers. We’ve all been there: you’re in desperate need of time away. The countdown is on. The bags are packed. You arrive at your vacation rental and… It’s...

  9. #22 | Co-founders of the University of Texas Innovation Center

    Ashley J. Jennings & Dr. Van Truskett | Co-founders - University of Texas Innovation Center Big Tech. Big Impact. Longhorn Tech Nation. Launched in January 2020, the Texas Innovation Center (TxIC) creates and fosters a community for collaborative research and entrepreneurship in support of...

  10. #21 | Carson Jones | Co-founder - Reflex

    Carson Jones | Co-founder - Reflex A better way to work in retail Front-line workers are extraordinary and the backbone retail industry. But until now, working in retail has been hard — workers are often underpaid and cannot set their own schedule. Reflex aims to improve the life of front-line...

  11. #20 | Rohan Dang | CEO - Cerebro Sports

    Rohan Dang | CEO - Cerebro Sports Bringing Data Into Basketball Scouting Performance data from every level, because careers begin well before the NBA. Cerebro is building the most comprehensive player career profiles, starting in basketball. By collecting simple performance data from every...

  12. #19 | Jorge Ortiz | CEO - Varsity Hype

    Jorge Ortiz | CEO - Varsity Hype Expanding Horizons For Youth Athletes, Coaches, And Fans Providing digital solutions for coaching and learning, recruiting, and preserving memories for athletes, coaches, and fans alike. Varsity Hype is a web and mobile solution for students, parents, coaches,...

  13. #18 | Michael Marra | CEO - Entre

    Michael Marra | CEO - Entre The New Professional Network - The business super app of the future Entre is the new professional network designed for the future of work. How people network and work now is fundamentally changing as technology continues to evolve. As everything becomes more digital,...

  14. #17 | Neil Thanedar | CEO - Utopic, Founder - Labdoor

    Neil Thanedar | CEO - Utopic, Founder - Labdoor Solving The World's Biggest Problems Taking inspiration from Edison's Lab, Warhol's Factory, and studios like Pixar, Disney, and Def Jam, Neil Thanedar created Utopic to be a modern idea factory, a group of companies where he and many others could...

  15. #16 | Josh Cliffords | Free Water - The World's 1st Free Beverage

    Josh Cliffords | Free Water - The World's 1st Free Beverage Our startup has recently launched the world's first free beverage company. Our natural spring water in aluminum bottles and paper cartons is free because we use the packaging as ad space. When you've got that free product in your hand…

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  16. #15 | Volt | The First Messaging Ops Tool | Martin Lien + Matt Morfopolous

    Martin Lien + Matt Morfopolous | Volt - The First Messaging Ops Tool Managing your SMS deliverability takes a lot of manual effort to measure, understand, & improve - it shouldn't After running an SMS Marketing company for over 3.5 years, we found that while Twilio made building SMS functionality...

  17. #14 | Legion - Fixing Our Mental Health Infrastructure

    Legion - Fixing Our Mental Health Infrastructure Legion Health's mission is to increase the available capacity of the mental health workforce. Legion Health is a B2B marketplace for mental health professionals' time. Mental health is a growing problem for our country. 1 in 5 adults suffered from...

  18. #13 | Connor Crawford | Pike Robotics - Autonomous Robotic Inspection Platform

    Connor Crawford | Pike Robotics - Autonomous Robotic Inspection Platform Transforming Inspection of Oil & Gas facilities through Custom Robotic Solutions Pike Robotics was spun out of UT's Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group and originally funded by Phillips 66 to help with the real need they have...

  19. #12 | Matt Doyle | Array - Turn Paperwork Into A Mobile App

    Matt Doyle | Array - Turn Paperwork Into A Mobile App Think big. Start small. Array is enterprise web, mobile offline forms and automation technology. They offer a web based system for admins to building forms for compliance and audit functions as well as create workflows and schedule tasks and...

  20. #11 | Camille May | Model Meals - Creativity Wears The Crown

    Camille May | Model Meals - Bootstrapping An Exit Modeling how to live and eat cleaner Our mission at Model Meals is to transform the current American food system by providing clean, locally-sourced, ready-made meals and clean eating advice. After changing her diet through the Whole30 Challenge…

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  21. #10 | Ethan Baehrend | Creative 3D Technologies - Decentralizing & Distributing Production

    Ethan Baehrend | Creative 3D Technologies - Creation without constraint Creative 3D Technologies takes the idea of multi-tools to the industrial extreme! The company is making powerful manufacturing platforms encompassing a wide variety of specialty manufacturing tools & machinery in robust...

  22. #9 | Abigail Rose Baez | Blended Sense - Creativity Wears The Crown

    Abigail Rose Baez | Blended Sense - Creative Intelligence for a New Kind of Production In a content-driven world- creativity wears the crown. Those who make it hold the keys, and those who need it are desperate to have it. Especially at the local scale. The past 3 years required all business…

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  23. #8 | Kyle Wallgren | Edsoma - Restoring The Joy Of Reading

    Kyle Wallgren | Edsoma - Read, Learn, and Grow Together with Edsoma. Edsoma is an application designed to improve literacy through an AI reading assistant while tracking real-time data. The application's real-time scoring system is used to identify strengths and weaknesses in children's reading....

  24. #7 | Sidney Collin | NexStride - Keeping People Walking Safely

    Sidney Collin | NexStride - Creating the tools to keep people walking safely and confidently De Oro Devices makes mobility assistive devices to allow people with mobility disorders to walk confidently and safely. We use research-backed sensory cues to help people with mobility disorders walk with...

  25. #6 | Matthew Iommi | Fetii - On Demand Group Transportation

    Matthew Iommi | Fetii - Revolutionizing How Groups & Businesses Move Fetii transports groups and businesses together, on-demand Fetii is a group rideshare app that lets both consumers and businesses order 15-passenger vans on-demand. Users pay using a QR check-in system that splits payments...

  26. #5 | Ugochi Owo | Flindel - Decentralizing Commerce Returns

    Ugochi Owo | Flindel - Decentralizing Commerce Returns Get rid of your unwanted products from the comfort of your home and spend the cash on what you actually want Flindel is a technology company focused on decentralizing commerce returns. They enable for consumers to return unwanted products…

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  27. #4 | Colby Harvey | Rizse - Augmenting The Workforce With UAS

    Colby Harvey | Rizse - Augmenting The Workforce With UAS Creating innovative, accurate, and easy-to-use drone technologies for inspection Augmenting The Workforce With UAS Rizse creates autonomous drone inspection solutions for aerospace, defense, and space verticals using industry-leading AI...

  28. #3 | Ari Salafia | Tax Taker - Helping startups get more money

    Episode 3 | Tax Taker Helping startups get more money By leveraging government tax incentives and non-dilutive funding sources, Startups that partner with TaxTaker can go further, faster. If you’re a startup founder, you’ve got plenty to worry about. Sometimes keeping up with the dozens (if not...

  29. #2 | John Hancock | Stonks - The Home For Startup Demo Days

    Episode 2 | Stonks The Home For Startup Demo Days Stonks is on a mission to spearhead the mass adoption of startup investing by making it "Approachable AF". The big problems here (among accredited investors) are Access, Education, and Liquidity. By creating "The home for startup Demo Days' we...

  30. #1 Pipedream | Garrett Scott, Drew Bellcock, & Canon Reeves

    Episode 1 | PipeDream Turning Delivery Into Teleporting Pipedream provides the citywide infrastructure to make delivery cheaper, so you can start deciding what you want delivered and whether the fees are worth it. Pipedream's all-electric system allows cities to make deliveries cheaper while...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Why We Strive Podcast sits down with the most successful tech founders, investors, and creatives to learn about what they strive for and why. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whywestrive/support

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