Summertime is a time to grow.
Vacation is a great time to grow your relationships. The relative calm of business busyness is the perfect opportunity to focus and grow your company. And it’s the best time of year to take a step back, and evaluate your choices to grow yourself.
While we can’t help you grow your relationships, we can report on startup growth around the country. Funding in Q2 was finally looking more promising than the previous quarter – something that hasn’t been the case for quite some time.
Even better, we can help with your personal growth. We’ve added a slew of new episodes over the last few weeks and have six featured in this issue of the TMP newsletter for you to check out.
Learn how founders in the AI space built their companies, how experienced investors evaluate deals and much, much more in these episodes – be sure to check them out! And don’t forget to tell us about anyone amazing in your network building the future in the Heartland. We’d love to chat with them.
JJ Xu
Listen in as JJ shares her experience moving from China and established a network in the U.S.
Company: Talk Me Up
Location: Pittsburgh
Will Young
Listen in to learn how Will has raised over $100M and built a remote first company – before it was cool.
Company: Sana Benefits
Location: Austin
Ilya Preston
Learn how Ilya built and launched a novel AI risk management platform in the logistics space and scaled up his team.
Company: PAXAFE
Location: Indianapolis
Charles Robinson
Charles describes the key upcoming hot upcoming verticals for the southwest and the power of maximizing and building “the network”
Company: 1888 Ventures
Location: Atlanta
Jeremy Keele
Jeremy discusses his approach to growth in the Midwest market, having raised $300M and expanded to 10 markets
Company: Catalyst Opportunity Funds
Location: Salt Lake City
Jared Glover
From visualization to motion planning to software to learning, Jared weighs in on the state of the robotics industry
Company: CapSen Robotics
Location: Pittsburgh
Given all of the great feedback we’ve received from the podcast, we’re working on bringing more Heartland innovators onto the podcast and would love your suggestions. Do you have someone in your network who is doing something special that others should hear about? If so, please fill out this quick google form. We’ll make sure to check them out and see if they’re a good fit!
