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Founders First

Founders First

By 1517 Fund

Founders First explores how founders got started, what they did before starting their startups, and how you can go from an idea to a venture-backed company.
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7. Bringing Software to Senior Care with Cameron Graham (Storii)

Founders FirstFeb 10, 2020

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9. Turning Academic Research into Consumer Micro-Greens with Camille Richman (Hamama)
Feb 10, 202039:54
8. Growing a Facebook Group into a Venture-Backed Business with Dylan Gambardella & Justin Lafazan (Next Gen)
Feb 10, 202043:35
7. Bringing Software to Senior Care with Cameron Graham (Storii)

7. Bringing Software to Senior Care with Cameron Graham (Storii)

Cameron Graham and the Storii team are building a software platform for Senior Care Facilities. As the CEO, Cameron is responsible for leading their efforts to sell, fundraise and paint a vision for the future.

The Storii product started with enabling care staff to digitally schedule and record the care they provide. It has evolved into a tool for case notes, family messaging, media consumption, and more.

In this episode, you’ll hear Cameron and 1517 Fund’s Zak Slayback talk about how Cameron found his way into senior care, the challenges of being so young in such a conservative industry, and the disciplined customer discovery process Storii has followed.

Connect with Cam & Storii

http://storii.com

Connect with 1517 Fund

https://www.1517fund.com/take-action

Feb 10, 202041:07
6. Making Home Ownership Possible with Cash Offers (Nick Friedman, Board)
Feb 10, 202050:16
5. Building Safe Construction Sites & Making Empathetic Sales with Alex Schwarzkopf (Pillar)

5. Building Safe Construction Sites & Making Empathetic Sales with Alex Schwarzkopf (Pillar)

Alex Schwarzkopf is the CEO and co-founder of Pillar Technologies, a company that prevents damages on construction sites by using sensors and predictive analytics.

Pillar’s sensors monitor temperature, dust particulates, noise, humidity, and more to prevent costly damages and identify mistakes sooner for construction firms.

In this conversation, Alex and 1517 Fund’s Zak Slayback discuss how Pillar got their first pilot test deal, why they pivoted from their initial product idea, and the importance of empathy in sales.

Connect with Alex & Pillar Technologies

https://pillar.tech/

Connect with 1517 Fund

https://www.1517fund.com/take-action

Feb 10, 202045:22
4. Making Alchemy Real with Pavle Jeremic (Aether Biomachines)
Feb 10, 202047:49
3. Helping People Time Travel with Gaetano Crupi (Cabin)
Feb 10, 202001:09:17
2. Eating Algae with Elliot Roth (Spira, Inc.)
Feb 10, 202042:12
1. How Stephen Balaban Evolved from eBooks to Deep Learning Hardware (Lambda)

1. How Stephen Balaban Evolved from eBooks to Deep Learning Hardware (Lambda)

Stephen Balaban’s company, Lambda, is pursuing a lofty mission. They’re aiming to accelerate human progress with computation.

The company builds workstations, servers, laptops, and cloud services used by Apple, Intel, Microsoft, Tesla, Amazon Research, Tencent, Kaiser Permanente, MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Caltech, and the Department of Defense.

In this conversation, Stephen and 1517’s Zak Slayback discuss the profitable business Stephen started in his teens, how he got into the machine learning infrastructure space, and dealing with uncertainty when starting a business.

Connect with Stephen & Lambda

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbalaban/

Connect with 1517 Fund

https://www.1517fund.com/take-action

Feb 07, 202044:17