TechUnited On Tap

Chris Gannon, Founder, Captivate Talent, sits down with TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price to share the steps to take before making that post live to ensure that the job description is aligned with what your team needs, how to manage the interview process, and how this person will be successful at your company. 

On this episode, Aaron sat down with Withum's Alex Dundara, Senior Manager & Technology and Emerging Growth Team Leader to run through the basics of auditing. 

While many events can bring about your first audit such as a fundraise, Alex shares the best ways to prepare from the start to set your company up for a smooth experience and the best insights into your startup's financial health. 

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On this episode, Aaron sat down with Withum's Mark Eckerle, Senior Manager, who focuses on Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology as a Technology & Emerging Growth Team Leader. Mark & Aaron analyze recent crypto market news, predictions for the growth of projects & mainstream investments like bitcoin, and how regulators play a role in risk & ownership. 

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Aaron sits down with Johnny Ahrens, Director of Business Development at Veratad, to understand how technology is transforming how we protect our identities online. Veratad is known for an incredible suite of tools that provide highly secure and multi-layered approaches to age and identity verification for businesses worldwide. Johnny & Aaron dive into some of the recent challenges they have solved, and why it's so important to leverage the proper resources when it comes to security. 

Sandy Castor, Director, Office of Business Engagement, Middlesex County NJ sits down with TechUnited CEO Aaron Price to share more about the Middlesex County Office of Business Engagement & the advantage it gives companies it partners with. Keep listening for the scoop on how this NJ powerhouse can help take your startup to the next level. 

On this episode, we sit down with partners Jaime Krug, Partner, Technical Accounting Practice Leader and Chief Quality Officer, Centri Business Consulting, LLC & Joe Notaro, Partner, Technology Practice Leader, Centri Business Consulting, LLC to understand the best practices for financial and operational success. The Centri team shares their organization's expertise from working with thousands of startups on fundraising & growth. Keep listening for best practices and key growth tactics! 

Today's talent market is hotter than ever, and navigating that first hire can be scary. Chris Gannon, Founder, Captivate Talent, sits down with TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price to give us his tips and tricks for hiring. Keep listening for the best way to organize your interview process, where to negotiate, and what red flags to avoid. 

Each startup forges its own unique path to success, but learning key lessons from business founders is a huge help along the way. One prime case study is OwnBackup, which provides a suite of data protection products for SaaS (Software as a Service) applications that store their data in the cloud. TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price sat down with Sam Gutmann, CEO of OwnBackup for this episode of TechUnited on Tap, to discuss the history of OwnBackup, how to scale a rapidly-growing business, and predictions for the future of entrepreneurship.

On this episode, TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price sat down with venture financing and M&A expert Scott Cowan, Partner at DLA Piper to discuss the incredible shifts in venture financing. 

DLA Piper is one of the top global law firms and Scott brings the expertise of their highly awarded Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice to this session. Scott and Aaron dive into key stats from 2021 financing, the ever-changing trends, and pitfalls founders can avoid when raising capital or searching for their next step. 

On this episode, TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price sits down with RSM subject matter experts Marni Rozen, Director, Management Consulting and Jennifer Hartman, Human Capital Management Consultant to discuss these seismic shifts in recruiting. RSM serves clients during the entire employee lifecycle, from recruiting talent to onboarding to succession planning and offboarding. Keep listening as they focus on the future shape of what Human Resources (HR) can look like, asking questions such as “How can companies foster more employee engagement as working culture shifts?” 

This episode of TechUnited On Tap, in partnership with Cross River, introduces their Vice President of Technology Strategy, Akhil Khanna. Akhil and Aaron explore how to keep the essence of a startup culture while dealing with the complexity of a larger, more complex organization. Listen in to take away the best practices to keep your team organized, collaborative, and successful! 

Presented by Edison Partners, the Entrepreneur's Toolkit Series is every startup's guide to forming, funding, and growing a business.

This episode dives into PR best practices to help startups gain exposure & create media relationships. Keep listening to learn how to grab a reporter's attention, key mistakes to avoid when reaching out to the press, the importance of local media, and more with our expert: Peter Harris, Founder & CEO of The Harris Agency.

Thank you again to Edison Partners their partnership on this series!

In this special episode of TechUnited on Tap, we sit down with two incredible expert guests, Aleksandra Teichman, Senior Director of Payments at  Cross River & Robert Trenery, Tax Partner at KPMG. These two experts have worked with hundreds of startup partners over their careers, and gave us the inside scoop on what they think founders get right as they're starting out, and where mistakes happen. Listen to the full episode to hear their thoughts on revenue growth, problem solving, partnerships, & planning! 

We sat down with Jared Sorin, Partner, McCarter & English, to dive deeper into a topic brought up at Propelify 2021 that isn't often discussed up front between co-founders: equity & entity. Allocating equity is not only complicated, but can have many varying legal and financial ramifications for co-founders and shareholders for years. Listen to get Jared's tips on allocating equity and the best way to protect your business and learn more at mccarter.com.

Presented by Edison Partners, the Entrepreneur's Toolkit Series is every startup's guide to forming, funding, and growing a business. 

This second episode dives into fundraising & finance best practices that set a startup up for success and the common mistakes to avoid! Keep listening to learn about grant opportunities, tax structures, financial services, burn rate, fundraising, equity, and so much more from our expert: Chris DeMayo, Technology and Emerging Growth Services, Withum.

Thank you again to Edison Partners and Alex Symos, Vice President of the firm's Go-To-Market Center of Excellence for their partnership on this series! 

Phil Antoon, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal & Mary Guzman, Founder & CEO, Crown Jewel Insurance joined TechUnited CEO for this eye-opening episode of TechUnited On Tap. 

This episode dives into the best practices and common mistakes made when building your business in a competitive industry where practices and processes are just as valuable as the product itself.

Presented by Edison Partners, the Entrepreneur's Toolkit Series is every startup's guide to forming, funding, and growing a business. This first episode dives into all of the legal tips & tricks that set a startup up for success and the common mistakes to avoid! Keep listening to learn about company formation, equity vesting and allocation, NDAs, and so much more from our expert: Dave Sorin, Partner, Chair - Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Companies Practice at McCarter & English. 

Thank you again to Edison Partners and Alex Symos, Vice President of the firm's Go-To-Market Center of Excellence for their partnership on this series! 

Aaron Price, CEO of TechUnited:NJ, sat down with Luis O. De La Hoz, Director of Community Lending, Valley Bank to learn more about how this community bank is disrupting, innovating, and providing equitable access to banking. Learn more about at valley.com. 

Barry Ostrowsky, President & CEO, RWJBarnabas Health sat down with TechUnited CEO, Aaron Price, at the TechUnited:BetterWellness Innovation Summit on June 15, 2021 to share key action items and insights into the future of healthcare and community wellness. 

Watch this segment and others from the Innovation Summit online at techunited.co/wellness-summit2021

Michael Johnson, CEO, Visikol sat down with TechUnited CEO, Aaron Price, at the TechUnited:BetterWellness Innovation Summit on June 15, 2021 to share the news of his startup's acquisition and his experience starting the company at Rutgers.

Watch this segment and others from the Innovation Summit online at techunited.co/wellness-summit2021

Perri Richman, General Partner, Inspire Global Ventures sat down with Elliott Green, CEO & Co-Founder, Dandelion Health AI and Luke Malanga, COO, DataBiologics at the TechUnited:BetterWellness Innovation Summit on June 15, 2021 for an eye-opening forum into the tech trends impacting healthcare. 

Listen to hear how these innovators approach accelerating patient care, medical communications, and more by leveraging data, AI, and ML. Watch this segment and others from the Innovation Summit online at techunited.co/wellness-summit2021

Aaron Price sat down with Dr. Steve Libutti, Director, Rutgers Cancer Institute of NJ & SVP, Oncology Services, RWJBarnabas Health at the TechUnited:BetterWellness Innovation Summit on June 15, 2021. Listen to hear their candid conversation about the importance of understanding and leveraging our DNA and genetics to create better treatments and live healthier lives. Watch this segment and others from the Innovation Summit online at techunited.co/wellness-summit2021

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Tune into this episode of TechUnited on Tap, where we sit down with John E Ahrens, CEO & Founder of Veratad, to talk about the digital transformation of identity, the power in scaling your solutions, & the opportunities available to organizations leaning on innovative technology to protect their data and customers. 

Thanks to Veratad, the leader in age & identity verification solutions and member of TechUnited, for lending us their CEO to share more about this important topic! Learn more about Veratad at veratad.com 

Listen now to get the introduction to this new initiative & be sure to subscribe to learn more! Want to learn more about TechUnited? Head to techunited.co