The Up & Coming
By UTD Entrepreneurship Club
The Up & ComingMay 18, 2020
Get a bad job
Tune in to an insightful conversation about SaaS entrepreneurship with TK Kader, founder of 2 highly successful startups, mentor to 50+ SaaS CEOs, and social media personality. Listen along as TK drops some incredible pieces of advice, shows us around the world of enterprise software, gives guidance on starting out in the space, and more!
Hear the pulse of healthcare innovation
At UT Dallas, we have incredible students who are making impactful strides to tackle tough problems while balancing school and other extracurriculars. On this episode, two E-Club leaders Pablo Cueva and Daniel Morales chat with Jacob Awkwal, a UT Dallas a biomedical engineering senior, an aspiring MD-Phd student and finally, the co-founder of Glaucomedi: a healthcare startup focused on developing a drainage device to treat glaucoma by reducing eye pressure. Glaucomedi won 1st place at the annual Big Idea competition, the largest university startup pitch competition in North Texas. On this episode, Jacob shares about his entrepreneurial journey and how he aims to drive change as a future physician and researcher. This episode is the perfect example of how diverse the entrepreneurship community is and how anyone from any major can take their first step in their own entrepreneurial journey!
Want to startup in Dallas?
Welcome to The Up and Coming Podcast Season 2! We're talking with Paul Nichols, the UT Dallas Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and his take on what's ahead for the Dallas startup and venture capital ecosystem. We dive deep into what made Paul an entrepreneur and collectively look at the past to predict start up trends for the future. Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or you just want to learn more about getting started with startups and venture capital, this episode is for you.
Need a Leg Up for your career?
To round out season one for the Up & Coming, we had the pleasure of discussing the legal aspect of entrepreneurship with attorney turned entrepreneur, Anjie Vichayanonda. She is the CEO & founder of Leg Up Legal, the first nationwide prelaw mentoring program helping members explore various legal career paths, build career skills, and connect with real lawyers. Listen in as she shares the problem she sought to solve, the various obstacles she has overcome, and the best entrepreneurial resources at UTD.
Connect with Anjie: https://bit.ly/3gFzb0F
Leg Up Legal: https://www.leguplegal.com/
Instagram: @upncoming.podcast @eclubutd @leguplegal
Right People, Right Message, Right Time.
"The currency of modern business is attention" - Gary Vaynerchuck. In today's episode, we talk to Joseph Alexander, CEO of the Uptown Agency, a growth marketing firm helping startups and Fortune 500 companies differentiate their marketing campaigns and content through rapid data-driven marketing experimentation. Attention is a scarce commodity and if you are running a business, you have to look past traditional marketing techniques understanding that potential customers are going to be bombarded with information for most of their waking hours. How do we differentiate ourselves as aspiring entrepreneurs? What are the best tools to use? Listen to Joseph's take on these crucial questions and his insight about what growth marketing really means.
Uptown Agency: https://theuptownagency.com/
Connect with Joseph: https://bit.ly/3fTh7jj
Instagram @upncoming.podcast
Lawyer turned Marketing Mogul
Receiving an attorney license is a feat that is pretty rare itself. But have you ever heard of the lawyer that left law to go on and win two Emmys, partner with brands like Vogue and Neimman Marcus, become a respected journalist, fashion consultant, model, all while running run a succesfful marketing consulting agency.?! If not, you just got a quick glimpse into the resume of Leah Frazier: Media Personality and President of Think Three Media. Listen in as we chat with Leah about what it takes to transition careers, how she is handling COVID-19 as a business owner, the importance of a growth mindset, and ways you can elevate your digital marketing strategy.
Check her out: www.leahfrazier.com
Be Gone Dining Hall
College can come with many challenges but eating healthy should not be one. Inspired by their own lifestyle changes, four current UTD students have teamed up to create Campus Oven: a startup that's on a mission to help make healthy food accessible and affordable to all. On this show, we chat with Benny Rubanov & Rohit Shenoy, two of four co-founders of Campus Oven about their personal health journeys and how they've transformed their passions and skills to develop an on-demand food catering idea into a fully functioning, value-driven business. Listen in as they share their story and key startup tips for anyone wanting to start on their next big venture.
Check out Campus Oven at: https://www.campusoven.com/
Growing a Cannabis Startup in 2020
Farhaj Mayan is the co-founder of Kanna, an employee onboarding and management system for licensed Cannabis farms and dispensaries. A UI/UX Designer, product owner, and marketplace geek, he previously worked as an early employee at 3 startups (VR, Experiential Marketing, Drones) before co-founding his first venture Fade, a barber booking marketplace that launched in DFW and grew to early revenue. Listen as he shares his unconventional journey filled with stories, wisdom, and visions for a better tomorrow.
Rachel, RevTech & Retail!
Learn more about RevTech Ventures: https://revtech.ventures/
For more information about SoGal: www.iamsogal.com/
Real Estate, Real Easy!
College undergraduates, Akshat Sharma and Mario Flores are making it a priority to leverage software automation to make the real estate field, real easy for people. In a time where automation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence is gaining rapid traction, it now more important than ever to focus on prioritizing efficiency with our time and the work that is important to us. Reallos is truly an E-Club success story of two college entrepreneurs redefining how anyone, given the time, the drive and the right support, can make an impact to make the world around us a little better than before.
Check out Reallos at: http://reallos.com/
#Pablo
UT Dallas Computer Science alumni and founder of Hashing Systems, Pablo Peillard is redefining the possibilities that come with being a college student. His diverse upbringing, passion for technology and his drive to build on ideas are paving ways to disrupt the blockchain industry through Hedera Hashgraph. New to blockchain or wanna learn more? Listen in as Pablo shares his passions, his company's journey and most importantly, his visions for the upcoming years.
Check out Hashing Systems at https://hashingsystems.com/
Meet us at Fifth & Cherry
Marine Corps Veteran, Chief Investment Strategist, and Entrepreneur, Timothy Reazor is redefining retail. As a Co-founder of Fifth & Cherry, Tim is dedicated to creating long-lasting cutting boards and kitchens that are designed to hold memories and stories for a lifetime. More importantly, he's on a mission to help people become more conscious of the most precious resource we all have: time. In this episode, we meet with Tim as he shares the story behind Fifth & Cherry and his unconventional journey to becoming a leader of the "forever retail movement".
Check out Fifth & Cherry: https://fifthandcherry.com/
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An Eye For Opportunity
Founder of Sahai Tech, Maithreya Chakravarthula leads a company that’s striving to make tech accessible to all. By developing wearable products for people with blindness and vision loss, Sahai is combining advancements in consumer IoT, computer vision and artificial intelligence to help disabled people lead safe, independent and active lifestyles. Listen as Maithreya shares his experience in the US growing as an innovator, as an entrepreneur, and most importantly, as a service-oriented individual.
Learn more: http://sahai.xyz/
Women aren't worth investing in
Meet Varika Pinnam: an undergrad marketing junior, an aspiring entrepreneur, and most importantly, a change maker. Varika is the co-founder of IDA, a digital platform connecting female founders to mentors, investors, and resources using AI to make entrepreneurship more accessible and simpler. In a world where only about 2.2% of female founders land startup funding, Varika is breaking boundaries by redefining what it means to be a female entrepreneur. Listen as she shares her upbringing, her college experience, and her advice to anyone wanting to start something new.
Learn more: https://thinkida.com/
Do you want a job?
Welcome to our first student spotlight: Anish Hegde! He is the recent winner of the UT Dallas Big Idea Competition and his company Resume Puppy has been listed to be showcased at NTX 'Startups to Watch' list! In this episode, we showcase Anish's story, his insight and most importantly, his entrepreneurial journey in helping people find their dream job!
Learn more http://www.resumepuppy.com/