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Sasha Shtern is a seasoned entrepreneur with a track record operating and investing in technology businesses. He is also the CEO of Goally. Goally is on a mission is to use technology and behavioral science to transform the way the industry treats the 10 million children who have executive functioning disabilities like ADHD or autism. Goally is a support system for parents, to help their children develop the executive functioning skills which are essential for success in school and throughout life by using a science-based approach to provide customized progression plans, data-driven expert advice, and a dedicated device designed to keep kids motivated.Follow us on IG: @BetaBusinessPodFollow Grant on Clubhouse: @GGurtin

Chen Zhang and Matt Udvari are the founders of Aquifer Motion. Whether you’re wanting to engage new audiences with dynamic characters, explain a new product with stunning scenes, or drive brand differentiation through episodic content, Aquifer Motion helps bring businesses to life. Listen in on how their journey manifested.

Ramon Berrios is the CEO of Trend. Trend is the go-to influencer marketplace app. He's helped scale and grow the company into a powerhouse for influencers and brands to connect, create content, build relationships, and generate sales. The company moved away from a subscription model and now offers usage-based pricing. Berrios calls the platform a “vetted Upwork where [brands] can just activate a client whenever they need it.”Follow us on IG: @BetaBusinessPod

Craig Lewis is the Founder and CEO of Gig Wage, a tech startup, that builds modern payroll, payments and banking tools for the future of work. Gig Wage pays your independent contractors in seconds. They designed payroll that meets the demand of your on-demand workforce. Simple. Fast. Easy. Prior to Gig Wage, Craig was also the CSO at Kairos, a venture backed facial recognition/ Emotion Detection startup. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he sold over $10M of payroll and payments software. He also played professional basketball in Europe and is the Author of “The Sport of Sales.” So much to learn from this episode.Follow us on IG: @BetaBusinessPodFollow Craig on Twitter: @CraigJamalLewis

Farhaj Mayan is the CEO and founder of Kanna. Kanna provides licensed cannabis farms and dispensaries with a platform to hire, train and manage their workforce. Our customers hire better talent, faster and increase employee retention. He is also a UI/UX designer, product owner and passionate storyteller. Farhaj has worked as an early employee at 3 startups (Drones, VR, Experiential Marketing) before deciding to transition into the founderverse. Previously co-founded Fade, a personalized barber booking marketplace that we successfully launched to Google Play, iTunes and grew to early revenue.Follow us on Instagram @BetaBusinessFollow Farhaj on Instagram and Twitter: @FarhajMayan

Katy Aucoin is the founder and CEO of Dearduck. Katy has unique expertise in contextualizing data and consumer psychology that led her to create a scalable solution that transforms e-commerce for both businesses and consumers. Her mission is to contextualize digital discovery for every person, everywhere.She started her career as an IT consultant with EY where she built her technical & professional foundation. She led cross-application security projects to improve efficiencies for a number of Fortune 500 companies. She later became an independent IT consultant where she led companies on strategies to use data to improve customer experiences while staying compliant with security regulations. She holds a B.A. in Accounting with a minor in Internal Audit from LSU. Get inspired by her unique story.Follow us on IG: @BetaBusinessPod

Demetrius Gray is running the nations only black-owned meteorology focused tech company. He's focused on helping insurance and mortgage companies by reducing their risk and differentiating themselves from their competitors through unique new services.Follow us on IG: @BetaBusinessPod

Zane Salim has founded a venture backed startup, helped build Thumbtack into a $1b+ company, pre-IPO at Twitter, and Windows product team. He's currently a product manager at Facebook. Together we talk about his experience at YC and how it's led him to where he's at today.

Today I talk with Jane Wang, CEO of Optimity. Optimity is a Life & Health InsurTech sofware provider that offers a digital holistic well-being platform for insurers and employers using AI, gamification & habit-coaching behavior economics to support health lifestyle engagement. Together we discuss representation for female founders in the tech space, how she bought a company, the effects of COVID, and much more.

Jeremy Parker is the Co-Founder and CEO of Swag.com. Swag.com is the best place for companies to buy and distribute quality swag that people will actually want to keep. They work with 5,000+ companies including Facebook, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Tik Tok. Tune in to become inspired by Jeremy's passion for marketing and get the scoop on how he's been able to grow his business into what it is today.