CTStartup Podcast

CTStartup Podcast

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CTStartup Podcast episodes

  • Episode 55: Disrupting Healthcare With Blockchain and SimplyVital Health
    Bitcoin has soared to new heights in recent weeks, bringing blockchain technology back into focus as a means of disrupting long-held monopolies such as finance.
    For Katherine Kuzmeskas of SimplyVital Health, blockchain represents a new frontier in the world of healthcare IT. Her company has developed a blockchain ecosystem that simplifies and streamlines healthcare data sharing and storage in a way that could revolutionize the industry. Additionally, SimplyVital is raising money with its own token sale, blazing an exciting new trail in an industry primed for disruption.
    Join us as we talk blockchain, cryptocurrency, and how it can change healthcare in our newest episode of CTStartup.
    47 min
  • Episode 54: Venture Capital in Connecticut with the Crossroads Venture Group
    Season 3 is hitting the ground running with a special new series focusing on venture capital in Connecticut. The CTStartup Podcast joins the Crossroads Venture Group on a four city tech tour with serial investor Paul Singh as we explore some of Connecticut's most promising companies and the investors seeking them out.
    We begin our tour with an interview with CVG's executive director Mary Anne Rooke, who offers some extremely helpful advice for startups seeking fresh capital, as well as why she thinks Connecticut is poised to be a major player in the startup world.
    Join us for an in-depth conversation on how to attract investment in the Nutmeg State.
    33 min
  • UCONN Innovation Quest: SR ClampLight
    Sometimes the simplest innovation can have the largest impact, and can even save lives in the right situation.
    The SR Clamplight is a firefighting tool created by Jerry Reyes-Riviera, a volunteer firefighter who saw a way to make this dangerous profession a little bit safer for his fellow firefighters.
    Tune in for the last of our UCONN Innovation Quest interviews and hear how this simple invention could mean the difference between life and death for the brave men and women of the local fire department.
    17 min
  • Macroscopic Solutions
    Though most of the startups that participated in the UCONN Innovation Quest are in the earliest stages of building their business, one returning company, Macroscopic Solutions, is a veteran of the IQ challenge, and returned to offer both advice, and a look at just how far they have come.
    We sat down with Mark Smith of Macroscopic, who has been a guest on CTStartup as well, to discuss how IQ helped his business grow from an idea into a full-time job with international reach.
    12 min
  • UCONN Innovation Quest: Flux Forcefield
    No matter what automakers do, creative thieves find ways to defeat even the most elaborate anti-theft devices, Indeed, it is almost impossible to stop a truly determined thief, and even if you do, proving their guilt can be difficult unless you catch them red-handed. But what if you could add an anti-theft device to your car that did just that? 
    The students behind Flux Forcefield, another entry in UCONN's Innovation Quest business incubator, has created an anti-theft deterrent that could send repeat offenders behind bars for a long time.
    Listen in...unless you're a thief.
    19 min
  • UCONN Innovation Quest: Dermatat
    Tattoos were once considered taboo and the realm of weirdos and neer-do-wells, but in the 21st century body ink has gone mainstream. Alas, that also means a number of tattoos done in questionable taste, and despite many wonders of modern medicine, the only current treatment for tattoo removal is both painful and expensive.
    But what if tattoo removal was as simple as applying a band-aid? That's the idea behind Dermatat, a concept straight out of UCONN's Innovation Quest business incubator. Tune in to check out what could be the next revolution in the tattoo industry.
    21 min
  • UCONN Innovation Quest: CRISPR - X
    You may not have heard of it, but CRISPR (that stands for "clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats") could change the face of modern medicine as we know it. Many startups are involved in trying to utilize CRISPR to cure dieseases, but a couple of college students may have already beaten them to the punch.
    UCONN students Ryan Englander and Nandan Tumu are developing a way to use CRISPR as a means of fighting off certain kinds of cancers even after they're developed. Could these two college students find the cancer breakthrough that has eluded modern medicine for so long?
    16 min
  • UCONN Innovation Quest: EipGo
    The plight of EpiPen users has been brought into the public conciousness this past year, inspiring two young entrepreneurs to concieve of a smaller, better way to deliver life-saving epinephrine.
    Join Chris and Eric as they talk about the inspriation and potential with two members of the four-person team behind this mobile and cost-effective EpiPen replacement.
    14 min
  • UCONN Innovation Quest: LOKI
    For the third entry of our UCONN Innovation Quest series, we speak to Andrew Ginzberg of LOKI, a new app that aims to evolve the live streaming market, as well as revolutionize the news and media industry.
    Through broadcasters, LOKI hopes to provide full coverage of events with 0 production costs, and also provide viewers individual and customizable ways to watch any live event.
    24 min

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The CTStartUP podcasts is all about connecting people who are passionate about the growing Connecticut startup ecosystem. The story of how CTStartUP podcast got started is not unlike how startups begin.