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We have all been witness to the rise of the gig economy. The very nature of work has changed. For companies looking to hire, staffing is one of their biggest challenges. Today we are talking with a company that is looking to disrupt the flexible staffing landscape.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt here with Sandesh Patel, welcome to another FUTR podcast.

GravyWork is a tech enabled staffing company looking to rewrite how flexible staffing works, with fast pay, convenience, transparency and training. The GravyWork app makes both working and hiring quick and easy! So let's talk with GravyWork's Founder, Alex Atwood, to learn about the future of work.

Welcome Alex

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Chris Brandt and Sandesh Patel take a look at 2022 and what is ahead for 2023.

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We live in the attention economy, and sometimes it seems like there isn't much attention left. Fighting to be heard, to get your message out is challenging. Having a great product or service is not enough, you need to step up and get noticed. Fortunately, there are ways to do this, you just need to know how. Today we are going to talk to the expert in getting noticed.

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Kyle Roof is famous in SEO circles for his Rhinoplasty Plano site. You may wonder why a rhinoplasty site is so significant. What if I told you that this business doesn't exist, the website is comprised of gibberish Lorem Ipsum text, but it still managed to rank #1 in Google search thanks to Kyle's magic. He literally broke Google.

These days, you can find Kyle at the helm of his company, Page-Optimizer Pro, and consulting on SEO strategies. So today, we are going to talk with him about why SEO is more important than ever, how it works and what you should look for when doing it for your business.

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Without a doubt, one of the brightest areas for entrepreneurs these days is in the rapidly growing cannabis market. As the laws change and states open up, there is a lot of unique, unmet needs for all of these businesses. Today we are going to talk with a Canna-business entrepreneur, so stay tuned.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt here with Sandesh Patel, welcome to another FUTR podcast.

Today we are talking with Vanessa Gabriel, CEO of Drop Delivery, which provides order and delivery services to the cannabis industry. The challenges in this industry are more complex than you might think. Beyond all of the regulatory issues, it is also an all cash business, which ads logistical and safety issue to an already tricky process. So let's talk to Vanessa about what it is like to be an entrepreneur in this space, what opportunity she sees, and have her tell us how DropDelivery works.

Welcome Vanessa

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Welcome back to another FUTRtech video podcast. Today we turn the conversation to Asia. There has been a significant rise in the influence of Asian countries on the global stage, and some of it is hard to make sense of. We have a very special guest today who can help us make sense of all that is going on. Andrew Dougherty describes himself as a China Economist-Rapper, making sense of the Riddle Kingdom one Rhyme at a Time. Andrew is a China based economist polymath, who is smart as hell and has a huge wealth of knowledge about Asia, and he raps on top of that. Andrew uses rap to help educate people around the world about China. 

You can find his latest album at theredprintalbum.com.

You can find Hans Rosling's Factfulness at https://amzn.to/3huomil

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Many people are familiar with the street art of Banksy, but all over the world, artists are using the urban landscape as a public gallery. Many cities have become known for their street art, cities like Barcelona, New York, Detroit, Chicago all have vibrant art scenes. Detroit has used it as way to fight back urban blight and create a real draw for tourists.

This art is ephemeral by nature. Buildings get demolished, weather takes its toll, and murals get painted over. This is why an app like CANVS can be so valuable. They are chronicling and preserving these works.

Today we have with us Ralph Andre, co-founder of CANVS to tell us what inspired him, how it all works, and what the future holds.

Welcome Ralph.

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Welcome back to another FUTR Podcast. Today we have with us Sandee Kastrul. I have know Sandee since 2000 when I was first introduced to I.c.stars. Sandee is a force of nature, and she seems to be at the center of tech in Chicago and around the country as she expands into new markets.

Sandee Kastrul is president and co-founder of i.c.stars, an innovative nonprofit leadership and technology training program founded in 1999 to prepare inner-city adults for technology careers and community leadership. Sandee has been an educator, and activist, a diversity trainer, and educational consultant and a performing artist. For the past 20 years she has been training people from underserved communities to be technology leaders.

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This is an encore presentation of an interview we did in July of 2020 that was never released as an audio podcast.

 With everybody working from home these days, security is in the spotlight.

Today we're talking security. Daniel Nowak has spent over two decades in the trenches of global security. He has worked for everyone from Fortune 500s, to startups, to governments, to NGOs, domestically and abroad. He consults on a wide range of security challenges and strategies.

Daniel describes himself as a cyber/Intel/IO/signals, adjunct coffee entrepreneur and trainer. I have known Daniel since 2003, and I always find him a great resource on security information, and he will be teaching a class online at NYU this fall on cyber security. 

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Story telling is an incredibly important skill, but for a startup company, story telling is essential. Not only do you need to convey the value of what you are bringing to market, you have to tell the story of where it is all going and what it could be. Finding those genuine moments can be difficult, but so rewarding. Today we are going to be talking with an expert story teller.

Today we have with us, Donna Loughlin, founder of the LMGPR Public Relations firm, and the host of the amazing Before It Happened podcast, where she tells the origin stories of visionary leaders. 

Donna grew up in a newspaper family and got exposure to the craft of journalism from a young age. She later shifted her focus to working in technology, and helped those company find their unique voice. Now she does it for many companies through her PR firm. She also gets to regularly share those stories through her podcast.

So let's welcome Donna and hear about her journey, how important story telling is to a business and what she has learned from talking to so many visionaries.

Welcome Donna

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Rising drug prices have been a constant fixture in the news. The absurd prices of some critical medicines have left people with a choice between rent or survival. But that is beginning to change. Mark Cuban's entry into the market with Cost Plus Drugs has gotten a lot of press, but did you know that there is another option. We are talking with a company that is looking to take on Cost Plus with deeper discounts and a larger catalogue.

Today we are talking with Satish Srinivasan, CEO or DiRx. DiRx is an online pharmacy that is looking to make prescriptions more affordable. Most importantly, they are pushing the industry to do more for under-insured and uninsured Americans with dependable, year-round access to their life-saving medications at a consistent price point.

Most recently, they debuted their Annual Savings Plan which provides customers with access to an unlimited amount of generic prescriptions for as low as $10-25 total per month.

So let's talk with Satish about how they make it all work.

Welcome Satish

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