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Brad shares some insightful experiences and his views on corporate statements.

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Logan, Nate, and Evan discuss Acast acquiring Podchaser, Amazon acquiring One Medical, and The Senate voting to advance legislation providing billions in subsidies for the semiconductor industry.

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Marc Kramer is the Executive Director of the newly created SMS Enterprise Center. Created by the owners of Kaden Tower in Louisville, In-Rel Properties hopes to support Louisville’s startup community by offering up free office space, making equity investments and facilitating connections to help advance early-stage, scalable companies.

Marc is originally from Philadelphia where he has been involved in the tech & startup ecosystem in the form of organizing angel investment groups and building companies himself. Our conversation with Marc covers what he hopes to accomplish with the SMS Enterprise Center, how he is approaching being a newcomer in the ecosystem, and his experience being a part of Philadelphia’s startup ecosystem.

The SMS Enterprise Center’s first event will be held this coming Wednesday, July 20th from 5pm to 7pm at the Kaden Tower in Louisville, KY. The event will cover topics regarding raising capital in a turbulent market - you can register for free here.You can learn more about the SMS Enterprise Center at SMSEnterpriseCenter.com

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Logan refers to Naval Ravikant's mega-thread on Twitter to gain a broadened understanding of permissionless leverage. Using today's tech and the possibilities around you can make you money while you sleep.

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Nate, Evan, and Logan discuss the James Webb telescope and where they think the Twitter/Elon drama will go now that it's in the legal system.

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Demetrius Gray is the founder and CEO of Captain, a fintech platform that allows communities to recover from natural disasters quicker by paying contractors up front so they can get started rebuilding without having to wait on insurance companies to pay the claim. Demetrius first came on Middle Tech on episode 55 to talk about Weather Check, Kentucky’s first ever Y-Combinator backed startup. Using his learnings from Weather Check, Demetrius identified a huge opportunity with Captain and has raised over $107M worth of venture capital and venture debt to scale the company. Our discussion covers the opportunity that Captain is capitalizing on, Demetrius’s experience as a Kentucky founder, and his advice to entrepreneurs building high growth companies in this area.

Learn more about Captain at CaptainHQ.com

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Nate shares some insight on how he is learning to enjoy not only the destination, but the road that lies ahead. 

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Logan, Evan, and Nate discuss Netflix’s new spatial audio features and Starlink getting approval to provide service on planes, boats, and vehicles. 

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Yasmin Moaven is the CMO of Pipe, a New York based FinTech company that allows companies to transform recurring revenue into up-front capital for growth without dilution or restrictive debt. Pipe has gotten lot of attention since their inception as they were the first company to introduce this new model by turning recurring revenue into a new asset class, and they’ve raised over $300mm in venture capital to execute on that mission.

Yas’s journey to becoming CMO of Pipe is a relevant one for those looking to get into tech in a non-technical way, as she covers the steps in her career that allowed her to achieve her position at a young age. Our conversation covers Yas’s career, Pipe’s business model, and the importance of diversity/representation in C-level positions.

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Lincoln Day talks about the importance of operating at scale through the lens of some of the biggest operations in tech history.

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