Natalia Bishop is a serial entrepreneur, known for starting Louisville-based companies Story Louisville and Level Up. Natalia is also the Entrepreneur in Residence for Amplify Louisville, the Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Louisville, and most recently, a General Partner at Renew VC. Throughout her experience in the Louisville startup ecosystem, Natalia has been a major advocate for underrepresented founders and is actively working to ensure that all founders have access to the resources they need to be successful. Our conversation covers Natalia’s extensive experience, the lessons she’s learned along the way, and her vision for the Louisville startup ecosystem.

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Nate runs through what it takes to operate the company behind Middle Tech, including the current challenges and opportunities the team faces this year.

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Brad Zapp is a co-founder and managing partner of Connetic Ventures, a Covington, Kentucky based VC firm that has built a machine learning model that allows them to make data-driven investment decisions. Through using this machine learning model, Connetic has been able to reduce the amount of bias present in their investment decisions and allocate a significant portion of their fund to underrepresented founders. Our conversation with Brad covers how they’ve found success by using a data-driven investment approach, his perception of this region’s startup ecosystem, and the role that the University of Kentucky has played in Brad’s background.

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Tj explores how social media has permanently rewired our brains, the implications that has had on him personally, and how he tries to combat the constant barrage of content.

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Logan, Nate, and Evan discuss SpaceX’s “space surgery” program, Amazon completing their acquisition of MGM, and AMC investing in a literal gold mine.

This week in tech history: The first internet domain was registered - symbolics.com

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Anthony Ellis and David Brock are the Executive Director/General Council and Director of Operations for Ky Innovation, respectively. Ky Innovation is the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development's entrepreneurship and innovation partner, working to support and develop Kentucky's startup ecosystem through allocating government funds to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial support organizations. Our discussion covers the purpose of Ky Innovation, the different programs they fund and support, and the impact that their support has had on the state of Kentucky.

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Nate contemplates how when we talk about startups and the fact that they can change the world, we don't ever really stop to think about "what if they don't, though?"

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Logan discusses Rivian’s earnings report and Biden signing an executive order for a crypto framework.

This week in tech history: the first phone call ever was 135 years ago this week.

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Brian Frye is the Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at UK Law School, with a focus on copyright and trademark law. Before getting into the legal field, Brian was a successful film artist in New York City. Once NFTs started gaining popularity, Brian dove into the space by issuing his own “conceptual art” NFTs and hosting conversations about NFTs on his legal scholarship podcast, Ipse Dixit. The intersection of Brian’s unique perspectives and experiences made for an in-depth conversation on the key concepts of NFTs, how they’re affecting copyright law, and what it means to own something on the internet.

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