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Christian Miller is a Principal at Poplar Ventures, a Louisville-based Venture Capital firm investing in B2B SaaS companies based in Middle America. We sat down with Christian to do a deep dive into everything that goes into VC and discuss how he got into the space, what his day to day consists of, and how a VC firm operates.

Learn more about Poplar Ventures at PoplarVentures.com

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With $83 million in yearly cannabis tax revenue on the table, why does your friend from out of state still have to bring you the goods?

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Nate, Logan, and Evan discuss the EU mandating a universal device charger, Twitter releasing features around NFTs & a creator tip jar, and Apple working on a mental health monitoring software.

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Pat Madden is one of Lexington's best known real estate developers. He and his family are responsible for developing their family farm into what we know as Hamburg. After Graduating from Stanford and then the University of Kentucky Law School, Pat went on to practice law before returning to develop Hamburg into what it is today. Our conversation covered his background, the details related to developing Hamburg, advice he gives others entering real estate, as well as the story behind his new Bourbon venture, Never Say Die Bourbon.

DevelopLex is a new limited series diving into the ins & outs of real estate development and investing here in Lexington, Kentucky. This series will feature interviews with some of Lexington's most prominent real estate developers that have played a major role in building Lexington into what it is today.

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Koby Hastings is the Founder and CEO of Leadrilla, a lead generation and CRM software serving independent sales agents in the Life Insurance and Medicare Industries. Through the use of software and automations, Leadrilla is disrupting an industry that's typically been regarded as sketchy and lacking technology. We discuss how Leadrilla has grown since Koby first came on (episode 72), how the Lexington startup ecosystem has supported that growth, and where Leadrilla is heading into the future. 

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The pandemic put a laser focus on the rural/urban divide in access to high speed internet. Now is the time to change that.

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We sat down with Liz Brown Evans, Director of Marketing for Awesome Inc, to recap the pitches from Awesome Inc's August 5 Across event. 5 Across is a pitch competition hosted by Awesome Inc, in which 5 companies pitch to a panel of judges for 5 minutes each for a $500 prize. Use code MIDDLETECH to get free admission to the October 5 Across here.

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Building in public has become a go-to for founders of early stage companies. But with shorter consumer attention spans and higher expectations, are founders really doing it for their customers?

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Joshua Driver is the Co-founder and CEO of Selflessly, a cloud-based virtual foundation platform designed to create, manage, and report on corporate social responsibility programs. Based in Indianapolis, Selflessly is a certified B-corporation with a mission to empower companies to impact real change through managing their social responsibility programs. We discuss how the MVP for Selflessly was built in a few months, the importance of corporate social responsibility, and the Indianapolis startup ecosystem.

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The average American will move 11.7 times in their life - so why is it so damn complicated?

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