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Aaron Gani is the founder and CEO of BehaVR, a software company creating VR experiences that activate cognitive, emotional and physiological responses with the goal of improving health. Aaron has incredible experience in the healthcare space from the time he spent as the CTO of Humana, where he developed a passion for helping others live healthier lives. We discuss Aaron's journey from Humana to starting BehaVR, how VR is used to treat mental health disorders, and where the VR industry is heading into the future.

Learn more about BehaVR at BehaVR.com

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Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference was last week, so we're reading “Why all the Fury at Apple” by Shira Ovide from the New York Times.

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Mitch Stutler is the Co-Founder and CEO of VividCharts, a data visualization software provider built on top of the ServiceNow platform. We originally had Mitch on Middle Tech for episode 48 and since then, VividCharts has grown significantly and recently raised a $2mil seed round. We discuss how VividCharts has grown since we last interviewed him, his experience raising capital as an enterprise SaaS company in Lexington, and where he sees the company going into the future.

Learn more about VividCharts at VividCharts.com

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Jake Budler is the manager of Endeavor’s Scale Up Program. Endeavor is a global organization that supports high impact entrepreneurship and works to connect regional, national, and international startup ecosystems by providing mentorship, a robust network, and access to their fund, the Catalyst fund. We discuss Jake's journey from South Africa to Indianapolis, the mission of Endeavor, and the perspective that Jake has on this region's startup ecosystems. 

Learn more about Endeavor at endeavor.org

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The Middle Tech Weekend Reading: our content, read aloud.

This weekend, we're reading a blog in a podcast about how to be a good podcast written by the producer of a podcast? Make sense? Logan Jones' How to Be a Great Podcast Guest.

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Taylor Dahelm is the Director of Growth at Pickle, a software company that allows companies to record their sales calls and use augmented intelligence to analyze the calls, allowing you to see conversation summaries, search for key words, track trends, and more. We discuss how Taylor got into tech sales after graduating from UK, what its been like to work remotely from Kentucky for a Salt Lake City-based tech company, and how Pickle is helping drive sales through conversation intelligence.

Learn more about Pickle at Pickleai.com

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The Middle Tech Weekend Reading: our content, read aloud.

This weekend, we're breaking the rules on these readings a bit and overviewing why we started the KY Tech Map. Version 2 of the Map is now LIVE, bringing more data and more value to the community through this open-sourced project. Check it out at kytechmap.com!

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Welcome to the Developer Deep Dive series! Sponsored by the Awesome Inc Developer Bootcamp and brought to you by Middle Tech.

This Deep Dive series was created to shed light on the essential role developers play in the startup ecosystem. In this episode, we sat down with Jamie Adams, a senior developer at Bit Source that made the transition from Coal Miner to Coder. We discussed what it was like to go from working in coal mines to writing code, developing software in Central Appalachia, and Jamie's advice to new developers.

Learn more about the Awesome Inc Developer Bootcamp at middletechpod.com/bootcamp

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Buddy Bockweg is the founder and CEO of Vsimple, a B2B SaaS solution for the supply chain management industry that gives supply chain management companies and their customers a platform that can serve as a single "source of truth" as they manage payments, logistics, and communication. We discuss how Vsimple came from pivoting a growing supply chain management company, the opportunities & challenges that come with building a software solution for a legacy industry, and Buddy's experience building a company with 4 other co-founders.

Learn more about Vsimple at Vsimple.com

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Shane Howard is the founder of Custom College Recruiting and has recently launched a talent management and branding agency, Vision 154. We discuss Shane's experience of navigating "grind culture", the importance of self awareness, and his experience fund raising in Kentucky. 

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