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

This episode is about shareholder agreements, based on Tom Monarch's blog The Need to Know of Shareholder Agreements. Let us know what you think at [email protected]!

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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 the founder of Sunjoined and Black Bitcoin Billionaires, Lamar Wilson, to discuss blockchain, being self-taught, local development community growth. Take a listen to learn more!

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Masha Khusid is a Partner at Drive Capital, a premier VC firm started by former Sequoia Capital Partners and based in Columbus, Ohio. We discuss how Drive Capital has helped to build Columbus' startup ecosystem, why they see potential in the midwest, and the major opportunities midwest startup ecosystems currently have.

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The Middle Tech Weekend Reading - our blogs, just read aloud for those who want to know what we're blogging about while on the go. This episode is a combo of two blogs: Evan Knowles' The Gender Gap by the Numbers and Tom Monarch's WIFL: How We, as Founders and Business Leaders, can Break the Gender Gap. Let us know what you think at [email protected]!

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Adam Edelen is founder & CEO of Edelen Renewables, the former Kentucky Auditor, and former Chief of Staff to Gov. Steve Beshear. We discuss how his background in government prepared him to start a sustainable energy company, how Edelen Renewables is constructing solar arrays on abandoned coal mines, and what the future of sustainable energy in Kentucky looks like.

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We're trying out something new: bringing you a reading from our blog on the weekend. This first episode was a blog originally written by Middle Tech team member Tom Monarch: The Power of Networking in Fundraising: Rule 506(b) Private Placements. Let us know what you think at [email protected]!

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Laura Halligan & Meredith Moore are co-founders of WIFL (Women Innovators, Founders, and Leaders) and both play important roles in the Lexington startup community. Laura is Executive Director of the Launch Blue accelerator program as well as New Ventures Manager for UK's Office of Technology Commercialization, and Meredith is Director of Operations and Community Partnerships at Base110 and founder of Cultivated Creature & Shift Lexington. Our conversation centered around the purpose of WIFL and the importance of diversity and inclusion in startup ecosystems.

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We sat down with Keith McMunn, 5 Across emcee & Director of the Awesome Fellowship program, to recap the pitches from Awesome Inc's February 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. The following companies pitched at the February event:

Sploot.ai - A pet food bowl with computer vision ai that can tell your animals apart and dispense the correct food to the correct pet.

Scentple Kiosk - A shopper engagement platform for the fragrance industry.

Legal Gantt - A platform that streamlines communications between law firms and clients to increase client satisfaction.

MentorVet - A program designed to support veterinary students experiencing burnout and depression.

Vauntech - A platform aimed at tackling the homelessness problem through assisting in finding section 8 housing.

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On this week's episode, Nate, Evan, and Logan discuss questions submitted by our audience. The questions discussed are:

I'm hearing a lot of buzz around high job demand for skills with Salesforce both nationally and here locally in Lexington. Are you all seeing this same trend? If so, why do you think the demand is so hot for these skills right now? It seems like there is a very low barrier of entry for people to get trained with these skills and take advantage of these opportunities. - Alex Fackler

Should social media platforms such as Twitter have absolute discretion in creating their terms of service, thus giving them unlimited ability to censor speech? If not, who should regulate them? - Joseph Profancik

How is understanding rapidly changing technology related to success in business? - Sam White

If you guys could interview anyone in the world, who would it be? - Isaac Meisner

Will AGI (artificial general intelligence) ever actually be achieved? - Trent Woods

Thanks to all who submitted questions! If you'd like you submit a question for consideration in our next audience questions episode, please email [email protected], or dm us at any of the social media channels below.

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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 the founder of Fresh Eyes Solutions, Kelly Wright, to discuss their product, technology stack, and development practices.

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