Paparelli Podcast

Jason Moore, co-founder and CEO of Stratasan in Nashville, is my guest. He grew his healthcare analytics company to $4.8mm and profitable on an initial investment of $1.5mm. But he decided he needed new investors with operating experience to get him to the promised land. Watch how he raised $24mm to do it.

Tyler Scriven, CO-founder, and CEO of SaltBox joins me. He will share with us the founder characteristics necessary to build a hyper-growth startup.

My special guest is David Clapp, the Managing Partner of CarterBaldwin Search. Dave shares the issues he and his employees are faced with in this work from home environment. WFH had an impact on him, personally. And it was this experience that made him a better, more empathetic leader. Dave shares some of his innovative solutions aimed at helping his employees like online school for their children.

My guests are Dave Katz, President and COO of Coca Cola Consolidated and Ally Treatto, Director of Talent Development. CCC has 16,000 employees representing a very diverse workforce. They share the challenges they face in communicating in today's socially distant, and racially charged environment. They present a communication framework which they use as their guide for tool selection.

My guest is Faraz Zubairi, the founder and CEO of ExamMed.  ExamMed is a robust backbone for connecting patients to their doctors. When the world went into lockdown, Faraz made a decision that catapulted his business to stratospheric levels. Faraz shares what he saw before anyone else saw it.

My guest is Dave Payne who is the Managing Director of Techstars Atlanta. He is an accomplished entrepreneur and a startup guru. He told me he refused to work at home. But now that he is forced to do because of Covid-19, he loves it. Come listen to what he learned about managing a complex startup accelerator from home.

My guest is Ed Buckley, the founder, and CEO of PeerFit. When Covid hit, his customers stopped going to workout facilities. They stayed home. Ed realized this quickly and pivoted quickly, not missing a beat. Listen to learn how he did this pivot.

My guest is Adam Wexler, the founder and CEO of PrizePicks. Prize picks is a leader in fantasy sports betting. But in March 2020, everything stopped. Tune in to find out what Adam did to ride it out.

Blake Patton is the Managing Partner of Tech Square Ventures in Atlanta. They are an early-stage fund with a unique prospecting edge. Blake founded Engage with Georgia Tech and a dozen F100 CEO's looking for innovation. In this episode, Blake talks about the challenges of vetting entrepreneurs and the opportunities in a social distancing world.

My guest is John Yates, the managing partner of the technology practice of Morris, Manning, and Martin law firm. John is a great lawyer, community leader, and business developer. Over the last thirty years, he built one of the premier tech-focused law firms in the country.  In this podcast, John shares some of his secrets on how to get new clients in a social distancing world.