StartEdUp Podcast

This week the nation watched the Supreme Court Hearings to investigate Brett Kavanaugh. While most agree that this is tearing the country apart, I was interested in getting a dialogue going. I wanted more of my friends to treat each other like... friends.

It backfired.

Take a listen.

Sarah Schaefer is starting to realize that running a new startup, go to college, and maintain a regular job is REALLY difficult.

If you have a high school student or a freshman in college, this is a MUST listen.

You can find Sarah on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahschaefer50/

Dr. Beth Niedermeyer, superintendent of Noblesville Schools discusses the trials, troubles, and misunderstanding of public school funding. We also get into the "awkward" discussion of how teachers must campaign for their salary raises.

If you are a teacher, admin, or parent that has ever good through a public school referendum, this is an episode you'll want to listen to, and share.

I've noticed that "mid-major" city's like Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, (among many others) have embraced the start-up culture.

This past weekend, I got to work with some great college students at Carlow University in Pittsburg. While I was there I met several other young entrepreneurs and team members of smaller startups.

Most agree: we wish we had "found" this culture when we were in high school.

So- how can we foster relationships between the startups and school?

Alex Mattingly and Daniel Hancock of Paradigm Esports talk about how school can and should set up more esports teams.

If you are a teacher or student that has ever considered adding an esports team to your school, THIS is the podcast for you.

You can find Alex and Daniel on LinkedIn at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-mattingly-877a21164/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielchancock/

Cinque Henderson's book, "Sit Down and Shut Up" is an eye-opening read as the author looks back on his experience as a substitute in an inner-city school.

In this episode, Cinque and I talk about the differences in education from the "book ends" of inner city and college prep schools, and how they are actually similar in their approach to status quo.

We also debate back and forth, but quickly realize that our styles overlap.

You can find his new book: https://www.amazon.com/Sit-Down-Shut-Up-Discipline/dp/1250101883/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1537309014&sr=1-1&keywords=sit+down+and+shut+up+henderson

Why we should encourage our students to be "innovative," but have them go one step beyond and think like an entrepreneur.

Colin Wareham is learning the balance of being an entrepreneur & the demands of being in college.

In this #InnovateWithIN series, take a listen to how Colin is finding a way to make it work.

Will Little knew what it was like to live with anger and fear. From his early life of crime that led to his prison sentence for murder, Will decided that his journey had to start with his own education. What he didn't expect was to be forgiven by his victim's brother.

This is a must-listen episode.

I HIGLY recommend you follow Will on LinkedIn at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/motivational-speaker-will-latif-little-75380811/

His TEDx speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW3B31EKmU0

Be on the lookout for his HBO documentary coming out later this year.

I was driving home when I saw a sign for a storage unit.

"Declutter Your Life."

Odd, I thought...