Starting UP

Monday Motivation Coworking (MMC) is a virtual event built to help young entrepreneurs identify the next steps they need to take on their journey guided by a subject matter expert. Imagine you were sitting around a table having coffee with one expert and a few other hungry entrepreneurs!

On 8/31 our Monday Motivation Coworking community was joined by Jad Meouchy and Suzanne Borders, the Cofounders of BadVR.

Suzanne Borders is the CEO & founder of BadVR, the world's first immersive data analytics platform. With her background in psychology, she previously led product and UX design at 2D data analytics companies including Remine, CREXi, and Osurv. A recipient of Magic Leap’s Independent Creator’s Program grant, and an SBIR Phase 1 grant from the National Science Foundation, Suzanne thrives at the intersection of product design, immersive technology, and data.

Jad, originally from northern Virginia, holds dual B.S. degrees in Computer Engineering and Psychology from Virginia Tech, and is a graduate of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. While in college, he engineered and built the data analytics components of an emergency response simulator that received 2M in public funding. Over his 15-year career, Jad has founded five startups and successfully exited three. His professional expertise is in software architecture and development, specifically big data analytics and visualization, and virtual and augmented reality development.

During this MMC, Jad and Suzanne helped five entrepreneurs through the difficulty of taking the next steps to understand why writing a business plan, how to overcome doubt as an entrepreneur, and some motivation to help young entrepreneurs keep going!

Monday Motivation Coworking (MMC) is a virtual event built to help young entrepreneurs identify the next steps they need to take on their journey guided by a subject matter expert. Imagine you were sitting around a table having coffee with one expert and a few other hungry entrepreneurs!

On 8/24, our community spoke with Joshua Hample, Co-Founder at Certified Cell & Partner at Rabbit Hole Systems. He dropped some value bombs for us, so we created this audio version to share with you! 

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Special guest: Carina Glover

Brian Ardinger, the founder of NXXT, the Inside Outside podcast and Director of Innovation at Nelnet, joined Big Red Startups in their weekly Founder Friday series, a platform that provides students and local entrepreneurs with an open and creative environment to connect.

In this Founder Friday, our guest Jeff Eells shares some powerful insights into team building, sales, and organizational growth. 

In this episode, we talk with the founder of Event Vesta, Andrew Prystai. He gave us some insight on how to use social media to promote your brand, and how to efficiently develop and grow your product.

Azamat Sultanov is currently the Cofounder and coCEO of Fortu Wealth, a company dedicated to revolutionizing the private banking industry.

He has ample experience in asset management and professional with experience in wealth management and venture capital deals. Aside from startups, he also contributes to Forbes magazine!

Taylor is an entrepreneur and born problem solver. As a winner of back to back pitch competitions at his University, Taylor got the opportunity to travel abroad to gain work experience while going through a mini accelerator in Estonia. While abroad Taylor got his first chance to see what a billion-dollar startup looked like, shadowing in Pipedrive, Transferwise, and Skype.

Some golden nuggets to listen for are the most efficient way to create an app, validating an opportunity the clever way, and some of his biggest learning moments as an entrepreneur. 

This episode features Steve Olson, the Founder, and CEO of Strength Coach Pro. He spoke to several students about his journey and what it took to get where he is today. 

Some nuggets of gold to look for: how to add value to relationships, being an expert before an entrepreneur, and building an app!

Azamat Sultanov is an asset management professional with experience in wealth management and venture capital deals. He will be joining us this Friday, May 1st as Big Red Startups and UNL Center for Entrepreneurships Founder Friday guest!