Startup Endurance - Tech, Health & Get Found with AI SEO

Krish Kar is the founder of NityVision and creator of Connect-I, the AI SEO Networking app that gives small business owners their own AI visibility score across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google, with 15 concrete fixes. Learn more at connect-i.app.

This is what getting found in the age of AI actually looks like: a real owner, a real phone, a real score.

In Part 1 of Supporting Detroit Businesses, Loren shared how she built her business in Detroit. In Part 2, she does something she has never done before: she opens Connect-I for the first time, outdoors on Woodward Avenue in front of Detroit Public Library with no WiFi, just a phone on mobile data, and runs her own visibility score live.

You will hear her real reaction as the score appears, and her reading one of the 15 recommendations in her own words. No script, no rehearsal, no consultant in the room.

If you own a business, this is the question the episode answers: when customers ask AI engines about a business like yours, does yours show up? Connect-I lets you check that yourself, in minutes, and remeasure after you fix. I don't promise rankings. I show you the path: the score, the fixes, and the remeasure button.

In the episode, Krish explains it this way: you get your score immediately, but an actual ranking takes time. After surgery, you do not run the very next day. The score shows where you stand today. The fixes, and the remeasure, are how you get stronger over time.  Loren found that the app will be very beneficial to the local businesses.

Run your free first score at connect-i.app. And if you haven't heard Part 1 yet, start there for her story.

Visit Detroit City Deals at: https://www.detroitcitydeals.com, 

Reach Loren at: [email protected]

Download Connect-I at: https://connecti-pro.web.app/user/anmdrAUGM4a2

Visit Connect-I at : https://connect-i.app/

Reach Krish: [email protected]

What does it take to build a sustainable economic engine for local brands? In this episode, Krish sat down with Loren Lewis, the visionary founder of Detroit City Deals, outdoors on Woodward Avenue in front of Detroit Public Library.  

Having worked for her family’s business for 20 years, Loren learned firsthand how incredibly difficult it is for small businesses to gain exposure. She transformed that foundational experience into a central platform dedicated intentionally to cross-promoting local storefronts—focusing heavily on giving mostly online businesses a powerful digital launchpad. In addition to building her brands, Loren hosts her own highly successful Detroit City Deals Podcast to give a direct, un-shadowbanned voice and spotlight to local indie creators and entrepreneurs.

Driven by the core principle that "Collaboration Wins, We Grow Together," her ultimate vision is for Detroit City Deals to become the #1 business in Metro Detroit for businesses to find themselves, network, and thrive. Through flexible monthly and yearly subscriptions, the platform allows business owners to upload coupons, videos, images, and interactive maps, while enabling customers to call them directly from their phones.

Loren also pulls back the curtain on how she balances managing three distinct business ventures—Detroit City Deals, a health business, and a group life insurance company. She shares how she stays mentally, spiritually, and physically grounded through a dedicated daily walking practice to fuel her passion for lifting up others.

Tune in to Part 2, where Loren does an exclusive live demo of the Connect-I AI SEO Networking & Visibility app to run her own real-time visibility score and walk through 15 actionable fixes to dominate modern search engines!

Visit Detroit City Deals at: https://www.detroitcitydeals.com, 

Reach Loren at: [email protected]

Download Connect-I at: https://connecti-pro.web.app/user/anmdrAUGM4a2

Visit Connect-I at: https://connect-i.app/

Reach Krish: [email protected]

Krish Kar is the founder of NityVision and creator of Connect-I, an AI SEO Networking App that gives small business owners their own AI search visibility score, 15 targeted fixes, and a private AI chat. In this podcast, he sits down with Rong Liu, an energy healing expert, to discuss the evolution of Connect-I from consciousness to visibility, alongside Rong's own energy healing journey in detail.

Rong is the founder of HeartString Blossom—an energy healing and coaching practice. Her background is in engineering, but her own healing journey is what pulled her into this work: energy healing, Daoist meditation, and Chinese belly massage (which she learned from a traditional Chinese medicine doctor and which helped her own digestion enormously).

In this episode, she discusses how when we shut down our hearts to avoid pain, the emotion doesn't just disappear; it gets stored in the body, and over time, it wears us down.

Rong is also a writer currently working on a Goddess prayer book—about the feminine, intuition, and wisdom—and a booklet on the belly massage practice and what it has done for her.

Links:

Connect-I app: https://connecti-pro.web.app/user/anmdrAUGM4a2

Connect-I website: https://connect-i.app

HeartString Blossom Website: https://sites.google.com/view/heartstring-healing/home

Rica Elysee, Founder and CEO of BeautyLynk, shares how she built a beauty-tech marketplace from idea to product. Leaning in on what endurance actually looks like as a Black woman founder in beauty and tech. Lessons on marketplace growth, sticking with the hard seasons, and building without performing the founder story for an audience. We talk AI SEO in this episode: how owners can measure their AI visibility score.

Connect with Rica:  http://beautylynk.com and https://careinthechair.com

Join the Connect-I Community:

Visit our website: https://connect-i.app/

Download the Connect-I app: https://connecti-pro.web.app/user/anmdrAUGM4a2

Welcome to another episode of Startup Endurance, brought to you by Connect-I.

In this episode, we sit down with JD, the founder of Story House based in Raleigh, North Carolina. JD shares his powerful mission to help people find deep purpose and meaning by leaning into simple, everyday storytelling. We dive into how small, ordinary moments—like a quick trip to the grocery store—can carry massive weight when we give ourselves the space to share them.

JD breaks down how to bring ultimate clarity out of a complex mind, teaching us how to present complicated ideas in simple ways that anyone can understand. It isn't therapy, but the act of being fully heard is deeply therapeutic.

This conversation gets to the absolute core of why we built Connect-I: to move away from chaotic social feeds and create a true space for thoughtful, human-to-human connection. No one builds a business overnight, and learning to share your true version is where real resilience begins. We talk AI SEO in this episode: how owners can measure their AI visibility score.

Connect with Story House:🌐 Website: storyhousestudio.org

Join the Connect-I Community:
🌐 Visit our Website: https://connect-i.app/
📲 Download the Connect-I App: https://connecti-pro.web.app/user/anmdrAUGM4a2

Streamline your professional network and personal wellness into one single hub.

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Welcome to the first guest episode of StartupEndurance! In this deeply personal and powerful conversation, we are pulling back the curtain on the hidden 90% of the startup journey. 

Joining us straight from Detroit is Christina, an entrepreneur who perfectly embodies the spirit of grit and resilience. Christina opens up about the raw reality of navigating the tech world—specifically the unique mental endurance it takes when you often find yourself as the only Black woman tech entrepreneur in the room. 

For many underrepresented founders, running a business means stepping into entrepreneurship with determination forged from both passion and necessity. It means wearing every single hat the business requires—founder, strategist, marketer, accountant, and customer service—because resources are tight and access to support is not always equitable. Funding a business with your own money adds another layer of weight. Without access to traditional capital, staying in the game means investing your own capital, time, and the deep emotional energy required to keep the vision alive. 

This mission is the exact reason Valerie Enterprise exists: to empower founders by providing accessible funding support, meaningful visibility, and mentorship without unnecessary barriers or excessive fees. It is also why I built Connect-I, creating a fair, supportive path for busy professionals to grow, thrive, and confidently bring their ideas to life within their communities.

Connect-I gives you six essential tools to streamline your professional network and personal wellness into one single hub:

1. AI SEO & Targeted AI Business Matching to organically grow your subscriber base.

2. A smart Business Card and Flyer Scanner to clear your desk clutter.

3. Private Note Trackers to maximize your meeting efficiency.

4. Urgent-Only Chat Notifications to protect your focus and mental energy.

5. Custom Branded Link Buttons inside your reels to turn viewers into buyers.

6. Live Yoganjali Wellness classes to care for your physical health while you scale.

👉 If Christina’s story of resilience resonates with you, don't build in isolation. Learn more about her business, connect with us, and support her cause via the links below!

🔗 Connect with Christina:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-potts-1869188b

https://⁠www.tiktok.com/valerieenterprise⁠

📲 Download Connect-I on iOS & Android Today:

https://apps.apple.com/ga/app/connect-i-network-biz-card/id1557067609

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nityvision.yoganjali_flutter&pcampaignid=web_share

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Welcome to the launch of StartupEndurance! In this quick introductory trailer, we lay out exactly what this show is about: stepping away from the flashy pitch decks and hype to look at the unglamorous truth of entrepreneurship. We are diving deep into the marathons founders run, focusing heavily on mental health, physical resilience, and mastering the long game of building a company that lasts.

In this episode, I also share a look at my own startup journey building Connect-I, a business networking and social connect app designed to bring your professional world into one streamlined hub. Connect-I is built on 6 powerful pillars:1. Business Card Scanner2. Meeting Tracker with private notes3. AI-enabled Business Match and Discovery4. Fully Encrypted Chat5. Interactive Link Buttons in posts, reels, and lives6. Live and On-Demand Video Wellness Classes

Update since this trailer was recorded:

The show talks about not just resilience but also discovery in the age of AI. For small businesses and startups buried in numerous ad channels, host Krish Kar shows them how AI SEO converts their profile into a private score and recommendations from their core business and authority, and what they can update to rank higher in AI search.

I also share my own startup journey building Connect-I, the app that gives small business owners their own AI visibility score across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google, with 15 concrete fixes and a remeasure button.

I don't promise rankings. I show the path: the score, the fixes, and the remeasure button.

Run your free first score at connect-i.app.