Startup Hustle

How can you create a great place where people want to work? Build an excellent work culture. In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Matt Watson welcome Frank Keck back to the studio.

Frank Keck is the CEO of Core Build, a company passionate about helping organizations get better at what they do. How do they do this? Core Build focuses on the organization’s work culture and defining values of the leadership team and employees. The company mostly does training, coaching, facilitation, learning, and more.

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No matter how great your strategy is, it’s is only beneficial if you take action and execute your strategy. In this episode, Matt and Joel wrap up the Digital Strategy series with Digital Strategy Execution.

Listen as Matt and Joel go over not only properly implementing your plan but also how to track your data, make it actionable, and use it to further refine your strategy.

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Steve Gardner and Alex Springer from BCP Tech sit down with Matt DeCoursey to talk about their role in the LaunchKC Startup Accelerator program.

LaunchKC revamped its model this year to support industry-specific accelerators. BCP Tech is heading up the Insurance Tech Accelerator to find startups that can help insurance companies increase efficiency.

Steve and Alex discuss the challenge of finding innovative startups that cater to a very specific niche. They are looking out for companies with products that can help brokers rather than carriers. The Insurance Tech Accelerator is opening doors for technology that can streamline processes such as workers’ compensation, client onboarding, insurance partner integration and more.

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We live in the golden age of distractions. From push notifications, social media, texts and emails distraction are everywhere. The struggle is real and the Matts feel your pain. 

In this episode, Matt and Matt break down the most common workplace distractions and share some practical tips to help you and your team stay productive amidst the bombardment of distractions. 

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In this episode of Startup Hustle, the Matts sit down with CEO and Founder of Thou Mayest, Bo Nelson. Bo Nelson shares the ups and downs of running a coffee startup in a competitive and highly saturated industry. He talks about the roller coaster ride of his coffee startup; from closing the storefront and doing only wholesale to coming back to storefronts and opening up four locations within months.

Bo started Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters in 2012, built upon the idea that communities grow through connections and conversations over a good drink. Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters is at the heart of a Kansas City movement driven by innovation and craft. Every day, artists, entrepreneurs, government leaders, non-profit and startup leaders connect over coffee at Thou Mayest, fueling their passion for advancing their city.

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We’re near the finish line. 3 out of 4 episodes down for our Digital Strategy series hosted by Matt D. and Joel Johnson, CEO and Founder of Mixtape, the game, and CMO of Full Scale. The two exchange nuggets of knowledge on how to strengthen the tone and voice of your brand message.  

They give some tips on how to tweak your tone to make your message delivery sound exciting—even when your product is not (think, Geico Insurance). Joel breaks down the 3 C’s of Digital Messaging which will add value to the message you want to convey to your audience.

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In this episode, Matt DeCoursey and Matt Watson talk to FilmDove’s CEO and founder Brandon Dunlap. They talk about what FilmDove does and how they help film-makers make it to the big screen.

FilmDove’s system can analyze and present the financial value of any film script. It reflects insights such as sentiment analysis and key phrase extraction within the film. Using the system’s data, film-makers can easily market their film to investors and distributors.

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In this episode of Startup Hustle, the Matt duo becomes a trio as another successful Matt joins in to talk about AI startups. Matt Moody is the CEO and founder of the AI startup, Bellwethr.

Automation is everywhere. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are all the rage in the tech industry. Bellwethr is one of the pioneering AI startups in Kansas. It is an all-in-one platform for customer interventions. The business was founded in 2017 by Matt Moody, with the sole intention of making artificial intelligence simple enough for anyone to utilize it. Bellwethr was started around the idea that machine learning and AI should be available to anyone, no matter their technical background.

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Matt and Matt sit down with David Robertson, founder of Flipper Force, a software solution for house flippers, by house flippers. It’s a comprehensive online tool that helps house flippers analyze deals, calculate maximum purchase price for a property, track expenses, estimate renovation costs, and many more.

This software includes a project management feature that manages projects, extracts problems, and schedules expenses. It’s an all-in-one tool that helps end-users with the entire house flipping process.   

Robertson shares how he started in this industry while still on a full-time job with a construction company (as cost estimator). As a non-technical founder, he describes what his journey was like when he transitioned from selling thousands of house flipping spreadsheets to creating an all-in-one house flipping software.

He sheds light on what to expect when buying a house, what it’s going to be worth after renovations and a host of other interesting stuff when dealing with properties. If you’re interested in making money flipping houses, this episode is a great start.

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This is the second of the 4-part Digital Strategy series where Matt and Joel dig deep into the different digital marketing channels that businesses can use to promote their brand or advertise their products or services. The duo gives you a rundown on engagement and ROI. As well as some general tips and tricks.

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