Ryan Scheidler purchased Ambassador Travel almost 2 decades ago. After years of hard work, he sold for a profit. In this episode we discussed the mindset he used while researching which company he wanted to buy. We also talk about his experience running a business in the travel industry.

https://dtspotlight.com

Story of an Entrepreneur

Episode 04

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Real stories and wisdom from entrepreneurs

Cohosts: 

Tyler Hilbert – Passionate about startups and technology [email protected] 

Molly Hoying - Founder of Vale Technologies https://www.valetechnologies.com

Kevin DuPriest is the CEO of Planetoid Mines, a company developing robots to mine resources from the moon. This business is subsidized by NASA's Break The Ice Challenge (https://breaktheicechallenge.com), a challenge to design a system for excavating and delivering icy regolith. In this video, we discuss more in depth the details on Planetoid Mines, Break the Ice Challenge, and some of the struggles of running a space startup.  

Planetoid Mines online presence: 

https://www.youtube.com/@planetoidmines9050

http://www.planetoidmines.com

https://www.linkedin.com/company/planetoid-mines

https://twitter.com/PlanetoidMines

Story of an Entrepreneur Episode 03 

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Real stories and wisdom from entrepreneurs 

Cohosts: Tyler Hilbert – Passionate about startups and technology [email protected] 

Alec Bell (YC W23) – Founder of Woeden https://www.woeden.com

Steve Flaherty is the CEO of necoTECH, a company creating better infrastructure solutions. This is accomplished by recycling plastic waste into asphalt. In this episode, Steve discusses the future of sustainability and how to factor it into your business plan. Steve also provides insights about how to crowdfund with low advertising costs and how to get DoD funding to jumpstart your business.   

necoTECH’s website:  https://necotechusa.com https://wefunder.com/necotech 

Grant Funding: 

https://www.afwerx.af.mil 

https://www.sbir.gov 

https://seed.nih.gov/small-business-funding/small-business-program-basics/understanding-sbir-sttr

Story of an Entrepreneur Episode 02 

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Real stories and wisdom from entrepreneurs 

Cohosts: 

Tyler Hilbert – Passionate about startups and technology [email protected] 

Molly Hoying - Founder of Vale Technologies https://www.valetechnologies.com

Michael Arens is the founder and CEO of Clean Earth Rovers. He has commercialized and built a business around his passion for cleaning oceans by identifying and narrowing his focus on people that are most impacted by pollutants in the water. Learn about how he started a business building ocean cleaning robots. 

Story of an Entrepreneur Episode 1 

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Real stories and wisdom from entrepreneurs