The Hatchcast

Some say they believe in entrepreneurs. Today's guest does more than talk, he invests. On the Hatchcast, angel investor & Red Cedar Ventures' executive director — Jeff Wesley.

Learn more about Red Cedar Ventures at https://www.msufoundation.org/redcedarventures/

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Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University, in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Engineered & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

Colby Cartledge is a professional intrapreneur. She is Target’s Lead Business Designer on the New Ventures & Accelerators team, where she helps derisk speculative opportunities for the organization.

Colby received her B.A. in Supply Chain Management and Management of Information Systems at the University of Texas at Austin in 2011. In 2016, she received her M.S. in Management, Strategy, and Leadership from Michigan State University. Fun fact, she’s never been to Michigan! (But we're not holding that against her 😆 )

Today, Colby resides in Minneapolis, MN with her wife and many pets. Outside of work, she enjoys rowing and modern quilting.

Incidentals, Takeaways, & Mentioned Books:

• Innovate State is a long-running speaker series. You can watch these conversations on Vimeo.
• Four Mums in a Boat, by Frances Davies, Janette Benaddi, Helen Butters, & Niki Doeg
• Playing to Win, by Michael Lewis
• 7 Words to Success: Authenticity, Transparency, Communication, Reflection, Trust, & Intentionality

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Love what you hear? Let us know! Subscribe, listen, & share us with your friends. Liking and rating Hatchcast gets the word out. If you're super motivated: share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Future episode topics? Guests? We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook to get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Engineered & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

Join Aaryn, Brandon, and Gabe, as they chat with Amanda Lewan, co-founder & CEO of Bamboo Detroit.

Learn about Bamboo at: https://www.bamboodetroit.com/

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Love what you hear? Let us know! Better yet, subscribe, listen, & share us with your friends. Liking and rating helps get the word out.

Share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Thoughts about future episode topics? Guests? We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook to get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Engineered & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

This episode of Hatchcast is a recorded-live (via Zoom) fireside chat with Robin Kinnie, President of Motor City Woman Studios. As part of the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation's speaker series, Innovate State. The conversation took place on Wednesday, February 10th.

Kinnie's Bio
Robin Kinnie is a force of nature. She’s a leader who is dedicated to assisting small business owners get access to technical assistance, capital funding, and training. She is a Michigan Small Business Development Centers-Certified Business Consultant.

Robin is a Spartan. She earned her Bachelors’ Degree in Human Resource Management at MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business; she went on to get her Masters’ Degree in Higher Education Administration from Michigan State University.

Robin is an entrepreneur. She founded Motor City Woman Studios, which is committed to amplifying the voices of women in front of the microphone and increasing the number of women in the audio engineering profession. 

By the way, Motor City Woman operates a 24/7 internet radio station featuring an all-female line-up of show hosts. Additionally, Motor City Woman is an active supporter of community programs, initiatives, and events that seek to inspire, motivate and inform women.

Robin, welcome to Innovate State!

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Love what you hear? Let us know! Subscribe, listen, & share this podcast widely. Liking us and rating us helps A LOT to get the word out. Share your thoughts with us about future episode topics, guests, or segment ideas. We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook to get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Mixed & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

The Hatchcast team comes together to celebrate making 100 episodes. Aaryn chats with Jeff Grabill, the Associate Provost for Teaching, Learning, and Technology at Michigan State University, and we chart a course for episode 200.

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Love what you hear? Let us know! Subscribe, listen, & share Hatchcast widely. Liking and rating us helps A LOT to get the word out.

Share your thoughts with us about future episode topics, guests, or segment ideas. We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Mixed & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

We spend the first Innovate State of the semester chatting with Julian Posada, founder and president of LiftUp Enterprises!

Check out LiftUp Enterprises at https://www.liftupchicago.org/!

Love what you hear? Let us know! Subscribe, listen, & share this podcast widely. Liking us and rating us helps A LOT to get the word out.

Share your thoughts with us about future episode topics, guests, or segment ideas. We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Mixed & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

Join Brandon as he chats with the beloved students and startup founders Josh Cooper of Skoop, and Brendan Wang of Capnos.

Follow Skoop at https://skoop.digital/ & Capnos at https://mycapnos.com/

Love what you hear? Let us know! Subscribe, listen, & share this podcast widely. Liking us and rating us helps A LOT to get the word out.

Share your thoughts with us about future episode topics, guests, or segment ideas. We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Mixed & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

Happy Almost New Year!

O 2020, there's much to be said about you . . . but today we'll let Hatchcast's newest co-host, Tiauna, along with Justice & Brandon, do some reflecting.

Hatchcast is taking a short break. No worries, we'll be back in three weeks. For now, we're hunkering down, recharging, and preparing for what 2021 has in store. We hope you're taking a break for the holiday season, too.

Stay safe, healthy, and kind out there, friends.
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Love what you hear? Let us know! Subscribe, listen, & share this podcast widely. Liking us and rating us helps A LOT to get the word out.

Share your thoughts with us about future episode topics, guests, or segment ideas. We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Mixed & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

What is your biggest failure?

This is a question that a person, at least within our current society, must never pose to another without fear of being judged as someone who dwells on the negatives. Within this week's episode of the Hatchcast, we do away with any of that shame, fear, or judgment and hone in on the idea, outlook, and resilience that follows suit.

As always, thank you for listening & stay safe out there!

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This week, Aaryn chats with Chelsea Stein about 2020 and their hopes for next year.  As always, thanks for listening!

Check out or Spartan Gift Guide at https://broad.msu.edu/news/11-spartan-owned-michigan-businesses-to-support-this-holiday-season/

Love what you hear? Let us know! Subscribe, listen, & share this podcast widely. Liking us and rating us helps A LOT to get the word out there.

Share your thoughts with us about future episode topics, guests, or segment ideas. We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Mixed & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, & Aaryn Richard

MSU Burgess Institute
The Burgess Institute empowers Michigan State University students to learn through action. Keep up with all upcoming [virtual] entrepreneurial events at Michigan State University, here: eship.msu.edu/calendar