Episodes

  • Thomas Henry on commercializing Cleantech Companies

    Thomas Henry on commercializing Cleantech Companies
    Sep 2 2021
    Eunike Ventures helps to commercialize cleantech companies and help innovators and startups with the opportunity for field trials. The COO of Eunike Ventures, Thomas Henry, discusses the carbon free industrial growth in the coming years and Houston's potential in helping companies to scale in the region and across the country. He also explains the three pronged areas on which Houston’s cleantech industry growth depends.
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    18 mins
  • Georgette Alithinos, International Advantage Ventures

    Georgette Alithinos, International Advantage Ventures
    Sep 2 2021
    International Advantage is a project development company that works across different sectors. The CEO and Founder of IA Ventures, Georgette Alithinos highlights the impacts of Covid-19 throughout the US, the volumes of projects in diagnostic testing, and diversification of industries in Florida. She also discussed the shifts in industrial innovation and emergence of more than 250 startups in the biomedical field after COVID-19 in the state.
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    10 mins
  • Jenna Kavanaugh on talent attraction to Buffalo Niagara

    Jenna Kavanaugh on talent attraction to Buffalo Niagara
    Sep 2 2021
    Invest Buffalo Niagara represents the eight counties of Western New York and they are the region’s nonprofit, privately funded economic development organization focused on job creation. Jenna Kavanaugh, the COO of the organization discusses targeted industry growth, talent retention, workforce development, and scaling businesses in Buffalo Niagara. She also shares her experience with people moving from the New York Metro area to less dense, but amenity-rich Buffalo Niagara.
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    14 mins
  • Biolyte: The IV in a Bottle

    Biolyte: The IV in a Bottle
    Sep 2 2021
    People undergoing chemotherapy struggle to keep up with their treatment without getting an IV bag beforehand. Biolyte is helping people get their doses of IV in a bottle easing their daily lives. Jesslyn Rollins, the CEO of Biolyte, IV in a Bottle shares how Biolyte came into picture and what opportunities does Atlanta offer to businesses in the nutritional supplement sector.
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    15 mins
  • Rimidi: Virtualizing Healthcare Systems

    Rimidi: Virtualizing Healthcare Systems
    Sep 2 2021
    Rimidi is a cloud-based software platform that integrates with current clinical workflows to ensure smooth working of health systems and virtualize physician practices. Josh Claman, the CEO of Rimidi shares how COVID-19 has impacted the general healthcare system and what opportunities does Atlanta of 2021 provides to companies and new innovators.
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    11 mins
  • Stanely Kowlesser on opportunities in the Aviation Industry

    Stanely Kowlesser on opportunities in the Aviation Industry
    Sep 2 2021
    Thrust Tech Accessories is a part of the multi-billion dollar aviation industry that participates in the regional corporate business jet sector of private aircrafts. Stanley Kowlesser, the CEO of Thrust Tech Accessories shares the scope of opportunities in the aviation industry and how South Florida is promoting the industry by providing professional training in colleges, tax-relaxations and training incentives for companies.
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    13 mins
  • UV Medical: Saving future by preventing infections with UV-C

    UV Medical: Saving future by preventing infections with UV-C
    Sep 2 2021
    After the outbreak of COVID-19, UV Medical is ensuring everyone’s safety where infection risk is an ongoing concern. On this episode of the Economic Development Podcast, Nathan Branch, CEO of UV Medical shares how companies can grow after COVID-19 surge by ensuring their people’s safety and the scope of the state’s growth outside the health tech sector.
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    10 mins
  • Larkin Simpson, Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance

    Larkin Simpson, Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance
    Nov 18 2020
    Central Louisiana and the entire Gulf region faced the pandemic on top of back to back storms and hurricanes and has remained resilient through it all. On this episode of the Economic Development podcast, Larkin Simpson, Executive Vice President of Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance shares how his region is recovering and also maximizing sector opportunities in manufacturing and wood. Blueprint Creative Group presents this podcast series with perspectives from the CEOs and leaders of economic development organizations across the country. This series also explores how the pandemic has dynamically shifted how communities align with the trend towards a different quality of life standard based on new social distancing norms and cost of living compared to previous preferences for amenities, downtown living, and density. The CEOs share how this shift may shape economic development moving forward, how shadow communities are rising to the occasion to compete with larger metropolitan cities, and the implications for targeted industry growth. Blueprint Creative Group works with communities and economic development organizations to impact economic indexes through targeted industry promotion, business attraction, and tourism growth.
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    14 mins