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09/03/2020

In this episode of This Has to Work, Tyler S. Hatcher, Community Manager with Joonko, joins the show to talk about the importance of diversity and inclusion in your organization. Tyler talks about some of the initial steps you can take to recognize and support more inclusivity and diversity, why positive change around D&I has been slow and how Joonko is using technology to help companies hire qualified and diverse candidates.

In this episode of This Has to Work, Tyler Hatcher, Community Manager with Joonko joins the show to talk about the importance of diversity and inclusion in your organization. Tyler talks about some of the initial steps you can take to recognize and support more inclusivity and diversity, why positiv...

09/03/2020

In this episode of This Has to Work, Tyler Hatcher, Community Manager with Joonko joins the show to talk about the importance of diversity and inclusion in your organization. Tyler talks about some of the initial steps you can take to recognize and support more inclusivity and diversity, why positiv...

02/03/2020

In this episode of This Has to Work, Tony Summerville, Founder and CEO of Fleetio joins us to talk about the critical things you need to do as a founder to help your company and team scale. He also talks about how culture plays a role in everything they do, why growing from $100k to $1m was actually...

28/01/2020

In this episode of This Has to Work, learn what social impact investing is, the role it's beginning to play among mainstream investor and why you can expect to get market returns for those investments. Mike Goodrich joins the show to talk about what he's found in the impact investing space throughou...

28/01/2020

In this episode of This Has to Work, learn what social impact investing is, the role it's beginning to play among mainstream investor and why you can expect to get market returns for those investments.
Mike Goodrich joins the show to talk about what he's found in the impact investing space throughout the country and how more people, not just investors, can get involved.

In this episode of This Has to Work, learn what social impact investing is, the role it's beginning to play among mainstream investor and why you can expect to get market returns for those investments. Mike Goodrich joins the show to talk about what he's found in the impact investing space throughou...

20/01/2020

In this episode of This Has to Work, Martha Underwood, Head of Retail at BBVA Compass talks about what it takes to create meaningful corporate innovation, why intrapreneur is not a dirty word, how unnecessarily bad rental car customer experience is and that Chick-Fil-A might be one of the most innov...

20/01/2020

In this episode of This Has to Work, Martha Underwood, Head of Retail at BBVA Compass talks about what it takes to create meaningful corporate innovation, why intrapreneur is not a dirty word, how unnecessarily bad rental car customer experience is and that Chick-Fil-A might be one of the most innovative companies in any industry.

All that and Martha's expertly chosen bumper music on this episode of This Has to Work!

In this episode of This Has to Work, Martha Underwood, Head of Retail at BBVA Compass talks about what it takes to create meaningful corporate innovation, why intrapreneur is not a dirty word, how unnecessarily bad rental car customer experience is and that Chick-Fil-A might be one of the most innov...

06/01/2020

How should universities support startups and local startup ecosystems? What will it take to create more collaboration between entrepreneurs and universities? When will we see more universities make an effort to create a "front door" for founders to walk through? All of these questions and more are a...

06/01/2020

How should universities support startups and local startup ecosystems? What will it take to create more collaboration between entrepreneurs and universities? When will we see more universities make an effort to create a "front door" for founders to walk through?

All of these questions and more are answered on this episode of THTW with Dr. Anthony Hood, Director of Civic Innovation and tenured professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Hood is an entrepreneur, academic instructor, researcher, guest lecturer and community activist. He brings a truly holistic and unique perspective of the role universities should play when supporting their community's startups.

How should universities support startups and local startup ecosystems? What will it take to create more collaboration between entrepreneurs and universities? When will we see more universities make an effort to create a "front door" for founders to walk th...

16/12/2019

Most startups don't really think about economic development programs playing a role in their specific business success. However, as the demand for a more technical workforce outstrips the supply, they need to better understand the role played by workforce development programs. This week, we have Way...

09/12/2019

On this episode of THTW, hear Lauren recount the sacrifices she's made to become a successful early-stage founder. She gave up a successful career, moved twice and navigated three kindergartens in one year for her daughter. How did she know it was worth the risk and would you have the same resolve?....

09/12/2019

On this episode of THTW, hear Lauren recount the sacrifices she's made to become a successful early-stage founder. She gave up a successful career, moved twice and navigated three kindergartens in one year for her daughter.

How did she know it was worth the risk and would you have the same resolve? Download the episode now and decide for yourself...

On this episode of THTW, hear Lauren recount the sacrifices she's made to become a successful early-stage founder. She gave up a successful career, moved twice and navigated three kindergartens in one year for her daughter. How did she know it was worth th...

25/11/2019

On this episode of THTW, hear from Austin Senseman about their nearly year-long work to launch Conserv. Find out why they took their time with customer discovery and market analysis and how that led to almost instant success winning multiple startup competitions, landing angel investors and finding....

18/11/2019

It's usually a sucker's bet to enter a market saturated with large international competitors. What happens when you do it anyway, using what those competitors do poorly to create a company and brand to compete on a whole different playing field? Tune in to hear how Nathan Pocus, founder of Domestiqu...

21/10/2019

You get sick, you call your doctor for an appointment, two days later you're still sick and now sitting in a waiting room for 30 minutes past your scheduled appointment. Doctor sees you for 90 seconds, takes a few tests and sends you to the front desk to pay your $40 copay. Now, imagine if you could...

14/10/2019

In just over a year, Birmingham Bound has played a direct role in recruiting more than a dozen tech operations to Birmingham. Hear about their unprecedented success and how Britney and the Bham Bound team is leveraging the energetic startup community and corporate partners to attract high growth sta...

08/10/2019

In this episode, Mickey and Matt review some basics around fundraising prep for startups. When are you ready? What different kinds of investors look for. How to start getting ready for those conversations? Plus a reference to 80's network television...

01/10/2019

Ecosystems play a huge role in the success or failure of a startup. Listen to what Mickey and Matt found during the last year through their travels and interactions with different startup communities throughout the country. What was impressive? What was less than encouraging? Hear all about it on th...

01/10/2019

Ecosystems play a huge role in the success or failure of a startup. Listen to what we found during the last year through our travels and interactions with different startup communities throughout the country. What was impressive? What was less than encouraging? Hear all about it on this episode.

Ecosystems play a huge role in the success or failure of a startup. Listen to what Mickey and Matt found during the last year through their travels and interactions with different startup communities throughout the country. What was impressive? What was le...

23/09/2019

Continuing our series on the Alabama Futures Fund after its one-year anniversary, this episode covers what startups they discovered inside and outside the state of Alabama. From space tourism to chicken restaurants, the Redhawk team talked to a wide variety of founders. Hear directly from them about...

16/09/2019

IT'S BAAAACK... After a 14 month hiatus, This Has to Work is back and all 6 subscribers are ecstatic! We're kicking off the relaunch with a short series about the $25m Alabama Futures Fund. The series will cover the first year of the fund from the perspective of the investment managers at Redhawk VC...