This is a special episode of Rust Belt Startup because it was taped in front of a live audience this past July at MVCC’s thINCubator. This event was a partnership with The Rising Tide Society of Utica and featured a fireside chat with the founder of Utica Coffee Roasting Company, Frank Elias. It’s a conversation…
Hilda M Jordan is the founder of HMJ Equity Consulting, an anti-racist social equity firm that helps organizations attract and retain more diverse talent by identifying systems that stand in the way of helping members of the team be successful. She is a graduate of Harvard University, and honestly one of the most inspiring your…
Rust Belt Startup · Finding Career Superpowers, Building Online Communities, and F-Words with Scott Grates It’s great to be back and welcome Scott Grates to the podcast. Scott is first and foremost in the insurance business – but this isn’t a podcast about insurance. It’s a conversation about how do you figure out how to…
Rust Belt Startup · Making the Comfortable Uncomfortable – Mike Ballman Today on the podcast, Pastor Mike Ballman returns. It’s a follow-up conversation 3 years after our first conversation (which was one of my favorite episodes ever – listen at the link below). Mike is the founder and chief operator of the Morrow Warming Center…
Rust Belt Startup · Rust Belt Toolbox – Download, Digest & Delete Today on the podcast I want to talk to you about data – specifically your data – well, specifically MY data…. but it just as well might be your data. We all know that tech giant and social networks collect TONS of our…
I often get asked about pricing and profitability with new businesses and I always direct my clients to great post from Tim Ferriss Question 13 – Am I hunting Antelope or Field Mice? Are you building your business compete on price but are pricing things so low that you’ll slowly starve (eating field mice) –…
Rust Belt Startup · Are NFT's stupid or is it just early? What's coming next? NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are reaching a fever pitch with some digital artwork selling for tens of millions of dollars. The landscape changes daily and so today I want to give you a brief primer on how you might think about…
Today I’m sharing a conversation I had with chef Tim Hardiman of The Tailor and the Cook. And we’re talking about his experience over the past 12 months. What is it like to be in the restaurant business as everything collapsed around us? Tim takes us through T&C’s core philosophies and what has made them…
Rust Belt Startup · Building More Meaningful Relationships and Being Connected From Afar – Kat Vellos Today’s conversation is one I’ve been really looking forward to sharing. I’m talking with Kat Vellos about UX, building (and maintaining) community and connection. Kat is a UX (user experience) designer, the founder of the Bay Are Black Designers,…
Rust Belt Startup · Venture Caplital and Leveling The Playing Field – James Shomar On today’s podcast I’m having a conversion with Mr. James Shomar. James is a partner at StartFast which is a venture accelerator program in Syracuse NY. I reached out to James after reading one of his LinkedIn posts about how he’s…