Startup: Conversations With Louisville Entrepreneurs

Staging a major (and growing) event is no small feat, and local-boy-made-good Conrad Bachmann started planning the Louisville International Film Festival 6 years ago, as he was well into his ’70s. But his history as an entrepreneur and independent guy gave him the smarts and experience to pull off this gem of a festival that […]

It just seems natural to use a foodie town to buoy a food concept. After a very short time, Dishcrawl has made its way across the continental 48 from Silicon Valley to Louisville and their local Ambassador, Allison Taylor, gives us the scoop on the who, how, and why.

Podcasting is a platform rediscovered and Matt McCarthy is banking on America’s love of sports and on-demand content to drive his platform called LiveSportscaster.com. He and his team have started in Kentuckiana with decent growth in just 4 months and have plans to expand. Sponsored by OPM Entrepreneurial Services.

While traveling out of Louisville, Jason Holman was hoping to go do some stuff near D.C. Problem was, he couldn’t find what was going on in town, so he came back and started down the path of doing his own thing. He enrolled in the Lean Startup program through Nucleus to get a re-boot on […]

In conjunction with the launch of my Kickstarter campaign to fund the build out of the Louisville.AM studio, Blackstone Media podcast hosts Steven VonGerlachter and Mark Hagan were kind enough to have me as a guest on their podcast and I’ve re-purposed it for Startup. Listen in as we talk about the past, present, and […]

A highly successful entrepreneur in his own right, Tony Schy has turned his sights to VelocitySI, Kentuckiana’s startup accelerator. The facility is seeking it’s first class of startups and Schy has the lowdown on what to do to be included. Sponsored by OPM Entrepreneurial Services.

We dropped microphones in front of the crowdfunding panel at the Venture Connectors luncheon on March 4 to listen in on the latest developments in this burgeoning space. This podcast is sponsored by OPM Entrepreneurial Services.

Fresh off an exhausting yet exhilarating startup weekend, Tendai and John were the “half” presentation at the end. Their tale is a lesson of customer validation…and brick walls. At the end, they were able to present their case and lessons learned for the entire room and were willing to sit and tell the story here.

Heading into the 2nd Louisville Startup weekend, I sit down with InsiderLouisville.com startup beat writer and SWlou veteran Melissa Chipman to find out what to expect from this cool event. Sponsored by OPM Entrepreneurial Services.

Of all the places in the U.S. that they could have located their business, Ken Marshall and FoodCare chose Louisville. He has his reasons and we dive into that in this week’s episode. Sponsored by OPM Entrepreneurial Services.