South Pod: Rise Of A Region

On this episode of South Pod, John Yates of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP joins host Stanfield Gray at Venture Atlanta to talk about tech startups and the South's entrepreneurial ecosystem. Who will be the South's next unicorn?

No one knows how to build a stellar team better than Champ Bailey! The NFL Hall of Famer and former Denver Branco joins us live from Venture Atlanta to share about his new organization, CB24 Ventures, where he brings his experience on the field to startups including those in the South.

Samira Salman, Founder and CEO of Salman Solutions talks The Funding Food Chain: How to Finance Your Company from Start to Finish.

Alexis Esneault, Attorney with Nagele Attorney at Law talks Blockchain 101: I’m in (your industry here) so Why Should I Care?

Chia Network's Brian Zisk explains why ICO/Tokenization is not a requirement of developing on blockchain.

Platforms, data.... nightmares at night. Todd Sundsted, CTO at Odeko and SumAll joins South Pod host Jon Yarian to share how Odeko is becoming the "Alexa for Coffee Shops" sheding light on small business issues and helping local coffee shops everywhere compete with the bigs. Their predictive technology takes care of the ordering, analyzing sales data and identifying trends to brew up new business. Grab a mug and listen in!

Purpose driven cities are making waves of change and innovation is happening right here in the South. Metro Atlanta Chamber CIO Alex Gonzalez joins South Pod host Jon Yarian to share how inclusivity, local tech talent, the booming film industry and our history of overcoming obstacles is leading the way.

Live from DIG SOUTH 2019: The Future of Corporate-Startup-Government Partnerships: How to Build Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems via Collaboration As a business or entrepreneur, can you contribute to big companies like Google while located outside The Valley? Say, from Vermont? In today's world of Fiber Internet and video conferencing, it's easier than ever to do so. Matt Dunne, Founder and Executive Director for the Center on Rural Innovation joins South Pod Host Jon Yarian to talk bridging the economic gap by helping rural communities develop digital economy ecosystems that can grow and thrive.

This podcast is about unrelenting hustle and using what you have today to build the business that you want tomorrow. Mixtroz Co-Founders Ashlee Ammons and Kerry Schrader join South Pod host Jon Yarian to give a real and unfiltered look at the realities that black, female, founders face day-to-day in startup life.

What is artificial intelligence? The question everyone has a different answer to. Turns out, AI is more than what the IBM commercials have told you. In Part 1 of this edition of South Pod live from the 2019 DIG SOUTH Tech Summit, host Jon Yarian sits down with Jon Morgan, Product Manager at Google and Enrico Palmerino, Founder and CEO of botkeeper as they discuss how to incorporate AI and machine learning into your strategic planning and other processes to grow your company.      

In the final piece of our two part series on mergers and acquisitions in the South, we showcase the DIG SOUTH Tech Summit 2019 Super Keynote between LendingTree Chief Financial Officer J.D. Moriarty and Atlatl Software CEO Marc Murphy. Listen in as they discuss strategic acquisitions and technology development continuing to spread across the southern region.

Live from DIG SOUTH 2019: The State of M&A in the South with LendingTree CFO J.D. Moriarty - Part 1   In Part 1 of our two part series on mergers and acquisitions in the South, Chief Financial Officer J.D. Moriarty joins SOUTH POD host Jon Yarian to share about their recent acquisitions (9 to date) and how financial institutions can diversity their marketing and growth strategies.

“Money is just a myth.” FullCycle Director Tatiana Koffman joins SOUTH POD host Jon Yarian after her time on stage at DIG SOUTH to talk digital financial instruments. How can blockchain help solve for financial inequality, climate change, and the most pressing issues affecting the developed and the developing world? Listen in.

This is the work of life: Figure out your essential mission and live it." Greg McKeown, The New York Times Best Selling Author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and DIG SOUTH 2019 Keynote Speaker joins SOUTH POD host Jon Yarian to explain the steps to reaching essentialism and why even technology entrepreneurs and business leaders need to perfect this practice. 

There's nothing like getting all hyped up to see your favorite band on a Friday night, only to find out you've been sold counterfeit tickets. Project Admission is out to protect your good time. CEO and Co-Founder Stephen Glicken explains how their software works to verify tickets being bought and sold by associating your identity along with the ticket, creating better transferability.

Securing an investor is not only about the numbers, the deck or "the horse" - it's also about the jockey. WatchPitch Founder and CEO Trey Scott joins South Pod to explain how to land your signal on the investor’s radar: what they are looking for, who they are investing in and how to make sure that it’s you.

Work in tech and communications? Here's your chance to learn insider tips from a pro at the highest level. Kenly Uphaus, Head of Corporate Communications for LinkedIn, will dish on how to stand above the rest in a noisy digital world and share the jobs that are trending right now.

Leadership consultant, author, Army Ranger and Combat Veteran JC Glick joined us at DIG on the 1/2 Shell in Charleston to share his personal strategies companies can use to overcome roadblocks, strengthen authentic culture and get the job done.

The Farm, Comcast NBCUniversal's startup accelerator, graduated their second cohort of founders and the DIG Team was live on site! Listen in as we talk with Managing Director Burunda Prince-Jones and startups RapPlug, Kilter Rewards, CultureBase and SoundCollide about their entrepreneurial adventures, accelerator experience, the challenges of business and more.

Matt Huddleston, Tommy Nguyen and Richard Jeffords of StoragePug join host Joel Sadler at DIG on the 1/2 Shell to share how they're bringing tech to the self storage market. Each team member explains their role (and how each piece fits together to form the perfect whole that keeps things running!), attending trade shows to build connections; plus, they provide a glimpse into the Knoxville startup scene.