South Pod: Rise Of A Region

Join us on this episode of SOUTH POD as we speak to Brandon Welch, Founder of Doxy.me.  Brandon discusses his Telehealth platform and how COVID-19 has changed healthcare forever.

On this episode we are featuring Shyft Auto's Wild Pitch recording where Stanfield Gray is joined by Co-founder and CEO of Shyft Auto, Marcus Aman. Shyft Auto reduces chaos at automotive repair shops while giving consumers an Amazon-like experience for service. Shyft's technology helps repair shops offer contactless solutions to their customers, while increasing retention, revenue, and satisfaction scores. The Shyft Auto team was a recipient of the NC Idea Seed Grant and the winner of one of the top startups at the NC Tech Awards in 2020.

Chief Marketing Officer, speaker, and business growth expert Paul Sparrow shares a simple methodology for determining the economic health and trajectory of a given business. Coupled with the most recent forecasts and trends driving the core US economy, participants will be exposed to new tools that will help them drive the growth of their respective businesses.

BatteryXchange is an ecosystem of smart kiosks that seeks to increase connectivity between people, businesses, and communities. BXE uses its rental platform to provide on-demand portable batteries to connect people, businesses, & communities to things that matter to each entity the most. Check it out tonight on SOUTH POD.

Joining us today on SOUTH POD, we have DIG NATION members, Iron Bridge Capital Founder & Managing Partner, John Hand, as well as Developer, Martin Wiloughby.Since developing Charleston Tech Center, home to a full house of tech-centric companies, Iron Bridge Capital has completed more than $400 million of investment and development projects and to date has not lost investor or lender capital in any project.

Tonight we resume SOUTH POD featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer. Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as one of the company’s Directors within Worldwide Operations Technology.An experienced leader with more than 20 years of proven success leading engineering, technology and big data initiatives, Brewer counts an additional 7 years in the healthcare industry.

Behind every good athlete is a good coach. eSport athletes require no less and PureSkill has designed the perfect coach that every eSports player needs. This week on SOUTH POD we're throwing it back to our conversation last fall with PureSkill Co-Founder, Bill Freeman. Listen in and learn how PureSkill is using the talent gameplay to coach users on what they're doing wrong and how to fix it.

This week on SOUTH POD find out how startups are using Saas technology to grow their companies. Tonight we are re-airing DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit Speaker Session with Jason Vandeboom, Founder & CEO of ActiveCampaign, and Martin Angert, Partner at Susquehanna Growth Equity

Tonight on SOUTH POD, we are re-airing our conversation with Natalie Angelillo and Nick Huzar from OfferUp. In this recording from the 2020 DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit find out how OfferUp built a Unicorn from used goods.

Does your company have a loyalty program or a way to increase customer retention? Get ready to change the way you think about your customer retention rate.Tonight on SOUTH POD we are featuring Edward Nevraumont's speaker session from the DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit: Loyalty is Not About Loyalty. It will blow your mind. 

From Pre-seed to Series C, there are always questions that surround the funding trail. This journey can be big and hard to keep up as the landscape changes nearly every 6 months! On this episode of SOUTH POD, we're throwing it back to the DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit with Panelists from Oracle for Startups, BOSS Capital Funding, and Springbot to answer your biggest questions on landing your next big funding. Check it out!

The phrase 'always growing' is much easier said than done - especially in these times. Tonight on SOUTH POD we are premiering FloWater Founder and CEO Rich Razgaitis's speaker session from the DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit on how to grow you company beyond your target market. This is the talk you've been waiting for. So sit down, take a few notes, and share this info with a colleague.

More than half of adults in the U.S. receive news from social media, and that means social networks play an outsized role in politics. By looking at how media content is being consumed on social, you can draw important conclusions about the election, and more broadly about consumer attention. SocialFlow CEO Jim Anderson has more than a decade of experience working with high-growth companies and the social media platforms and played a leadership role in Vitrue’s successful exit to Oracle in 2012. He’ll draw on that experience and data from more than a trillion social impressions generated by SocialFlow’s blue-chip media clients as he shares his thoughts on social media and the election insights that will last well beyond this election season.

Communication is vital in every organization, and especially for first responders who deal with emergent situations on a daily basis.  Tonight on SOUTH POD, Welton Chase, Jr. of FirstNet discusses how his organization is improving those lines of communication.

Grab a comfy seat and join us tonight night at 8 PM EDT on Facebook LIVE for another great episode of SOUTH POD. Tonight we talk with Jeff Hilimire from Dragon Army to talk about how to lead like an entrepreneur especially during this time.

Tune in tonight at 8pm as we talk with Daniella Harkins from LiveRamp about how to work smarter as a s business and how to make data connectivity work harder for you to heighten consumer experiences. Daniella Harkins is the strategic and media alliances for LiveRamp.

It’s time to forget about the health of your business and focus on the health of your employees. D & Julie Sharma both experienced extreme burnout from their careers and found themselves taking a sabbatical to focus on their health and wellbeing. Join us at 8pm on SOUTH POD, as D & Julie Sharma share the benefits of implementing wellness programs within the company culture and how it improves employee wellness leading to companies that are better equipped to succeed in an increasingly competitive marketplace. They will also talk through what an emotional health index is and why having that data can drastically improve company culture & morale.

Marketing is evolving and brands need to change with it to keep up with consumers’ expectations. This week on SOUTH POD we're talking with marketing expert Chris Savage about the secret to success for effective marketing. Chris is the CEO and founder of Wistia, a web-based software solution that helps marketers turn viewers into brand advocates to grow their businesses. Chris will share why brand affinity marketing goes beyond brand recognition to keep consumers engaged longer. Chris will share why brand affinity marketing is the future and break down the steps for building it: find a niche audience, create binge-worthy content, market like a media company, and measure resonance over reach by tracking key metrics. Join the conversation and learn how you can step up your brand recognition game. Become a DIG NATION member today to connect with top tech talent and access year-round content like this at digsouthtechsummit.com.

How is your company using data? This week on SOUTH POD we feature Jordan and Tony Berry of Interloop's keynote from the 2020 DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit where they discuss how your company can better understand and utilize data.

Soccer is alive and well in the city of Atlanta with help from Catie Griggs, VP of Operations at Atlanta United. This week on SOUTH POD we feature Catie Grigg's keynote from the 2020 DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit.