The Price

Entrepreneurs describe the real-life choices they are making to realize their start-up dreams. Hear from founders as they answer the ultimate question - is it worth the price? Hosted by Drew Adams.

Karly Pavlinac - CEO of WAAM - Creating Access to the World's Best Celebrity Trainers for $19 / month 05/18/2020

Karly Pavlinac - CEO of WAAM - Creating Access to the World's Best Celebrity Trainers for $19 / month Karly Pavlinac is building a platform called WAAM that allows everyday people to subscribe to workouts conducted by the world’s best celebrity trainers for $19 / month. She has a growing list of customers asking for access to her apps beta and ½ million dollars in funding. But road has not been easy. From sleeping on a mattress in her parent's living room, to having a loan of money essentially stolen by a disreputable app development company, Karly's story is about perseverance. /episode/index/show/theprice/id/14470091

Don Shin - CEO of CrossComm on The Most Common Pitfalls Startups Experience When Building an App or Platform 05/04/2020

Don Shin - CEO of CrossComm on The Most Common Pitfalls Startups Experience When Building an App or Platform Don Shin is the CEO of CrossComm, an app development studio which is applying some of the most cutting edge technologies to the business problems of its' customers. In this episode we discuss augmented reality, virtual reality, AI, Bitcoin and the market opportunities these technologies open up. Also, Don describes the most common pitfalls that startups experience when building out an app or technology platform. Check out this episode with Don Shin, the CEO of CrossComm. /episode/index/show/theprice/id/14271791

Eli Sheets, Founder of IdeaBlock - Using Blockchain to Protect Intellectual Property Rights 03/30/2020

Eli Sheets, Founder of IdeaBlock - Using Blockchain to Protect Intellectual Property Rights Eli Sheets is the founder of IdeaBlock, an innovative new technology platform that leverages the power of blockchain to provide immutable and provable timestamps for intellectual property. Essentially, IdeaBlock's customers can prove when they first had their ideas, which helps them defend their intellectual property rights. /episode/index/show/theprice/id/13767962

Joe Colopy, Co-founder and CEO of Bronto sold for $200M in 2015 01/09/2020

Joe Colopy, Co-founder and CEO of Bronto sold for $200M in 2015 Back in early 2000’s, Joe Colopy left his job to build a software product - without funding or without even a firm idea of what to build. 15 years later Joe sold his company for $200M to Netsuite, without diluting his share with venture investment or debt. In this episode we talk about Joe’s upbringing, how he founded his company, found his first customers, partnered up with his co-founder, as well as how and why he sold the company and what it like to be on the other side. /episode/index/show/theprice/id/12672413

Mark Johnson - Founder of Hotel Chatter, Jaunted and Vegas Chatter which was sold to CondeNast 09/09/2019

Mark Johnson - Founder of Hotel Chatter, Jaunted and Vegas Chatter which was sold to CondeNast Back in the early 2000s, Mark started writing reviews for hotels. When he saw it start to gain traffic, he thought there could something bigger in this. Over the course of 10 years, Mark turned that idea into content business that he eventually sold to Conde Nast. I talk with Mark about what it was like to build and exit that business. /episode/index/show/theprice/id/11181968

James Avery - CEO of Adzerk, ad serving platform earning +$5M a year 04/22/2019

James Avery - CEO of Adzerk, ad serving platform earning +$5M a year In this episode, I talk to James Avery founder and CEO of Adzerk about how he turned a small ad network doing 1 thousand dollars a month in revenue into an ad platform doing over 5 million a year. /episode/index/show/theprice/id/9486749

Allison Wood - CEO of LCMS+ 07/18/2018

Allison Wood - CEO of LCMS+ I interview Allison Wood, the CEO of LCMS Plus, an enterprise software solution that helps medical schools streamline accreditation reporting and gain insight into medical programs. Spun-out from Duke, LCMS Plus tracks educational components of medical school, including keeping track of student schedules, grades and evaluations. In this episode, Allison discusses how the company was created, how she manages life with her business partner husband, and how she has come to see the value her software provides /episode/index/show/theprice/id/6824717

David Hadden - Co-CEO of Pro-ficiency 07/18/2018

David Hadden - Co-CEO of Pro-ficiency David Hadden is the co-CEO of Pro-ficiency, a maker of simulation learning technology for the healthcare industry. Using Pro-ficiency’s technology, doctors, patients and clinical trial investigators can face real life scenarios and make decisions in a consequence free environment. David talks about how he came up with the idea for the company after helping train doctors in Africa and how simulation is a superior learning construct for those in jobs where people face life or death decisions. /episode/index/show/theprice/id/6824711

Clarence Bethea - Founder of Upsie 07/18/2018

Clarence Bethea - Founder of Upsie Founded in 2015 by Clarence Bethea, Upsie is an insurance technology company changing the way device warranties are purchased, managed and serviced. In this episode, Clarence tells the story of how he learned about his opportunity in the marketplace, how he got the first version of his product made, and what it was like to raise money via TechStars. Clarence also explains the thing that keeps him motivated and excited everyday. /episode/index/show/theprice/id/6824607

Nathan Clendenin - Founder of StoryDriven 07/18/2018

Nathan Clendenin - Founder of StoryDriven Nathan Clendenin is the Founder of StoryDriven, an 8-time Emmy Award winning video marketing firm that specializes in telling human centric stories. In this episode Nathan, tells how he develops stories for his customers, what a "brand journalist" is, how StoryDriven comes up with their core values, and what it was like to get an Emmy. We also talk about what kind of stories he wants to tell. /episode/index/show/theprice/id/6824600

Joe Bell - CEO of Cultivate 07/18/2018

Joe Bell - CEO of Cultivate Joe Bell is the CEO of Cultivate, a social media management platform that helps companies plan organize and execute social campaigns. Cultivate was featured in SXSW’s 2017 Startup Spotlight and won North Carolina Technology Association’s Top Tech Startup to Watch for 2017. In this episode, Joe shares his experience evolving his marketing company into a software company. He talks about bringing on co-founders and raising money from investors. He also gives his advice for how to land those first custo /episode/index/show/theprice/id/6823541

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