David McFarland

When David McFarland was got a job as an actuary out of college, he was working at an insurance firm where he first saw how data wasn’t being optimized. Later after working alongside Kyle Nakatsuji at auto insurtech company ClearCover, he saw how Kyle’s model could apply to all of small businesses and more importantly,…

Ruben Flores-Martinez

It’s said these days that the pandemic moved the world forward five years in five minutes, and companies like CASHDROP are the ones leading the charge by rapidly adapting to people’s needs. CASHDROP helps you create custom, shareable store links that link to your store and can create “drops” by revealing new products, foods, courses…

Ben Jones

Founder and CEO of Ohi, joins the show to talk about the important role of shipping and deliveries, long dominated by Amazon and others, is squeezing out small businesses from being able to compete with their size and speed. Ohi mitigates this problem by turning “dead space” in cities like empty offices, storefronts etc into…

Genuity Shakes up IT Management Pricing Models, Helping Small Businesses Afford Enterprise-Level Tools

  Colum Donahue’s IT management company Genuity is built on a simple concept: the less you understand, the more you par.   The market is designed that way, says Colum, Genuity’s co-founder. Telecom service providers and SaaS companies, for example, often profit from keeping customers in the dark. Labyrinthine contracts with incomprehensible pricing structures, surcharges,…

Technori Showcase: Akouba Credit

Founder and CEO Chris Rentner presents Akouba Credit at Technori Showcase downtown Chicago in January 2016. Chicago-based startup Akouba Credit provides a digital end-to-end commercial loan platform enabling regulated financial institutions to lend to small businesses efficiently.