Startup Spotlight (August 2016) — Lukas Lohove has created a application called Zizzle to help Mandarin Chinese language learners more effectively learn Chinese characters by telling stories through pictures. Lohove says his app can help a variety of learners, by making the process fun and time-saving. Increasingly young and old Americans see Chinese as an…
Startup Spotlight (August 2016) — JRNL is an application to help people get in the habit of journal writing and recording their own lives by using texts, emails, and social media. CEO and Founder Nick Jones says that while journal writing was once considered a private, even hidden exercise, social media has made journaling more…
Startup Spotlight (August 2016) — Known Factors is an analytics, cloud-based program designed to help mid-tier companies to manage all of their data resources together into a single, dynamic system. CEO Mike Van Thiel says Known Factors ideally works in conjunction with other SAAS programs like DOMO, Tableau, Yellow Fin, to help companies more easily…
Startup Spotlight (August 2016) — Research shows that a quality personal interaction and a quick follow-up are key to closing a sale. Joe Lowry is CEO and Founder of Salesbridge, a SAS-based platform that automates scheduling, data entry, and follow up, to help salespeople better interact with customers. Lowry talks about how his platform works,…
Startup Spotlight (August 2016) — Clancy Marshall, CEO of Cleverywhere, says declining test scores on standardized tests and general disinterest in school by American students was the impetus for launching her company. Clancy says she hired game designers from Halo and Minecraft, and partnered them with teachers and top pedagogical scientists to design effective educational…
Startup Spotlight (August 2016) — ShopHero is a new company that offers an online service for local independent grocers to compete with the big national retailers. Because independent grocers must compete now with large retailers that offer home deliveries, ShopHero aims to empower the smaller guys. CEO Matt Garner shares how the company is based…
The Bottom Line – (Original air date: 7/28/2015): Whether you are a 3rd grader or a college Freshman, the classroom is increasingly online. Utah-based Instructure, and its flagship software product Canvas, is helping students, parents, teachers and administrative staff communicate seamlessly and share data easily using Cloud technology. Many years ago entrepreneurs like Josh Coates,…
The Bottom Line – (Original Air date: 11/17/2015): When the Summer Olympics in Brazil commence in less than 9 months we may likely again see the world’s best athletes sporting brightly colored tape on their thighs, shoulders and buttocks. This tape is known as “Kinesiology tape” and its fans are convinced that it helps with…
The Bottom Line – (Original Air Date: July 14, 2015) The number one customer complaint about smart phones and tablets are broken or scratched screens. ZAGG is one company offering products to remedy this “pain point”. Randy Hales took over the helm of ZAGG, a publicly traded company based in Salt Lake City, in 2012. …
The Bottom Line –(original air date May 26, 2015) Sara Dansie Jones is a technology executive, talent strategist, and co-founder of Women Tech Council, a community of over 7,000 members actively engaged in supporting and encouraging women to enter and thrive in the tech industry. Jones is also the former CEO of Applicant Pro –…
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