Startup Grind Columbus

Kevin Pohmer is the former CEO and Chairman of Financial Guard, one of the leading fintech companies in America and pioneers of the Roboadvisor industry, which transformed how individuals receive and transact investment advice. Kevin successfully led the team that built, brought to market, and scaled Financial Guard’s technology and completed the successful sale of the company to Legg Mason (NYSE: LM) in August, 2016. During Kevin’s tenure, Financial Guard was selected as Best of the Online Investment Advisors in America by Kiplinger magazine and written about in Barrons, Forbes, NY Times, WSJ, Finovate, CUTimes, CUToday, Employee Benefit News and many other media outlets since its launch in 2013. Today, Kevin continues to be engaged in the fintech community as an investor, advisor, and entrepreneur. He currently sits on the Board and is the acting COO for IXN, the leading mobile solution for term life insurance in the growing insurtech segment, as well as one of the founding members of Fintech71 which is a p

Rehgan Avon will discuss implementing a product management discipline inside of a fast growing and scaling company. Rehgan is a Product Manager at Clarivoy with a background in systems engineering. Focusing her career on analytical technology, she has migrated from data engineer and developer to product strategy. Rehgan has held many positions in operations and product development including a junior product manager role for StepOne, an early stage start up in Austin, TX and as a systems engineer at United Airlines. She also teaches Introduction to Data Science and Web Development courses to MBA programs nationally through a young start up, Cognitir. This is the audio recording from the live event on 6/15/2017 at Rev1 Ventures. www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Columbus www.clarivoy.com www.awh.net www.rev1ventures.com

Victor Thorne will discuss his experiences as an entrepreneur and investor. Vic's firm, Broadline Capital, has had particular success investing in China, which he will discuss the how and why of. Vic brings a background of both investment and operating management experience, spanning Fortune 500 corporations to entrepreneurial ventures. He is Co-Founder of Broadline Capital, a global investment management firm. In 2008, Broadline Capital received the industry award for Asia Venture Deal of the Year, named by Private Equity International (PEI) for the firm’s investment in China Risk Finance, mainland China’s largest online consumer lending marketplace based on number of loans issued, serving online users and China’s emerging middle class, mobile active consumers. This is the audio recording from the live event on 6/12/2017. www.broadlinecapital.com www.startupgrind.com/columbus www.awh.net www.rev1ventures.com

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Jeff Harper, CEO and Co-Founder of Duet Health. Duet Health has created a next generation software platform delivering a powerful suite of tools for Patients, Members, & Health Consumers. Duet empowers health providers, plans, and educators with education, communication, and engagement for enterprise delivery to patient populations. The Platform has a robust Patient Intelligence Center that monitors every click, transaction, and data entry for a more meaningful relationship and learning about educational effectiveness. Duet tools are technology agnostic, and while they are recognized experts in mobile communication, the Duet team is experienced in every phase of the solution process. Duet has solutions on all the smartphone platforms (iPhone, iPad, Android phones and Tablets, and Wind

ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers in Columbus to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Design, Development and Management, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited. This month we have a discussion with Steven Sutters, Senior Product Manager for Aver, about how Aver approaches product and Steven's perspectives on product management. Aver is a Drive Capital funded startup in the healthcare space. Aver’s solutions help healthcare payers and providers design, implement, and administer value-based programs. Together, they are simplifying value-based healthcare. Steven found his way into the field the same way everyone does: by delivering ice cream, teaching GED classes, selling cloths, and testing software. This is the audio recording from the live event on 4/20/2017. www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Columbus/ www.mindtheproduct.com http://mtpcon.com www.awh.net www.rev1ventures.com

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Bill Balderaz, Entrepreneur, Advisor, and Investor, and founder of Futurety. Throughout his career he has had the opportunity to work in industries in their very earliest stages. In 1998 (the same year Google was founded) Bill was working in search engine optimization, online advertising and eCommerce. In 1999 he worked for one of the first companies developing HTML based on-line learning. In 2005, five years before the iPad was invented, he worked on a concept for a tablet-based electronic health records software. Bill also started working in social media and viral marketing in 2006 -the same year YouTube and Twitter were founded. As founder of Webbed Marketing and President of Fathom's Healthcare division, he had the chance to work in the early stages of social media advertising, mobile

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Joe Anstine, CEO and Co-Founder of PriorAuthNow. Working full time, he leads the team through each phase of execution, casting a vision for the company, capital raise, while laying out the steps to get to market. Previously Joe was the owner and Senior Managing Partner at B.I. Voyage, a Microsoft data warehouse and business intelligence services organization, where he led, directed and managed strategic and operational aspects of sales and marketing. Joe has always written his own pay check and cashes it in on a crew cut and v-neck tshirt. This is the audio recording from the live event on 3/13/2017. http://priorauthnow.com www.startupgrind.com/columbus www.awh.net www.rev1ventures.com

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Dan Manges, CTO of Root. Root is an auto insurance startup that uses data science to identify and insure good drivers. Root was started in 2015 in Columbus, OH, and has raised $7M from Drive Capital. By not insuring bad drivers, Root is able to reduce insurance premiums for good drivers significantly. Prior to Root, Dan was the founding CTO of Braintree, an online payments company that was acquired by PayPal in 2013 for $800M. The company's focus on building exceptional tools for developers led to it processing payments for thousands of discerning and disruptive companies, such as Uber, Airbnb, and GitHub. Dan began his career in software development with JPMorgan Chase, building software to support SOX Compliance. He also spent time as a Senior Consultant for ThoughtWorks, providing soft

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Erica Waite. Erica is CEO of Ikove Venture Partners, a technology-focused venture development firm in Columbus, OH. Erica oversees the convergence of pipeline, fundraising, operations, strategy, and business development efforts for Ikove and many of its affiliate companies. She works closely with technical teams, investors, advisors, and industry contacts to create successful startups. Erica previously served as the Director of Market Intelligence and Commercialization Strategy Services for the Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (TEC) Institute. She has worked on the funding, development, and commercialization of early stage technologies for over ten years. Erica holds a Master of Science degree in Pathology from Case Western Reserve University and a Bachelor of Science deg

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature James Moore, Founder & CEO of Small Business Owners of America. His company claimed the #11 spot on the Inc. 5000 for 2016. This is the audio recording from the live event on 12/12/2016. http://sbooa.com www.startupgrind.com/columbus www.awh.net www.rev1ventures.com

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Derek Andersen, Founder & CEO of Startup Grind. Derek Andersen is the founder and CEO of Startup Grind, a community of over 200 Chapters in 80 countries designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Startup Grind's values of giving, helping others, and making friends have spread across the world. Since 2012, Startup Grind has hosted 3,000 events for more than 150,000 entrepreneurs. In 2009 Derek founded Vaporware Labs, incubating many products including Startup Grind and professional social network Commonred, which was acquired by Income.com in 2012. His entrepreneurial career consists of mostly spectacular failures with occasional successes. Previously, he worked at Electronic Arts on games like Burnout Paradise, Mirror's Edge, Sims 3, and The Godfather. He lives in Palo A

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Mark Shary, an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor. Mark is a founder and investor in several high-growth, technology-based companies, including: Updox, a rapidly adopted practice communications and CRM SaaS platform for physician offices; InfoMotion Sports, a pioneer and market leader in creating virtual competitions and sophisticated skills analysis for ball sports; and hc1.com, the market-leading CRM/Business Intelligence SaaS platform for laboratories. Mark is also a director for several other technology companies, including MBA Focus, InnerApps, and Vantage Point Logistics. He is a Co-founder of SafeWhite, a natural teeth whitening product company. He also serves on the board of Huntington Mutual Funds and Huntington Strategy Shares. Mark was the founder of HUBLink, which became the

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Yasmine Lacaillade, Partner at Drive Capital. Yasmine (pronounced "Yaz-MEEN Lack-uh-Lade") helps Drive Capital's portfolio companies acquire their first or next customers and build out their corporate relationships. Prior to joining Drive, Yasmine was with TPG-Axon in London, where she was in charge of developing new and existing client relationships. Her experience includes marketing and investor relations work at multiple alternative investment firms. Born and raised in Belgium and France, she speaks four languages and makes a mean waffle. Yasmine graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Political Science. This is the audio recording from the live event on 9/12/2016. https://www.drivecapital.com https://www.startupgrind.com/columbus http://www.awh.net https://www.rev1venture

ProductCamp Columbus is a monthly event to discuss the challenges and approaches of building great products. We have product people from Columbus area companies discuss how they think about and approach product personally and at their companies. In this episode we feature Derrek Seif, Senior VP of Product Strategy at irth Solutions. irth Solutions is the leading provider of cloud-based software engineered to maximize business growth by optimizing the performance of people, the work they do and the assets and equipment they use. Their software dramatically increases revenue opportunities, decreases costs, and reduces risk. For decades, their solutions have helped hundreds of customers execute the work that is most important to their success. irth Solutions is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. This is the audio recording from the live event on 8/26/2016. http://www.irthsolutions.com http://www.productcampcolumbus.com http://www.awh.net https://www.rev1ventures.com

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Stuart Crane, entrepreneur/investor and co-founder of CPR+. In 1993, Stuart Crane co-founded Definitive Homecare Solutions (aka CPR+), growing it to become the leading software vendor to the Specialty Pharmacy market, a $100+ billion industry providing high-tech medications to patients in the home. DHS/CPR+ was acquired by Mediware Information Systems in July 2013. This is the audio recording from the live event on 8/8/2016. https://www.startupgrind.com/columbus/ http://www.awh.net/ https://www.rev1ventures.com/

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Jonny Price, Founder of Kiva U.S. Founded in 2005, Kiva has now funded over 2 million entrepreneurs around the world with $850 million of microloans. These loans have been crowdfunded by 1.5 million individual lenders, and paid back with a 97% repayment rate. After starting his career in the London office of Oliver Wyman, Jonny took a break from strategy consulting to volunteer at Kiva in 2009. After falling in love with Kiva's mission (and his wife Ali, who worked at Kiva at the time!), he returned to Kiva full-time in 2011, to co-found the Kiva Zip pilot program. The program focuses on supporting financially excluded entrepreneurs here in the United States with 0% interest loans and the social capital engendered by Kiva's crowdlending model. Jonny's vision for the Kiva U.S. program is t

ProductCamp Columbus is a monthly event to discuss the challenges and approaches of building great products. We have product people from Columbus area companies discuss how they think about and approach product personally and at their companies. In this episode we have the product team at Klarna. Rachel Ferst - Senior Product Manager Melissa Thobe - Product Manager Jeff Negrelli - Senior UX Designer Founded in Stockholm in 2005, Klarna is one of Europe's fastest growing companies, and offers safe and easy-to-use payment solutions to e-stores. At the core of Klarna's services is the concept of after delivery payment, which lets buyers receive ordered goods before any payment is due. At the same time, Klarna assumes the credit and fraud risk so that retailers can rest assured they will receive their money. Klarna Group has more than 1,400 employees and is active on 18 markets. They serve 45 million consumers and work with 65,000 merchants, attracting major international clients such as Spotify, Disney, Samsung,

Startup Grind Columbus hosts monthly startup events to teach, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, and meet new hires and investors in Columbus or our 200 other startup communities around the world. In this episode we feature Sean Ramsey of Updox. Sean has over 20 years of experience leading tech start-ups, software companies, and IT consultancies. He has expertise in business development, sales, product management, and landing enterprise deals to establish his companies as leaders in their industries. Sean is currently President of Updox, a fast growing healthcare technology company focused on patient engagement and physician connectivity solutions. Updox serves over 10,000 physicians caring for 40 million patients throughout the US. This is the audio recording from the live event on 6/13/2016. https://www.updox.com https://www.startupgrind.com/columbus http://www.awh.net https://www.rev1ventures.com

ProductCamp Columbus is a monthly event to discuss the challenges and approaches of building great products. We have product people from Columbus area companies discuss how they think about and approach product personally and at their companies. In this episode we feature Joel Crockett, VP of Development at CrossChx. In 2012, CrossChx created the first universal patient ID in healthcare. A unique and global way to accurately verify a person's identity in any hospital, clinic, or doctor's office. This was the first step towards building the internet of healthcare and creating a future where each person owns their information. Today, they have created more than 50 million unique patient IDs for healthcare and laid the foundation to bring modern technology and innovations to every care provider. This is the audio recording from the live event on 6/2/2016. http://crosschx.com http://www.productcampcolumbus.com http://www.awh.net https://www.rev1ventures.com