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CV Podcast
Welcome to the Cowles Ventures Podcast, the best podcast to learn about entrepreneurship and starting your own business!
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Would You Pay the Ransom? How Hackers Target Healthcare | Joe Gellatly, Medcurity
Ransomware gangs don't just lock hospital data anymore. They copy it first, then haggle over the price. Joe Gellatly is the co-founder and CEO of Medcurity, a…
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How Big Is My Fish? Building Fishtechy From a North Idaho River | Lawrence Sowell
How big is my fish? Lawrence Sowell turned the oldestquestion in fishing into Fishtechy, a company that measures fish from a photo using the Proof Ball and AI…
CV PodcastAre Insurers Pulling Out of Your Neighborhood? | Jared Shippey, COUNTRY Financial
Insurers are pulling out of entire states and zip codes. Here's what that means for your home and what to do if your insurer drops you.Jared Shippey has spent…
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Why 9 Out of 10 New Drugs Fail, and the Spokane Startup Fixing It
Why do 93% of drug candidates fail once they reach clinical trials? Chandima Bandaranayaka, CEO of Precision Quantomics, explains the hidden data gap behind…
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AI Coding Is Getting Expensive. This Spokane Startup Is Fixing It | Code Lexica
Why does your AI coding bill jump 5X overnight? Code Lexica co-founders Carter Bastian and Tristan Rees explain the hidden economics of AI coding tools like…
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Their First AI Startup Flopped. Then They Found a Problem Worth Millions | Code Lexica
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, Blake sits down with Carter and Tristan, co-founders of Code Lexica, to break down how a code-understanding…
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Why Data Centers and Labs Have the Same Energy Problem, and How to Fix Both | James Connelly
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, Blake sits down with James Connelly, CEO of My Green Lab, to break down why laboratories are some of the most…
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Nurse Turnover Costs $60,000 a Head. This Spokane Company Built the Fix
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, Blake sits down with David Heath, founder of Lighthouse, to break down why hospitals still run nurse staffing…
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A Signature Page Swap Cost Him His Company. Then He Got Stage Four Cancer | Jacob Godak
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, Blake sits down with Jacob Godak, founder of Apisem, to break down how a prosthetics and orthotics clinician…
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He Was $37,863 in Debt at 22, Now His Company Sells 100 Houses a Year | Project Spokane
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, Blake sits down with Matt, founder of Project Spokane, and Isaac, who joined the team after selling his…
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Why He Left a Successful Tech Sales Career to Start From Zero | Joel Robnett
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, Blake sits down with Joel Robnett, Founding Partner at North by Northwest Technologies, to break down his path…
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She Turned 90,000 Followers Into a Social Media Agency | Lauren Trivison
Lauren Trivison built an audience of more than 90,000, got featured in InStyle as a midsize fashion expert, and partnered with brands from Sephora to…
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Adapting His Way Into Spokane Entrepreneurship | Doyle Wheeler
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, Blake sits down with Doyle Wheeler to break down his journey from 18 years in auto body to becoming a Spokane…
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How Video Marketing Builds Brands with Andrii Mynka
What separates content that gets ignored from content that drives real business growth? In this episode, we sit down with Andrii Mynka, New Business Director…
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The Human Side of Digital Marketing with Ed Reese
For more than two decades, Ed Reese has helped businesses turn digital marketing data into meaningful business decisions. As Principal of Sixth Man Marketing…
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What If Concrete Could Clean Water? | Greg Johnson
What if the roads, sidewalks, and parking lots we rely on every day could help reduce flooding and clean stormwater before it reaches our waterways? In this…
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Building a Brand That Actually Stands Out | James Clark
What does it actually take to build a brand experience people remember? James Clark, founder of Wunder Beast, on the realities of building a standout brand…
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Building the Future of Bioscience in the Northwest | Michaele Armstrong
What does it take to build a thriving bioscience ecosystem outside of traditional innovation hubs like Boston and San Diego? In this episode of the Cowles…
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From Idea to Company: Njal Lundberg's Entrepreneurial Journey
What happens when you combine creativity, grit, and an obsession with building memorable experiences? In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, we sit…
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Corporate Venture Capital in Energy Explained | Mark Gustafson
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, I sit down with Mark Gustafson, President of Avista Development and Director of Strategic Investments at…
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Entrepreneurship in Sushi?
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, I sit down with Isaac Cunnington to discuss entrepreneurship, leadership, business growth, and the realities of…
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The HealthTech Company Born from a Near Fatal Accident
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, I sit down with Dylan Avatar, Co-Founder and CEO of Credential Network, to talk about building in healthcare…
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How to Optimize Any Business Using Six Sigma | Chris Wood
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, I sit down with Chris Wood to talk about operational excellence, acquisition entrepreneurship, and what it…
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How to Build a $100M ARR Company From Scratch
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, I sit down with Tom Simpson to break down his journey from early days in investment banking to managing his own…
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From Gonzaga University Founder to Microsoft
Most students treat college like a checklist.Mateo Valdez treated it like a startup.In this episode, Mateo breaks down how he founded the Gonzaga Sport…
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How Jeffrey Daniels Thinks About Leadership, Risk, and Building a Career That Actually Fits | CV Pod
In this episode of the Cowles Ventures Podcast, I sit down with Jeffrey Daniels to unpack his previous long-term career and what he's doing now with Automate…
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How to Break Into High Finance Without a Perfect Plan | CV Podcast
In this episode, I sit down with Brian Jorgenson to talk about career risk, long term thinking, and why relationships matter more than almost anything else in…
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How to Build Systems That Customers Actually Love with Stephanie High | CV Podcast
In this episode, we sit down with Stephanie High, founder of KaizenCX and Kaizen Catalyst, to unpack customer experience, leadership psychology, and what truly…
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Why Financial Literacy Is Failing Our Kids and How to Fix It | Annie Shoen Co-Founder My First Nest Egg | CV Podcast
In this episode, I sit down with Annie Shoen, Co-Founder of My First Nest Egg, to talk about why financial education needs to start earlier and how we can…
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Turning Biomass Into Batteries | Jake Hoffberg on Scaling Climate Tech
In this episode, I sit down with Jake Hoffberg, founder of Regenerative Industrial, to break down how biomass can be transformed into high value materials for…
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Building AI Health Tech at Scale | Dan Roark, CEO of Gestalt Diagnostics
Dan Roark is a serial entrepreneur, CEO, and active angel investor with decades of experience building, scaling, and leading technology companies across…
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The Free Startup Resources Every Founder Should Know with Mark Pond
Spokane has a hidden superpower for founders and today you are getting the full story from the person who built it. Mark Pond is the Business Research…
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How One Founder Is Fixing Senior Living | Margie Bensching, CEO of Golden Sherpa
Margie Bensching is the CEO and Founder of Golden Sherpa, a senior living technology platform built to remove confusion, misinformation, and hidden fees from…
CV PodcastHow a Navy Frogman Built Smart LED Helmets to Save Motorcyclists | Brian Garvey, CEO of VATA7
Brian Garvey is the Founder and CEO of VATA7, a safety technology company creating Smart LED helmets and gear to dramatically improve motorcycle rider…
CV PodcastBuilding the Future of AI with Graham Morehead | Founder, Professor, Enthusiast
In this episode, we sit down with Graham Morehead, co-founder of Pangeon and a leading mind in AI. Graham has been pioneering ways to combine Neural Networks…
CV PodcastHow Devin Miller Built SecureSave: Empowering Financial Wellness for 60,000+ Americans
In this episode, we sit down with Devin Miller, CEO and co-founder of SecureSave, the leading workplace emergency savings platform helping 60,000+ Americans…
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Cowles Ventures Podcast Episode 12: Tyson Schlect, Senior Infrastructure Strategist - INFRA
Ever wondered how companies utilize water/power to improve their businesses?This episode features Tyson Schlect, a Senior Infrastructure Strategist at INFRA…
CV PodcastCowles Ventures Podcast Episode 11: Steve Strom, Co-Founder/Co-CEO - RowStream
This episode features Steve Strom, a seasoned entrepreneur & company builder who has founded multiple startups, led teams through high-growth phases, and…
CV PodcastCowles Ventures Podcast Episode 10: Paul Wagner, Founder/CEO - GoLark
This episode features Paul Wagner, CEO & Founder of GoLark, an AI-native communications platform built for revenue teams. Paul leads GoLark toward transforming…
CV PodcastCowles Ventures Podcast Episode 9: Danny Porter, Founder - CoPort
This episode features Danny Porter, an experienced entrepreneur and leader with a strong background in building and scaling companies. We dive into his career…
CV PodcastCowles Ventures Podcast Episode 8: Daniel Garcia, Business Relationship Manager, JPMorgan Chase
This episode features Daniel A. Garcia, Business Relationship Manager at JPMorgan Chase, ranked among the top business bankers nationally. We dive into his…
CV PodcastCowles Ventures Podcast Episode 7: Brandon Tanner, CEO - Omniscia AI
This episode features Brandon Tanner, CEO of Omniscia AI, a company building practical AI solutions for real-world problems. We dive into his path from early…
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Cowles Ventures Podcast Episode 6: Brynn Snyder, Founder/CEO - Slate Dental
This episode features Brynn MacLennan-Snyder, co-founder and CEO of Slate Dental, the company behind the Slate Electric Flosser. We dive into her journey from…
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Cowles Ventures Podcast Episode 5: Bill Kalivas, Co-Founder - LaunchPad INW
This episode features Bill Kalivas, founder of LaunchPad INW, and a driving force behind Spokane’s startup and innovation ecosystem. We dive into his journey…
CV PodcastCowles Ventures Podcast Episode 4: Darby McLean, CEO - Spiceology
This episode features Darby McLean, CEO of Spiceology, whose journey blends science, entrepreneurship, and leadership, all rooted in Spokane, WA. We dive into…
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Cowles Ventures Podcast Episode 3: John Munro, Leader | Entrepreneur | Cultural Warrior
This episode features John Munro, a multi-time founder and product leader with a career that spans medtech, fintech, industrial safety—and now, the world of…
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Cowles Ventures Podcast Episode 2: David Ebel, Commercial Banking Officer @ STCU
Join us for an insightful conversation with David Ebel, Commercial Banking Officer at Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU). A U.S. Navy veteran with an MBA…
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Cowles Ventures Podcast Episode 1: Carter Bastian, CEO & Founder @ Code Lexica
In this episode, we sit down with Carter Bastian, CEO of Code Lexica, to dive into his entrepreneurial journey and the future of his startup, Code Lexica…