PROCO360 | Best Podcast for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Dave Tabor, PROCO360

It took me a while in fascinated deliberation to appreciate how Biodesix’s lung cancer test “Nodify Lung” works. The reason I struggled is that up to this point I’d understood that a blood test tells one YES or NO about a particular condition – pregnant or not, COVID or not. I had to get my head around a test that provides physicians and patients with the probability that there’s lung cancer. What does one DO, what treatment decisions should one make, what should insurance pay for, what should a physician do to manage risk of malpractice... with a 15% probability that one has lung cancer? 85% probability? Scott helped me understand how what I’d thought was impossibly frustrating vagueness, is actually helpful in treatment decisions. We also talked about running a public biotech company that is losing millions of dollars as the key product is developed and comes to market. A great episode!

Ian says it well when he describes “consumer guilt.”  I know I create way too much trash that goes in landfills.  I also have a sense of hopelessness when I don’t have a (convenient, admittedly) way to discard used packaging – I’ll scan for proper receptacles and often wonder, “Is this compostable or trash?”   I’ve never been a food composter because to me there’s a terrible imbalance in the hassle+yuk-to-benefit ratio.  Ian described new products and closed systems that created hope for me!

Wow, in this episode you’ll feel the passion and intensity of a startup founder whose company raised $83 million in venture funding by creating a simpler cybersecurity platform for small and mid-sized companies, and which delivers results that rival products sold to large companies. A lot has to do with culture, including Todyl’s #1 value: Security First. That led to an interesting conversation that will have you thinking about priorities.

I’m in an ongoing pursuit of understanding the fast evolution of AI, and of course looking in Colorado – I came across LIMINAL – a company that adds a dimension to artificial intelligence that I’d never even thought of – SECURITY. I didn’t even CONSIDER that as employees use AI, they’re entering prompts and data into an AI tool, and that Ai tool is connected to the outside – so company secrets or customer privacy could be compromised. And in the GLOBAL EXPLOSION of Ai use, LIMINAL protects against that. I learned so much in this episode!

OWNING THE STRATOSPHERE.  Quite an ambitious objective – even more so after I learned what it meant! I’m fascinated by the idea of using what seemed to be old technology (balloons) over newer technology including satellites and drones to achieve superiority in the marketplace for aerial imagery and data. Join me on my journey from skepticism and see if you become intrigued as I have, or even a believer! Thanks to my partners at Denver Angels for the connection to Andrew.

“Our goal is to flatten the methane curve, and we can actually achieve it.”
- Craig Rieker, Co-founder & CTO

I had no idea how exciting this episode would become while I was preparing for it. LongPath is the story of a company that emerged from Nobel Prize winning technology developed at NIST and University of Colorado.  You may have never cared about what a “frequency comb” is, and you WILL after listening to how this now little, soon to be big company enabled by a $195 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, can have a massive impact on climate change.  Listen now – and you’ll be able to tell your friends, “I’ve been watching them since this all started!”