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On this episode, Elio interviews Marques Martin, Partner at FVLCRUM. FVLCRUM is a private equity firm that leverages their expertise in business strategy, operations, acquisitions, to create increased value in the companies they invest in. Marques Shares How His Passion For Finance Led Him Morehouse College, The Impetus That Created FVLCRUM, How His Team Works With Founders To Create Wealth And Accelerate Growth, And Why Private Equity Is An Asset Class That Brings Much Need Capital Diversity To The Columbus Startup Ecosystem.


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On this episode, Elio interviews Dan German, Founder of orthobrain. orthobrain offers a total solution, combining education and support to make it easy for general dentists to grow their practice and profits with orthodontics. But orthobrain is more than that. Dan is on a mission to make a beautiful smile accessible to people all across the world. Dan shares his journey from dentistry, to inspired entrepreneur, with the energy and passion that great podcasts are made of. Enjoy!


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On this episode Elio interviews Teri Sirset, Founder and CEO of DASI Simulations. DASI Simulations is a Dublin, Ohio-based startup that creates personalized medicine using simulation to transform the safety of care for structural heart disease & TAVR patients. Teri discusses her path from employee to founder, how she worked her way through imposter syndrome, the very real sexism that exists for female founders, and how DASI plans to transform heart care for patients, surgeons, and payors.

For more information on DASI Simulations visit www.dasisim.com

To connect with Teri Sirset visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/teri-sirset/

To learn more about 614Startups visit www.614Startups.com

To connect with Elio Harmon visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/elio-harmon-ba4a8747/


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Our CEO Elio Harmon sat down with Dan Snyder, CEO of Lower as he formally announced the launch of Mortgage Pass. Mortgage Pass is Lower's cash offer product aimed at helping homebuyers retain their relationship with their trusted real estate advisor while harnessing the power of cash in a competitive housing environment. True to Columbus' reputation as Test City, USA, Mortgage Pass is launching in Columbus first and the company plans to scale quickly to other areas of the country.  The conversation was held in front of a live audience of some of Columbus' top real estate agents and Lower employees.


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On this episode, Elio interviews James Rores, Founder of Floriss Group. Floriss helps startups to accelerate revenue while multiplying value. Startups are able to accomplish this by building a reliable, high-performance sales growth engine for their business. In this first installment of our series on Sales, James shares his insights into sales including why sales is a leadership competency, the sales call that made him leave a successful sales career to start his own company, and why a focus on the customer is the key to sales success.

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Contact Floriss Group at https://florissgroup.com/

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Contact 614Startups at https://614startups.com/


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On this episode, Elio interviews Cheryl Turnbull, Senior Director of the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship at The Ohio State University. The Tim & Kathleen Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship works to grow and foster a culture of entrepreneurship for the Ohio State community through the creation and support of new ventures and the education and encouragement of their founders. The Keenan Center provides a campus-wide hub for collaboration and engagement with early-stage capital, startup talent and robust programming resources to maximize opportunities for social and economic impact.  

Cheryl discusses how the Keenan Center helps students and faculty develop ideas and then facilitates connections with entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, and corporate partners to validate the ideas and turn research into profitable ventures. Enjoy!


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