
38 episodes

BeAtento Podcast Rant9 Productions
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5.0 • 12 Ratings
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Atento Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on unlocking unsung potential. From our offices in Tulsa and NW Arkansas, leading markets for innovation in the heartland, we identify high-potential ideas and individuals and then invest the early-stage funding and human capital needed to take ventures from 0-1 and 1-10. The BeAtento Podcast explores the founders, partners, funders, and systems that work together to transform the heartland into the nation’s most equitable tech hub.
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The Journey to Making a Tulsa-Based Start-Up a "Boardroom-Name"
Host: Adele Weaver, Managing Partner of Pre-Seed Investments at Atento Capital.
Guest: Jamie Ostroe, Co-Founder & Head of Content at B2B Reviews. She/Her/Hers Pronouns.
In this podcast episode, Adele Weaver, Managing Partner of Pre-Seed Investments at Atento Capital, welcomes Jamie Ostroe, Co-Founder & Head of Content at B2B Reviews. Jamie shares with Adele about her experience as a female founder starting B2B Reviews, a platform that offers real-world advice from industry experts and quizzes to match businesses with software that meet their needs.
Jamie's background in ConsumerAffairs, a customer review and consumer news platform, inspired her and her co-founder to apply the same model to B2B applications. She explains how their SaaS product allows brands to manage and analyze review data to select the product or vendor that best fits their needs. B2B is poised to grow to become a “boardroom name”, making business decisions easier for anyone who needs software to improve their business. -
First-Time Founders Solve for the Future of Compliant Texting
Matt Morfopoulos and Martin Langelo Lien recognized the demand for compliant SMS text messaging for businesses to engage with their consumers effectively. To meet this need, they founded Volt, an innovative platform that is revolutionizing business-to-consumer communication. Volt not only enables businesses to maintain regulatory compliance but also provides users with in-depth analytics, transforming every conversation into a valuable connection.
In this episode, Atento’s Managing Director, Will Gray, interviews the two visionary co-founders about their journey in launching Volt, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned as first-time entrepreneurs. With a focus on the future, Matt and Martin share their plans for expanding Volt and their vision for the company’s future. Tune in to discover how Volt is changing the game for compliant texting and transforming the way businesses communicate with their customers. -
Launching a Female-Founded Relationship App
Founder and licensed therapist Jordan Green shares her story about founding Remble, a relationship and mental health app that allows users to master their mental health, improve their relationships, and become their best selves with hundreds of therapist-created courses, activities, and tips.
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Creating a Venture Studio in Tulsa
Tulsa’s newest Venture Studio, 19 Days, identifies problems and builds businesses to solve them! Atento’s founder and General Partner, Michael Basch, interviews Joey Wignarajah about their first year and first business.
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Athletes to Entreperneurs: Their Route to Building a Start-Up (Part 2)
We're back with part 2 of Athletes to Entrepreneurs: Their Route to Building a Start-Up. In this episode, Fansub founders Brandon King and Chris Davis give voice to their experience in the ACT House accelerator program. They also give insight into their Tulsa experience and how their company has evolved since relocating to the heartland.Want to learn more or get involved check out their website!
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Athletes to Entreperneurs: Their Route to Building a Start-Up (Part 1)
oin us this month's episode of "Be Atento" as Will Gray, Managing Director, has a conversation with Brandon King and Chris Davis, a couple of the founders of Fansub. Fansub is an online platform enabling live stream events, discovering, booking and marketing for creatives. Here in part one the founders talk about their backgrounds and what it was like to transition into being entrepreneurs. They also discuss what it was like to build the team and how important it is to have a well blended team in terms of what each individual brings to the team.
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Very valuable information in the first podcast. I would recommend this to anyone working in/ wanting to create a startup. I’m looking forward to more content.