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StarterCast Ep11 – Ketan Rehangdale with Joox Music The music industry has changed drastically over the last 10 years. The landscape across all media has completely ripped the profits from the artists themselves. The worst part is, most consumers just don’t understand how difficult it is for the rising artists. The radio and television shows have given the impression to the consumers that all the pop stars make millions of dollars. Unfortunately, the ones who are starting from the beginning have no access to these millions of dollars that the major pop stars are getting. And, a company right here in Orlando is trying to change that for everyone involved. We want to hear your story. Share a time that you pushed through the difficulties to accomplish a goal that you had or are currently facing. Send it to StarterCast@gmail.com and we will share it on next week’s episode. We also mentioned Starter Studio’s Demo Days and Orlando Tech Week. The Interview This week we talk to Ketan Rehangdale, the CEO and founder of Joox Music – a brand new platform that connects artist with their fans, and their fans with the artists. The innovation brought to the music industry has helped the consumer, but killed the profits for the artist. That’s where Joox comes in. Ketan also has an impressive resume that you can easily find online.. Connect with Joox Music and Ketan Rehangdale • JooxMusic.com (Website) • Facebook (Ketan Rehangdale) • Twitter (@JOOXit) Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes or Stitcher (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!

StarterCast Ep10 – Merchant services made easy Orlando is bursting at the seams with ideas and innovation that are changing the world. Along with that a growing community and culture that gives Central Florida its own identity apart from the theme parks it inhabits. In the last year Orlando has introduced a new rail commuter line, a new multimillion dollar performing arts center, a professional soccer team, and an art festival that will be the envy of every other city for years to come (Creative City Project). Our food scene is growing national attention and the city has plans to open Creative Village downtown to facilitate all of these amazing ideas. It’s all thanks to those who dare to dream and just try that are making these changes happen. The people who are taking on the challenge of being just a little different in order to accomplish a goal that will better the lives of others. We want to hear your story. Share a time that you pushed through the difficulties to accomplish a goal that you had or are currently facing. Send it to StarterCast@gmail.com and we will share it on next week’s episode. We also mentioned Starter Studio’s Demo Days and Orlando Tech Week. Tickets have just gone on sale this week. The Interview This week we talked to Suneera and Lyndsey from Fatt Merchant about their plans on disrupting the credit card payment business. Their model is one of the most helpful concepts for startups and small businesses who are using any merchant services. They gave our listeners a special offer of 2 free months using Fatt Merhcant. Just use the promo code #StarterCast at signup. Connect with Fatt Merchant • FATT MERCHANT (website) • 855-550-FATT (3288) • Twitter (@fattmerchant) Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes or Stitcher (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!

Episode 9 – Focus: The outside world is unpredictable. I apologize for the delay in releasing this episode. I was actually in a motorcycle accident on Monday that has shifted my whole week around. You can never truly prepare yourself for every situation. So, you need to have a plan that allows for pitfalls and mistakes. You can adjust to outside influences, even beyond your control (like a motorcycle accident) and be able to still accomplish your goals. You have to keep your eye on the prize in order to get where you want to be. We want to hear your story. Share a time that you pushed through the difficulties to accomplish a goal that you had or are currently facing. Send it to StarterCast@gmail.com and we will share it on next week’s episode. We also mentioned Starter Studio’s Demo Days in the interview. Tickets have just gone on sale this week. The Interview This week we spoke with Casey Jenks who is creating Fit Bot – a medium between personal trainers and their clients and help the personal trainer maintain current data for each client in one spot. His company is actually the youngest so far without even having a product to even test. This was quite interesting as he was still so passionate about where he knew Fit Bot could be and how he could be the one to get it there. Connect with Casey Jenks and FitBot • TheFitBot.com • Email (casey@thefitbot.com) • Twitter (@yeabuddy) Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes or Stitcher (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!

Episode 8 – The The most common piece of advice we get from almost every single start is perseverance. When things start to get tough, push through it. If you truly believe in your concept and know that it will change lives, then it is worth the struggle. Don’t let the difficulties extinguish your drive and passion. We want to hear your story. Share a time that you pushed through the difficulties to accomplish a goal that you had or are currently facing. Send it to StarterCast@gmail.com and we will share it on next week’s episode. The Interview This week we interview DJ and Athena Sullivan who are the cofounders of CodeStart – an online platform that teaches computer coding to beginners and leads them to the ability to write programs. They’re quite an astonishing story with more than 3 years of development behind them and they just launched their Beta a couple weeks ago. CodeStart will be released to the public in April, but you can still sign up for the free trial or even the Beta test on their website. They are also Connect with CodeStart • CodeStart Email DJ (dj@codestart.com) • Email Athena (athena@codestart.com) • Twitter (@thecodestart) • Facebook.com/thecodestart • Instagram (@codestart) Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes or Stitcher (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!

Episode 7 – Team Building We started this project with only a very loose connection to each other – we were all UCF students. But, as we peeled back the onion, we found other properties that we shared. We also used our strengths to produce amazing results in a short time. We are working on creating some even better content, but we need your help. Send us your thoughts and ideas of how to improve the show to StarterCast@gmail.com. The Interview This week we interview the amazing Joshua Immel and Terrence Donnelly – the founders of Teeps. The two of them met through traveling in a band and Terrence actually self-taught himself in the back of a van. Teeps is a mobile app development company who have worked with some of the biggest names in Orlando tech community like Code School and Clink. Terrence was recently interviewed for his insight on wearable technology by Fox 35. They also created Fabric for UCF starters to connect with each other. We used Fabric to create our team for StarterCast. Connect with Teeps • Email (info@teeps.org) • Teeps • Fabric Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes or Stitcher (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!

Episode 6 – Explore and Discover Orlando as a whole is really moving forward in innovation and self-discovery. The rising art and food scene is being dwarfed by the emergence of the entrepreneurial revolution happening right before our eyes. The city is transforming former abandoned buildings into tech hubs that are leading the way in this uprising. The Interview This week we meet one of the initiators of StarterCast. Alex Hernandez helped us get off our feet and put this show in front of people. He is trying to change the way people find their trade skilled work with Rapido. Rapido is an interface that allows home owners to reach a number of different businesses in real time with fast results. It was originally accepted into Starter Studio under the name Bahumut and had a much different. Alex actually introduced us to Canvs coworking space in downtown Orlando. Connect with Alex Hernandez • Twitter (@pori_alex) • Email (Alex@gorapido.co)) • Rapido Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes or Stitcher (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes.

Episode 5 – The Required Awkward Conversations Creating the proper landscape from the beginning will always help in the structure of your business as it grows. We discuss that this week as we find each other’s intensions of the future of StarterCast. We understand how important the legal aspect is in any business and share our own stories. The Interview This week we interview Bill McNeil of AutoRetainer – an automated form generator and invoicing system for attorneys and other business owners. His insight on the business world was refreshing. AutoRetainer was accepted into Starter Studio this January. We met him at Canvs coworking space in downtown Orlando. We didn’t have a meeting pre-arranged, so the entire conversation was off the cuff. Connect with Bill McNeil • AutoRetainer • 269-760-7819 • mailto:Bill@autoretainer.com Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes or Stitcher (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!

Episode 4 – Spread the Word! We have to find our listeners and how to reach them. We have to find a way to get in front of as many people as possible who want to hear the stories of other starters and learn from their journeys. We are looking at every opportunity to talk with those interested in what we have to share. We created more questions for ourselves without having the answers. And we missed the train. Literally, we missed SunRail at the station! The Interview This week we interviewed Phil Santos of Body//Talk, a monthly dance party for Orlando residents into alternative lifestyles. His community has spread to nearly 500 subscribers with almost 250 attendees to each event. Phil is also a DJ who goes by the name VSN QST. Phil is a performer and a member of the UCF Blackstone Launchpad. His focus on his Tribe is contagious. http://whatsgoodtho.com/ is not live yet. We were also at StarDust Coffee in Winter Park if you want to go check that out. Connect with Phil • Facebook (Phil Rectangle) • Body//Talk • VSN QST (SoundCloud) • VSN QST (MixCloud) Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!

Episode 3 – Where to Find the Time! We had to figure out how to work together even though we had different schedules, and lived in different locations. We had to get organized in order to make sure we had a finished product every week. We created a system that was based on deadlines and focused on each other’s strengths to provide the best possible content we could. We also introduced you to our Editor and Co-Producer, Anthony Nyantakyi. We discuss the difficulties of our first episode and how we overcame them. Creating a plan that we could all see and follow helped solidify what our expectations were. The Interview This week we interviewed Milka Derisma who created BygShift.com in 45 days. Her site went from just an idea to now serving more than 200 people in 90 days! It’s quite simple. She just started. She hit several speedbumps and had to pivot more than once, but she started! She found a way to create this wonderful tool for transfer students even with her full class load. She wrote several pages of content, contacted advisors and influencers in multiple schools, and helped design BygShift.com in her first semester. And, she didn’t even get accepted into UCF until eight days before the start of the semester. Connect with Milka • Facebook (Milka Derisma) • Byg Shift (Contact Page) • Twitter (@BygShift) • Instagram (@BygShift) Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!

Episode 2 – Why did we start this? We found a hardship almost immediately after launching our test episode. Remember the sponsorship we thought we had? Well, we did not have it. But, with the support of my team, we continued on. And thanks to the encouragement of other starters in our community, we pushed on to find our voice. We found the need and desire of our listeners that helped guide the format used today. The Interview This week we interviewed Funlola Falade, who started his entrepreneurial journey in a haze of accomplishments from the JOUST – a UCF business model competition - to the actual International Business Model Competition. He was in a spot that most of us dream of at that point in our venture. But, he came to a realization that it wasn’t worth losing his life over. Connect with Falade • Twitter (@offalade) • Instagram (@offalade) • He is also a coach at the UCF Blackstone Launchpad located in the Student Union Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!

Well, here it is. We’re putting it all out there for you to see..well, hear. In the next 12 weeks we are going to take you on a journey with us as we build StarterCast. We show you our difficulties and help you share in our success. This week we share the beginnings of StarterCast. How we got started and some mistakes we have made so far. We discuss the original plan and an assumption that I never should have made. The Interview This week we interviewed Brent Henderson, who shares his story of building Party Tutor – the mobile app and website that connects college students to local businesses’ deals in real time. He tells of the challenges he faced as when he first started; the difficulties of having a partner that may not be as involved with your vision; the progression of the Party Tutor App; and what he sees the future of Party Tutor. Connect with Brent Henderson • Email • PartyTutor.com • Google Play Store • iTunes Store Download & Subscribe Now You can download the show on iTunes (and subscribe while you’re there so you don’t miss an episode). We would love to get your feedback on the show. Leave us a rating and review. . Get Exclusive Content Signup for our free newsletter to be one of the first to receive new episodes and get bonus content like extended interviews and deleted scenes. We will have our website up soon, so stay tuned!