An MVP is meant to save time and money. But it can still end up being a costly demoralizing experience. Martin Sandhu, Founder of Nuom, started there and found a way to build better digital products, faster. He takes the “minimum” in MVP seriously. First, in 4 days, the product idea is validated. Then, after the idea is validated, […]
7 – Modern Legal Training with Aaron Baer
Aaron Baer is a co-founder of 4L Academy, which provides modern Canadian legal training for new lawyers and law students. It’s a “mental health company masquerading as a legal training company.” We talked about:What new lawyers are up against and how 4L Academy addresses itFixed legal fees is a real thing Why the legal industry is […]
6 – IntegraPitch: A community for inventions with Moneef Bin Break
Moneef Bin Break hit a wall much too early after coming up with an idea for a cooking invention. He was S.T.U.C.K. on these questions: Is the idea worth spending money on?Where do I get the money to develop a prototype?My pitch isn’t working. How do I get people interested in the idea? I don’t […]
5 – RX Help: apps for independent pharmacies with Stanley Warren
Stanley Warren, through his PharmaTech startup RX Help, is building apps for independent pharmacies to operate profitably. So far, the reaction from independents has been- build and we will come. I talked to Stan about giving lower cost, better quality healthcare a chance through the apps he’s building. Initially for independent pharmacies, and eventually to […]
4 – Home Healthcare Caregiver eLearning with James Cohen
James Cohen is the CEO of Nevvon, a healthcare eLearning SaaS for home healthcare caregivers. James founded a home healthcare agency to solve the biggest issues he had in getting proper homecare for his grandfather. After that, James founded Nevvon to solve the biggest problem he had running an agency: training caregivers. I talked to James […]
3 – Venture for Africa with Tobi Lafinhan
“These are not sexy problems to solve. They’re very hard… If you’re passionate about the problem, you find a way to solve it. Even if it’s a way that doesn’t seem scalable or bankable at first.” Tobi Lafinhan, co-founder of Venture for Africa, talks about his experience building VFA. Starting with finding out Civil Engineering wasn’t […]