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43 min
Cornbread Hemp’s Big Win with Equity Crowdfunding
Cornbread Hemp’s Website In the last MetroStart podcast, we talked to Cornbread Hemp’s Jim Higdon about their ongoing equity crowdfunding round. This week, we talk to J…
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47 min
Louisville’s Cornbread Hemp Scores a Startup Fundraising First
Cornbread Hemp’s Website Louisville’s Cornbread Hemp just scored a local fundraising first. They’re the first company to receive Render Capital’s $20,000 in…
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43 min
Louisville Entrepreneur Steven Plappert Back in the Startup Game
Steven Plappert and two co-founders, Andrew Busa and Chris Pierce, started an online fantasy sports company in 2013 called FantasyHub. The company saw early promise and growth, mov…
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47 min
Louisville Startup is an Implantable Healthcare Pioneer
People often cite healthcare as an area of expertise that may help propel Louisville, KY to greater startup and business prominence in the United States, and Dr. Angelique Johnson…
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33 min
How This Louisville Company Makes Online Food Ordering Better
After years of working in the corporate world, Mo Sloan saw a need. Online ordering systems that were available to restaurants had a glaring problem. They do not integrate with the…
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How Has Y-Combinator Boosted Louisville’s WeatherCheck
What single Louisville company is part of the same fraternity as Airbnb and Dropbox? It’s a company called WeatherCheck, and they now are an alumnus of the prestigious Silico…
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18 min
How to Make Raising Capital Easier
  Since the very beginning, MetroStart (formerly Metro Startup Launcher) has worked to make it easier for startup companies in our area to raise capital and get started. With…
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45 min
Want to Know More About Patrick Henshaw, LEAP CEO?
Patrick Henshaw came to Louisville about 4 months ago to lead the Louisville Entrepreneurship Acceleration Partnership (LEAP) as CEO. If you’re part of our entrepreneurial co…
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55 min
How to Help Save Lives and Build A Successful Startup
Rebah Wheeling was a successful insurance claims adjuster. One emotional day while meeting with a hurricane victim lead to the founding of her fast growing local company – Sc…