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Midwest Moxie The successes, failures, insights and opportunities that shape some of the Midwest's most exciting entrepreneurs. Host Kathleen Gallagher talks with company founders who are taking risks, disrupting the status quo and driving economic growth in the region.
Midwest Moxie

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Midwest Moxie

Midwest Moxie

From WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR

The successes, failures, insights and opportunities that shape some of the Midwest's most exciting entrepreneurs. Host Kathleen Gallagher talks with company founders who are taking risks, disrupting the status quo and driving economic growth in the region.

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Curious robots and inventory management: Sankalp Arora

Sankalp Arora figured out while in graduate school at Carnegie Mellon how to make robots curious.

Autonomous drones and video interviewing: Danny Ellis and Kurt Heikkinen

Danny Ellis and Kurt Heikkinen know first-hand how difficult, and ultimately rewarding, a startup can be.

Autonomous drones and video interviewing: Danny Ellis and Kurt Heikkinen

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Pea protein and novel battery materials: Nicole Atchison and Francis Wang

Nicole Atchison and Francis Wang are both building a more sustainable future.

Pea protein and novel battery materials: Nicole Atchison and Francis Wang

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Protecting the wellbeing of youth athletes: Tyrre Burks

Tyrre Burks' desire to create the safest environment possible for a young athlete to play the sport they love resulted in forming an insurance company.

Computer engineering and biological products: Nancy Benovich Gilby and Katie Thompson

Nancy Benovich Gilby and Katie Thompson have both figured out how to bring unique products to market in business.

Computer engineering and biological products: Nancy Benovich Gilby and Katie Thompson

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Nuclear fusion and the era of abundant energy: Greg Piefer

Greg Piefer's company, Shine Technologies, has about 400 employees and $700 million of funding directed at harnessing the reaction that powers the sun.

Surgical robots and autonomous inspection: Shane Farritor and Josh Riedy

Shane Farritor and Josh Riedy have small town roots and big tech attitudes.

Surgical robots and autonomous inspection: Shane Farritor and Josh Riedy

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Redefining flavor and live event streaming: Matt Rubin and Gordon Daily

Matt Rubin and Gordon Daily are using their technical skills to build growing businesses.

Grain elevators and specialty meds: Jake Joraanstad and Julia Regan

Jake Joraanstad knew about row crops and grain elevators. Julia Regan understood getting patients on specialty medications. Both saw an opportunity to digitize a paper process and seized it.

GrubHub to Fixer: Mike Evans

Mike Evans turned a desire to order take-out food more easily into Chicago-based GrubHub, which raised $200 million in a 2014 IPO. Now, Evans' insights are informing his latest startup, Fixer.

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