TechUnited On Tap

Have you ever wondered why you're not getting the right candidates applying to your job posting? Perhaps you've come across candidates that have left your team divided when interviewing for the role. Chris Gannon, Founder, Captivate Talent, sits down with TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price to share the steps to take before making that post live to ensure that the job description is aligned with what your team needs, how to manage the interview process, and how this person will be successful at your company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

On this episode, Aaron sat down with Withum's Alex Dundara, Senior Manager & Technology and Emerging Growth Team Leader to run through the basics of auditing. While many events can bring about your first audit such as a fundraise, Alex shares the best ways to prepare from the start to set your company up for a smooth experience and the best insights into your startup's financial health. Thanks for listening and be sure to stay tuned for more episodes! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

To date, there are more than 20,000 cryptocurrency projects out there that represent the entire $915 billion crypto market (as of 10/21/22). On this episode, Aaron sat down with Withum's Mark Eckerle, Senior Manager, who focuses on Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology as a Technology & Emerging Growth Team Leader. Mark & Aaron analyze recent crypto market news, predictions for the growth of projects & mainstream investments like bitcoin, and how regulators play a role in risk & ownership. Thanks for listening and be sure to stay tuned for more episodes! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Aaron sits down with Johnny Ahrens, Director of Business Development at Veratad, to understand how technology is transforming how we protect our identities online. Veratad is known for an incredible suite of tools that provide highly secure and multi-layered approaches to age and identity verification for businesses worldwide. Johnny & Aaron dive into some of the recent challenges they have solved, and why it's so important to leverage the proper resources when it comes to security. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Sandy Castor, Director, Office of Business Engagement, Middlesex County NJ sits down with TechUnited CEO Aaron Price to share more about the Middlesex County Office of Business Engagement & the advantage it gives companies it partners with. Keep listening for the scoop on how this NJ powerhouse can help take your startup to the next level. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

On this episode, we sit down with partners Jaime Krug, Partner, Technical Accounting Practice Leader and Chief Quality Officer, Centri Business Consulting, LLC & Joe Notaro, Partner, Technology Practice Leader, Centri Business Consulting, LLC to understand the best practices for financial and operational success. The Centri team shares their organization's expertise from working with thousands of startups on fundraising & growth. Keep listening for best practices and key growth tactics! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Today's talent market is hotter than ever, and navigating that first hire can be scary. Chris Gannon, Founder, Captivate Talent, sits down with TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price to give us his tips and tricks for hiring. Keep listening for the best way to organize your interview process, where to negotiate, and what red flags to avoid. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Each startup forges its own unique path to success, but learning key lessons from business founders is a huge help along the way. One prime case study is OwnBackup, which provides a suite of data protection products for SaaS (Software as a Service) applications that store their data in the cloud. TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price sat down with Sam Gutmann, CEO of OwnBackup for this episode of TechUnited on Tap, to discuss the history of OwnBackup, how to scale a rapidly-growing business, and predictions for the future of entrepreneurship. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

On this episode, TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price sat down with venture financing and M&A expert Scott Cowan, Partner at DLA Piper to discuss the incredible shifts in venture financing. DLA Piper is one of the top global law firms and Scott brings the expertise of their highly awarded Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice to this session. Scott and Aaron dive into key stats from 2021 financing, the ever-changing trends, and pitfalls founders can avoid when raising capital or searching for their next step. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

On this episode, TechUnited:NJ CEO Aaron Price sits down with RSM subject matter experts Marni Rozen, Director, Management Consulting and Jennifer Hartman, Human Capital Management Consultant to discuss these seismic shifts in recruiting. RSM serves clients during the entire employee lifecycle, from recruiting talent to onboarding to succession planning and offboarding. Keep listening as they focus on the future shape of what Human Resources (HR) can look like, asking questions such as “How can companies foster more employee engagement as working culture shifts?” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

This episode of TechUnited On Tap, in partnership with Cross River, introduces their Vice President of Technology Strategy, Akhil Khanna. Akhil and Aaron explore how to keep the essence of a startup culture while dealing with the complexity of a larger, more complex organization. Listen in to take away the best practices to keep your team organized, collaborative, and successful! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Presented by Edison Partners, the Entrepreneur's Toolkit Series is every startup's guide to forming, funding, and growing a business. This episode dives into PR best practices to help startups gain exposure & create media relationships. Keep listening to learn how to grab a reporter's attention, key mistakes to avoid when reaching out to the press, the importance of local media, and more with our expert: Peter Harris, Founder & CEO of The Harris Agency. Thank you again to Edison Partners their partnership on this series! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

In this special episode of TechUnited on Tap, we sit down with two incredible expert guests, Aleksandra Teichman, Senior Director of Payments at Cross River & Robert Trenery, Tax Partner at KPMG. These two experts have worked with hundreds of startup partners over their careers, and gave us the inside scoop on what they think founders get right as they're starting out, and where mistakes happen. Listen to the full episode to hear their thoughts on revenue growth, problem solving, partnerships, & planning! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Have you sent an investor your deck hoping to secure a meeting? Listen to this episode of TechUnited on Tap with Ben Novak, Angel Investor & Partner at Morgan Lewis to lean the do's and dont's of a successful fundraising strategy. Ben & Aaron also dive into the investor's perspective, their investment patterns, and the best way to ensure not just a first meeting - but the next one. Thanks to Morgan Lewis for powering this episode - learn more at morganlewis.com! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

We sat down with Jared Sorin, Partner, McCarter & English, to dive deeper into a topic brought up at Propelify 2021 that isn't often discussed up front between co-founders: equity & entity. Allocating equity is not only complicated, but can have many varying legal and financial ramifications for co-founders and shareholders for years. Listen to get Jared's tips on allocating equity and the best way to protect your business and learn more at mccarter.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Presented by Edison Partners, the Entrepreneur's Toolkit Series is every startup's guide to forming, funding, and growing a business. This second episode dives into fundraising & finance best practices that set a startup up for success and the common mistakes to avoid! Keep listening to learn about grant opportunities, tax structures, financial services, burn rate, fundraising, equity, and so much more from our expert: Chris DeMayo, Technology and Emerging Growth Services, Withum. Thank you again to Edison Partners and Alex Symos, Vice President of the firm's Go-To-Market Center of Excellence for their partnership on this series! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Phil Antoon, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal & Mary Guzman, Founder & CEO, Crown Jewel Insurance joined TechUnited CEO for this eye-opening episode of TechUnited On Tap. This episode dives into the best practices and common mistakes made when building your business in a competitive industry where practices and processes are just as valuable as the product itself. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

TechUnited brought back Angelo Stracquatanio, CEO & Co-Founder, Apprentice.io, to get his expert feedback on the progress of Covid-19 as well as his insider's look at the development and evolution of cancer treatment and gene therapy. Apprentice.io is known for intelligent AR and AI connected technology used to support critical pharma manufacturing processes from the development of covid vaccines through to the manufacturing of cancer therapies. In this episode, we dig into Angelo's excitement around new therapy technology as well as trends and strengths in the region around pharma and healthcare. Learn more about Apprentice.io at https://www.apprentice.io! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Presented by Edison Partners, the Entrepreneur's Toolkit Series is every startup's guide to forming, funding, and growing a business. This first episode dives into all of the legal tips & tricks that set a startup up for success and the common mistakes to avoid! Keep listening to learn about company formation, equity vesting and allocation, NDAs, and so much more from our expert: Dave Sorin, Partner, Chair - Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Companies Practice at McCarter & English. Thank you again to Edison Partners and Alex Symos, Vice President of the firm's Go-To-Market Center of Excellence for their partnership on this series! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

On this episode, we set out to deliver the full scope on returning to the workplace, a topic that CBRE prides itself on. Self-categorized "data nerds", CBRE leverages proprietary algorithms, their extensive market research, and a keen sense of culture to ensure that its clients have the best spaces to get work done. Start listening to get their thoughts on workplace trends and workspace design, real estate implications and recommendations, & future of work predictions. Aaron Price, CEO of TechUnited:NJ, met with CBRE's David Opper, Executive Vice President, Christelle Menard-Bron, Senior Managing Director, & Su-Zette Sparks, Senior Managing Director, Americas Workplace Strategy Lead, to get the full scoop. Learn more about at cbre.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

This special episode of TechUnited on Tap features a key stakeholder in the region's tech community: Valley Bank. Known as a community bank dedicated to innovating and leveraging technology to delivering the best possible experience for everyone, Valley has recently been praised for steps taken to diversify offerings, support small and micro-businesses, & authentically advocate for women and minority business owners. Aaron Price, CEO of TechUnited:NJ, sat down with Luis O. De La Hoz, Director of Community Lending, Valley Bank to learn more about how this community bank is disrupting, innovating, and providing equitable access to banking. Learn more about at valley.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Barry Ostrowsky, President & CEO, RWJBarnabas Health sat down with TechUnited CEO, Aaron Price, at the TechUnited:BetterWellness Innovation Summit on June 15, 2021 to share key action items and insights into the future of healthcare and community wellness. Watch this segment and others from the Innovation Summit online at techunited.co/wellness-summit2021 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Michael Johnson, CEO, Visikol sat down with TechUnited CEO, Aaron Price, at the TechUnited:BetterWellness Innovation Summit on June 15, 2021 to share the news of his startup's acquisition and his experience starting the company at Rutgers. Watch this segment and others from the Innovation Summit online at techunited.co/wellness-summit2021 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Perri Richman, General Partner, Inspire Global Ventures sat down with Elliott Green, CEO & Co-Founder, Dandelion Health AI and Luke Malanga, COO, DataBiologics at the TechUnited:BetterWellness Innovation Summit on June 15, 2021 for an eye-opening forum into the tech trends impacting healthcare. Listen to hear how these innovators approach accelerating patient care, medical communications, and more by leveraging data, AI, and ML. Watch this segment and others from the Innovation Summit online at techunited.co/wellness-summit2021 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Aaron Price sat down with Dr. Steve Libutti, Director, Rutgers Cancer Institute of NJ & SVP, Oncology Services, RWJBarnabas Health at the TechUnited:BetterWellness Innovation Summit on June 15, 2021. Listen to hear their candid conversation about the importance of understanding and leveraging our DNA and genetics to create better treatments and live healthier lives. Watch this segment and others from the Innovation Summit online at techunited.co/wellness-summit2021 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

On this episode of TechUnited on Tap, Aaron sat down with one of his first NJ tech community growth champions and highly accomplished attorney, David Sorin. Listen in to learn the surprising mistake that Dave, who has done hundreds of startup deals, says startups make when starting their businesses. Aaron and Dave will also discuss how to avoid making common legal and financial mistakes when growing a business as well as recent increased interest in SPACs, NFTs and other emerging economic trends enabled by advancements in technology. To learn more about Dave's VC & Emerging Growth Companies Practice at McCarter & English, click here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Tune into this episode of TechUnited on Tap, where we sit down with John E Ahrens, CEO & Founder of Veratad, to talk about the digital transformation of identity, the power in scaling your solutions, & the opportunities available to organizations leaning on innovative technology to protect their data and customers. Thanks to Veratad, the leader in age & identity verification solutions and member of TechUnited, for lending us their CEO to share more about this important topic! Learn more about Veratad at veratad.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

TechUnited CEO Aaron Price sat down with one of the leading SPAC & IPO supporters, DFIN, to get the insight scoop on SPACs from DFIN President Craig Clay. Hear Craig's take on the viability of SPACS, the risks & benefits to this trendy way to fundraise, and why technology is crucial in optimizing offerings on this episode of TechUnited on Tap. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

TechUnited CEO Aaron Price sat down with our new favorite founder, Melanie Travis, to get the scoop on her success building Andie (andieswim.com)! Andie began as a single kickstarter campaign and exploded into a multi-million dollar brand. Get Melanie's insights into fundraising, creating a loyal customer base, & working through startup growing pains on this episode of TechUnited on Tap. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Angelo Stracquatanio, Co-Founder & CEO, Apprentice.io sits down with Aaron Price, CEO of TechUnited to talk about vaccine development and testing, including Apprentice.io's role in supporting the development of multiple Covid-19 vaccines. Apprentice.io's unique approach, treating the once-antiquated process like they would treat a new software development, allows them to scale and accelerate the testing process. Listen in to get the full interview including more on personalized medicine, the medical supply chain, & why you can trust that the approved vaccines are safe. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Check out this new episode of TechUnited on Tap, featuring the NJEDA's CEO, Tim Sullivan & Tech Sector Lead, Tim Rollender discussing the new Evergreen Innovation Fund, which is positioned to create $500M of investment in NJ's innovation community with TechUnited CEO, Aaron Price. Listen now to get the introduction to this new initiative & be sure to subscribe to learn more! Want to learn more about TechUnited? Head to techunited.co --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Judges: Andrew Yang, Former U.S. Presidential Candidate, Ralph Izzo, CEO, PSEG, & Dianne Solomon, Commissioner, BPU Startups: WexEnergy, Power Edison, and Accelerate Wind Aaron Price, CEO, TechUnited: NJ & Founder, Propelify --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: D. Evan van Hook, Corporate V.P., Health, Safety, Environment, Product Stewardship and Sustainability, Honeywell International Chris Adamo, V.P. Federal and Industry Affairs, Danone North America Chuck Melley, SVP, Global Government Relations & Sustainability, Pearson Simon Nynens, CEO, NJII --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Josh Cary, Co-Founder, PodMax Erik Cabral, Co-Founder, PodMax --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Andrew Gilbert, Partner, DLA Piper Jenifer Smith, Partner, DLA Piper Charles Torres, Partner, DLA Piper --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Lori Wachs, Partner, Springboard Growth Capital Tamara Steffens, GM/Managing Director, M12 Jenifer Smith, Partner, DLA Piper --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Marc Lore, President & CEO, Walmart eCommerce U.S. Aaron Price, CEO, TechUnited: NJ & Founder, Propelify --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Saeju Jeong, CEO & Co-Founder, Noom Aaron Price, CEO, TechUnited: NJ & Founder, Propelify --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speaker: Chris Yeh, Author, Blitzscaling --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Natalie Watson, Partner, McCarter & English Jill Johnson, Co-Founder & CEO, Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL) Tammy Murphy, First Lady, State of NJ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Mark Kolb, Entrepreneur in Residence, Tech Council Ventures Jasmine Hoffman, Head of Experience, TechUnited:NJ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Leslie Garcia-Amaya, Global Product Partnerships, AI, Google Aaron Price, CEO, TechUnited: NJ & Founder, Propelify --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Dele Atanda, Founder & CEO Aaron Price, CEO, TechUnited: NJ & Founder, Propelify --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Sanyogita Shamsunder, VP, Global Network & Technology, Verizon Mark Curiale, Marketing & Communications Manager, Hoboken Public Library Andrew Mendoza, Chief Strategy Officer, Inception --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Arthur Orduna, CIO, Avis Budget Group Bertina Ceccarelli, CEO, Npower Jeffrey Kanige, Chief Editor, NJBIZ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Jim McKelvey, Co-Founder, Square Stuart Cook, Chief Digital Product Officer, Valley Bank --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Please note, this talk was recorded on October 8, 2020. Speakers: Anthony Scaramucci, Founder & Chairman, SALT James Altucher, Founder, “The James Altucher Show” Podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Sampath Sowmyanarayan, President of Global Enterprise, Verizon Business Krish Ramakrishnan, Chief of Innovation and Products, BlueJeans Network Aaron Price, CEO, TechUnited: NJ & Founder, Propelify --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Carlos Medina, President, Statewide Hispanic Chamber NJ Aaron Price, CEO, TechUnited: NJ & Founder, Propelify --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: James Altucher, Founder, “The James Altucher Show” Podcast Aaron Price, CEO, TechUnited: NJ & Founder, Propelify --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message

Speakers: Kathy Hannun, Founder & President, Dandelion Chris Hart, President & Managing Director, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC Brian Sabina, SVP Economic Transformation, NJEDA Katherine Zamsky, Managing Partner, Carbon Ventures --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techunited/message