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Please consider donating or sharing Megan's family's GoFundMe for private testing and legal costs here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-megan-memorial-fund Also please consider following the fight for answers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/523984600725253 On the night of February 9, 2025, 18-year-old Megan Trussell was last seen leaving her dorm at the University of Colorado Boulder. Six days later, her body was found miles away—down a steep embankment in Boulder Canyon. She had scrapes, bruises, and contusions across her body and head. Her teeth were broken, and her phone, purse, and one of her shoes were missing. Weeks later, her phone turned up at an ecoATM—it had been sold by a stranger. Her purse was found miles away, torn at the clasp. Her other shoe has never been found. Despite all of this, authorities ruled that no foul play was involved.  Megan's family doesn't agree. They believe a thorough investigation was never conducted—and that there are still too many unanswered questions. Their fight continues to find out what really happened to Megan. 18-year-old Megan Trussell was last seen leaving her dorm at the University of Colorado Boulder on the night of February 9, 2025. Six days later, her body was found down a steep embankment in Boulder Canyon. She had scrapes, bruises, and a mass of undigested pills in her stomach. Her phone, purse, and one of her shoes were missing. Her phone was later sold at an ecoATM by a man with ties to the canyon encampment, and her purse was found miles away—torn at the clasp. Her missing shoe hasn't been found. If you have any information in Megan's case, please text or call 678-636-9771, or email TRUSSELLTIPS@VIGILANTE-PR.COM. There is a $1,000 reward.  SOCIAL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/detperspective/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/detperspective FIND DERRICK HERE Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerrickL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DerrickLevasseur Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerrickVLevasseur CRIME WEEKLY AND COFFEE Criminal Coffee Company: https://www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com Crime Weekly:  https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shop ADS: 1. https://www.HomeAglow.com/Detective - Get your first 3 hours of cleaning for only $19! 2. https://www.HungryRoot.com/Detective - Use code DETECTIVE to get 40% off!

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by Mirakl. In today's Retail Daily Minute:Meta is leveling up its retail media game, expanding tools like conversion APIs and AI-powered omnichannel ads to help brands measure performance and drive both online and in-store sales.The Federal Reserve is rethinking gaming payments, suggesting that ditching in-game currencies in favor of instant fiat transactions could improve transparency, reduce costs, and help parents regain control over their kids' spending habits.EG America is rolling out ecoATM kiosks across its convenience store chains, making it easier for customers to recycle old devices and get paid instantly—all while supporting a growing sustainability trend in retail.The Retail Daily Minute has been rocketing up the Feedspot charts, so stay informed with Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, your source for the latest and most important retail insights. Be careful out there!

Rich talked about a tech support scam that takes over your computer. When in doubt, press Control + Alt + Delete at the same time on your keyboard, then select your web browser and hit End Task. You can also turn off your computer or restart it. Whatever you do, don't give access to your computer, or download any software.Jennifer in Laguna Hills wants to know what to do with old cell phones. Rich recommends checking out this list of places that take them as a donation. Rich also likes Gizmogo, Best Buy Mail in Recycling Boxes, EcoATM.Marta in Laguna Nigel wants to know if there's an Android app that lets you set audio reminders by voice and have it announce the reminder at a certain time. Rich recommended Talking Recordable Voice Alarm, Talking Alarm Clock Beyond and Voice Memo Reminder but all of them require some level of manual time setting for the alarm. Listeners recommend using Alexa for this functionality!Rich used Lugg to get his new furniture delivered and it mostly worked out great. He then sold his old couches on OfferUp and the process was excellent.Sharon in Williamsburg, Ohio wants to know how to improve her Wi-Fi signal. Rich recommends moving the router to a more central location in the room.David in Orange wants to know why his phone number is out there.Google is making it easier to remove search results about you that contain your personal information.Nick in Anaheim wants to know if his computer was hijacked by ransomware.Kimber Streams of Wirecutter shares top affordable laptop and Chromebook picks under $1000.Patricia is in Southern California wants to know why her Wi-Fi is still showing even though she cut the cable to her box and cancelled service.David in Cerritos wants to know how to find the phone number of an old friend. Rich recommends Sunshine Contacts, Google Contacts, Siri Search on iPhone and WhitePages.com to do a reverse search of someone's address or name to find their phone number.Here's how to set up vertical app drawer scrolling on a Samsung phone.Liz in Riverside wants to know how to get rid of old hard drives from her deceased husband's computers. Rich recommends an e-waste recycling facility that offers hard drive shredding, or an application called DBAN or similar. Listener Tom recommends freeware called CBL Data Shredder.Verizon now has a $25 unlimited plan through Visible.Scam alert: Watch out for bogus QR codes to pay for parking lots and meters.Nina in San Bernardino wants to know why she can't access her Outlook email through Chrome. An extension might be interfering, check them here.Ron asks if there is a free QR Code generator that will take an iPhone contact entry and turn it into a QR code that the recipient can scan and add to their contacts? Rich likes HiHello. See his card here.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

An estimated 500 million devices are sitting unused in United States houses. ecoATM offers a way to sell and recycle unwanted devices by utilizing one of the company's 6000 kiosk locations. What happens when the device sold had been stolen?   ecoATM checks each device in various electronic reporting systems for signs of being stolen and reports every transaction to the local jurisdiction. Because of this integration and cooperation, law enforcement agencies have been able to make positive IDs.

John Beane is a serial entrepreneur, 7+ startups. Three co-founded companies have returned @ $1.5B to investors. After the last one, ecoATM sold for $350M, joined UCSD as an Entrepreneur in Residence, where he met the inventors of the MemComputing technology, Dr. Fabio Traversa and Dr. Max Di Ventra, together they co-founded MemComputing. Feel free to connect with him on LinkedIn here: ◘ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbeane/ Learn more about his business here: ◘ https://memcpu.com Follow them on LinkedIn: ◘ https://www.linkedin.com/company/memcomputing, Newsletter subscription: ◘ https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/ayZXZIe

Vincent Dorrian never expected to be the co-founder of a company that exited for $350 Million. When his business partner approached him with the idea for EcoAtm in the early 2000's, the future success was something he could have only dreamed of. EcoAtm is a company that provides a kiosk that allows you to exchange your old cell phones for cash. Over the past 10+ years they've collected/recycled over 25 million phones and they exited to the parent company of RedBox several years ago. Throughout the episode, Vincent emphasizes the importance of IP, setting a roadmap, and what it takes to have a $350M exit. Check them out here: ecoatm.com Be sure to Subscribe and tune in every Monday to hear more amazing interviews #FireTeam

Dave Mcquera, CEO of ecoATM

Lillian Cauldwell guest is Dave Maquera and interview is the subject, returning cell phones and/or tablets and receive cash for them through Kiosks created by Dave Mcquera's company, ecoATM. “More than 25 million devices over the past two decades that have been given a new life or properly recycled. This mean less toxic electronic waste entering our natural environment and a healthier planet for future generations to come.” There is more detail information on their website for re-selling cell phones or tablets.For more information and contact information for this interview: https://bit.ly/3cboOzHI hope you are safe and all is ok for you. Jeanne White, Station Manager, Passionate World Talk Radio

Electronics recycling service ecoATM Gazelle hires a new agency of record to ramp up for a major push in digital spending. https://edge.winmo.com/hubnews/articles/30927 Also, CarMax features the famous Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings in a new campaign targeted toward a wide audience base. https://edge.winmo.com/hubnews/articles/30929

[Talk of current happenings in the SD tech scene starts at 24:31] Mike Krenn is the President & CEO of Connect w/ SDVG, which elevates innovators and entrepreneurs throughout their growth journey by providing educational programming, mentorship, networking events, and access to capital.  Mike grew up in Mountain View, at the heart of Silicon Valley. After high school, he moved out to San Diego despite his parents’ wishes for him to attend Humboldt State. Soon after making his way to sunny SD, Mike enrolled in classes at San Diego State (Go Aztecs!) to pursue his bachelor’s degree. After graduating from college, Mike spent five years working at the San Diego Business Journal, where he learned about the local tech and startup community. Soon enough, Mike’s career began to revolve around the local tech and startup scene. Listen in to hear how Mike Krenn got his start being involved in the local tech scene, what he’s currently doing at Connect w/ SDVG, and get the scoop on his favorite local tacos. Listen in as Neal & Mike comment on recent news like (starting at 24:31): ecoATM becoming private again, raising $200M Flock Freight (previously Auptix) raising $50M BlueNalu raising $20M Williot, Israel- and SD-based, raising $20M Aira’s recent acquisition   Along with upcoming events: CDI Startup Series: The Entrepreneurial Leader Mindset - March 17 Startup78 Quarterly Meetup - March 19 March Mingle - March 25 TCA Women in Angel Investing Panel - March 31   Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support in enabling us to grow the San Diego startup and tech ecosystem.   Mike’s favorite tacos: Mike’s Taco Club in Ocean Beach Fish tacos at Mitch’s Seafood in Point Loma   Keep up with Mike: Twitter: @mkrenn   Keep up with Connect w/ SDVG:  Instagram: @ConnectinSD Facebook: @SDVentureGroup Twitter: @ConnectinSD Connect.org 

Our host, Dangerfield Moore, is joined by Mark Bowles, serial entrepreneur and founder of EcoATM, and Amy Nguyen-Chun, Professor of Strategy at the Rady School of Management, to discuss the idea and strategy behind Engineering Your Exit. It is so much more than an exit strategy. Listen in and find out why, after 7 successfully venture-backed start-ups, Mark Bowles has found Engineering Your Exit to be so much more than a buzzword.

Today, my guest is Ryan Kuder. Ryan is the Managing Director at Techstars Anywhere. Techstars is a global startup accelerator with a combined market cap of over $18B. They've funded companies like DigitalOcean, ClassPass, Bench, Plated, Localytics and SendGrid, which was acquired for $3B. Traditionally, the Techstars accelerator programs are city specific, but Ryan is in year 3 of an experiment to operate the program remotely with the founders who are accepted. Ryan is a 17-year tech veteran, having served as both a founder of several startups, and an executive at many more, including ecoATM. To round out his career even more, Ryan previously held marketing and product roles at both Yahoo and eBay. Speaking personally, I can tell you that Ryan is like a poo poo platter of startup wisdom and experience and I'm thrilled share our conversation with you today.

If you are old enough, you’ll remember back when your old cell phone would end up in a drawer after you bought the hottest, newest thing. Maybe you’d hock it on Craigslist or hand it down to your brother. Enter John Beane, an entrepreneur with some serious technical chops and the boldness to take on engineering problems that others might think impossible.  John designed ATM style dispensers for hospitals to disburse medicine. And then somewhere along his journey - and we’ll say it was probably at least 5 companies into that journey - John joined up with a group of partners who thought, “Why not use an ATM to buy people’s old cell phones?” That’s exactly what John helped them do, as they founded EcoATM, He was determined to make this one work. And it did. The sale of the company made he and his co-founders one of San Diego’s big success stories. More at optoutlife.com/podcast/john-beane Learn more and follow the hosts at optoutlife.com

What does it take to be successful and have longevity as a a CTO in healthcare tech today? In Larry Heminger’s case it takes optimism. Larry is the CTO of Sapiens Data Science, a company committed to increasing people’s life span through healthcare tech breakthroughs.   On today’s CTO Studio, we talk about how and why Larry joined the team at Sapiens, why he’s attracted to companies that are making a difference in people’s lives and what his Design for Success approach is all about. Join us for this illuminating discussion on today’s CTO Studio.     In this episode, you’ll hear: Why doesn't he see himself retiring - ever? How many years does it take for a medical breakthrough to make it to family physicians? As CTO, how to make decisions that stand the test of scale What is his Design for Success methodology? What is the Snowflake Computing approach, and why did Larry choose them? And so much more!   Larry is the CTO of Sapiens Data Science. Our very first topic is a dive into his journey of becoming their CTO. Larry tells us about his interesting ride; he had been working with ecoATM Gazelle for about 7.5 years and had been apart of their organization from their ealy start-up days.   Larry experienced a full 360 degree business cycle with ecoATM, going public through acquisition and then back to being a private company again.  The work they did (and still do today) was in the field of automated retail: recycling of cell phones.  Even though the work was amazing, he felt it was time to look for something new and different after his 7+ years with them. He wanted to do work that was meaningful and of benefit to everyone.   Using his experience with a previous healthcare start-up, Larry found a few new opportunities in San Diego that were health tech related. Sapiens specifically interested him because of their CEO, Brad Perkins. And Larry became even more enthusiastic after meeting with Brad, hearing of Brad’s passion and learning of their mission - Sapiens is in the business of adding more birthdays to people's lives. They help people live longer through the burgeoning fields of genomics and data science.   Next I asked him to describe his mindset coming from ecoATM, a company that was retail-focused, and then going into the health tech space with Sapiens.   Larry says there are many similarities and of course some differences. For him the key was and is feeling like he is doing something good. Like most of us, Larry spends so much time at work that he wants to feel like he's having an impact on people’s lives. For him it is not just about paycheck, it’s more the opportunity to help build a new, amazing company.   He goes on to say he believes healthcare will look very different in 10 years. One area in particular is the speed at which information becomes available to physicians, he says this will be sped up exponentially. Instead of taking almost two decades for your family physician to find out about medical breakthroughs, it will happen much, much faster. Patients will also be empowered with their own data and information.   My next question for him was where does Sapiens hit roadblocks with regulations and stereotypes? Those are definitely challenges they face as any healthcare company is going to be challenged with regulations, data privacy and security. Those aspects are all very important to the success of a healthcare company in tech and outside of tech.   Larry explains the basic strategy, something he calls design for success which applies to start ups as well as larger companies. It goes like this:   If you assume your company will be successful, and you draw out the architecture of your company with that success in mind, then what does your company look like a couple of years from now? If the business grows the way you think it will, then what compliance issues do you have to deal with? Those issues could include things like privacy, data security, FDA, etc.   Every day his job as a CTO is to make decisions about things like that, to work with the development team and technology partners. In Sapiens’ case, they choose technology partners to satisfy both security and scale requirements. It doesn't always cost more, but it may require a bit more design time in terms of thinking it out when choosing architectures, cloud, databases, development languages and every other decision you make when you are building your tech stack.   He asks himself questions like what does this look like three years from now?  What does business success look like?  What issues will we have? What security compliance do we need to satisfy? What sort of auditing will we need? He keeps those thoughts in mind as he is making decisions. In essence what he is saying is this:  be optimistic, set aggressive goals, assume there will be scale and success, and don't limit yourself in the present.   One of the promises he made to his CEO is to not do something quick and dirty, something he will have to throw away that will cost a million dollars to rebuild later on. Larry tells us he has experienced this firsthand, something he doesn’t want to go through again.   We dig into this topic more including why this approach is about selecting technologies that can scale in terms of capacity and cost. We also talk about why he went with Snowflake Computing and how their approach differs from other data storage and warehouse providers. Hear those discussions plus his tips for managing near-shore resources and how their data modeling actually works on today's CTO Studio.  

EcoATM and Gazelle on getting the most on your trade-ins. Get rid of your old tech to help buy new gadgets (use code TECHITOUT at checkout for an additional 10% off).SanDisk joins us to chat about shopping for flash drives, such as SD and microSD, portable SSDs, iXpand solutions, and more.The editor of Guinness World Records – Gamer’s Edition 2019 joins us to talk about videogame-related records – and how to try and break them.

Mark Bowles Is Not Afraid to Fail, He's Done It Many Times Before. Talk with Mark about his experience in technology startups and venture-based entrepreneurship, and you're just as likely to hear the stories of... The post #20 – EcoATM Founder Mark Bowles On Entrepreneurship and the Tech Startup World appeared first on The Distiller.

Learn how to recycle your old smartphones and other devices and get paid for doing it. What is the hottest in home audio and headphone TECH? Learn about connected hotels and what one company is doing to help lead the innovation.Please click on my YouTube page to access videos of interviews https://www.youtube.com/paulamadeuslane

Learn how to recycle your old smartphones and other devices and get paid for doing it. What is the hottest in home audio and headphone TECH? Learn about connected hotels and what one company is doing to help lead the innovation.Please click on my YouTube page to access videos of interviews https://www.youtube.com/paulamadeuslane

www.ecoatm.com   Randal (Randy) Erman is the Director of Product for ecoATM. Randal has more than 15 years of experience in high technology fields, including voice recognition, short range wireless technologies, semiconductors and mobile app development. He has been involved with numerous emerging wireless technologies specifications throughout his career, which include Bluetooth, Ultra Wide Band (UWB), Wireless USB and 60Gig.

Today's show begins with the Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine. Todd sets a new trading range. Jimbo talks about a wide variety of topics. Carl Nordgren introduces us the founder of EcoATM. The show ends with geologist Mikey Fulp and a discussion on undersea volcanoes.

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