The Tech Blog Writer Podcast - Inspired Tech Startup Stories & Interviews With Tech Leaders, Entrepreneurs and Innovators

Dr. Heidi Jannenga PT, DPT, ATC/L, is the co-founder and president of WebPT, a leading rehab therapy EMR platform for enhancing patient care and fueling business growth. She regularly speaks at technology, entrepreneurship and leadership events, and national PT industry conferences. But where did her tech startup journey begin? In 2006, Heidi Jannenga was a leading sports physical therapist and multi-clinic director, was looking fo... Read more

Imagine started eight years ago with a grand vision: to connect the global eCommerce community. Today, it brings together 3,000+ eCommerce experts, including merchants, agencies, and technology providers from over 50 countries. Gary Specter, VP Commerce Sales, and Customer Success, Experience Business, Adobe addressed the audience at Imagine 2019 by saying "The magic and power of Magento comes from all of you. Our biggest accomplis... Read more

Here at Imagine 2019 event, I want to explore the role of IT in eCommerce and how a company can shift away from internal IT hassles to a customer focus. With its increased popularity, the needs of SHOEBACCA.COM customers changed. The company offered an expanded line of products and started to look beyond eBay and their website. They focused on growth through innovative technologies, competitive shipping processes, and professional ... Read more

Here at the Magento Imagine 2019 conference, Raj Nijjer, VP of marketing at Yotpo revealed insights from a new report, “The State of D2C Marketing 2019.” The report takes a candid look at the changing marketing & advertising landscape and the strategies contributing to the skyrocketing success of many of today’s Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) brands. I invited Raj Nijjer onto my podcast to talk about the key points in the report such as ... Read more

Toluna provides consumer insights designed to empower success in today's on-demand, global economy. Powered by the fusion of technology, expertise, and the largest global community of influencers at the ready, Toluna delivers rich, reliable, real-time insights to individuals and companies of all sizes. I wanted to learn more about how its automated consumer insights platform, TolunaInsights™ underpins everything they do. Phil Ahad ... Read more

Slice Labs Inc., the insurance engine leading tomorrow’s cloud-based, on-demand digital services ecosystems, recently announced Slice Mind, a new business unit of Slice, powered by an insight engine to help companies with personalization, experimentation, simulations, predictions, risk modeling, and product recommendations. Slice Mind combines AI, machine learning and behavioral psychology into an engine that transforms data insigh... Read more

Cloudian specializes in “object storage” for enterprises, a form of unstructured data storage that eliminates the scaling limitations of traditional file storage, enabling enterprises to quickly grow deployments without hitting a cap. According to Gartner, 80% of enterprise data will be stored in some form of object storage by 2021. Cloudian’s platform provides infinite scalability and allows users to access data from anywhere in t... Read more

Conga is the leader in end-to-end Digital Document Transformation. From collaboration and creation, through contract management and negotiation, to agreement and e-signature, the Conga Suite has set the standard for automating business productivity and CRM investment through end-to-end Digital Document Transformation. The Salesforce Platinum ISV Partner produces the highest volume downloaded paid app on the entire AppExchange. In f... Read more

Over the years, publishers have given much their inventory over to Facebook, and they’ve gotten dinged for it. Facebook gets revenue from user engagement, and the publisher doesn’t own or control distribution. In response to realizing they’ve been taken advantage of by the walled gardens, we’re witnessing the renaissance of email for publishers. Publishers have realized they have a logged-in channel that only they own: email. And n... Read more

We have all read about the retail apocalypse. But what if the future of retail was not e-commerce or bricks and mortar. What if it was something else? SHOWFIELDS is a four-story, 14,707 sq ft space at 11 Bond Street in NYC and home to a rotating selection of nearly 30 brands (including quip, The Farmer’s Dog, Shopify’s first physical presence and more). It's built on a big idea of becoming the “the most interesting store in the wor... Read more

Gigster accelerates the delivery of digital transformation applications, giving companies the agility to thrive in a software-defined world. The company envisions a future where the best ideas flourish and provide great choices for customers to enrich their lives. Today, a few digital-native companies are disrupting almost every industry. Gigster believes in democratizing this capability—enabling all companies to build their own di... Read more

Have you ever looked up Drake, tried to go to drake.com, and realized that it has nothing to do with the artist? You'll have to go to drakeofficial.com to find his information, as even the world's most prominent artists don't always own their ".com" site. DotMusic Limited is announcing that the global music community has prevailed in finding a solution to this problem, as ICANN has awarded them the rights to the .MUSIC top-level d... Read more

As the crypto community dares to debate if the crypto winter is finally thawing, some will begin dreaming of Lambos again. But before you do, have you ever wondered about your responsibilities to pay taxes on your gains? Anyone that has ever googled "How to Report Cryptocurrency on Taxes" will quickly discover how complex it can be. NODE40 Balance is a robust cryptocurrency reporting software that integrates directly with major cry... Read more

Every day employees produce thousands of documents, presentations and emails. But they don’t always use the latest company standards. Templafy makes following company document and presentation standards the path of least resistance. Templafy is one of the fastest growing IT companies in Scandinavia. Its software solution is helping the branding, compliance and IT teams in large enterprises to govern and optimize the way employees c... Read more

In the last week, we’ve seen layoffs from major publishers like BuzzFeed, Refinery29 and Verizon. Monetization in the era of the duopoly is harder than ever. What can publishers do to compete? Their first-party audience data might be the key to unlocking new revenue. But how? I invited Jason Downie, Chief Strategy Officer at Lotame, the most popular data solutions company for publishers (Bloomberg, etc.), to talk about how publish... Read more

Are you filling your smart home with CCTV cameras and burglar alarms? Did you know that the biggest threat to your home and your belongings is a water leak, not a burglar or intruder? Flo is a first of its kind and proprietary water monitoring and control system for homes and buildings that virtually eliminates flooding caused by plumbing failures, saves billions and empowers conservation. Flo is proactive and preventative in its a... Read more

One of the tech trends I am repeatably reading about is how businesses should leverage technology to power digital experiences. But the questions many business leaders are asking is how should they do it? And what does it look like compared with how they might be working now? These are the things that I think about and why I'm excited to get Todays guest, Yext’s EVP of Commercial Business Dave Lehman onto my daily tech podcast. Yex... Read more

DRONAMICS develops unmanned aerial systems for shipping commercial and special cargo applications. They are on a mission to democratize airfreight and lower the cost of shipping in emerging markets. To achieve this, they are developing a new type of cargo airplane – small, unmanned and extremely fuel efficient. It can transport 350 KG over 2,500 KM for a cost that's 50%+ lower than other airplanes. It flies autonomously, can be mon... Read more

Cleo, based in the suburban Chicago town of Rockford, IL, has been quietly but swiftly gaining ground by solving a big issue for companies facing IT modernization. Cleo has been helping businesses get all their internal applications, including those connecting to external partners and customers, to work together seamlessly. The cloud integration software company is focused on business outcomes, ensuring each customer’s potential is... Read more