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Between2Heads Podcast is presented by Addison DeMoura and Jameson Welbourn. 🌐 Available on +20 podcast streaming platforms worldwide. 🎥 Visit us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKAMdoChwxC_fdF-EPOtW3w 📷 Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/between2heads/
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Atento Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on unlocking unsung potential. From our offices in Tulsa and NW Arkansas, leading markets for innovation in the heartland, we identify high-potential ideas and individuals and then invest the early-stage funding and human capital needed to take ventures from 0-1 and 1-10. The BeAtento Podcast explores the founders, partners, funders, and systems that work together to transform the heartland into the nation’s most equitable tech hub.
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Founders Forum: Expanding ByBug and Scaling In Tulsa with co-founder Gerardo Bluesky
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15:31In this exciting episode of the #BeAtento Podcast’s Founders Forum series, we sit down with Gerardo Bluesky, founder of ByBug, a dynamic company that recently relocated to Tulsa from Argentina. Gerardo shares ByBug’s incredible journey, from its origins to its current plans for expansion and growth in the U.S. In this conversation, Gerardo offers i…
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Venture Voices: Hustle Fund's Competitive Edge and the Long Game of VC with Haley Bryant Pt 2
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15:18Join host Vondell Burns as she continues the conversation with Haley Bryant of Hustle Fund in our Venture Voices series. In this episode, Haley dives deeper into Hustle Fund’s unique competitive edge and their hands-on approach to early-stage investing. She shares valuable insights on co-investment strategies, relationship building, and why venture…
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Venture Voices: From Angel Investing to Hustle Fund Insights with Haley Bryant
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21:01🎙️ Welcome to the Be Atento Podcast series, Venture Voices! Join us as we delve into the dynamic world of venture capital and entrepreneurship by sitting with leaders in venture capital who are sharing insights on VC trends, experiences, and lessons learned. In this episode, our host Vondell Burns sits down with Haley Bryant of Hustle Fund to explo…
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Bioeutectics: Transforming the Solvents Industry with Sustainable solutions in Tulsa with Founder Tomas Silicaro
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23:26In this episode of the BeAtento Podcast, we welcome Tomas Silicaro, the Co-founder and CEO of Bioeutectics, who is leading a green revolution in the solvents industry. Bioeutectics is making a space for themselves in the development of sustainable solutions that replace traditional, environmentally harmful solvents.Tomas shares his journey from con…
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Boddle Learning: The Future of Gamified Education with Founder Edna Martinson
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23:23Join us on the BeAtento Podcast as we sit down with Edna Martinson, the decorated co-founder of Boddle Learning, to showcase the next educational game app helping K-6 kids be engaged towards education. Lean into Edna's entrepreneurial journey to Tulsa and underscoring the importance of representation in the startup world. Get ready for an insightfu…
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Venture Voices: Venture Studios, Global Living, and VC Tactics with Dallas Price of Forum Ventures
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21:41Welcome to the Be Atento Podcast series, Venture Voices! Join us as we delve into the dynamic world of venture capital and entrepreneurship by sitting with leaders in venture capital who are sharing insights on VC Trends experiences and lessons learned. In this episode, our host and Community Outreach Manager Brentom Todd sits down with Venture Bui…
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Tulsa-based Sneakerhead turned Tech Revolutionary: Venita Cooper shapes an honest marketplace through AI start-up, Arbit
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17:52Dive into the journey of one of Tulsa’s, Venita “Coop” Cooper. Hear how a passion to create a space for sneakers on Historic Black Wall Street turned into a startup called Arbit that is bringing honest transparency in the world of sneaker valuation. Learn more about Coop's climb, her impact and love for Tulsa, and the future for Atento Capital’s po…
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SquadTrip: The Future of Group Travel Management with Founder Darrien Watson
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20:12In this episode of the Be Atento Podcast, we sit down with Darrien Watson, the visionary founder of SquadTrip, a SaaS platform revolutionizing group travel. Explore how SquadTrip simplifies booking and payments, making group trip planning a seamless experience. Get to know Darrien's journey, from his early days in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the creation …
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Payfactory: Pivoting Through the Advancement of the Payment Revolution
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22:11In this podcast episode, Michael Basch, Founder and Managing Partner at Atento Capital, interviews Ruston Miles, CEO of Payfactory, and Marvin Jones, Head of Strategic Partnerships / Co-Founder of Payfactory, a company that empowers leading platforms with immediate onboarding, payment acceptance, and payouts through a suite of restful APIs. Ruston …
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The Journey to Making a Tulsa-Based Start-Up a "Boardroom-Name"
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13:36Host: Adele Weaver, Managing Partner of Pre-Seed Investments at Atento Capital. Guest: Jamie Ostroe, Co-Founder & Head of Content at B2B Reviews. She/Her/Hers Pronouns. In this podcast episode, Adele Weaver, Managing Partner of Pre-Seed Investments at Atento Capital, welcomes Jamie Ostroe, Co-Founder & Head of Content at B2B Reviews. Jamie shares w…
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First-Time Founders Solve for the Future of Compliant Texting
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31:55Matt Morfopoulos and Martin Langelo Lien recognized the demand for compliant SMS text messaging for businesses to engage with their consumers effectively. To meet this need, they founded Volt, an innovative platform that is revolutionizing business-to-consumer communication. Volt not only enables businesses to maintain regulatory compliance but als…
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Launching a Female-Founded Relationship App
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19:11Founder and licensed therapist Jordan Green shares her story about founding Remble, a relationship and mental health app that allows users to master their mental health, improve their relationships, and become their best selves with hundreds of therapist-created courses, activities, and tips.By Rant9 Productions
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Tulsa’s newest Venture Studio, 19 Days, identifies problems and builds businesses to solve them! Atento’s founder and General Partner, Michael Basch, interviews Joey Wignarajah about their first year and first business.By Rant9 Productions
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Athletes to Entreperneurs: Their Route to Building a Start-Up (Part 2)
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27:08We're back with part 2 of Athletes to Entrepreneurs: Their Route to Building a Start-Up. In this episode, Fansub founders Brandon King and Chris Davis give voice to their experience in the ACT House accelerator program. They also give insight into their Tulsa experience and how their company has evolved since relocating to the heartland.Want to lea…
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B2H presents Caleb Holm || Shurlokholm || Episode #16
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1:36:59Special Guest: Caleb Holm, Shurlokholm. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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Athletes to Entreperneurs: Their Route to Building a Start-Up (Part 1)
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24:17oin us this month's episode of "Be Atento" as Will Gray, Managing Director, has a conversation with Brandon King and Chris Davis, a couple of the founders of Fansub. Fansub is an online platform enabling live stream events, discovering, booking and marketing for creatives. Here in part one the founders talk about their backgrounds and what it was l…
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B2H presents Adam & Hana || Mission Hill Melts || Episode #15
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2:57:00Special Guest: Adam & Hana, Mission Hill Melts. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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B2H presents Ras Kaya || Pacific NW Roots || Episode #14
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2:19:48Special Guest: Ras Kaya, Pacific NW Roots. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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From Operations to Investments with Jordy Albert
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29:11This month on the “Be Atento” podcast Susan Spears, Investment Partner, will be interviewing Jordy Albert, co-founder and General Partner of Walkabout Ventures. Walkabout Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage fund that focuses on FinTech. Take a listen as Jordy walks through his journey from operator to investor and how that experience has helped h…
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B2H presents Jay || Professor Sift || Episode #13
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3:03:12Special Guest: Jay, Professor Sift. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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This month Atento’s Managing Partner, Michael Basch, hosts one of the founders from Patch RX! PatchRx is improving prescription adherence and helping their users remember to take their medication through data-driven technology. Their universal smart pill bottle device, patient-facing app, and web app help patients take medications on time, allows f…
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B2H presents Wookerson || Wookerson Studios || Episode #12
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3:37:35Special Guest: Wookerson, Wookerson Studios. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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B2H presents Jonah Miller || Whale Oil Extracts || Episode #11
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3:09:04Special Guest: Jonah Miller, Whale Oil Extracts. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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B2H presents Kyle Greenhalgh || Heritage Hash Co. || Episode #10
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B2H presents Tito || Swollen Heads Hash Co. || Episode #9
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2:25:14Special Guest: Tito, Swollen Heads Hash Co. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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B2H presents Max || Terrptopia || Episode #8
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B2H presents Mario Guzman || Sherbinskis || Episode #7
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3:38:24Special Guest: Mario Guzman, Sherbinskis. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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B2H presents Ben McCabe || SHO Labs || Episode #6
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2:27:14Special Guest: Ben McCabe, ShoMeTheTerps. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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B2H presents Tbeezle || Little Lake Seed Company || Episode #5
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DéVon Christopher Johnson and BleuLife Media Group
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43:00This week, DéVon Christopher Johnson, the founder and CEO BleuLife Media, joins Aaron Whigham in an inspirational discussion. They talk about their shared history of being entrepreneurs since they were young, why DéVon founded BleuLife Media, and their upcoming event, Black-Owned Media Weekend, on June 16 - 19, 2022, in Tulsa, OK. Subscribe to the …
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B2H presents Masonic Smoker || Masonic Seed Co|| Episode #4
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B2H presents Kevin Jodrey || Port Royal || Episode #3
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B2H presents Nikka T || Essential Extracts || Episode #2
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B2H presents Marcus Richardson || BC Bubbleman || Episode #1
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3:04:49Special Guest: Marcus Richardson, BC Bubbleman. Hosts: Addison DeMoura Jameson Welbourn
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In this episode of the Be Atento podcast, Aaron is joined by Victor Hwang, CEO of Right to Start. Victor is an economic growth expert. His ideas have shaped the economic lives of millions of people worldwide. His work has helped over 300 communities, cities, states, companies, and even entire countries in creating greater economic prosperity. Subsc…
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Join us for another episode of the Be Atento podcast! Aaron is joined by Aaron Miller, Head of Strategic Partnerships, and Louie Napoleone, Director, Partner Operations of InTulsa to talk about how to recruit both people and businesses and mostly importantly how to retain them. They also speak on their journeys to Tulsa and back again. Looking for …
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Join us for another episode of the Be Atento podcast! Aaron speaks with Ashli Sims, Managing Director of Build in Tulsa. They discuss how Build in Tulsa is working to create a scalable, replicable tech-forward ecosystem in Tulsa to catalyze the creation of generational wealth. They talk about how Black Entrepreneurs across America have been histori…
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Join us for another episode of the Be Atento podcast! Aaron and special co-host and producer Jesse talk with Devon Laney, President & CEO at 36 Degrees North. Aaron and Jess talk with Devon about his entrepreneurial journey, his time in Alabama and the growth of 36 Degrees North over the past few years. Subscribe to the Be Atento Podcast anywhere p…
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Dominique Clarke, Tulsa Remote, and Building Community
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36:37Join us for another episode of the Be Atento podcast! Sean and Aaron talk with Dominque Clarke, Director of Member and Alumni Experience for Tulsa Remote. She talks about the work Tulsa Remote has been doing, how many people the program have brought to Tulsa and how many of them stay and how you build a community around moving to a new place. Subsc…
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Jeanine Suah and Speaking the Right Language
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36:32Join Atento Capital for the tenth episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode, we talk to Jeanine Suah, Founder of Fynd, a platform for Black founders seeking capital, community, and content. Jeanine tells us her story from her academic background in linguistics led her to see that many possible founders did not even know the rig…
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Tammy Torkleson and Bringing the Napkin to Reality
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41:51Join Atento Capital for the tenth episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode, we talk to Tammy Torkleson, the founder of Indigo Technology, which is a business that helps people with tech ideas turn them into tech products. Tammy goes in depth on how she got to where she is now, and how she found her interest in coding in junior…
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Dominick Ard'is, ACT House, and Diligence Over Time = Growth
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49:51Join Atento Capital for the ninth episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode, we talk to Dominick Ard’is, the founder of The ACT House, which is a global platform for team formation and startup creation. Dominick goes in depth on his upbringing, education, and how his entrepreneurial journey led him to build the ACT House. Domin…
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Malachi Blankenship, i2E and Investing in the Ecosystem
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37:01Join Atento Capital for the seventh episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode, we talk to Malachi Blankenship, the Venture Advisor & Director of Business Development at i2E, Inc. works in helping entrepreneurs build and develop successful companies. Blankenship follows a motto that his father taught him, and it is to “pursue ex…
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Libby Ediger and Tulsa’s tech talent of the future
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47:22Join Atento Capital for the sixth episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode our two hosts Aaron and Sean talk to Libby Ediger, the Executive Director of Holberton School in Tulsa, which is a school built for software engineering students. Libby talks about her journey out of Oklahoma, and what made her come back to Oklahoma. Sh…
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Join Atento Capital for the 5th episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode our two hosts Aaron and Sean talk to Shelly Bell, the CEO of Black Girl Ventures, a social enterprise for people who identify as black-woman entrepreneurs. Shelly discusses the long path that got her to where she is today, which consisted of various jobs …
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Ciore Taylor, Economic Development, and Self-Advocacy
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49:42Join Atento Capital for the third episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode, we talk with Cioré Taylor, the director of entrepreneurial development and education at The TEDC (Tulsa Economic Development Corporation) Creative Capital. Cioré addresses various different topics including how to become a motivated entrepreneur, and w…
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Cecilia Wessinger and Building a Real Ecosystem
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1:03:36Join Atento Capital for the second episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode, we talk with Cecilia Wessinger, an ecosystem builder, community catalyst and collaborator. Cecilia joins us to discuss what it means to build an ecosystem, what it means to be a healthy entrepreneur, and the power of saying no. She also discusses the …
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Michael Basch on Year 1 of Atento Capital
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37:55In Episode 2 of Season 2 of the podcast Be Atento, hosts Sean and Aaron are joined by Michael Basch, Managing Partner and Founder of Atento Capital. Listen as Michael talks about why Atento was founded, why Tulsa right now is a great place to invest, and why the perfect founder has to be matched with the perfect idea. To learn more about Atento Cap…
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Join Atento Capital for the first episode of Season 2 of our podcast, Be Atento. In this episode our two new hosts Aaron and Sean talk to Chandler Malone, former host of this podcast, and Founder of the Ideate Project. The Ideate Project connects students with the top student entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, and scientists across the country. I…
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As both the Be Atento Podcast and Atento Capital approach celebrating their first year, we at the Be Atento Podcast wanted to share with you some of the highlights of the amazing interviews we have done. In this episode you will hear from:Anna Mason, Partner at Revolution CapitalAdrianne Court, AlkamiMichael Cardamone, AccelepriseRodney Sampson, Op…
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