034 - Mladen Gajic: We Score Local Businesses To Help Them Reduce Single Use Plastic Waste

03/23/20 • 38 min

Nick Hughes is joined by Mladen Gajic of Denver Colorado co founder and CEO of Plasticscore, a mobile app to help diners reduce single-use plastic waste at restaurants through collective feedback. Nick and Mladen jump into a very intriguing and educational conversation that starts with Mladen describing the current state of plastic and waste in our world - the tragic nature of it all - and then they dive into how his startup is creating a way for consumers to score local restaurants on how green and re-usable they are with their operations. This is full of lessons any founder can take and apply to their life. Check it out!
https://www.plasticscore.co/

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031 - City Leader Series: Joy Langley of Washington DC On Making The Best Of Your 99 Seconds

Nick Hughes is joined by Joy Langley of Washington DC who is the Founders Live DC City Leader and a founder of her own startup as well. Nick and Joy have fun conversation that starts with them meeting in grade school and growing up together in Yakima, WA, how Joy discovered Founders Live, what attracted her to be the city leader in DC and some pitching tips. They then dive into the interesting projects Joy has going on, and how they have the potential to save lives! This is another must listen conversation full of many tips and pointers for early stage founders.

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035 - Melanie Kong of Floop: Being Truly Authentic In Teaching High Schoolers And In Entrepreneurship

Nick Hughes is joined by Melanie Kong from Seattle WA, a High School STEM Teacher and CEO of Floop, a web app that saves teachers time and helps students see the value in feedback. Nick and Melanie dive into a great conversation that starts with her sharing about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her high school teaching experience, how they are dealing with it as a district and what to expect going forward. Then they jump into her new startup Floop, how she discovered the problem in providing quality feedback to high school students and what she and her co-founders did to solve it! So cool. This is full of lessons any founder can take and apply to their life. Check it out!
https://www.floopedu.com/