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IT Job Training for People with Disabilities, Rebranding with Paul Blatt of Gesher Human Services – IT in the D 443
Paul Blatt was back to talk about the combining of two local non-profit organizations JVS Human Services and Kadima. The organization also has a new name: Gesher Human Services. Gesher Human Services (“gesher” means “bridge” in Hebrew) offers career counseling and job placement for job seekers with obstacles to employment, supportive housing for individuals with…
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Email Phishing and Enterprise Email Security with Brian Schneble of Abnormal Security – IT in the D 442
This week, we had a fun chat with Brian “Schneebs” Schneble of Abnormal Security and The Great Security Debate podcast fame. Immediately, we jumped into a couple of personal stories about email phishing that made us laugh, but then things got serious as we talked about companies that have been hit with spoofed emails which cost them well into 6-figures. Brian…
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Fraud Detection, Spirits Distilling, and Coffee Roasting with Dennis Weiss of IPQualityScore, Weiss Distilling, and Sabbath Coffee Roasters – IT in the D 441
No lies—we love when tech entrepreneurs get into the booze business. Dennis Weiss is the CEO of IPQualityScore, owner of Weiss Distilling, and owner of Sabbath Coffee Roasters. Dennis’s story was very similar to the story of Jeff Hussey, Founder of F5 Networks, where IPQS was founded out of necessity. When Dennis was working in the marketing industry and got tired of…
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Laptop Security with Ryan Angott of LapLok – Episode 440
Bob and Randy were joined this week by Ryan Angott of LapLok. LapLok is a new style of security device for laptop computers. It’s easier to use than a cable lock and works with any laptop—no security slot required. Ryan told some crazy statistics about laptop theft and security, how he got the idea for…
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Episode 439 with Alex Linebrink of Passage
This week, Alex Linebrink, CEO of Passage, joined Bob and Randy to talk about all things event ticketing. Alex told us how he got started in tech, and then how he came up with Passage (it involves one of our favorite holidays!), an online event tickets platform. Passage has grown to selling over six million…
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Episode 438 with Monica Wheat of Techstars Detroit
Bob and Randy were joined this week by Monica Wheat, Managing Director of Techstars Detroit Powered by JP Morgan. Before that, she most recently led Techstars Equitech in Baltimore. First, Bob and Monica talked about Techstars. Techstars is a global seed-stage accelerator in 40+ cities worldwide. Over 500 companies participate each year. There are over…
