Academia is notoriously slow to embrace new trends until it has been fully studied and vetted. Thankfully, Michael Aguilar (OU Esports) is doing everything possible to get esports accepted at a higher level and understood to be a dynamic and powerful tool to teach students.

Nick Hathaway, the CEO of ELocker, is a passionate innovator in the education space and, through ELocker, is working to connect learners and employers in the U.S. Our conversation ranged from the challenges facing universities in the COVID-19 crisis to exciting opportunities made possible by comprehensive learner records and learning data.

In this episode we talk to Brian Sampson, the owner of multiple ServiceMaster franchises in Louisville and Nashville specializing in disaster restoration and commercial cleaning services. Join us as we talk to him about what it’s like to manage an essential business, how his employees are reacting to COVID-19 and how he transitioned from a 6 figure salary with perks and benefits in the oil and gas industry, to a business owner.

Today we talked to one of those fund managers. Nathaniel Harding is the Managing Partner at Cortado Ventures, a new Venture Capital Fund in Oklahoma looking to invest in the most promising companies in the state and region. Join us as we talk to him about the dire need to invest in local startups, and the struggles of establishing an early stage fund in Oklahoma

Since the world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, there is renewed focus on how to create a food supply that can sustain this amount of people. Sean Akadiri's startup, AgBoost, is helping cattle producers make better breeding decisions through genetics and health data analytics.

Brian Byrnes, Senior Executive with the Oklahoma City Thunder recaps the last ten years of the team, the transition from Seattle to Oklahoma City, the loss of high profile players and recruitment of new ones and their ultimate strategy for success: community.

Matt and Lisa Pinnel are well on their way to expansion and introducing additional products to their Binxy Baby line. Matt recently became Lt. Governor of the State of Oklahoma as well as Secretary of Tourism and Branding- a position he is using to bring awareness to the importance of investing in local entrepreneurs, creatives and inventors.

StitchCrew Accelerator: Ashton Owens, Founder of Studio Flight and Carrie and Dale Spoonmore, Founders of FromSeedtoSpoon

After receiving a lot of criticism and little to no support when launching her bakery, Elizabeth Ellison identified a gap when it came to supporting entrepreneurs in the community. In a world where technology and high growth ventures tend to dominate the conversation, Elizabeth wanted to create a better environment for traditionally overlooked entrepreneurs - food entrepreneurs.