Midwest Moxie is a radio show/podcast hosted by 5 Lakes Executive Director Kathleen Gallagher that highlights our region’s visionary entrepreneurs and the experiences that shape them. Listen to their stories on WUWM or on Apple, Google Play, NPR One, Spotify and other podcast platforms.
Season Three: Garry Cooper (Rheaply, Illinois); Jen Baird (Accuri Cytometers and others, Michigan); Ben Schmidt (Roadbotics, Pennsylvania); Amy Brown (Authenticx, Indiana); Chris Goode (Climavision, Kentucky); Cory Scott (LiveBy, Nebraska); Monika Roots (Bend Health, Wisconsin); Jacob Babcock (NuCurrent, Illinois); Jian-Ping Wang (Niron Magnetics, Minnesota); Eric Christopher (Zylo, Indiana); Arnab Nandi (Mobikit, Ohio); Corey Jaskolski (Synthetaic, Wisconsin); BJ Johnson (ClearFlame, Illinois); Jennifer & Jon Silva; (SentiAR, Missouri); Sunny Han (Fulcrum, Minnesota); Mark DeSantis (Bloomfield Robotics, Pennsylvania); more great Midwest founders coming soon…
Season Two:
Mike Evans (GrubHub, Fixer; Illinois); Jake Joraanstad (Bushel; North Dakota); Julia Regan (Rx Lightening; Kentucky); Matt Rubin (True Essence Foods; Indiana); Gordon Daily (Boxcast; Ohio); Shane Farritor (Virtual Incision; Nebraska); Josh Riedy (Thread; North Dakota); Greg Piefer (Shine; Wisconsin); Nancy Benovich Gilby (Orbion Space Techology and others; Michigan); Katie Thompson (Elemental Enzymes; Missouri); Tyrre Burks (Players Health; Minnesota); Nicole Atchison (Puris; Minnesota); Francis Wang (NanoGraf Technologies; Illinois); Danny Ellis (Skyspecs; Michigan); Kurt Heikkinen (Forj, Montage Talent; Wisconsin); Sankalp Arora (Gather AI; Pennsylvania)
Season One:
Taralinda Willis (Curate; Wisconsin); Norman Sadeh (Wombat Security Technologies; Pennsylvania); Jim McKelvey (Square, now called Block; Missouri), Christopher Day (DemandJump; Indiana); Tom Gajewski (Jounce, Pyxis; Illinois); Ankur Gopal (Interapt; Kentucky); Michael Chambers (Aldevron; North Dakota); Alisyn Malek (May Mobility; Michigan); Brian Wiegand (Jellyfish, NameProtect and others; Wisconsin); Craig Markovitz (Blue Belt Technologies; Pennsylvania); Sridhar Deivasigamani (Intellihot; Illinois); Zach Halmstad (Jamf; Wisconsin/Minnesota); Niko Skievaski (Redox; Wisconsin); Mo Faisal (Movellus; Michigan); Lindsay Tjepkema (Casted; Indiana); Jon Pearce (Zipnosis; Minnesota); Valarie King-Bailey (Onshore Technology Group; Illinois).
Season Three: Garry Cooper (Rheaply, Illinois); Jen Baird (Accuri Cytometers and others, Michigan); Ben Schmidt (Roadbotics, Pennsylvania); Amy Brown (Authenticx, Indiana); Chris Goode (Climavision, Kentucky); Cory Scott (LiveBy, Nebraska); Monika Roots (Bend Health, Wisconsin); Jacob Babcock (NuCurrent, Illinois); Jian-Ping Wang (Niron Magnetics, Minnesota); Eric Christopher (Zylo, Indiana); Arnab Nandi (Mobikit, Ohio); Corey Jaskolski (Synthetaic, Wisconsin); BJ Johnson (ClearFlame, Illinois); Jennifer & Jon Silva; (SentiAR, Missouri); Sunny Han (Fulcrum, Minnesota); Mark DeSantis (Bloomfield Robotics, Pennsylvania); more great Midwest founders coming soon…
Season Two:
Mike Evans (GrubHub, Fixer; Illinois); Jake Joraanstad (Bushel; North Dakota); Julia Regan (Rx Lightening; Kentucky); Matt Rubin (True Essence Foods; Indiana); Gordon Daily (Boxcast; Ohio); Shane Farritor (Virtual Incision; Nebraska); Josh Riedy (Thread; North Dakota); Greg Piefer (Shine; Wisconsin); Nancy Benovich Gilby (Orbion Space Techology and others; Michigan); Katie Thompson (Elemental Enzymes; Missouri); Tyrre Burks (Players Health; Minnesota); Nicole Atchison (Puris; Minnesota); Francis Wang (NanoGraf Technologies; Illinois); Danny Ellis (Skyspecs; Michigan); Kurt Heikkinen (Forj, Montage Talent; Wisconsin); Sankalp Arora (Gather AI; Pennsylvania)
Season One:
Taralinda Willis (Curate; Wisconsin); Norman Sadeh (Wombat Security Technologies; Pennsylvania); Jim McKelvey (Square, now called Block; Missouri), Christopher Day (DemandJump; Indiana); Tom Gajewski (Jounce, Pyxis; Illinois); Ankur Gopal (Interapt; Kentucky); Michael Chambers (Aldevron; North Dakota); Alisyn Malek (May Mobility; Michigan); Brian Wiegand (Jellyfish, NameProtect and others; Wisconsin); Craig Markovitz (Blue Belt Technologies; Pennsylvania); Sridhar Deivasigamani (Intellihot; Illinois); Zach Halmstad (Jamf; Wisconsin/Minnesota); Niko Skievaski (Redox; Wisconsin); Mo Faisal (Movellus; Michigan); Lindsay Tjepkema (Casted; Indiana); Jon Pearce (Zipnosis; Minnesota); Valarie King-Bailey (Onshore Technology Group; Illinois).