• Memoryboard Product Launch - Mastering the Early Levers of Value Creation
    Jun 19 2025

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    Welcome! Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation, and how finance business partners, managers and business owners like you can grow your profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.

    In this episode, Tyler Zanini, Founder at Memoryboard, shares what it's like launching a physical product in today's dynamic environment and how they are navigating the value creation journey.

    Driven by a deep passion to help older adults experiencing memory loss stay in close touch with their families, Memoryboard is on a journey to directly improve quality of life. We cover business models, sales channels, funding, marketing X-factors and the importance of making decisions with hard data, all in order to drive value creation and fuel the company mission.

    Lots to like and learn from in this episode of Upside/Downside. Join us!

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    28 minutos
  • Family startup myAgeTechlab, episode 6 - Finally! Our First Lab Experience
    May 4 2025

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    Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.

    In this episode, Liam and I follow up on our efforts to start myAgeTechlab, a family side hustle introducing technology solutions to people who want to age in place in their own homes.

    We have a check-in to review where we are with the business, what we've learned so far, and what to do next. Liam shares what it was like demonstrating a fall detection watch to older adults at our first Lab Experience, and how the insights he learned can be used to move our value creation journey forward.

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    9 minutos
  • Rise in AgeTech Meets Tectonic Shift in Demographics - meet Keren Etkin, "The Gerontechnologist"
    Jan 21 2025

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    According to my guest Keren Etkin - founder, author, podcast host, known as The Gerontechnologist - never have so many people reached old age in good health in the history of the world. This is driving business opportunity in a vast ecosystem learning to embrace what it means to grow old. Ready to explore this wide frontier for value creation?

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    20 minutos
  • Teaser - State of AgeTech 2025 Webinar coming Jan 21
    Jan 18 2025

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    AgeTech leader Keren Etkin, The Gerontechnologist, invites you to learn and grow in this information packed webinar:

    - The most significant age tech developments and deals of 2024
    - How global events shaped the longevity economy
    - Key market trends and emerging opportunities
    - Technologies to watch in 2025
    - Predictions for the age tech ecosystem
    - Q&A session

    Who should attend?
    - Startup founders and aspiring entrepreneurs
    - Investors and VCs
    - Elder care professionals
    - Tech professionals
    - Anyone interested in the intersection of tech and aging

    Register now at https://thegerontechnologist.com/

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    1 minuto
  • Family startup myAgeTechlab.com, episode 5 - Attracting Supply & Demand
    Nov 26 2024

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    Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.

    This is our fifth episode in a series about establishing myAgeTechlab.com, a family side hustle bringing AgeTech to people who want to age in place in their own homes.

    This time, Liam and I share how we intend to attract suppliers and customers to our AgeTech lab experience. We outline our value proposition for both supply and demand, and wonder where were the uncles this episode?

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    7 minutos
  • Family startup myAgeTechlab.com, episode 4 - The Lab Experience
    Nov 19 2024

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    Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.

    Produced by my teenage son and co-founder Liam, this is the fourth episode in our series about establishing myAgeTechlab.com, a family side hustle bringing AgeTech to people who want to age in place in their own homes.

    Join Liam, my brothers and me as we explore what our hands-on lab experience will be like for customers, how we collect early feedback crucial for any startup, and how we turn our two-sided business model into a profitable venture.

    Put on your lab coats and listen in!

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    18 minutos
  • Family startup myAgeTechlab.com, episode 3 - Product & Market Fit
    Nov 14 2024

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    Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.

    In our third episode about starting myAgeTechlab.com, produced by my teenage son and co-founder Liam, we delve into how we expect to find product and market fit. Not easy in a new and fragmented business like AgeTech! What do customers really want? Why should suppliers care about us? Can we generate cash flow?

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    9 minutos
  • Family startup myAgeTechlab.com, episode 2 - Business Model
    Nov 11 2024

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    Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.

    In this episode, we continue our series about starting the family side hustle, myAgeTechlab.com, and focus on the business model for our Lab Experience. We envision a constant balancing between supplier portfolio and customer needs and foresee an evolving business model with lots of potential upsides and downsides. Where will all these variables lead us?

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    11 minutos