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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If your organization needs customized assistance, I may be able to help. All revenues after taxes earned from consulting engagements are donated to registered charities working on challenges in the United States. See my host page for more details.

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?

Join us!

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If your organization needs customized assistance, I may be able to help. All revenues after taxes earned from consulting engagements are donated to registered charities working on challenges in the United States. See my host page for more details.

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?

Thank you for listening and please tell your friends about Upside/Downside - a podcast about value creation.

If your organization needs customized assistance, I may be able to help. All revenues after taxes earned from consulting engagements are donated to registered charities working on challenges in the United States. See my host page for more details.

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 the next several episodes, we share the challenges of starting a family side hustle, myAgeTechlab.com, helping people live in their own homes longer through the use of age technology, or AgeTech for short.

Driven by our own family experiences caring for loved ones as they age, can my teenage son, brothers and I apply sound principles of value creation to build a business that helps people while also turning a profit?

In this episode, we share our inspiration, skills we expect to learn, challenges ahead, and what to remember when the naysayers come knocking.

Dial in and join us here on Upside/Downside!

Thank you for listening and please tell your friends about Upside/Downside - a podcast about value creation.

If your organization needs customized assistance, I may be able to help. All revenues after taxes earned from consulting engagements are donated to registered charities working on challenges in the United States. See my host page for more details.

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, information security executive David de Martin joins me to analyze the many threats businesses face, and how adaptive tools like Calamu can neutralize those threats while growing your profits and cash flow through competitive advantage.

From threat Prevention to Detection to Response, what should value-focused companies be thinking about and how are security solutions responding in the era of AI?

Take a seat at your security console and dial up your value creation skills on this episode of Upside/Downside!

Thank you for listening and please tell your friends about Upside/Downside - a podcast about value creation.

If your organization needs customized assistance, I may be able to help. All revenues after taxes earned from consulting engagements are donated to registered charities working on challenges in the United States. See my host page for more details.

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, Tommy Huynh returns and we share our predictions how AI will impact businesses and people in 2024. Referencing new stats and reports from respected third parties, we make our cases and challenge each other's assumptions.

What minimum skills will be required? Will investment levels continue unabated? Who's most at risk of losing their job? Does anyone really know what they're talking about? And what do we do if all hell breaks loose?

Let's plow through the details together on this episode of Upside/Downside.

Thank you for listening and please tell your friends about Upside/Downside - a podcast about value creation.

If your organization needs customized assistance, I may be able to help. All revenues after taxes earned from consulting engagements are donated to registered charities working on challenges in the United States. See my host page for more details.

Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation, and how the actions we take affect profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.

In this episode, Tommy Huynh joins me to explore the democratization of AI and how SMBs in particular can increasingly take advantage.

From sales battlecard creation to low code/no code customer service chatbots, use cases abound if you know the problems you want to solve.

Get ready to accelerate your value creation curve on this episode of Upside/Downside!

Thank you for listening and please tell your friends about Upside/Downside - a podcast about value creation.

If your organization needs customized assistance, I may be able to help. All revenues after taxes earned from consulting engagements are donated to registered charities working on challenges in the United States. See my host page for more details.

Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation, and how the actions we take affect profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.

Executive recruiter, coach, and company founder Samuel Dergel returns for a super informative update on the market for CFOs.

Why is the opportunity pipeline about to increase? What functional skills are most important? Are you ready for that Saturday call from the Board?

We cover a lot of ground, plus a corny joke. Time to make the uncomfortable comfortable with this episode of Upside/Downside!

Thank you for listening and please tell your friends about Upside/Downside - a podcast about value creation.

If your organization needs customized assistance, I may be able to help. All revenues after taxes earned from consulting engagements are donated to registered charities working on challenges in the United States. See my host page for more details.