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10-Minute Tech Talks: How Tech Companies Fail and How Entrepreneurs Can Avoid It


Are you an entrepreneur building a technology company and looking to grow fast? This show teaches and inspires entrepreneurs to build better companies by learning from the failures of other tech companies and entrepreneurs.  Hosts Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting are from the Pittsburgh Technology Council with decades of experience helping tech entrepreneurs.

Sep 29, 2020

Today on Business as Usual, we are talking to the founder of one of Pittsburgh's most exciting tech startups -- Avi Geller, CEO of Maven Machines. A Palo Alto native with an advanced engineering degree from MIT, Avi chose to found the company in Pittsburgh due to the opportunities, talent and community provided by Innovation Works, as well as Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh universities. Avi will explain how Maven Machines was founded to unlock new opportunities and value for the transportation industry. With Maven Machines, transportation owner-operators and fleets leverage cloud and IoT technology to improve safety and day-to-day operations. This includes ELD compliance, driver safety, delivery time, revenues, profits and customer satisfaction. Because of the platform and apps, transportation providers can be reassured the solutions will adapt to current and future operational and regulatory requirements.