The Accelerator with Michael Conniff

About The Accelerator with Michael Conniff

This is a Podcast dedicated to bringing entrepreneurs, founders, start ups together with angels, investors and venture capitalists. Anyone who is interested in watching the economy grow in a magnificent way!

Publisher

Michael Conniff

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jan 2022

Latest episode

4 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

2 of 105 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Jan 2025

   Building Startups Stronger Pat Riley's Accelerator Playbook with Michael Conniff

   In this episode of The Accelerator, Michael Conniff interviews Pat Riley, CEO of Morrow, a company that empowers startups through accelerator support, venture investments, and a focus on sustainable growth. Pat shares his insights on the evolving startup landscape, the importance of redefining success beyond rapid growth, and the critical role of community and work-life balance for founders. Key Takeaways: Understanding the Accelerator Ecosystem: Learn the distinctions between accelerators, incubators, venture hubs, and venture studios. Redefining Startup Success: Explore alternative paths to success beyond the traditional venture capital model. Building a Sustainable Business: Discover how to prioritize work-life balance and create a fulfilling entrepreneurial journey. Investing for Impact: Learn about Morrow's investment philosophy and their focus on additive ventures that contribute positively to society. https://open.substack.com/pub/theaccelerator/p/building-startups-stronger-pat-rileys?r=r1zn6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #Podcast #Startup #Entrepreneurship #VentureCapital #Accelerator #Incubator #StartupFunding #BusinessGrowth #Innovation #Leadership #WorkLifeBalance #SustainableBusiness #ImpactInvesting #Community #FoundersJourney #BusinessSuccess #StartupEcosystem #Investing #Funding #Success #Motivation #Inspiration

2. 

   13 Dec 2024

   Accelerating Innovation The UConn Foundry Story | The Hidden Power of University Startups

   UConn Foundry's Ryan Coles, Masil Mallem, and Peter Goggins share insights on accelerating innovation through university startups, driving economic growth and entrepreneurship.

3. 

   3 Dec 2024

   From Clicks to Conversions Leveraging AI for Marketing Success

   AJ Elliott, COO of Dicer.ai, shares how his company's AI-powered platform revolutionizes marketing by analyzing ad performance, generating creative ideas, and optimizing campaigns for unprecedented results.

Inside a recent episode

Is your cyber security strategy ready for 2024 | Find Out with Michael Conniff

Published 2 Sept 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That's great. I love that about payments, but at what cost? So when I started advocating for small business, which is what I've done now, right, after some exits, you want to help people. So I changed from this profit focus mentality to what, what can I have purpose and help people with? And this is probably the first company that that's just pure cost reduction. So I'm using my commercial guys will kill me. I'm not using AI. We call it AI cost reduction. It's a really buzzword thing. It's really machine learning. We use OCR. We read the statements. We take basically use optical optical character recognition. […]

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YouTube views

21,861

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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Quality

54

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

60

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