The Tech Startup Collective

TSC 6: Tom Putnam, Co-Founder of Beeline talks about building a Hardware startup & raising a successful Kickstarter campaign

TSC 5: Jobandtalent, the on-demand staffing firm with CCO, Giuseppe Mozzillo

TSC Sessions: Tobias Taupitz, CEO and Co-Founder of Laka talks about building a pioneer InsureTech business

David Howorth, Co-Founder of Avvoka and the journey of starting a LegalTech business

Cosmin Mihaiu noticed that injured patients hated physical therapy — and often took longer to recover because of it — he dedicated himself to making the dreaded process more engaging, or even fun. In 2011 he and his colleagues founded MIRA Rehab, where they develop software that lets patients play interactive, therapeutic games. As MIRA’s CEO and a TED fellow, Mihaiu now focuses on building relationships with medical institutions around the US and the UK, showing them how video games can make recovery more effective for patients and physical therapists alike.

Beam crowdfunds employment training for homeless people, led by founder Alex Stephany, (also ex-CEO of Just Park and author of The Business of Sharing). Stephany was inspired to build Beam after meeting and getting to know Richard, an illiterate homeless man who wanted to learn to read. He asked himself: "Would any local people be prepared to help this man learn to read, if technology existed that made it easy and safe?” At Beam, they believe the answer is 'yes', and that it is possible to use technology to solve a range of large complex social problems, starting with homelessness.