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Startup Funding Espresso — Humor Effect

Humor Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The humor effect is defined by Wikipedia as humorous items that are more easily remembered than non-humorous ones, which…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Context Effect

Context Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Context effect is defined by Wikipedia as cognition and memory are dependent on context, such that out-of-context…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Bizarreness Effect

Bizarreness Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The bizarreness effect is defined by Wikipedia as bizarre material that is better remembered than common material….

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Investor Connect – 770 – Adam Besvinick of Looking Glass Capital

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Adam Besvinick, Founder and Managing Partner at Looking Glass Capital. Located in Purchase, NY, USA, Looking Glass Capital is a pre-seed and seed fund that seeks to invest in and support…

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Startup Funding Espresso – False Consensus Effect

False Consensus Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The false consensus effect is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for people to overestimate the degree to…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Naive Realism

Naive Realism Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Naive realism is defined by Wikipedia as the belief that we see reality as it really is – objectively and without…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Illusory Superiority

Illusory Superiority Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Illusory superiority is defined by Wikipedia as overestimating one’s desirable qualities and underestimating…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Illusion of External Agency

Illusion of External Agency Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Illusion of external agency is defined by Wikipedia as when people view self-generated preferences as…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Group Attribution Error

Group Attribution Error Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Group attribution error is defined by Wikipedia as the biased belief that the characteristics of an individual…

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Investor Connect – 769 – Jonathan Stidd of DealMaker

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Jonathan Stidd, President at DealMaker Reach. Located in Toronto, ON, Canada, DealMaker is on a mission to create the most sophisticated capital markets tools on the planet, empowering capital to flow…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Zero-Risk Bias

Zero-Risk Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Zero-risk bias is defined by Wikipedia as the preference for reducing a small risk to zero over a greater reduction in…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Survivorship Bias

Survivorship Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Survivorship bias is defined by Wikipedia as concentrating on the people or things that “survived” some process and…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Subjective Validation

Subjective Validation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Subjective validation is defined by Wikipedia as the perception that something is true if a subject’s belief…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Pseudo-certainty Effect

Pseudo-certainty Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The pseudocertainty effect is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to make risk-averse choices if the expected…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Authority Bias

Authority Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Authority bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to attribute greater accuracy to the opinion of an authority…

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Investor Connect – 768 – Ethan Rigel of Gore Range Capital

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Ethan Rigel, Founder, and Managing Partner at Gore Range Capital. Located in New York City, New York, USA, Gore Range Capital is focused on investments in early-stage skin health businesses. Their…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Optimism Bias

Optimism Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The optimism bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to be over-optimistic, overestimating favorable and pleasing…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Ostrich Effect

Ostrich Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The ostrich effect is defined by Wikipedia as ignoring an obvious negative situation. It’s common among founders to…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Planning Fallacy

Planning Fallacy Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The planning fallacy is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to underestimate task completion times. Projects take…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Pro-Innovation Bias

Pro-Innovation Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The pro-innovation bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to have an excessive optimism towards an invention…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Projection Bias

Projection Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The projection bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to overestimate how much our future selves share one’s…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Omission Bias

Omission Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The omission bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to judge harmful actions (commissions) as worse, or less…

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Investor Connect – 767 – Sarah Jennings of Beyond Capital Funds

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Sarah Jennings, Director of Beyond Angels, and Co-Founder at Beyond Capital Funds. Located in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas, The Beyond Capital Funds invests alongside established VCs targeting…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Observer Expectancy Bias

Observer Expectancy Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The observer expectancy bias is defined by Wikipedia as when a researcher expects a given result and…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Normalcy Bias

Normalcy Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The normalcy bias is defined by Wikipedia as the refusal to plan for, or react to, a disaster that has never happened…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Money Illusion

Money Illusion Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The money illusion effect is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to concentrate on the face value of money rather than…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Illusory Truth Effect

Illusory Truth Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The illusory truth effect is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to believe that a statement is true if it is…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Singularity Effect

Singularity Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The singularity effect is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to behave more compassionately to a single…

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Investor Connect – 766 – David Hurwitt of Troove

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes David Hurwitt, CEO & Founder at Troove. Located in Burlington, Vermont, USA, Troove is the first technology to harness the power of alumni and current student experience to help potential students…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Reactive Devaluation

Reactive Devaluation   Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Reactive devaluation is defined by Wikipedia as devaluing proposals only because they purportedly…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Product Segmentation

Product Segmentation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Product segmentation creates different versions of the product for different users. Novice users may get a…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Illusion of Control

Illusion of Control Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The illusion of control phenomenon is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to overestimate one’s degree of…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Hindsight Bias

Hindsight Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The hindsight bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to see past events as being predictable at the time those…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Benefits of a Platform-Based Approach

Benefits of a Platform-Based Approach Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. A platform-based approach to your business brings many benefits  Platforms make it easier…

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Investor Connect – 765 – Pedro Sorrentino of Atman Capital

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Pedro Sorrentino, Founder & Managing Partner at Atman Capital. Located in San Francisco, Miami, and NYC, Atman Capital is an early-stage startup, investing in technology and technology-enabled…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Applying AI to E-commerce

Applying AI to E-commerce Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI brings new capabilities and benefits to e-commerce businesses. AI can enhance e-commerce companies in the…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Applying AI to Current Products

Applying AI to Current Product Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI can be applied to your current products. Here are some benefits of integrating AI with your product…

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Startup Funding Espresso – How To Use Data With AI

How To Use Data With AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Data is a key component of Artificial Intelligence systems. AI looks for patterns in the data and draws…

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Startup Funding Espresso – The Use of Data and Algorithms in AI

The Use of Data and Algorithms in AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Artificial intelligence utilizes data and algorithms to create technical solutions. Data and…

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Investor Connect – 764 – Dr. Harvey Castro author of the book ChatGPT and Healthcare

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Dr. Harvey Castro, author of the book ChatGPT and Healthcare. Written by a highly experienced healthcare professional and medical correspondent, this book presents a compelling case for using ChatGPT…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Why Add AI to Your Business

Why Add AI to Your Business Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI brings many advantages to your business. Here’s a list of benefits to consider for your company:…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Types of AI

Types of AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. There are many types of Artificial Intelligence. Here’s a list of the types: Narrow AI — focuses on a single task or…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Issues in adding AI

Issues in adding AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In adding AI to your business consider these best practices: Create a list of potential applications and order…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Business Benefits of AI

Business Benefits of AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI brings many benefits to a business. Here’s a list of key benefits that can help your business. Improve…

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Startup Funding Espresso – How AI Can Be Used in a Business

How AI Can Be Used in a Business Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI can enhance the operations of a business. Here are some steps to implement AI in your startup:…

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Startup Funding Espresso – AI Art Generators

AI Art Generators Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI brings new capabilities for generating art. There are many tools now available to create art of all styles,…

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Investor Connect – 763 – Salvatore Buscemi of HRN, LLC

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Salvatore Buscemi, CEO and Co-Founding Partner at Harlem River Navy (“HRN”). Located in Las Vegas, NV, USA, HRN  is a referral-only private investment platform that makes principal investments…

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Startup Funding Espresso – AI in Gaming

AI in Gaming Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI brings many new capabilities and enhancements to gaming. Here’s a list of how AI improves gaming: Image improvement…

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Startup Funding Espresso – AI Applications in Business

AI Applications in Business Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. AI solves many business problems. Here’s a list of AI business applications: AI can create content for…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Generative AI Use Cases

Generative AI Use Cases Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Generative AI even in its earliest stage provides meaningful use cases. Here’s a list of use cases it can…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Generative AI

Generative AI Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Artificial intelligence has been around for over fifty years. Through the use of large language models and machine…

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Investor Connect – 762 – James Frinzi of Multiband Global

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes James Frinzi, CEO at Multiband Global. Located in Austin, Texas, USA, Multiband Global offers a solution for the complete IT and Network Lifecycle from deployment to decommissioning. They are backed…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Curse of Knowledge

Curse of Knowledge Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Curse of knowledge is defined by Wikipedia as when better-informed people find it extremely difficult to think…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Default Effect

Default Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Default effect is defined by Wikipedia as when given a choice between several options, the tendency to favor the…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Expectation Bias

Expectation Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The expectation bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for experimenters to believe, certify, and publish data…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Fading Affect Bias

Fading Affect Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The fading affect bias is defined by Wikipedia as a bias in which the emotion associated with unpleasant memories…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Framing Effect Bias

Framing Effect Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The framing effect bias is defined by Wikipedia as drawing different conclusions from the same information,…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Ambiguity Effect

Ambiguity Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The ambiguity effect is a bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to avoid options for which the probability of a…

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Investor Connect – 761 – Yaniv Sneor of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Yaniv Sneor, Founder of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels (MABA). Mid Atlantic Bio Angels is a NY-based life science angel investment group that was formed in 2012 with the goal of bringing together the…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Attribute Substitution

Attribute Substitution Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The attribute substitution is a bias defined by Wikipedia that occurs when an individual has to make a judgment…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Backfire Effect

Backfire Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The backfire effect is a bias defined by Wikipedia as the reaction to disconfirming evidence by strengthening one’s…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Belief Bias

Belief Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The belief bias is a bias defined by Wikipedia as an effect where someone’s evaluation of the logical strength of an…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Ben Franklin Effect

Ben Franklin Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Ben Franklin effect is defined by Wikipedia as a person who has performed a favor for someone is more likely…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Shared Information Bias

Shared Information Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The shared information bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for group members to…

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Investor Connect – 760 – Hayden Blackburn of TechFW & Cowtown Angels

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Hayden Blackburn, executive director of TechFW and director of Cowtown Angels. Based in Fort Worth, TX, Cowtown Angels is an angel network that connects entrepreneurs seeking early-stage funding with…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Picture Superiority Effect

Picture Superiority Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The picture superiority effect is a phenomenon defined by Wikipedia whereby the notion that concepts that…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Modality Effect

Modality Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The modality effect is a phenomenon defined by Wikipedia whereby memory recall is higher for the last items of a list…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Levels of Processing Effect

Levels of Processing Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The level of processing effect is a phenomenon defined by Wikipedia whereby different methods of encoding…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Lag Effect

Lag Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The lag effect is a phenomenon defined by Wikipedia whereby learning is greater when studying is spread out over time, as…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Semmelweis Reflex

Semmelweis Reflex Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Semmelweis reflex is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to reject new evidence that contradicts a…

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Investor Connect – 759 – Archie Cheishvili of GenesisAI

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Archil Cheishvili, CEO, President & Director at GenesisAI. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, GenesisAI is a Machine Learning protocol. On top of this protocol, they are building a marketplace…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Stereotyping

Stereotyping Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Stereotyping is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as expecting a member of a group to have certain characteristics…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Halo Effect

Halo Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The halo effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for a person’s positive or negative traits to…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Ingroup Bias

Ingroup Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Ingroup bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for people to give preferential treatment to…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Self-Serving Bias

Self-Serving Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The self-serving bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to claim more responsibility for…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Selective Perception

Selective Perception Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Selective perception is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for expectations to affect…

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Investor Connect – 758 – Kristina Chapple of 11 Tribes VC

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Kristina Chapple, Director at 11 Tribes Ventures. Located in Chicago, IL, USA, 11 Tribes Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that proactively invests in the well-being of entrepreneurs. The fund…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Present Bias

Present Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Present bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency of people to give stronger weight to payoffs that…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Outcome Bias

Outcome Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Outcome bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to judge a decision by its eventual outcome instead…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Not Invented Here

Not Invented Here Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Not invented here is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the aversion to contact with or use of products,…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Neglect of Probability

Neglect of Probability Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Neglect of probability is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to completely disregard…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Law of the Instrument

Law of the Instrument Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Law of the instrument is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the over-reliance on a familiar tool or…

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Investor Connect – 757 – Brett Calhoun of Scale VC

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Brett Calhoun, Managing Director and Partner at Scale VC. Located in Columbia, Missouri, USA, Scale VC is an accelerator fund and venture studio investing monetary and social capital in early-stage…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Loss Aversion

Loss Aversion Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Loss aversion is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the disutility of giving up an object is greater than the…

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Startup Funding Espresso — IKEA effect

IKEA effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The IKEA effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for people to place a disproportionately high…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Groupthink

Groupthink Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Groupthink is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Mere Exposure Effect

Mere Exposure Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Mere exposure effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to express undue liking for things…

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Investor Connect – 756 – Christian Kameir of Sustany Capital

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Christian Kameir, Managing Partner at Sustany Capital. Located in Newport Beach, CA/USA, Sustany Capital is a deeply thesis-driven investment firm, applying a first principles approach and scientific…

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Startup Funding Espresso — Gambler’s fallacy

Gambler’s fallacy Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The gambler’s fallacy is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to think that future…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Frequency Illusion

Frequency Illusion Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Frequency illusion is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the illusion in which a word, a name, or other…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Dunning-Kruger Effect

Dunning-Kruger Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for unskilled…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Disposition Effect

Disposition Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Disposition effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to sell an asset that has…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Decoy Effect

Decoy Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Decoy effect is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as a situation in which preferences for either option A or B…

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Investor Connect – 755 – Alicia Cramer of AC Intl LLC and host of The Mind of Business Success Podcast

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Alicia Cramer, host of The Mind of Business Success Podcast and Business Mindset Mentor at AC Intl LLC.  Located in Tucson, Arizona, USA, AC Intl LLC helps business owners retrain their minds to…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Continued Influence Effect

Continued Influence Effect Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Some investors will hold onto their preconceived notions even when presented with corrected information….

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Startup Funding Espresso – Courtesy Bias

Courtesy Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Courtesy bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to give an opinion that is more socially correct…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Base Rate Fallacy

Base Rate Fallacy Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The base rate fallacy is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to ignore base rate information…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Clustering Illusion

Clustering Illusion Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Clustering illusion is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to overestimate the importance of…

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Startup Funding Espresso – Bias Blind Spot

Bias Blind Spot Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The bias blind spot is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency to see oneself as less biased than other…

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Investor Connect – 754 – Derren Burrell of Veteran Ventures Capital

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Derren Burrell, Founder & Managing Partner at Veteran Ventures Capital. Located in Knoxville, TN, USA, Veteran Ventures Capital (VVC) is a veteran-owned growth-equity investment fund & firm…

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