WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.536 [MUSIC] >>GERRY: IT'S TIME NOW TO GO INSIDE INNOVATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY DMI, MOBILIZING ENTERPRISES 2 00:00:03.536 --> 00:00:08.675 FOR THE CONNECTED WORLD. VENTURE STUDIO HIGH ALPHA RECENTLY SPUN OUT ITS 10TH STARTUP. 3 00:00:08.675 --> 00:00:15.014 ANVL IS A CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE COMPANY THAT DELIVERS WORKFORCE SAFETY SOLUTIONS. HOOSIER TECH SCENE VETERAN ROBIN 4 00:00:15.014 --> 00:00:20.320 FLEMING CO-FOUNDED THE COMPANY AND JOINED HIGH ALPHA AS AN ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE. SHE'S HERE NOW WITH MORE. 5 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:34.367 WELCOME! >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT ANVL IT'S A MILESTONE FOR HIGH 6 00:00:34.367 --> 00:00:41.941 ALPHA AT THE 10TH COMPANY TO BE SPUN OUT OF THAT VENTURE STUDIO, BUT GIVE ME THE IDEA BEHIND IT AND HOW THE IDEA CAME ABOUT. 7 00:00:41.941 --> 00:00:48.415 >> ANVL THIS THEY THE WORKFORCE FIRST SOLUTION TECHNOLOGY WE ARE BUILDING IN THE HANDS OF THE WORKER THAT'S 8 00:00:48.415 --> 00:00:55.755 AN HAZARDOUS CONDITION AND THE GENESIS ACTUALLY CAME FROM CUMMINS. CUMMINS IS A GLOBAL POWER LEADER 9 00:00:55.755 --> 00:01:03.329 , FORTUNE 500 COMPANY WITH AN IMPECCABLE SAFETY RECORD THAT WON THE CAMPBELL AWARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THEY REALLY WANTED 10 00:01:03.329 --> 00:01:10.904 TO INNOVATE ON SAFETY AND HAVE BEEN UNMET NEED AROUND WORKER SAFETY SO THEY CAME TO HIGH ALPHA AND IT WAS BORN. 11 00:01:10.904 --> 00:01:18.077 >> IN A WAY THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW HIGH ALPHA AND THE WHOLE THING WORKS. A COMPANY COMES TO YOU AND THEY 12 00:01:18.077 --> 00:01:27.420 HAVE AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM AND SEEKING A SOLUTION. >> ABSOLUTELY HIGH ALPHA IS A COMPANY BUILT TO BUILD COMPANY 13 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:35.628 AND THEY BRING ON LEADERS SUCH AS MYSELF AND OTHER FOLKS WHO HELPED FOUND THIS COMPANY AND BUILD THEM OUT. 14 00:01:35.628 --> 00:01:44.971 IT'S REALLY AN EXCELLENT MODEL AND I CAN THINK OF A BETTER TEAM TO WORK WITH. >> TALK ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND, 15 00:01:44.971 --> 00:01:53.379 I THINK TECHNOLOGY AND ANGIE'S LIST, PRIMO, YOU'VE HAD A LONG HISTORY IN TECHNOLOGY IN INDIANA TALK ABOUT THE MODEL AND YOU 16 00:01:53.379 --> 00:02:00.520 JOINED THE ORGANIZATION AS AN ENTREPRENEUR. >> REALLY FOR ME I HAD CHOICES THAT I EXITED ANGIE'S LIST TO 17 00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:09.863 FIGURE OUT IF I WANTED TO STAY IN INDIA ARE NOT AND I REALLY WANTED TO STAY HERE AND START FRESH AND START A START UP SO I 18 00:02:09.863 --> 00:02:17.670 JOINED AND WE'VE BEEN IN STEALTH MODE FOR MANY MONTHS WORKING TO BUILD OUT THAT DIVISION AND LAUNCH THE COMPANY MID-OCTOBER. 19 00:02:17.670 --> 00:02:23.877 AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE THINK WE ARE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL AND UNIQUE THAT HELPS 20 00:02:23.877 --> 00:02:31.251 PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE DAY. >> TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANVL AND FOR GROWTH. 21 00:02:31.251 --> 00:02:39.092 OBVIOUSLY CUMMINS COMING TO YOU WITH THIS DECISION TO CREATE THIS HAS POTENTIAL SCALABILITY. >> IT DEFINITELY DOES. 22 00:02:39.092 --> 00:02:46.566 WE'VE RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND WENT RECENTLY IN OCTOBER TO THE NATIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS AND RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM 23 00:02:46.566 --> 00:02:55.275 PEOPLE WANTING TO PARTNER WITH US AND THERE'S TRULY THAT UNMET NEED NOT JUST WITH COMMENTS BUT KIND OF ACROSS THE INDUSTRY 24 00:02:55.275 --> 00:02:59.812 THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS AND WEARABLES. THERE IS NOT SOMETHING 25 00:02:59.812 --> 00:03:08.521 NECESSARILY THAT FOCUS US ON THE WORKER WHERE WORK IS [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING TOGETHER WITH ANVL. 26 00:03:08.521 --> 00:03:16.062 >> AGAIN ANVL THE 10TH START UP TO SPIN OUT OF HIGH ALPHA UP. AGAIN THAT MODEL SEEMS TO BE WORKING AS WELL CREATING MORE 27 00:03:16.062 --> 00:03:23.536 COMPANIES, MORE IN THE ECOSYSTEM IN INDIANA. >> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP DOING THAT TO BUILD JOBS, 28 00:03:23.536 --> 00:03:29.275 TECHNOLOGY THAT RESONATES. IT HELPS WITH NOT JUST THE NATIONAL PRESENCE, BUT HOPEFULLY THE GLOBAL PRESENCE DOWN THE 29 00:03:29.275 --> 00:03:30.276 ROAD.