Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.

The Coronavirus pandemic impacts many parts of the economy including IT and cybersecurity.

We’ll see changes in the following ways:

With the shift to distributed employees and remote work, there will be more people logging in from remote locations. This opens the door for more cybersecurity attacks.

Remote users with their own devices will take more time to monitor and repair when attacked.

Remote devices will need login and access to databases and other resources. These devices with access to critical data will need to be secured. 

It’s important to monitor data wherever it is stored, even if it’s at a remote location. 

Data can spread, making it harder to define and protect that data. 

Collaboration tools open up risks for cyber attack. Ease-of-use software means easy to attack.  Encryption tools need to be applied to collaboration and messaging tools. 

Security breach plans need to account for the new remote workforce. 

Remote workers have been in use for some time, but with the entire company on remote work format brings a new challenge to cybersecurity.


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Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.

The Coronavirus pandemic impacts many parts of the economy including logistics and supply chain.

We’ll see changes in the following ways:

The need for flexible manufacturing come to the forefront in the Coronavirus pandemic in the form of ventilators, COVID-19 tests, and medical supplies.

Traditional manufacturing will be replaced by faster, more flexible systems with an emphasis on technology, rather than low-cost labor. 

Technologies such as 3D printing, robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing will take precedence in the event labor goes under lock down.

Amazon is an example of an advanced manufacturer relying on ecommerce, cloud-based computing and sophisticated supply chain logistics. 

The post-Coronavirus world will want the ability to run standalone. Robotics, AI, and automation will be seen as a positive force for achieving that.

Logistics are shifting to serve the customer all the way to their home rather than through intermediate distribution points such as grocery stores and C-stores.  

As with most trends in the Coronavirus economy, these were already underway.  It now accelerates. 


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Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.

The Coronavirus pandemic impacts many parts of the economy including education.

We’ll see changes in the following ways:

Education has been moving online for the last twenty years. With online courseware, virtual classroom tools and more, the coronavirus will accelerate the move online.

Virtualized education will let instructors customize to individual needs.

The flipped classroom will become the new norm as videos, digital courseware and multimedia provide the lecture component.

There will be an increased usage of crowdsourced education. Virtualized education opens the door to bring additional teachers into the classroom. Imagine having an engineer provide a session on thermal dynamics and its practical use on the job.

A key component of the current education system is the ‘daycare’ component that allows parents to work a day job without having to pay for it.

Startups should examine these trends and consider extending your product to take advantage of them.


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In this episode, Hall is joined by Thomas Cali of Polaris Advisory.

Thomas, a long-time investor in some large and well-known companies, has years of experience in the technology, telecom and healthcare spaces. He stresses the importance of teamwork to run a successful company and gives advice on how executive burnout can be avoided and why it’s important to delegate. 

Polaris Advisory represents about four family offices who scale companies from private to public. 

Thomas can be contacted via email at thomascali531@gmail.com

In this episode, Hall is joined by Christopher Hugman, CEO of System Surveyor, established in 2017 in Austin, Texas.

System Surveyor is an award-winning, cloud-based platform Software as a Service (SaaS) which helps system-integration contractors and technology professionals in the electronic physical security industry, as well as other markets. 

He gives his three top pieces of advice for what he believes is the key to making a good investment with founder-market fit being even more important than product-market fit. Chris gives examples of use cases and how System Surveyor is helping companies in the sector.

Delivering value to clients is the main focus of their business.

Visit System Surveyor at www.systemsurveyor.com

Chris can be contacted via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-hugman-p-e-3963aa1/ and via email at chugman@systemsurveyor.com