Build Your Community

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

In funding startups, it’s important to build out your startup ecosystem.

A stronger startup scene will bring better funding opportunities.

Here are some key points for building your startup ecosystem:

• The startup world goes through cycles every 3-5 years with new technologies, companies, and programs, so it’s important to keep up to date.
• Identify the new technologies and programs that startups need.
• Foster the culture around startups and help others find their place in it, even if they are not starting up a company but rather providing services or support.
• Follow your curiosity about new technologies and introduce experts and speakers in those niches to your startup community.
• Encourage those who are working on startups to maintain the faith and keep up the good work.
• Set a vision for the future of the startup community and rally others around it.
• Foster connections within the community through networking platforms, meetings, and other activities that bring people together.
• Take the lead in setting up programs and promoting the startup community to the outside world.

Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding.

Let’s go startup something today.
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On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Coss Marte, Founder, and CEO at CONBODY.

Headquartered in New York, NY, and founded in 2014, CONBODY is a prison-style boot camp that employs formerly incarcerated individuals as fitness instructors. 

CONBODY was founded by Coss Marte, a former drug kingpin who created the CONBODY method while serving time in prison. Now, CONBODY uses fitness to raise awareness for criminal justice reform and provide opportunities for this marginalized group. CONBODY has hired over 50 former inmates and has a 0% recidivism rate.

Its mission is to bridge a gap between two communities: young professionals and formerly incarcerated individuals and to normalize their reentry into society.

While serving prison time, Coss developed a unique and effective exercise program that doesn't rely on equipment. Having battled weight issues, he faced life-threatening complications associated with obesity. Coss is ardently committed to supporting people in making changes to their lifestyle that results in individuals reaching and maintaining their fitness goals.

Coss discusses how he sees the fitness industry evolving, and some of the challenges he has faced in running his company. He speaks about the benefits of hiring incarcerated individuals and his internship program.

You can visit CONBODY at www.conbody.com, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/conbody, and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/conbodynyc.  

Coss can be contacted at cossmarte@conbody.com, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/cossmarte/, and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cossmarte. 

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Music courtesy of Bensound.