HeyJaredRooted and Reaching
There’s a job to do, and in the South Bend - Elkhart region, a midwestern work ethic is changing the narrative from rusty to ready.
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From Zimbabwe to South Bend: Valerie Jairosi on Design, Community, and Winning Idea Week (opens the original)
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Graphic designer Valerie Jairosi never set out to call herself an entrepreneur. Raised in Zimbabwe in a family of business builders, a mother who ran a successful wedding consulting business and a father who pioneered geographic information systems in their home country, she absorbed the rhythms of building something from nothing long before she had a word for it. In this impromptu Idea Week 2026 conversation, recorded live for a special mini-season of Rooted & Reaching, Valerie sits down with h
Building a Board Game to Teach Fundraising: Margaret Nanyombi on Money Movers and Learning by Doing (opens the original)
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Recorded live during Idea Week, this quick-hit conversation on Rooted & Reaching features Margaret Nanyombi, Founder of Money Movers, a board game built to teach entrepreneurs the real mechanics of fundraising. Originally from Uganda, Margaret moved to the U.S. in 2024 to pursue a Master of Science in Engineering, Science and Excellence through the STEAM program, graduating in 2025. With over five years of entrepreneurship experience spanning ecosystems in Uganda, the U.S., and Chile, she brings
Building the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs: Logan Herzog on Why Michiana Is a Model for Startup Support (opens the original)
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Recorded live during IDEA Week, this episode of Rooted & Reaching brings host Marty Mechtenberg together with Logan Herzog, Executive Director of RISE, for a fast, candid conversation about what makes the South Bend Elkhart region one of the most welcoming entrepreneurship communities anywhere. Logan spent eight years running growth for early-stage startups around the world, working with startup communities in roughly 20 countries, and he does not hedge his conclusion: relative to those places,
Wheat Farm to Vertical Farm: Joseph McKeirnan on Reinventing Indoor Agriculture with Tingaponics (opens the original)
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Recorded live during Idea Week, this episode of Rooted & Reaching brings host Marty Mechtenberg together with Joseph McKeirnan, Founder of Tingaponics, for a fast, candid conversation about the future of indoor vertical farming. Joseph is building a growing system that blends the affordability of hydroponics with the efficiency of aeroponics, a hybrid approach he named for the Greek word "tingo," meaning dip. The result is a method that dips plant roots in nutrient-rich water and then raises the
From Olympic High Jump to Entrepreneur: Priscilla Loomis on Grit, Resilience & the Athlete Mindset (opens the original)
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Recorded at Idea Week 2026 in South Bend, this episode of Rooted & Reaching brings host Kris Priemer together with Priscilla Loomis, a former Olympian and entrepreneur whose career has been defined by grit, persistence, and resilience. With a background in television and film, Priscilla transitioned into entrepreneurship after retiring from the Olympics, focusing on storytelling, media, and building her own ventures. In this conversation, she traces the winding path from a childhood lawn-mowing
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