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#205: Aria Hahn & Brianna Blaney on the story behind Pocketed, companies they have helped raise grant funds and challenges they have gone through while scaling their business

March 11, 2022 Springworks Season 1 Episode 205
The Shape of Work
#205: Aria Hahn & Brianna Blaney on the story behind Pocketed, companies they have helped raise grant funds and challenges they have gone through while scaling their business
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The Shape of Work
#205: Aria Hahn & Brianna Blaney on the story behind Pocketed, companies they have helped raise grant funds and challenges they have gone through while scaling their business
Mar 11, 2022 Season 1 Episode 205
Springworks

In this episode, we are joined by two serial entrepreneurs, Brianna Blaney (CEO & Co-Founder) and Dr. Aria Hahn (CTO & Co-Founder) of Pocketed. 

Pocketed is a platform that simplifies access to grant funding for businesses. It’s a free platform through which businesses automatically match with different funding programs they're eligible for. It also provides funding management solutions for businesses where they act as their agents.

Brianna has successfully scaled an HR and recruitment services company across Canada called Envol Solutions Inc. including securing grants for clients with annual revenue over $1M. 

With a PhD in Metagenomics and Bioinformatics, Aria is experienced in developing algorithms and data solutions for complex problems. She successfully built a bioinformatics service company, Koonkie Cloud Services. 

Brianna and Aria have a shared passion for developing scalable businesses and powering economic growth.

 Read on for our favourite highlights and top takeaways from the conversation.

  • The story behind ‘Pocketed’ and its name
  • Companies that have raised grant funding through the platform
  • Some challenges that they have gone through and their learnings
  • Inspirations that have helped push through tough times
  • Their vision for a Pocketed-enabled world as they continue to expand and grow
  • Advice for budding entrepreneurs, founders, and business owners

Follow Brianna and Aria on LinkedIn

Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast host: Moshe Vhanunu

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organization that is building tools and products to simplify recruitment, on-boarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify — B2B verification platform

EngageWith — employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organization focused on employee well-being and workplace culture leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company

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In this episode, we are joined by two serial entrepreneurs, Brianna Blaney (CEO & Co-Founder) and Dr. Aria Hahn (CTO & Co-Founder) of Pocketed. 

Pocketed is a platform that simplifies access to grant funding for businesses. It’s a free platform through which businesses automatically match with different funding programs they're eligible for. It also provides funding management solutions for businesses where they act as their agents.

Brianna has successfully scaled an HR and recruitment services company across Canada called Envol Solutions Inc. including securing grants for clients with annual revenue over $1M. 

With a PhD in Metagenomics and Bioinformatics, Aria is experienced in developing algorithms and data solutions for complex problems. She successfully built a bioinformatics service company, Koonkie Cloud Services. 

Brianna and Aria have a shared passion for developing scalable businesses and powering economic growth.

 Read on for our favourite highlights and top takeaways from the conversation.

  • The story behind ‘Pocketed’ and its name
  • Companies that have raised grant funding through the platform
  • Some challenges that they have gone through and their learnings
  • Inspirations that have helped push through tough times
  • Their vision for a Pocketed-enabled world as they continue to expand and grow
  • Advice for budding entrepreneurs, founders, and business owners

Follow Brianna and Aria on LinkedIn

Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast host: Moshe Vhanunu

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organization that is building tools and products to simplify recruitment, on-boarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify — B2B verification platform

EngageWith — employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organization focused on employee well-being and workplace culture leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company