The Launch Network

LPs8e01 - Re-humanizing digital experiences with Dr. Lina Bouayad

Looba’s groundbreaking app Analgesia empowers you to spend more time engaging with your patients and less time documenting. Create detailed, complete notation without typing a single letter! My research combines behavioral and analytical sciences to help resolve complex issues. I particularly focus on leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and analytics to improve outcomes, enhance productivity and lower costs in various fields. Current areas of interests are 1) cybersecurity and data falsification in 2) healthcare information system design, and 3) artificial intelligence and algorithmic fairness. Through collaboration with the Office of Veterans Affairs, I have been involved in several HSR&D and NIH studies totaling about $5 million in overall funding. Recent funded work looks at: 1) detecting empathy in provider secure messages, 2) improving the traditional Natural Language Processing system to identify pain care quality indicators in clinical notes, and 3) automating the documentation of clinical notes. I have accumulated a strong record of achievements in terms of research publications and partnerships that impact the fields of healthcare and information systems. I have publications at leading journals in the field including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research (ISR), and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). I am passionate about analytics and programming and enjoy passing along the power of AI and analytics to future generations of data scientists. Moving forward, I would like to continue impactful research applying the latest AI algorithms to help stakeholders in the healthcare field. Whether it is reducing costs for patients, reducing provider burnout, or enhancing healthcare outcomes, there is a tremendous potential for AI in the healthcare field. And I feel that is our duty to bring turn this potential into tangible solutions.

STEs1e14 - The Shark Tank Effect Show Talks with Liddle Speaker Inventor Dan Cass

Inventor with multiple utility patents. Product development and launch expert from paper to manufacturing to business development sales. Have an idea, I help companies launch an idea to award winning products. Reverse engineer mindset that can protect and enhance your idea and advance intellectual property. Experience includes automotive, electronics, electric vehicles, battery storage, renewable energy, wireless charging, electrical power and risk mitigation. We don’t just think about we do it!

STEs1e13 - The Shark Tank Effect Show Talks with NightCap Inventor Shirah Benarde

NightCap was invented in early 2019 by then 16-year-old Shirah Benarde from West Palm Beach, Florida. The idea came to her in a dream after hearing about the horrors of drink spiking from friends who experienced it after going off to college. Fortunately, her friends were okay, but Shirah was determined to come up with a pragmatic solution to this problem to protect her and her friends when they went off to college. She also wanted to make sure the product would be something girls would feel comfortable using. The next morning, she went to her mother’s closet, grabbed a pair of pantyhose, cut them up, and attached them to a scrunchie to create the first NightCap prototype. Her brother, Michael, 21 at the time, came home from college for the summer and saw the prototype sitting on a table. As someone who had been living on a college campus for four years, he understood how prevalent this problem was — and is. Knowing that there was no product on the market that had been adopted at scale, Michael saw huge potential for NightCap due to its unbeatable convenience and reusability. Together, Michael and Shirah took action and spent the next six months working to bring NightCap from concept to reality.

STEs1e12 - The Shark Tank Effect Show Talks with Recom Tailored Solutions for Premium Amazon Brands

Recom is designed to fit like a glove—we develop expertly tailored solutions to help premium brands accelerate on Amazon. We go beyond the standard, one-size-fits-all approach by digging into the details to shape the right Amazon strategy for each brand. Drawing upon our real-world Amazon knowledge in dozens of product categories, we create the optimal action plan for your brand and deliver results that meet and exceed your expectations. Our goal is to be a frictionless partner—the perfect fit for your brand, meshing with your organization and executing every component of your Amazon strategy flawlessly.

STEs1e11 - The Shark Tank Effect Show Talks with Joelle and Sonia of FunkkOFF

When Joelle arrived home, she immediately began designing and invented the 1st FunkkOFF! TeethRefreshers® prototype by ripping off the round toothbrush head from her electric toothbrush and taping it to a chapstick tube! As Joelle was working on the product design and obtaining multiple patents, she knew she needed Sonia to help bring her idea to market. Sonia has brought over 30 products to market during her 25+ year brand marketing career. She’s also Joelle’s dear friend from 7th grade! Together, they’ve been turning Joelle’s invention into the brand and beauty that she has become! Throughout the years, Joelle & Sonia discovered together that there are a lot of things that we need to get the “Funkk®” “OFF!” to feel our best and most confident when stepping out. They cannot wait to bring all of these Funkking® secret weapons to you!! Together, with lots of wine, laughter, tears and years, Joelle & Sonia have built FunkkOFF!® into the Funkky® lifestyle brand that it is today!