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🗓️ 5 November 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Andre McGregor, the CEO of ForceMetrics, joins Forbes senior writer Jabari Young at the Nasdaq MarketSite to discuss a $22 million capital raise for his software startup. ForceMetrics investors include Star Wars creator George Lucas, and his wife, Mellody Hobson, co-CEO of Ariel Investments, and billionaire Charles Koch.
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0:00.0 | He calls it to Google for first responders. |
0:03.0 | And in a minute, we'll introduce you to the man who raised $22 million in Lord investors, |
0:07.0 | including Star Wars creator George Lucas and his wife, Melanie Hobson. |
0:12.0 | Coming up right now at the NASDAQ. |
0:16.0 | Hello everyone, this is Jabari Young senior writer here at Forbes, and I am at the NASDAQ market site, joined by Andre McGregor. |
0:23.4 | He is the CEO of Force Metrics. |
0:26.4 | Now, this is a decision assist software as a service company based in Denver, and it helps first responders gather Intel right on the spot, making things a little bit easier for first responders in the field. |
0:39.0 | And Andre, you're also a former exec at Goldman Sachs and a former FBI agent getting into all |
0:44.8 | of that. Welcome to the NASDAQ, so I appreciate the time. |
0:47.5 | Thanks for having me. |
0:48.5 | Yeah, absolutely, man. This is your first time here, we're just talking about on camera, |
0:51.5 | but you gotta give me a stock. Everybody that comes to the Nads, I always say, you got to give me a stock, right? That's something that's |
0:56.9 | worked well for you, or maybe you want to buy, right? What's a little tip that you got? Um, you know, |
1:01.7 | I was just looking at, you know, Amazon is, I can't hate against Amazon. I can't. My wife is like, yep, yep, all the time, so we put money there. |
1:11.6 | Yeah, I mean, listen, every single time you come home is Amazon packages all over the ground, |
1:15.6 | right? |
1:16.6 | Logistics, Amazon, you can't go wrong there. |
1:18.6 | That and I won't throw out, you know, axon's always good too. |
1:21.6 | Yeah. |
1:22.6 | It's obviously in the industry I'm in. Well, listen, man, you got if you gave us two, you might as make you three, right? Third time's a charm, right? You name's Axon, Amazon. |
1:28.2 | What's the third one? |
1:28.9 | What's the third one? |
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