From Haiti to Miami, Georges Duplessy co-founder of Virtual Badge joins the It's Bigger Than Business Podcast

In this new It's Bigger Than Business podcast episode, co-host Manny Larcher catches up with Georges Duplessy, co-founder of Virtual Badge. 

They cover various topics from Georges introducing to computer programming, learning Pascal, being born in Haiti and coming to Miami where he attended college studying computer science, working in Disaster and Damage Relief with companies like FEMA, and how that led to starting a  company around improving the safety or others with Virtual Badge. 

Virtual Badge is helping professionals in the  various industries including construction industry keep track of staff, contractors, and vendors.  A B2B Enterprise SaaS identity platform for workforce and risk management. Our solution allows work sites to ensure end-to-end compliance for all of their employees and contractors. 

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About ​Startup Showdown - Tech Startup Pitch Competition with $120,000 Investment Prize Every Month

The Startup Showdown series is hosted by Panoramic Ventures, the venture capital investing team of BIP Capital, one of the most active VC firms in the Southeast. Panoramic is led by highly successful entrepreneurs and investors Paul Judge and Mark Buffington.

"Startup Showdown is a unique opportunity for early-stage startups to present to well-known investors and innovators in the tech ecosystem as they look to take their companies to the next level," said Judge, Managing Partner of Panoramic. "Finalists will pitch to VCs while establishing long-lasting connections in the entrepreneur ecosystem. Our goal with this series of competitions is to democratize the funding process in order to showcase the most promising talent in the next frontier of innovation, regardless of race, gender, or geographic location." 

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More About Georges

Georges published his first computer program at 12 years old while he was growing up in Haiti. He spent the next 5 years freelancing in various computer languages until the 2010 Haitian Earthquake hit the country with devastating effects after which he moved to South Florida to pursue a degree in Computer Science at the University of Miami thanks to a merit-based scholarship.