Maria Rioumine's guest appearances

Maria Rioumine

The Electrical Current

Think Like A Leader

Let's Talk About It 

Joel Smith

Greg Stewart

Joe House

Joe Swartz

Rob Smith

David Jones

Greg Long

Ryan Jackson

Anirban Basu

Bill Crawford

Bill Fowler

Don Campbell

Mike Holmes

Bill Hughes

David Long

OwlTail

The costs of building a building can run to 40% for materials. Maria Rioumine, Founder and CEO of Agora Systems, is determined to help electrical contractors create supply management systems with features that help streamline everything they touch along the supply chain. She describes the importance of listening to what the customer wants and needs and delivering ways that will help them improve procurement, productivity, and profit.

<p>The costs of building a building can run to 40% for materials. Maria Rioumine, Founder and CEO of Agora Systems, is determined to help electrical contractors create supply management systems with features that help streamline everything they touch along the supply chain. She describes the importance of listening to what the customer wants and needs and delivering ways that will help them improve procurement, productivity, and profit.</p>

Maria Rioumine, Agora Systems

Born in Russia, raised in Israel, and having moved to UK without knowing English at 14 years old, Maria learned to embrace the unknown. Ultimately, her path after Oxford led her to Silicon Valley to work with Joe Lonsdale at venture fund 8VC where Maria discovered a lack of innovation and technology in the construction and build space - an industry worth $250 B. Realizing this gap, she founded Agora, which just raised a Series B of $33M, to modernize the complex construction materials supply chain and, in turn, make cities more affordable. In this episode, Maria talks about her personal and entrepreneurial journey, how to find a good company idea, and her thoughts around risk taking in your 20s.

<p>Born in Russia, raised in Israel, and having moved to UK without knowing English at 14 years old, Maria learned to embrace the unknown. Ultimately, her path after Oxford led her to Silicon Valley to work with Joe Lonsdale at venture fund 8VC where Maria discovered a lack of innovation and technology in the construction and build space - an industry worth $250 B. Realizing this gap, she founded Agora, which just raised a Series B of $33M, to modernize the complex construction materials supply chain and, in turn, make cities more affordable. In this episode, Maria talks about her personal and entrepreneurial journey, how to find a good company idea, and her thoughts around risk taking in your 20s.</p>

Meet Maria Rioumine: the founder making cities affordable

Raeshawn Crosson and Maria Rioumine of Agora Systems talk about how outdated procurement methods are responsible for inefficiencies and slowing down the rate of projects. They discuss Agora’s offerings to serve the full breadth of the electrical and systems contracting industry.  They also discuss how the pandemic has affected materials ordering andthe importance of working cross-departmentally and how Agora can assist in that process.

#067 - RaeShawn Crosson and Maria Rioumine of Agora Systems