Of the 15 companies that have been helped by , the Northern Kentucky business accelerator, over the last two years, 13 are still in operation. That is a great track record when you consider that half of all new-business startups fail. UpTech, which focuses on informatics and new ways to process, store, retrieve and use data, recently named the semi-finalists in its third class of entrepreneurs. Joining us to talk about UpTech is Program Manager Amanda Greenwell and Russ Beymer, co-founder and managing partner of , one of the finalists in UpTech?'s 2013 class.