RENO, Nev. — For about a year, Ted Cohn had been thinking about starting a company out of his Incline Village home.

A longtime Silicon Valley executive, Cohn was still mulling what product or service to develop and, perhaps more importantly, when to take the first step.

Turns out, the coronavirus pandemic gave him the inspiration and motivation to hop on the entrepreneurial path.

Recognizing the surging demand of videoconferencing software due to stay-at-home orders and work-from-home trends, Cohn zeroed in on moving into the video call space while also tapping into the fast-growing sector of social media influencers.

The numbers, he felt, screamed opportunity. MORE...