Podcasts about nextgen venture partners

Visit thedigitalslicepodcast.com for complete show notes of every podcast episode. Join Brad Friedman and Chris Zeunstrom as they chat about businesses that build relationships and Chris' work improving relationships between people and the technology they use. Chris Zeunstrom is the Founder and CEO of Ruca and Yorba. Since July 2017, Chris has led Ruca, a full-service global design cooperative, overseeing its design practice, ventures, philanthropy, and investments in bootstrapping startups. Chris also founded Yorba, a company dedicated to creating a decentralized internet based on trust, which emerged from beta in January 2024. Previously, Chris was a Limited Partner at NextGen Venture Partners (2015-2018), where he supported entrepreneurs through a network-driven venture firm. He also co-founded Advocate, serving as CEO from September 2015 to January 2018, focusing on integrating technology and civic engagement for inclusive representation. Chris is based in Lisbon. The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by Magai, up your AI game at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/magai

We discussed a few things including: 1. Mike's career journey2. How education has changed since pandemic3. AI related opportunities challenges4. New book5. Future trends and forecastsMichael B. Horn strives to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions and fulfill their potential through his writing, speaking, and work with a portfolio of education organizations. His new best-seller is Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career. https://www.amazon.com/Job-Moves-Making-Progress-Career-ebook/dp/B0CV7SGF6SHe is also the author of the award-winning Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns; Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools; Choosing College; Goodnight Box, a children's story; and the forthcoming From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child.Michael is faculty member at Harvard and co-founder of and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a non-profit think tank. He cohosts the top education podcasts Future U and Class Disrupted. He is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and writes the Substack newsletter The Future of Education. Michael also serves as an executive editor at Education Next, and his work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and NBC.  Michael is a senior strategist at Guild Education, which partners with leading employers and organizations to help offer education and upskilling opportunities to America's workforce. He serves on the board and advisory boards of a range of education organizations, including Imagine Worldwide, Minerva University, and the LearnLaunch Institute and is a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners.Michael was selected as a 2014 Eisenhower Fellow to study innovation in education in Vietnam and Korea, and Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. Michael holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.#podcast #AFewThingsPodcast

In this episode of Taking Notes with Nextgen, host Jon Bassett (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Abett empowers employers with the information they need to be more savvy consumers of healthcare. Employers are the largest payers for healthcare in the country, but the data they receive from their vendors often leaves them without the info and tools they need to be smart purchasers. Jon and Mike discuss Abett's mission to change that as well as the state of information security and AI in healthcare. Disclosures: The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only, and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any performance or projections contained herein may be significantly affected by future events. Any opinions, assumptions, assessments, statements or the like regarding future events, or which are forward looking constitute only subjective views and beliefs should not be relied on and are subject to change due to a variety of factors including fluctuating market conditions and economic factors. Abett is a NGVP Fund III portfolio company. Abett represents one of many companies in which the fund is invested and is not representative of the full portfolio. Prior access to investment opportunities and co-investment opportunities may not exist in future funds. Abett is not affiliated with the fund. Investments may be available for accredited investors and qualified purchasers only. Private equity investments are characterized by a high degree of risk, volatility and illiquidity due, among other things, to the nature of the investments. A prospective investor should thoroughly review the confidential information contained herein and in the offering materials pertaining to any investment, and carefully consider whether such an investment is suitable to the investor's financial situation and goals.

Emily Pesce is CEO of Joon, whose mission is to make mental healthcare and well-being broadly accessible and effective for 13-24 year olds. Emily has over twenty years of experience across healthcare, e-commerce, grocery, supply chain, technology, mobile, and cloud computing. She has led product, marketing, design, technology, forecasting and replenishment teams, among others. Her primary operating experiences were at Amazon (AmazonFresh, Kindle, Gaming, AWS) and Nerdy (Product). Emily has also been an investor, providing early stage capital, sometimes the first money in, to over 30 companies (Working Lab Capital, Pesce Family Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host Jon Bassett (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Ben Lewis and Jon Sockell, Co-Founders of Ensis.ai, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Ensis leverages Generative AI to assist government contractors in responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), as well as managing other solicitations and contract agreements. Before founding Ensis, Ben and Jon established Limbix Health, a NextGen Fund II portfolio company offering digital therapeutics aimed at alleviating symptoms of depression in teens and young adults. Following its acquisition by Big Health, a leader in non-drug digital treatments for mental health, they turned their attention to the government contracting arena. This market sees nearly $700 billion in annual domestic spending. In this podcast, Ben and Jon share what inspired them to develop this innovative solution and their ambitious vision for Ensis's growth. Disclaimers: The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only, and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any performance or projections contained herein may be significantly affected by future events. Any opinions, assumptions, assessments, statements or the like regarding future events, or which are forward looking constitute only subjective views and beliefs should not be relied on and are subject to change due to a variety of factors including fluctuating market conditions and economic factors. Ensis.ai is a NGVP Fund III portfolio company. Ensis.ai represents one of many companies in which the fund is invested and is not representative of the full portfolio. Prior access to investment opportunities and co-investment opportunities may not exist in future funds. Ensis.ai is not affiliated with the fund. Investments may be available for accredited investors and qualified purchasers only.

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our host Chris Keller (Managing Partner at NextGen) interviews Timothy Spong, Co-Founder and CEO of Vistapath Biosystems (Vistapath), where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Vistapath is a digital health company with a mission to modernize pathology labs to increase the quality of patient care. Tim and Chris talk about what inspired Tim to start the company, how the company is improving labs today, and what he is most excited about for the future. Disclaimers: The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only, and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any performance or projections contained herein may be significantly affected by future events. Any opinions, assumptions, assessments, statements or the like regarding future events, or which are forward looking constitute only subjective views and beliefs should not be relied on and are subject to change due to a variety of factors including fluctuating market conditions and economic factors.

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, our new host and existing Partner at NextGen Jon Bassett interviews Irfan Alam. Irfan is the Founder and CEO of Frontrow Health, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Frontrow Health is a digital health company with a mission to increase access to healthcare at home by connecting consumers with trusted medical providers and the right health products. Jon asks Irfan about what inspired him to start Frontrow, how the company's supporting patients today, and what he's most excited about for the future. Disclaimers: The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only, and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any performance or projections contained herein may be significantly affected by future events. Any opinions, assumptions, assessments, statements or the like regarding future events, or which are forward looking constitute only subjective views and beliefs should not be relied on and are subject to change due to a variety of factors including fluctuating market conditions and economic factors.

We are excited to have SchoolAI as a sponsor for the Summer of AI Series on Transformative Principal. Please visit schoolai.com to save your teachers 10 hours per week. Today we are talking with Michael B. Horn about the impact of AI on K12 (and higher) education and it's level of disruption.  Are students more disengaged because of the pandemic or AI taking over jobs? Anxiety from high school students because it is just far enough away. In every field entry level role becomes something much different. Intermediary places that employ apprentices. Theory of interdependence and modularity. In the early years of a system, different systems have to be done by the same entity. The nature of skills and work is moving so fast Book learning has to be done interdependently with the actual work. willfully blind to the reality. Google has changed the game and so will AI. Combination of human skills with the AI Hard things are still important. Habits of success, social emotional skills, soft skills, etc. What is hard may change. What is scarce may become clearer. It's easy to get a bunch of gibberish written on the internet. What's harder is to write something that compels others to take action. How to idenitfy hidden bias in AI. Rhetoric, philosophy, ethics and others are more important now. How we shape the AI and the code itself using ethics, philosophy. Overcorrection of humanities vs. STEM fields. Our ability to be discerning consumers is going to be more important. Are we training AI or is AI training us? Maybe knowledge is less important. Discerning what is fact vs. fiction. Information exists, knowledge gathers it, wisdom is applied knowledge, discernment is knowing when to use it. Schools seek to organize information into knowledge, smart people gain wisdom, and enlightened ones seek for discernment. Context gives meaning. Contrast give meaning. About Michael HornMichael B. Horn strives to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions and fulfill their potential through his writing, speaking, and work with a portfolio of education organizations. He is the author of several books, including the recently released From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child; the award-winning Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns; Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools; Choosing College;and Goodnight Box, a children's story.Michael is the co-founder of and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a non-profit think tank and an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He cohosts the top education podcasts Future U and Class Disrupted. He is a regular contributor to Forbes.com, the New York Sun, and writes the Substack newsletter The Future of Education. Michael also serves as an executive editor at Education Next, and his work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and NBC. Michael serves on the board and advisory boards of a range of education organizations, including Imagine Worldwide, Minerva University, the LearnLaunch Institute, and Guild Education, and is a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners.Michael was selected as a 2014 Eisenhower Fellow to study innovation in education in Vietnam and Korea, and Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. Michael holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Previous Episodes with Michael Horn Disrupting Class with Michael Horn Transformative Principal 202 - Transformative Principal with Jethro Jones Blended Learning with Michael Horn Transformative Principal 203 - Transformative Principal with Jethro Jones Transformative Principal | Choosing College with Michael Horn Transformative Principal 295 Transformative Principal | Tackling the Teacher Shortage Problem with Michael Horn, Charles Fournier and Kevin Stoller Transformative Principal 525 SponsorsSave your teachers hours per week with SchoolAI. It's not just a tool, it's a partner in the classroom. With school AI teachers can plan courses in minutes. Get realtime learning data and provide one-on-one tutor tutoring. Plus it's free for teachers. Go to SchoolAI.com/tpWe're so grateful to our sponsor AI Coach by Edthena. AI Coach enables your teachers to go through coaching cycles based on their own needs. The virtual coach guides teachers to reflect on their teaching, set a goal, and create an action plan… all based on gathering classroom evidence. It gives support between PD days  and other coaching cycles.Get a free trial for your teachers here.

Miguel Armaza sits down with Chris Pento, CEO/Co-Founder of Clear Street, a $2 billion modern financial infrastructure business focused on providing capital markets services including clearing, custody, execution, and prime brokerage service.Launched just five years ago in 2018, Clear Street was recently valued at $2 billion and has raised close to $600 million in equity and debt from Prysm Capital, NextGen Venture Partners, IMC Investments, and many more.We discuss:A brief history of the US Securities and Capital Markets infrastructure and how Clear Street is modernizing 50-year-old technologyHow Chris thinks about strategic-decision making and why they've been able to execute and launch so many products in just a few yearsWhy he believes in the concept of a value-add investor, especially in niche and regulated spaces like theirsTransitioning from a Wall Street corner office to scrappy startup founder, competitive ping pong matches at Clear Street… and a lot more!Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary, instead? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join 57,000+ readers and listeners worldwide!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIpqp

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Jero Beccar, Co-Founder and CEO of Hyka.io, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Hyka offers a platform that helps healthcare providers connect their patients with vetted speciality psychiatry clinics. Jero and Dan speak about why these clinics are underutilized for depression and other conditions, and various types of specialty treatments such as brain stimulation and ketamine. Disclaimers: The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only, and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any performance or projections contained herein may be significantly affected by future events. Any opinions, assumptions, assessments, statements or the like regarding future events, or which are forward looking constitute only subjective views and beliefs should not be relied on and are subject to change due to a variety of factors including fluctuating market conditions and economic factors. Private equity investments are characterized by a high degree of risk, volatility and illiquidity due, among other things, to the nature of the investments. A prospective investor should thoroughly review the confidential information contained herein and in the offering materials pertaining to any investment, and carefully consider whether such an investment is suitable to the investor's financial situation and goals. Investors should have the financial ability and willingness to accept the risks and lack of liquidity that are characteristic of these types of investments. No assurance can be given that any such opportunity's investment objectives will be achieved or that investors will receive a return of any of their capital. Investors should pay particular attention to the risk factors described in the Memorandum pertaining to an investment opportunity.

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Marissa Pittard & Chris Olmanson, Co-Founders of Beaming Health, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Beaming Health helps families find appropriate, expert care for children with developmental issues. Today they focus on autism care, but Chris and Marissa have plans to expand beyond that. Disclaimers: The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only, and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any performance or projections contained herein may be significantly affected by future events. Any opinions, assumptions, assessments, statements or the like regarding future events, or which are forward looking constitute only subjective views and beliefs should not be relied on and are subject to change due to a variety of factors including fluctuating market conditions and economic factors.

Our guest for this podcast is Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett. Abett helps employers, who pay about a trillion dollars a year for healthcare on behalf of employees, to gain control over their healthcare data and become more savvy consumers of healthcare. Abett works with some of the biggest employers in the country and this helps them dramatically reduce healthcare expenses. NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor in Abett.

Angel Scale Biotech: Learn More Greg Geehan is co-founder of Carna Health, a connected health startup. Carna is removing friction from blood testing with an at-home kit for patients unable to go to a lab for a draw. Great chat with an interesting entrepreneur. Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson. Highlights: Sal Daher Introduces Greg Geehan What Carna Health is Solving "... You guys aren't actually doing the testing or anything like that. You're basically integrating these devices, you're doing the software around these devices..." What Stage Carna Health is At Carna Health's Founding Story Greg Geehan's Backstory “...We'll go back and forth a couple of times and see if it's worth investing in, and then if we all agree that there's something there, then I'll bring it to the core fund under NextGen Venture Partners and put it up for pitching and see if it goes through the process…” Advice to the Audience Topics: discovering entrepreneurship, biotech, founding story, robotics/AI

Disruptive innovations begin on the margins and don't penetrate the mainstream until their quality is proven to be as good, if not better, than more established models. Disruptive innovation is a term that was coined by Clayton Christensen and his colleagues back in the 1990s, and its effects have been seen in many sectors over the years, including education.  In today's episode of the LiberatED podcast, I talk with Michael B. Horn, chairman, co-founder, and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute in Massachusetts. He has written several books on disruptive innovation in education, and his latest book, From Reopen To Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child was just released this summer. Michael serves as an executive editor at Education Next and is a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners.  Follow Michael on Twitter @michaelbhorn.

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 176 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Richard Wang on this week's show. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday and Saturday, so stay tuned! Richard Wang is the CEO of the global educational technology company Coding Dojo, a Venture Partner with NextGen Venture Partners, and serves as a Committee Member for various Future of Work and education-focused leadership councils. Richard holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, is an EY Entrepreneur of The Year® 2021 Pacific Northwest Award winner, and was recently included in Puget Sound Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Awards. As a leading education and technology executive, Richard is committed to creating economic mobility for underserved communities and increasing opportunities for individuals to reskill or upskill so they can participate in the digital economy. At the age of 13, he was the first member of his family to immigrate from China to the United States, and later was the first member of his family to attend a university. He taught himself English after witnessing firsthand how English literacy could create economic mobility for individuals in China. Richard similarly believes digital literacy could offer the same economic lift for those around the world and strives to create opportunities to help others transform their lives. To stay connected within the AHN community, please join our AHN directory: bit.ly/AHNDirectory --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asianhustlenetwork/support

We discussed a few things including:1. Michael's education career journey2. How the pandemic has disrupted sector3. Remote and hybrid: innovations + best practices4. Mental health and apathy issues5. Future trends and forecasts Michael strives to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions and fulfill their potential through his writing, speaking, and work with a portfolio of education organizations. He is the author of several books, including the award-winning Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns; Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools; Choosing College; Goodnight Box, a children's story; and the forthcoming From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child, which will be released in July 2022.Michael is the co-founder of and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a non-profit think tank. He cohosts the top education podcasts Future U and Class Disrupted. He is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and writes the Substack newsletter The Future of Education. Michael also serves as an executive editor at Education Next, and his work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and NBC.  Michael is a senior strategist at Guild Education, which partners with leading employers and organizations to help offer education and upskilling opportunities to America's workforce. He serves on the board and advisory boards of a range of education organizations, including Imagine Worldwide, Minerva University, and the LearnLaunch Institute and is a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners.Michael was selected as a 2014 Eisenhower Fellow to study innovation in education in Vietnam and Korea, and Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. Michael holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews David Lokshin, Co-Founder and CEO of Trace, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Trace is in the business of memories. More specifically, Trace places cameras at youth sports games and then automatically sends each player a personalized video with heir key moments in the game. Over time, Trace plans to capture video from vacations and other memorable times/places to again, automatically send individuals their personalized video. David and Dan touch on several topics, including the culture David has built at Trace over the years.

In this Green Light episode, Catherine is joined by Chante Harris, Director of Climate Investments & Partnerships at SecondMuse. SecondMuse is an impact & innovation company that builds resilient economies by supporting entrepreneurs & the ecosystems around them. Venture for ClimateTech is a non-profit global venture studio & accelerator program associated with SecondMuse, & it recently wrapped up its first year of supporting up & coming climate tech founders. Chante speaks about some of the exciting climate tech companies SecondMuse is investing in, including businesses like Voltpost, Climatize, Clean Ocean Coatings, Atrevida Science, and Alchemr through Venture for ClimateTech. She also speaks about her role as Venture Partner for both NextGen Venture Partners & Republic.Chante also shares how she co-founded & grew Women of Color Collective in Sustainability (WOC/CS) with Jordana V in order to provide a community for women of all backgrounds in climate tech. Through WOC/CS, Chante & Jordy eventually developed a job board; a mentorship program; a Google Group; a LinkedIn group; a newsletter; custom content; & the Collective Resiliency Summit that generated 400 attendees & 20 partners & sponsors.Are you looking for your next role in climate tech? Join the largest growing network of cleantech professionals and be the first to know about when industry-leading cleantech companies post new job openings. From development to finance to marketing, check out our website: dylan-green.com/latest-jobs.Dylan Green | Clean Energy Recruitment AgencyUS Phone: +1 (917) 287-6826UK Phone: +44(0)7538921422Email: catherine@dylan-green.com

The world of NFTs is the Wild West! Entering the space with knowledge and understanding is crucial to keeping you and your assets safe. Experts Brandon Hoffman, Christa Laser, Mitch Jackson, and Jerome Bethea (JB the Wizard) let us know what to consider as investors, and guide us through the legal side of NFTs. Topics Include: - Where to research and acquire NFTs - How to know if an NFT is a good investment - Defining on-chain and off-chain - Considering utility when investing - Four steps to finding red flags in NFT - What makes NFT a good investment - Fair use vs copyright infringement - Process of purchasing an NFT - Security and keeping your assets safe - Hot wallet vs cold wallet - What's a “rug pull” and how to avoid it - Pros and cons of regulation - And other topics… Brandon Hoffman is a senior venture investor at Samsung Next where he leads efforts around Web3, gaming/Metaverse, and fintech/Defi. Brandon has executed more than 20 early-stage deals. Christa Laser is an intellectual property law professor at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Her research focuses on intellectual property and innovation. She is also an angel investor and a Venture Partner with NextGen Venture Partners. Mitch Jackson is a trial lawyer, entrepreneur, and investor. He was named California Litigation Lawyer of the Year in 2013 and Orange County Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2009. Jerome Bethea (JB the Wizard) is an NFT Consultant to NFT Founders. He is the CEO and founder of Futuring™ With The Wizard, where he coaches Top Tier Salespeople. Sponsored By: Jordan Harbinger - Check out jordanharbinger.com/start for some episode recommendations Grin.co - Find out how GRIN can help you grow your brand. Watch the demo at GRIN.co  WRKOUT - Visit bit.ly/yap_wrkout to book a FREE Session with a world-class trainer and get 30% off your first TWO MONTHS with code YAP 99designs by Vista - Head to 99designs.com/YAP to learn more and get $30 off your first design contest! Riverside.fm - Visit riverside.fm and use my code YAP to get 60 minutes free recording and 15% off a membership plan. Resources Include: Get $10 Free Bitcoin on Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/YAP #YAPLive: NFT Basics and Beyond with Ben Yu, John Kraski, Brian Esposito, and Ashley France: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/yaplive-nft-basics-and-beyond-with-ben-yu-john-kraski-brian-esposito-and-ashley-france/ #YAPLive: NFTs for Artists & Creators with Maria Brito, Jerome Bethea (JB the Wizard), Cesar Maximo, and QuHarrison Terry: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/yaplive-nfts-for-artists-creators-with-maria-brito-jerome-bethea-jb-the-wizard-cesar-maximo-and-quharrison-terry/ Brandon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bdhoffman/ Brandon's Medium: https://medium.com/@brandondhoffman Brandon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrandonHoffmanC Christa's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christalaser/ Christa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/christalaser Christa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christa.laser/ Christa's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChristaLaser Mitch's Website: https://mitchjackson.com/ Mitch's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchjackson/ Mitch's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mitchjackson Mitch's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchjackson/ Mitch's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/triallawyerexpert/videos Mitch's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metaverselawyermitchjackson/ JB's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbthewizard/ JB's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FuturingWithTheWizard/ Connect with Young and Profiting: YAP's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting/     Hala's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/     Hala's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/     Hala's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala  Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@halataha   Website: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/  Text Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text “YAP” to 28046

Brian Vahaly is Chief Executive Officer, YouFit Gyms, the nationwide chain of affordable, personalized fitness clubs. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his more than 10 years in the fitness industry as a successful private equity executive and former professional tennis player. Prior to YouFit, Vahaly was CFO for the boutique fitness group [solidcore], where he grew the business from ten studios to eighty in just over two years. He served as COO for venture capital firms, Venturehouse Group and NextGen Venture Partners, and began his finance career with McLean Capital, a private equity fund. A lifelong athlete, Vahaly was an internationally ranked professional tennis player, retiring in 2007, with wins over several top ten ranked players such as French Open champions Michael Chang and Juan Carlos Ferrero. He is currently the only gay player in history to ever come out on the ATP tour and serves on the board of directors for the United States Tennis Association. He earned his BS degree in Finance and Business Management from the University of Virginia, where he was a three-time All-American. Vahaly lives with his husband and two children in the Washington D.C. area. In this episode, we dive into: - Brian's love for tennis, and how he managed school and tennis at the same time - Brian talks about how he handled failure as a player, and how he handles it now as a CEO - Brian discusses how playing in the Australian Open against Andre Agassi - the pressure - actually prepared him to take on business roles in uncertain and high-pressure environments - Why sleep is a great remedy to shaking off failures - How to focus in distracting environments and why Brian turns his phone away from time-to-time - Brian talks about being the only gay player in the history of the ATP tour, and the work that he is doing today in his business and with the US Tennis Association - How Brian manages his team, especially in the health and wellness space during the pandemic - Why it's important to surround yourself with great people - a recipe for success in Tennis and as a CEO

Join KP Reddy, General Partner of Shadow Ventures, and Martin Ringlein for a compelling conversation on DAOs, NFTs, and Web3. Martin Ringlein, “Marty,” is a serial entrepreneur and active investor; he is General Partner at the Adventure Fund and Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners where he invests in early and late-stage startups, such as Chime, Plaid, Uber, PayTM, Hyperloop One, and SpaceX. Most recently Marty was the Chief Product Officer for a #FinTech startup that was acquired by Brex where he was brought on to help lead product innovation. Prior, Marty was Global Head of R&D at Eventbrite, where Martin joined pre-IPO through the acquisition of his previous start-up. Marty also had the honor of being a Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House working directly within the Executive Office of the President for the Obama administration. Marty's first company was acquired by Twitter pre-IPO where he went on to become their first Design Manager, helping build and lead the Research & Design team. Marty currently lives in Los Gatos, California with his wife and newborn baby boy, Jack! Follow us! https://www.linkedin.com/company/shadowvc https://twitter.com/shadowventures https://www.facebook.com/shadowventures https://www.instagram.com/shadow.ventures/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/innovationsv/support

Let's bring the government into the 21st Century. We chat with Jake Kramer, managing partner at FedTech, who tells us more about their work in the dual use technology space. With FedTech, Jake works with the Department of Defense, Department of Education, NASA, NIST, and more to incubate, invest in, and inspire new deep-tech startups who will turn around and sell their tools to the federal government, strengthening technical capabilities across the board. Jake highlights the effort the federal government is putting into innovation, the pace at which development is increasing, and new trends in the space. Finally, Jake highlights his path from serving in the Army to working in entrepreneurship, finance, and innovation. Guest bio: Jake Kramer is a managing partner at FedTech, a venture firm at the intersection of entrepreneurship, breakthrough technologies, and mission-driven organizations. Concurrently, Jake serves as a Venture Partner with NextGen Venture Partners, a network driven venture capital firm in Washington, D.C. Before this role, Jake was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in New York City. Jake began his career as a Captain in the US Army, earning the Bronze Star Medal for his actions leading a unit in the Middle East during a 12-month deployment. Jake received his MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and his BBA in Computer Information Systems from Hofstra University. About the podcast: How Tech Becomes Law is a weekly public interest tech podcast about technology, public policy, and career advice. We are your co-hosts, Jinyan Zang and Dhruv Gupta. Each episode uncovers insights from leaders in government, business, journalism, and academia to highlight how technology can be built in the public interest. Interviewees discuss how technology can move society forward, what role they play in shaping this, and how students and young professionals can impact the path forward. We are supported by the Public Interest Tech Lab. Listen to us on your podcast platform of choice. You can find us online at howtechbecomeslaw.org and on social media channels @techbecomeslaw.

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder and CEO of Anonybit, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Anonybit keeps biometrics information secure. So that fingerprint that helps unlock your phone? Anonybit can help prevent that from being hacked. Frances and Dan discuss the state of the biometrics industry and the very big vision Anonybit has to secure personal information against hacking.

Welcome back! Today, Yanaiya sits down with Aishwarya Balaji, a serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur, TEDx and global speaker and investor who focuses on identifying tech and consumer trends early. She runs a startup consultancy working with creatives, entrepreneurs and early-staged startups to find product market-fit and scale businesses in alignment with their personal goals. She also is the CEO & co-founder of A Fresh Sip, an alcohol-free beverage platform that makes it easy to discover and buy the best non-alcoholic spirits, wines, and functional beverages. Aish shed light on early stage investing and how she learned what works best for her. She embraces her quirks and this is how she is able to maximize her time! Prior to this Aishwarya has been an angel investor for 37 Angels and NextGen Venture Partners and a mentor for Techstars, MIT Launch and Startup India. She previously built a wellness startup called Bystander, a platform that simplified wellness navigation and information discovery and prior to that she launched Impact Chain Lab, a blockchain innovation lab focused on global development. Aishwarya has also spent time as a global consultant for PwC working with fortune 500 clients on technology and security in the consumer products space. Aishwarya has given a TEDx and spoken around the world including at Harvard, Stanford, in India and Morocco on topics relating to healthy entrepreneurship, venture capital, emerging technology and breaking stigmas around building businesses. Instagram @theAish Clubhouse @theAish Twitter handle @the_Aish TikTok @the_Aish Website: aishwaryabalaji.com A Fresh Sip: www.AFreshSip.com Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter: @TakeAFreshSip @nayajain @whatsonyourmind.pod

Martin Ringlein is a serial entrepreneur and active investor. He is currently help run, Gather, a personal financial management fintech startup. Prior, Martin was Global Head of R&D at Eventbrite, where Martin joined pre-IPO through the acquisition of his start-up, nvite, in late 2016. Martin's first company, nclud, a research and design consultancy, was acquired by Twitter pre-IPO where he went on to become their first Design Manager, helping build and lead the R&D team. Martin is also a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners and Adventure Fund where he invests in early and late-stage startups, such as A16Z, Uber, PayTM, Hyperloop One and Chime. ARE YOU LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH SEASONED OPERATORS AND RAISE VENTURE CAPITAL?Check out Adventure Fund:https://www.adventure.fund/ CONNECT WITH MARTIN RINGLEIN:Connect with Martin Ringlein on LinkedInFollow Martin Ringlein on Twitter LEVEL UP YOUR DESIGN CAREER (FREE EMAIL COURSE):Learn 7 proven strategies in 7 days to grow in your design career -https://levelup.designmba.show/

Serial entrepreneur Sarah McKenna knows a thing or two about running successful data and technology companies. She has founded a couple of global data and technology companies. Apart from being the CEO of Sequentum, Sarah is also a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners.On this episode of The Shape of Work podcast, Sarah talks about the strategic lessons she has learned over her many years of experience launching hyper-growth products and building highly efficient product teams.Sarah discusses with us:Her approach to hiring the first set of employeesSink or swim: why do startups fail vs the running themes of startups that do wellTasks that take up most of her time as a CEOFocusing on the ‘why' instead of the ‘how'When and how she hired her first HR employeeWhy startups should not risk their employees' well beingHer views on tech salaries going astronomicalThe work culture of Sequentum:Sarah talks about her journey to being the CEO of Sequentum. She started all the operations from scratch. Sarah further explains how she was able to bring some team right away. She began with three key employees in New York and India. She credits her team for being the best startup employees- incredibly sharp, hardworking, and adaptable. They have done a lot of recruiting on their own. Sarah feels that a startup needs to work very intimately and intensely. Hence a startup environment allows knowing people well and developing a community that complements each other's skills. The key trends among people in terms of a startup:In a startup, Sarah feels that people follow a ‘sink or swim' theory. Startups bring a lot of challenges with themselves. No one can explain how things can work there. Hence, people that succeed in startups are the ones that thrive in a fast-paced environment. They are highly creative. Hence, either people can find something that fits with their aptitude and interests, or it does not.“How much of what you do is why as opposed to how?”In Sarah's opinion, a startup is a continuous improvement of a particular product. It keeps getting better and better. Hence, there is not much difference between the ‘why' and ‘how'. They are intricately intertwined.Advice to the leaders in terms of employee well-being:Sarah talks about the period where her employees in India were willing to resume the office. Productivity concerns were raised. However, Sarah opposed it by saying that those issues can be resolved. However, the solution cannot be calling people in the offices in the middle of a pandemic.Hiring tech professionals in India:Sarah gives her general manager credit for greatly managing things. The company hires freshers mostly. Sarah feels that even though a fresher is not as productive as an experienced individual, it is beneficial anyway. As they are hiring and training freshers, they are incubating tech leads. Sarah appreciates how the team of India focuses on culture and celebrates it.Follow Sarah on LinkedInProduced by: Priya BhattPodcast host: Abhash KumarGet highlights of this episode from our blog.BONUS: Building highly efficient teams is not possible without effective team building activities. Here is A Proven Guide to Team Building Activities [2021] to ensure your teams remain motivated, productive, and together.

Rasty Turek has gone from living on his own at 14 years old to raising $64M for a startup that may be in one of today's fastest-growing markets. His company, Pex has successfully raised funding from top-tier investors like Susa Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Illuminate Ventures, and Amaranthine.

Rasty Turek has gone from living on his own at 14 years old to raising $64M for a startup that may be in one of today's fastest-growing markets. His company, Pex has successfully raised funding from top-tier investors like Susa Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Illuminate Ventures, and Amaranthine.

In our latest episode Sindhya joins me from New York to share her journey and how she is building a beauty tech startup, fundraising, writing and more. Listen to this fascinating conversation and share your feedback.About: Sindhya is currently the CEO & Founder of Skin Dossier, a hyper-personalization beauty tech startup. She is also a Contributing Writer for TechCrunch, Crunchbase and BeautyMatter where she writes about consumer tech, beauty tech, the startup ecosystem and solutions for diversity. Previously, she was Co-founder & CEO of SkinGenie, the world's first beauty tech company offering AI & DNA-based personalization. Sindhya is an award-winning marketing, strategy & innovations beauty executive with 20 years of experience working at top global beauty companies such as L'Oreal, L Brands, J&J and Zirh. She has also worked as an Adjunct Marketing Professor at Berkeley College. She is currently a Founder Fellow with OnDeck and a Venture Partner for NextGen Venture Partners and the Global Wellness Institute. Follow us on our Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/successwithsavitha/New Millionaire Morning Guide - https://engage.successwithsavitha.com/millionaire-morning-guide/The Mentorship (Women Only) - https://engage.successwithsavitha.com/mentorship/

Kenji Kuramoto is the Founder and CEO of Acuity, a financial management firm that builds and maintains financial functions for entrepreneurs and startups. Through his work at Acuity, Kenji achieves his core business mission: to offer scalable financial solutions to busy entrepreneurs so they can focus on effectively growing their businesses.  In addition to this, Kenji is also a Founding Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners and a Board Member at Entrepreneurs' Organization. His specialties include strategic planning, financial forecasting and analysis, accounting process optimization, and more. In this episode… Do you ever wonder how your CFO impacts your company's privacy and security? Or, if you're a small company without a full-time CFO, are you looking for a better way to assess your privacy and security risks? If so, this episode of She Said Privacy/He Said Security is for you. Most business owners primarily look to CTOs for their privacy and security concerns. However, did you know that CFOs can also greatly influence your business' safety? It makes sense: CFOs are privy to a great deal of your company's financial data and technology, which gives them insight into where you may be at risk for data breaches, ransomware attacks, and more. So, how can you ensure that your CFO is safety-savvy and ready to protect your company's privacy and security at every turn? In this episode of She Said Privacy/He Said Security, Jodi and Justin Daniels sit down with Kenji Kuramoto, the Founder and CEO of Acuity, to discuss how CFOs can maintain their company's privacy and security. Listen in as Kenji talks about the value of fractional CFOs, how they can effectively mitigate your company's security risks, and why avoiding SMS two-factor authentication is his number one privacy tip for individuals and companies. Stay tuned! 

Ben Doherty is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sunroom Rentals, which helps renters lease apartments without brokers and assist real estate owners and investors to better manage leasing their properties. NextGen Venture Partners is a recent investor in the company. Ben sits down with NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus to discuss his journey from starting and selling food delivery company Favor to shifting into tech-enabling the process of renting a home. They also cover the growth of the real estate tech space broadly.

In this episode, Michael talks about the effects COVID-19 has had on higher education and hopefully the silver linings that can come out of it.Michael Horn speaks and writes about the future of education and works with a portfolio of education organizations to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions and fulfill their potential. He is the author of many books, including Choosing College, and Goodnight Box, a children's story.Michael is a senior strategist at Guild Education, which partners with leading employers and organizations to help offer education and upskilling opportunities to America's workforce. He is also the co-founder of and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a non-profit think tank.Michael is the author and coauthor of multiple books, white papers, and articles on education, including the award-winning book Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns and the Amazon-bestseller Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools. He serves on the board and advisory boards of a range of education organizations, including the Clayton Christensen Institute, the Robin Hood Learning+Tech Fund, and the LearnLaunch Institute. He also serves as an executive editor at Education Next and is a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners.Michael was selected as a 2014 Eisenhower Fellow to study innovation in education in Vietnam and Korea, and Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. Michael holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

In this episode of Immigration Law for Tech Startups, I’m absolutely thrilled to be joined by Navroop Sahdev, a pioneering economist and blockchain expert, who has already achieved so much early in her career: She’s the founder and CEO of The Digital Economist, a Connection Science Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a partner at NextGen Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm.   Navroop shares her immigration journey. “I never imagined I would ever be out of India—even for a visit,” she says, describing her upbringing in Punjab. Then “I remember how frustrated I was in India. When I was 19 years old, I started looking into going overseas.”   Navroop also shares her thoughts on U.S. immigration policy and what entrepreneurs need to do. “Talent is equally distributed in the world, but opportunity is not. That’s where the reform needs to happen,” she says. “I’m optimistic with a new administration reforming a 200-year-old system.”   To immigrate to the U.S., she needed to figure out what extraordinary skills she possessed and could contribute, first on an O-1 extraordinary ability visa and then for an EB-1A extraordinary ability green card. “[W]hat was missing [in the blockchain space] was an economist bringing insights or building the next economic systems of the future,” she says. “That became my differentiating value proposition and that’s the type of thing you need for O-1 or EB-1.”   Please share this episode with aspiring entrepreneurs, startup founders, or anyone who can benefit from it. Reach out to us if we can help you determine your immigration options whether you’re in the U.S. or abroad.   In this episode, you’ll hear about: Navroop shares the push and pull factors that led her to leave her native India and go first to Canada, then to Italy, and eventually to the U.S. She shares her immigration experience in the U.S. and the following: B-1/B-2 visitor visa, J-1 exchange visa, H-1B specialty occupation visa, O-1 visa, and EB-1A green card Why Navroop says it matters what organization or company sponsors your work visa What mindset shift needs to happen when you’re getting sponsored by a company for an O-1 visa or self-petitioning for an EB-1A green card What The Digital Economist does Why the future is fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency What type of jobs will disappear Why finding a differentiated valued proposition is important in immigration Why Navroop recommends an O-1 visa over the H-1B visa Navroop’s advice for other entrepreneurs   Don’t miss my upcoming conversations with other top technology thought leaders, venture capitalists, startup founders, professors, and futurists on Immigration Law for Tech Startups. Subscribe to this podcast here or on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever your favorite platform is. We welcome your rating and review!   Resources: The Digital Economist’s Entrepreneur in Training program; sign up to The Digital Economist’s mailing list for the latest info on this program and others   Alcorn Immigration Law publications and courses: Subscribe to the Alcorn Immigration Law Newsletter Immigration Options Chart Immigration Law for Tech Startups eBook Extraordinary Ability Bootcamp course for best practices for securing the O-1A visa, EB-1A green card, or the EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) green card—the top options for startup founders. Use promotion code ILTS for 20% off the enrollment fee.   TechCrunch column: What everyone at a startup needs to know about immigration   ***   EPISODE CREDITS:   If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.   He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com  

Roman Pedan is the cofounder and CEO of Kasa Living which is a hospitality company that offers flexible accommodations for business and leisure travelers. The company has raised over $55 million from top tier investors including BoxGroup, Founder Collective, Ribbit Capital, NextGen Venture Partners, Touchdown Ventures, RET Ventures, and FirstMark Capital to name a few. 

Roman Pedan is the cofounder and CEO of Kasa Living which is a hospitality company that offers flexible accommodations for business and leisure travelers. The company has raised over $55 million from top tier investors including BoxGroup, Founder Collective, Ribbit Capital, NextGen Venture Partners, Touchdown Ventures, RET Ventures, and FirstMark Capital to name a few. 

Jake Kramer, Managing Partner of FedTech is guest on this season's final episode of DC Entrepreneur. FedTech is a venture builder that thrives at the intersection of US entrepreneurship, breakthrough technologies, and mission-driven organizations. Since 2015, they've been driving forward deep tech ventures across the DoD, NASA, DoE, universities, and federal labs. Through their startup studios, accelerators, internal innovation and corporate venture programs, FedTech works with individuals, companies, and government agencies to stay at the bleeding edge of innovation.Kramer is concurrently a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners and Thundermark Capital, formerly working at Goldman Sachs and as a U.S. Army Officer. NextGen Venture Partners is a network-driven venture firm that brings together hundreds of part-time venture capitalists to invest in their portfolio of entrepreneurs. Thundermark Capital is a New York and San Francisco based Venture Capital firm investing in Deep Tech, specifically early-stage rounds of startups innovating in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics and other Deep Tech areas. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/georgeindc)

On this episode of the Startup of the Year podcast, we included a recap of highlights from the 2020 Startup of the Year Summit.   During the episode, we also hear commentary from some of our Established Team members. Rich Maloy from Established Ventures pitches in with the “VC Minute.” Our Director of Partnerships, Jacqui Dietrich, also provides an update about our partner programs and specifically discusses the following items:    IFundWomen, https://ifundwomen.com/ AMSE Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs https://www.amse.co/ Boomtown Sports Tech Accelerator  https://boomtownaccelerators.com/accelerators-startups/sports-tech/   Feel free to nominate a Startup Ambassador or Investment Partner by emailing partnership@est.us. We also invite all of our listeners to get involved with our program by visiting: www.established.us/programs    For those of you who did not attend the Summit, we again congratulate our big Startup of the Year winner SoloFunds! Travis Holoway and his team are really building a fantastic company on a mission to provide affordable access to loans for those in need by connecting borrowers to lenders through our convenient mobile Marketplace. As part of being named the Startup of the Year winner, they are also candidates for an investment from Established Ventures.   During the Summit, we had to narrow down thousands of applicant down to the Top 100 companies -- an amazing group of judges helped us narrow it down to the Top 15 companies which included: Freeman Capital YellowCard Andonix Mi Terro Cherry Blossom Intimates Inclusology Grifin MITO Material Solutions SweetBio Otolith Labs Finmark Jeenie Hoy Health GLASS SoLo Funds   The judges then narrowed the group down to the Top 5 Finalists which included: Finmark - Who eliminates the need for complex spreadsheets with a simple to use platform, so founders can easily create, update, and share their financial plans. GLASS - A software ecosystem powering high-performance governments to aid the procurement process Jeenie - On-Demand Interpreters for Better Communication Hoy Health - Whose vision is to provide access to bilingual English and Spanish speaking healthcare professionals that include Doctors, Nurses, Psychologist and a variety of other health care related professionals. And of course our winner - SoLo Funds.   At this year’s Summit we also highlighted the special .US Veteran Startup of the Year category thanks to our partnership with the .US domain, and I am proud to announce that Jeenie, who won a $10k non-dilutive cash prize, which was given to a startup founded by a US Veteran - Spouse - or Dependent.    We also had the Startup of the Year World Impact Award winners: Leda Health Leaf Global Vonzella 70 Million Jobs CRPWrap Perimeter Youth Enrichments   There were also the Startup of the Year Honorable Mentions, which included: Spira CloudCampaign Otrafy At Ease Rentals Corporation Calendar Refactr TiLT TipTags Rosy TruGenomix, Inc. Beagle Learning Lineus Medical Target Arm Fulcrum Gardenio   We also had our People’s Choice Award, for which we were tallying votes up until the end of the Summit and we are happy to announce the winner of People’s Choice award is Grifin!  Grifin is a really interesting app/product that allows you to invest in all of the companies that you buy things from, making it easier to invest in the places you purchase things from.    We also want to congratulate the winners of a few other People’s Choice categories:  Fintech & Security Category Winner - Just Protect Health, Wellness, MedTech & Biotech Category Winner  - Clear Child Psychology Platform Technology, AR/VR, AI Robotics Category Winner - Airgility Social Impact, Lifestyle & Culture, EdTech, Smart Cities Category Winner - Neolth.   Also, at the Summit, in addition to the pitch competition we had a lot of other activities including some amazing “Ask Me Anything Sessions, Alumni Spotlight sessions (where we caught up with some startups that previously participated in our events). To see a full list of all of the experts, judges, AMA panelists, please go to: summit.startupofyear.com/summit-experts   We also had Curated Office hours (where we paired startup founders with mentors), and networking hallways where attendees could get to know one another and discuss synergies between their companies.   We also featured a number of exciting speakers including: Tim Draper, venture capitalist and founder of Draper Associates and entrepreneur.  Author Kara Goldin will discuss her journey in starting Hint Water and her new book Undaunted. Entrepreneur Mike Evans will share his candid story behind starting and taking GrubHub to IPO plus his new startup Fixer.com, and forthcoming book Hangry. Author and entrepreneur Rohit Bhargava will share learnings from his latest book Non Obvious Mega Trends. Author Meredith Fineman will teach us tips from her new book Brag Better. Author Whitney Johnson will teach you how to Disrupt Yourself. Zvi BandCo-Founder & CEO, Contactually and GM, Compass, and Author, Success is in Your Sphere. Lo Toney, Founding Managing Partner, Plexo Capital. Dr. Ximena Hartsock, the Co-Founder, Phone2Action Suneel Gupta, who is a Professor, Harvard University and Author of the upcoming book, Backable.    We had a lot of sponsors that we would love to thank. You can check them out at: summit.startupofyear.com/sponsors-and-partners   We also had incredible judges throughout the competition and we share some words from our finals judges who included:  Anna Mason is a Partner on Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund.  Karen Kerr is the founder and Managing Director of Exposition Ventures.  Lo Toney is the Founding Managing Partner of Plexo Capital, which he incubated and spun out from GV. Mary Grove is a Managing Partner of Bread and Butter Ventures.  Dan Mindus is the Founder and Managing Partner of NextGen Venture Partners, a seed-stage venture fund that works with more than 1400 Venture Partners.    Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at www.est.us   Checkout Startup of the Year at www.startupofyear.com/   Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow   Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: http://startupoftheyear.libsyn.com/   Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: https://soty.link/ESTYouTube   *** Startup of the Year helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource.     Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year.    The program includes a number of in-person and virtual events, including our annual South By Southwest startup pitch event and competition. All of which culminate at our annual Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced, along with an opportunity at a potential investment.   Established is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year.  Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand & accomplish their most important goals.  Connect with us on Twitter - @EstablishedUs and Facebook - facebook.com/established.us/.

If there's one person who has worked at the intersection of investing and marketing, it's Erica Amatori. She is a leader in the technology space and is in a lot of neat things, right now she serves as the head of marketing at Corigin Ventures, she is founder of the of the Perpetua Project, she had a bitcoin or blockchain newsletter called “The Bit Daily”, she worked with NextGen Venture Partners. She's had a very interesting career to date, and it's no surprise when you listen to the episode what's pushed her and propelled her at such a young age and the influences that she's had. I am super excited for you guys to listen to her, meet her, and have her share with you all the things that make a difference in your own career. Follow Bryan Wish on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/bryanwish/ Follow Bryan Wish on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryanwish_?s=11 Follow Bryan Wish on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryanwish_/ Join our Mission: bwmissions.com/join/ Join our Community: my.community.com/bwmissions

Francis Donohue is a senior associate at Blueprint Equity. Before Blueprint, Francis worked at TrackMaven, a B2B software company backed by NEA that provides analytics for digital marketing teams. Prior to TrackMaven, Francis held positions at Booz Allen Hamilton and NextGen Venture Partners. In this episode. Francis discusses his One Away Moment of getting interviewed at a venture firm and consequently meeting his future colleague and boss, Bobby Ocampo. Down the line, their friendship and teamwork would then allow Francis to move out to San Diego and work full time at Blueprint Equity. You can read more about this episode here: https://bwmissions.com/francis-donohue-one-internship-away-from-meeting-bobby-ocampo/ Follow Bryan Wish on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/bryanwish/ Follow Bryan Wish on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryanwish_?s=11 Follow Bryan Wish on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryanwish_/ Join our Mission: bwmissions.com/join/ Join our Community: my.community.com/bwmissions

Kyle Garman is a Venture Partner with NextGen, SVP, Global Business Development at SAP, and most recently the author of The Entrepreneurial Mindset. In this episode of Taking Notes, Kyle chats with Dan Mindus (Managing Partner, NextGen Venture Partners) about how to prepare today's kids for the future job market through ideas outlined in his new book. All proceeds of The Entrepreneurial Mindset support the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) where Kyle is on the board.

Jessica recently published a book called “Wired This Way” on finding mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being as an entrepreneur.  The book has been called “the essential user’s manual for the entrepreneurial spirit.”   I got so much out of this conversation personally, and I am truly humbled and honored that we get to share it with you.  I hope you will get as much out of it as I did. Jessica Carson is the Director of Innovation at the American Psychological Association where she leads the organization’s effort to innovation and product strategy.  She has such an incredible and diverse set of experience from her role at the APA to being an expert in residence at Georgetown University, she was formerly a Neuroscience & Psychology Research Fellow at the National Institute of Health (NIH), and a Director at NextGen Venture Partners. Connect with Jessica: Jessica’s website, Jessica on LinkedIn Check Out Her Book: Wired This Way   HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT: Jessica Carson, author of “Wired this Way” joins us and talk about her own personal journey and how she was drawn to the mental health space by her own desire to understand herself. She talks about how she has struggled in the past with her own mental health, and physical health and how some of her greatest, brightest and most productive strengths started to backfire on her because she was doing everything to the extreme. She talks about how early in her career she found herself fascinated by the duality of traits she saw in creators and entrepreneurs. She talks about the “light” qualities such as ambition, productivity, intuitive, charismatic, open to experiences, etc. and how those light qualities seemed to always be paired with “dark” qualities such as depression, addiction, arrogance, distractibility, and others.  She observed that creators are this complex set of “opposites.” We talked about her book, “Wired this Way”, and how she came to write it based on her own experiences light and dark qualities, what those qualities mean and how we can harness them for good as entrepreneurs. One of my favorite parts of this talk is when she explains how entrepreneurs can turn their focus toward understanding themselves in order to learn to leverage their light and dark qualities for positive outcomes even after making mistakes along the way.  Jessica explains that a lot of our struggles and strengths are one in the same. This sounds really simple, on the surface, but it’s far more complex than I originally thought.  Jessica and I spent time unpacking what that means and how entrepreneurs can leverage knowing this and using it to know themselves better. We talked about how the “dark” components of entrepreneur mental health have “light” components to them that are an asset to the entrepreneur. Jessica explains this in the context of potential energy, or the difference between north and south poles, or the power differential that exists between positive and negative like with protons and electrons.  This differential, or potential energy is a lot of what drives entrepreneurs to great success but if unmanaged, and unchecked can also be the downfall of many great entrepreneurs.  We talked about why, and how entrepreneurs can learn to avoid the downsides of their light/dark qualities while maximizing the upsides. We talked about traits like charisma. Charisma is an essential quality of the entrepreneurial spirit.  We discussed how important this trait is for things like fundraising, etc.  However, there is also a dark side to charisma.  The dark side can include inauthenticity, manipulation, suppressing your feelings, or pretending to be someone else.  The stronger the light, one could argue, the stronger the dark side (fake it ‘til you make it, etc.). We discussed the idea of vulnerability and how we can foster an environment in the startup ecosystem where founders, entrepreneurs, investors, and others can be vulnerable together and how that vulnerability could (and likely will) drive better outcomes for all stakeholders including investors in the long run because creating that space for the entrepreneurs to be well, is what allows them to create, and drive maximum value. Jessica helped me catalyze this thought that’s been swimming around in my head that my role as an investor is to show up in a way that creates space mentally, emotionally, and physically for my founders to maximize their creativity. This creates maximum value in the long run for everyone.  It took me years of self-discovery and people like Jessica to help me realize this. We talked about why entrepreneurs are blown up by the press and cast aside when they make a mistake. We do not seem to give entrepreneurs room to make mistakes, and improve, and do better.  We crucify people who make mistakes and write them off which is perpetuates the negative dynamics in the ecosystem in a way that paying for therapy (by VCs, for founders) is not going to fix. We discussed how we can do better as investors, entrepreneurs, and an ecosystem when it comes to allowing entrepreneurs to create, win, fail, evolve, improve, and learn themselves, so they can improve and do more, better, faster, further next time. Jessica explains that at the end of the day, the degree of a creator’s self-understanding really drives their ability to leverage their complexity, and the duality of their spirit.  This energy to do well exists already, the entrepreneur just needs to be given space to create and leverage that potential energy. I asked Jessica for advice on how to learn more about myself and get to this place of harnessing the light and the dark qualities of ourselves. She said she encourages us to leverage creative outlets, outside of our primary business pursuits that let our minds explore, think, learn, and digest.      Connect with the Stigma Podcast in the following ways: Patreon, Website, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Email Connect with host Stephen Hays here: Stephen Hays Personal Website, Twitter, LinkedIn, What If Ventures (Mental Health Venture Fund)  

Chris Keller, Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, as a true serial entrepreneur, created the world’s first celebrity fantasy league (Fafarazzi) and the world’s first email follow-up tool Followup.cc and then began his VC career at NextGen. An ex-Hubspot, Chris reflects upon how NextGen leverages its network for its portfolio companies, why he pushed to scale up by going virtual, and finally, his thoughts on the Fintech industry and how it helped consumers to tide over Covid-19 crisis.

Jessica Carson is guest on this episode of DC Entrepreneur where she talks about the complex wiring of start-up founders. Jessica is the Expert in Residence on Entrepreneur Mental Health and Wellbeing at Georgetown University, and is the author of “Wired This Way.” She’s also a former Director at NextGen Venture Partners. In this illuminating conversation, which happened back in April, she delves into her new book "Wired this Way" where she talks about the archetypes of creators and the unique mental health issues they face, such as burnout, substance abuse, and stress. "Wired This Way" is "a user’s manual for self-understanding, self-acceptance, and self-care as an entrepreneurial spirit." Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/georgeindc)

In this special two-part episode of She Starts Up, I'm sharing a startup story and interviewing two women on opposite sides of the narrative, Chrissy Cowdrey and Lolita Taub. More about Lolita Lolita Taub is a first-generation Latinx operator and investor pushing for diversity in tech. She's acting Chief of Staff and interim head of sales at Catalyte; a scout at Indie.vc, Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, and an LP at Operators Collective and Portfolia's Enterprise Fund; and a mom to the cutest Dachshund mix. More about Chrissy Chrissy Cowdrey is CEO & Founder of Stagger. Chrissy's career has been rooted in leading creative teams through the human centered design process. She's designed digital experiences for startups and large companies ranging from Disney, USAA, Logitech and frog design. As an avid traveler and addicted to seeing the way other parts of the world works, she designed Stagger to solve a problem of visual storytelling for herself that has grown into a business focused on visual storytelling and brand building for businesses. When she's not working, she spends her time staying active and planning for her next travel adventure. Listen for... Part 1 An announcement some exciting news: I've made my first investment in Stagger, an app for visual storytelling for your brand. The tweet from Lolita Taub that got me over 30 pitch decks for review, sparking the investment in Stagger. Lolita Taub's story and background, including how she became involved in the startup world. How working with an executive coach allowed Lolita to find her purpose and magic sauce: connecting people to resources to achieve goals and produce results for all. Lolita's involvement in the startup community and the projects she is currently working on, including an investor and startup matching tool. The importance of diversity in startups, teams, and investment. Lolita is helping to create a world where technology is led by the diversity of our population Part 2 What it was like for me, a former founder raising capital, being on the other side of fundraising as an investor. How Chrissy stumbled upon Janine's tweet expressing she was looking to invest and how the conversation continued from there. The story of how Chrissy came up with the idea for Stagger, and how she turned her idea into a widely-used app by influencers and small businesses. Chrissy's experience with fundraising and what it was like to raise money during COVID-19. The evolution of Stagger's product and ways it will help small businesses and businesses with storytelling and building their brand. Behind the scenes of Stagger, including user testing, building the product, and juggling fundraising and product management. Listen Now on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play! ∙∙∙ Connect with Lolita Taub Online Lolita's Twitter Lolita's Newsletter Schedule a Call with Lolita Connect with Chrissy Cowdrey Online Chrissy's Email Chrissy's Twitter Mentioned in this Episode Startup Investor Matching Raising During COVID - Virtual Demo Day Startup Investment Consideration Form Fundraise from Scratch Course (if you use the link + promo code TeamLolita, you'll get 10% off) Arlan Hamilton's Book Stagger.it

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Craig Kaplan, Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners explains the importance of initial sales, explains how to speed up the process and how to make sure you don't get stuck in awfully long sales cycles which bankrupted many startups. And of course, we talked about the fundraising process - specifically for early stage startups. NextGen Venture Partners: https://nextgenvp.com/

Kurt has served as CEO of Ubersmith since 2014 and Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners since 2017. Previously, he helped build and scale three startups - Parallels, Worklight (acquired by IBM) and MongoDB (IPO) - into companies worth $6 billion. Earlier, Kurt was a Lead Product Manager at Microsoft.

Chris is a COO/CRO of RocketDollar and a former Marine Corps officer that lives in Austin, Texas. He holds an MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma, from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, an MS from Boston University, a BS from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a US patent in mobile computing.   He has held leadership roles in sales, marketing, business development, and operations at Khorus Software, SolarWinds, and Google He is a mentor at startup accelerators, a guest lecturer at business schools, and an angel investor He is founding Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, and an advisor to CEOs     Episode Summary:   In this episode of the Be Real Show, Travis is joined by Chris Palmisano  and they talk about investing, the new wave of investment opportunities.     Connect:   Chris Palmisano Website - https://www.rocketdollar.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/palmisano LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmpalmisano/     People Mentioned   Warren Buffet - https://twitter.com/WarrenBuffett   Charlie Munger - https://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-munger/#1f0ebf2a697a  

Chris Palmisano is Chief Operating Officer/Chief Revenue Officer and Board Member at Rocket Dollar. He has held leadership roles in sales, marketing, business development, and operations at Khorus Software, SolarWinds, and Google. He is a mentor at startup accelerators, a guest lecturer at business schools, an angel investor, Founding Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, and an advisor to CEOs. Chris is a former Marine Corps officer and lives in Austin, Texas. He holds an MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma, from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, an MS from Boston University, a BS from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a US patent in mobile computing.

Venture capital (VC) has been a highly visible part of the growth of many well-known companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Rent the Runway, 23 and Me, among many others. But, while VC has been very helpful for some entrepreneurs, the industry is focused on a small percentage of businesses with high growth potential: in fact, only 0.6 percent of businesses ever raise VC. Venture Capital is also very concentrated, out of all the venture capital spent, 78 percent is spent in three states New York, Massachusetts, and California. But as these areas become more and more saturated, venture capitalists are starting to pay attention to startups located outside traditional tech hubs.Last week, we hosted a fireside chat with two of these venture capitalists who are traveling across the country to meet with entrepreneurs, investors and key stakeholders in the startup community. Join us as we talk startups and early-stage investing with Nitin Pachisia, Founding Partner of Unshackled Ventures, a Venture Firm that recently raised its second $20M fund and is investing exclusively in immigrant founders, and Ben Bayat, Managing Partner of NextGen Venture Partners, a network-driven venture capital fund whose latest fund is $60 million dollars.

With all the buzz around the word innovation these days it’s easy to overlook the fact innovation is just good ole R&D. Today we talk about how real innovation starts with real customers and a little bit of good ole intuition.Martin Ringlein is the Global Head of R&D at Eventbrite, one of the largest ticketing platforms in the world. Martin joined Eventbrite pre-IPO through the acquisition of his previous start-up, nvite, in late 2016 where he served as CEO and Chairman of the Board. Prior, Martin was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House working directly within the Executive Office of the President for the Obama administration. Martin’s first company, nclud, a research and design consultancy, was acquired by Twitter pre-IPO where he went on to become their first Design Manager, helping build and lead the R&D team. Martin is also a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners where he invests in early and late stage startups, such as Hyperloop One and Chime. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is part two of a two-part interview with Martin Ringlein. He's the Global Head of R&D at Eventbrite, where he joined pre-IPO through the acquisition of his startup, nvite. Prior, Marty was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House working directly within the Executive Office of the President for the Obama administration. Marty's first company, nclud, a research and design consultancy, was acquired by Twitter pre-IPO where he went on to become their first Design Manager, helping build and lead the R&D team. Martin is also a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners where he invests in early and late-stage startups, such as Hyperloop One. Marty talks selling his first startup, launching his second and his advice to see everything as a stepping stone. After listening to Marty, start researching companies, especially smaller companies that you haven't heard of before. This is where you'll get to flex your skillset and leap into your career journey like never before. After you're inspired by Marty's story, please leave a review: http://bit.ly/AmandaNachmanPodcast

Welcome to the first episode of Find Your Passion Career! This is part one of a two-part interview with Martin Ringlein. He's the Global Head of R&D at Eventbrite, where he joined pre-IPO through the acquisition of his startup, nvite. Prior, Marty was a Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House working directly within the Executive Office of the President for the Obama administration. Marty's first company, nclud, a research and design consultancy, was acquired by Twitter pre-IPO where he went on to become their first Design Manager, helping build and lead the R&D team. Martin is also a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners where he invests in early and late-stage startups, such as Hyperloop One. Marty talks future-proofing innovations and transforming his college side hustle into his first startup. After listening to Marty, find out how you can join an organization or find a project you can work on like Marty did with the Greek Yearbook. After you're inspired by Marty's story, please leave a review: http://bit.ly/AmandaNachmanPodcast

Welcome back once more, listeners! Finishing out launch week of the Tech Forward podcast, I spoke with Lisa Cuesta, a Principal at NextGen Venture Partners. An early-stage venture capital firm, NextGen’s goal is to bring a service mentality to venture. NextGen is made up of a core group of seasoned VCs along with a network of hundreds of part-time Venture Partners that drive the growth of portfolio companies. Prior to her work with NextGen, Lisa worked in strategy and product roles at Google as well as the ecommerce team at Pepsico. Our conversation focused on the barriers that female and minority founders face when fundraising, as well as different methods to make VC funding more widely accessible. Lisa had a lot of great insights to share about how to open the doors to more diverse groups of founders. So how does NextGen differ from other venture funds? Typical venture funds usually meet companies and entrepreneurs through the general partners network. This means they’re exposed to a relatively small pool of potential clients: either those they have invested with previously, or friends of those they’ve invested with previously. Not only that, but general partners tend to be a small subset of people from similar industries, with similar backgrounds. As a result, there’s a degree of blindness to diversity of experiences and perspectives. With the NextGen model, however, the investment committee process is open to venture partners. Their venture partner network features a wide diversity of backgrounds and perspectives, which gives NextGen a unique approach to investing. One small example of NextGen’s advantage can be seen in their unique positioning to address the issue of geographic diversity in funding. Previously, Lisa worked on a project addressing how to get venture capital off the coasts. “Given the venture partner model, NextGen is very well suited to addressing this issue. They have eyes and ears on the ground all over the country and can meet entrepreneurs in very early stages. It’s really a great way to get exposure to markets beyond just the coasts.” I’d like to thank all of my guests as well as my listeners for joining me for the Tech Forward launch week. From now on, I’ll be posting new episodes with new guests every Wednesday. As always, if you have ideas for potential guests, topics, and issues you’d like us to address on the show, let us know on Twitter. See you next week!

What does it take to become a world leader in the health tech space? Cities around the world, and even entire countries, are battling for the chance to be the digital health capital of the world.  In addition to Silicon Valley, there are the usual suspects of Boston and San Diego, and we also have some up-and-comers such as Denver with people like Mike Biselli and many others leading the charge. There's Chicago with organizations like Matter, and cities in the south like Atlanta leveraging their strong corporate base. In Europe you have London, Barcelona, Naples, Helsinki. And even entire countries like Israel and Estonia are working to make themselves the premier destination for investors, startups and health tech innovation.  And that’s without going further east to China, Japan and other Asia-pac countries. My guest today is Christian Seale, he’s the founder and general partner of Startupbootcamp in Miami. He’s also the Founding Partner of NextGen Venture Partners, he’s a Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum, and a mentor at Mass Challenge.  Christian is working to make Miami the top destination for companies working to access the Americas - North, South and Latin America.  You may be asking, why Miami? The home of Crockett and Tubbs? The playground of the rich and famous?  The scene of a terrible but popular song by Vanilla Ice?  And now, the destination for digital companies?  Seem impossible? Christian tells us exactly why this city is so popular for innovators with big ideas, and it isn’t about the beaches.  There’s plenty of success to point to, and some companies you probably didn’t realize that are based right there. Christian and I recorded this interview in person, which is something I don’t do very often (we normally do interviews over Skype) - which gave me an opportunity to see the area and its thriving innovation community. We also had the chance to hear about a program that he’s working on to help promote prenatal health for pregnant women.  The program is called Square Roots and Christian explains how they are working to make cities, countries and companies better and healthier places to be carrying a child.   Get links to all the show notes by visiting https://digitalhealthtoday.com/54 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Nathaniel Houghton, formerly of NextGen Venture Partners, a successful fund investor and network of venture partners. Nathaniel focused on working with their portfolio companies and their sales and marketing strategies.

Julia Cheek is Founder and CEO of Everlywell, a NextGen Venture Partners portfolio company. By increasing access to at home testing kits, Everlywell is reducing costs and expediting results. In our conversation, Julia shared Everlywell's mission, and how they are combating the effects of regulations, insurance, and consumer attitude in the current health testing system. Julia also discusses her process for engaging with investors and the idea of work-life balance.

Dan Mindus is the founder and a managing partner of NextGen Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm. What’s unique about NextGen is that they are the first network-driven venture firm. The firm has a network of hundreds of “venture partners”, who are experienced founders, executives and investors, to help the … Continue reading The post How to Get Venture Capital Investors Interested in Your Startup appeared first on Founders Nextdoor.

Life can be hard for entrepreneur's in healthcare. Sure, we've seen an increase in Digital Health investment over the past few years, but it remains exceedingly difficult for new companies to prove their value, align with complex reimbursement models and get that first customer.  That's where Digital Health Accelerators like Startupbootcamp Miami come in.  They're in the business of aligning startups with specific customer needs, and in doing so, can help founders make big leaps in a short amount of time. This episode's guest is Christian Seale. He's the founder and Managing Director at Startupbootcamp in Miami, which focuses on Digital Health. More specifically, they focus on Digital Health Startups that can make healthcare more equitable, efficient and accessible. We'll talk with Christian about how you can build valuable companies that are fun and profitable, AND deliver a ton of social good. This is a fun interview with an interesting back-story. We cover a lot of ground including: How do Digital Health Accelerators enable innovation? (1:10) A very different experience with healthcare in Colombia vs. one in NYC (4:43) How Medicaid and other underserved communities are a big opportunity for startups and investors. (6:00) Why Startupbootcamp chose Miami and Digital Health (11:18) Why accelerator focus is so important (14:30) Why healthcare should be focused on the needs of the Latin American community (17:20) What it means to make healthcare more equitable, efficient and accessible (19:50) Why certain communities are ignored and why that's a big opportunity (23:00) How the biggest pain points for providers are often these overlooked communities (25:35) Get commercial traction first and let the investment money come to you (27:00) How to tell if someone is teachable/acceleratable (28:40) What's in it for the founders who join Startupbootcamp Miami (31:00) How did Startupbootcamp Miami get the health systems on board? (32:45) What can a founder do to maximize their experience from a digital health accelerator? (36:00) How can mission-driven startups stay focused on their big why as they continue to scale? (39:27) How can founders apply to join Startupbootcamp Miami? (41:55) I hope you enjoy it! - Don Lee Prefer to read it? Transcription coming soon!   About Christian Seale Christian Seale is an entrepreneur and early stage investor committed to transforming healthcare and eradicating healthcare disparities. He has built Miami's first digital health innovation program and fund as an initial step towards his vision to make the city a globally recognized hub for healthcare innovation. Christian's efforts are supported by the Knight Foundation, Miami Children's Hospital, University of Miami Health System, Univision and private investors. To date, eleven investments have been made in companies from across the US, Latin America and Israel. Before his work in Miami, Christian was a founding member of Equitable Origin, the world's first certification for responsible energy production which was featured in the award-winning PBS documentary Oil & Water. He is a Founding Member of NextGen Venture Partners in Boston and previously worked for consumer-only VC firm Maveron, Goldman Sachs and Teach for America. Christian is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and a Fulbright Scholar. He is an active contributor to Univision and TechCrunch. Christian earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Brown University. About Startupbootcamp Miami Startupbootcamp is a global family of industry-focused innovation programs with 20 programs globally and a mentor network across 30 countries. In Miami, Startupbootcamp has partnered with the Knight Foundation, Miami Children's Hospital, University of Miami Health System, Univision and private healthcare investors for its innovation program and seed fund focused on transforming healthcare from Miami. To date, the Miami program has invested in ten companies from across the US, Latin America, and Israel. 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The co-founder of NextGen Venture Partners says his firm has a network of 660 entrepreneurs and executives that it leverages to spot winners and create better investors.