Podcasts about oca ventures

Hunter Hillenmeyer played eight seasons in the NFL for the Chicago Bears and served on the Board of the NFL Players Association. Today he is a Partner focused on Business Development for Next Play Capital, helping to expand the Firm brand and reach in the Midwest and Eastern parts of the U.S. Hunter and Patrick discuss working hard, setting goals, remaining consistent, and seeing the fruits of your labor. Hunter also is a co-host of the weekly podcast series, Next Play Perspectives. Prior to joining Next Play Capital, Hunter led the partnerships platform at STRIVR, a venture-backed AR/VR startup. He was also a Venture Partner with OCA Ventures, an early-stage venture firm in Chicago. This episode is brought to you by the Leadership Lab Learning Platform. Learn how to put leadership development in the palm of your hand at www.LeddinGroup.com/leader

DrinksWithAVC chugs along, introducing episode eighteen with Jim Dugan, CEO & Managing Partner of OCA Ventures, harmonizing EMPATHY, PASSION, DETERMINATION, HUMANITY, and a touch of FRANK SINATRA. With 23 years of venture experience, Jim has journeyed through remarkable startups like Alembic, Ocient, The Mom Project, and Presidio. Vik and Bree get the lowdown on Jim's legendary Carbonara, recount a larger-than-life encounter with Andre the Giant, and explore how Jim champions the ethos that genius and grit aren't geographically constrained. Plus, don't miss the debut of our fresh segment: Follow, Co-invest, or Pass!Links:www.ocaventures.comwww.twitter.com/jimocaventureswww.themomproject.com (Cause!)www.interwovencircles.com (Learn about Tim's tremendous journey across the US)www.1kproject.org/ (Ukraine support)www.heimarkvineyard.com/acquire/ (Wine!)

Join us today as we speak with Bob Saunders from Oca Ventures about health innovation focused.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Gregory Robinson of The Mom Project (www.themomproject.com), a job marketplace and recruiting platform for accomplished women. The Company raised an $8 million Series A led by Grotech Ventures and Initialized Capital Management, with participation from BBG Ventures, OCA Ventures, Engage Ventures, Tech Square Venture Partners, Aspect Ventures, Atlanta Seed Company, IrishAngels and Wintrust Ventures. In this episode, Gregory talks about the growing need (and opportunity) for work/life balance, raising capital for a mission-focused business, what angel investors are really looking for, why he let two corporate VCs into his seed round, and much more. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more at www.foundersuite.com.

In this episode, Hall discusses blockchain technology with Tamim Abdul Majid, principal at OCA Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on equity investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses. OCA invests in many industries, with a preference for technology, financial services, education and healthcare technology.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Tamim Abdul Majid of OCA Ventures. Tamim has over seven years of experience in technology, finance and entrepreneurship. Prior to joining OCA Ventures, Tamim worked at a private strategic advisory firm helping companies secure international contracts with foreign national buyers. Tamim was also the financial lead for a payment start up called FreeBeePay. Before that, he was an investment banking analyst at BMO Capital Markets (focused on mergers and acquisitions), and a tax advisory associate at KPMG. Tamim got his initial exposure to entrepreneurship and venture capital when he was on the founding team of Stir Inc, which was an augmented reality gaming platform. Tamim was involved with product development and marketing. He also helped  secure angel investment for the company. Hall and Tamim speak about OCA Ventures investments and what they are seek when making decisions. They also discuss what sectors Tamim gets most excited about. OCA Ventures is an early stage (Seed, Series A, and Series B) venture capital firm focused on equity investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses. OCA invests in many industries, with a preference for technology, financial services, education and healthcare technology. Founded in 1999, the firm is investing out of its fourth fund in companies spread throughout the United States.

Innovation Rising Episode 14: David Cohn of Regroup Therapy and Bob Saunders of OCA Ventures (Part 2)   In this week’s special interview I am rejoined in the studio by 3 guests to discuss digital innovation in healthcare around Behavioral Health: David Cohn, CEO, Founder of Regroup Therapy, Bob Saunders, General Partner at OCA Ventures, and my co-host for this episode, Neil Patel, President and COO of Healthbox.   This is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Bob and David! Make sure to go back and listen to Part 1 if you missed that episode!   In the interview, we discuss:   How having OCA and Bob as an investor has been helpful to David and some examples Lessons David would share with other entrepreneurs about making a deal with large customers and factors that led to that success David’s lessons learned from deals that didn’t go through David’s thoughts on the advantages of starting a company in Chicago that most entrepreneurs overlook Bob and OCA Venture’s outlook on the advantages of investing in the midwest that most investors don't think about Where Bob sees the intersection of Behavioral therapy and digital health space heading in the future Connect with David: LinkedIn Twitter Connect with Bob: LinkedIn Learn more about Regroup Therapy Website Twitter Learn more about OCA Ventures Website Twitter Connect with Healthbox Follow us on Twitter Subscribe and leave a review in iTunes Have guest suggestions or topic ideas for the podcast? Send them to us at ideas@healthbox.com Listen to his episode on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Libsyn

In this week’s special interview I am joined in the studio by 3 guests to discuss digital innovation in healthcare around Behavioral Health: David Cohn, CEO, Founder of Regroup Therapy, Bob Saunders, General Partner at OCA Ventures, and my co-host for this episode, Neil Patel, President and COO of Healthbox. This is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Bob and David so make sure to listen to part 2 next week! In the interview, we discuss: David’s background and where the idea for Regroup come from Why David chose a “health system/provider model” over the direct to consumer model Bob’s background and specific focus at OCA Ventures What attracts Bob to investments in the Behavioral Health space How Bob approaches being involved with the companies he invests in What David was looking for in an investor The advantages about starting a company in Chicago that most entrepreneurs overlook Connect with David: LinkedIn Twitter Connect with Bob: LinkedIn Learn more about Regroup Therapy Website Twitter Learn more about OCA Ventures Website Twitter Connect with Healthbox Follow us on Twitter Subscribe and leave a review in iTunes Have guest suggestions or topic ideas for the podcast? Send them to us at ideas@healthbox.com Listen to his episode on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Libsyn

Today's interview is with Eddie Lou, CEO and Co-Founder, Shiftgig.  Shiftgig is the (yeah we italicized "the") online community for the service and hospitality industries. Eddie started out slanging burgers at a Jack-in-the-Box, so he knows about workin' the shifts. He and his co-founder wanted to create a proactive platform for potential employees and hiring managers to court each other. The result is a database of over 100K jobs  and workers nationwide. And while Eddie knows the service and hospitality industry, he's also crazy versed in VC and fundraising, having spent some time working at OCA Ventures before blowing out Shiftgig. This week's music feature is Chicago's own The Symposium.