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Venture Studio

Venture Studio. New York City Venture Capital (VC) and Angel Investing Interviews with host Dave Lerner

Welcome to Venture Studio! Dave interviews angel investors, venture capitalists and other great personalities who comprise the NYC tech ecosystem and beyond. Learn insights from some of the best, and Subscribe on iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

99 - Ep 52 - Building Blocks of the New World with Sean Ford
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  • 99 - Ep 52 - Building Blocks of the New World with Sean Ford

    Sean Ford is the COO of Algorand, pioneers of a new future powered by blockchains. In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of blockchain, and how Algorand is leading the charge by providing an infrastructure for existing businesses to operate globally in this emerging, decentralized economy. Let’s head up to the office…. “[Blockchain is] really designed to remove the friction from financial exchange and participation” - Sean Ford Show Notes: What is a blockchain, and why is it important to society? What are the challenges of building an infrastructure through blockchain? How do you evaluate the quality of a blockchain project? What is Algorand, and how is this recent incarnation unique? Who is Silvio Micali, and why is he important? Which entities/businesses are building off of Algorand? How do governments/institutions build on top of Algorand? How is Algorand structured? Where is Algorand going in 5-10 years? And how about blockchain as a whole? What’s a good way to get the next generation into the industry? “[Algorand] has never experienced even a millisecond of downtime since we launched in June 2019” - Sean Ford

    Fri, 12 Nov 2021 - 49min
  • 98 - Ep 51 - The Crypto Future with Ken Kruger, CEO of MOON

    I’m sure like me, a lot of you who don’t work in crypto are trying to understand and learn about it these days. I know that some of us are very skeptical, some are intrigued, and that some are just curious, and trying to learn as much as they can. After this conversation with Ken Kruger, you can consider me among those who are really inspired at the possibilities. Ken deeply believes that Cryptocurrencies are the future of money — he is walking the walk, and is the founder and CEO of Moon, a company on a mission to bring this future to fruition. By background, Ken is a serial founder and software engineer with a computer science degree from Cornell, and an MS in industrial engineering and Operations Research from Columbia, where he studied Financial engineering. In the past he’s has worked at Lockheed Martin as a software engineer, and as a Product Manager on classified military projects. Let’s head up to the office…. “Stablecoins you just can’t ignore; there’s so much value there” - Ken Kruger Show Notes: -About Ken’s intro to the world of Crypto -What are stable coins? -The currency situation in Venezuela -What does Dave get consistent pushback on regarding crypto? -China, and bitcoin mining prohibition -What is the importance of stable coins? -How do you obtain a stable coin? -What are the methods for converting to local currency from your crypto wallet? -Why are stable coins important in the scenario of currency exchange in foreign countries? -What are some alternates to stable coin? -Which Crypto communities are “up and coming”? -What are the problems with crypto payments? -What are some companies that allow for purchases in crypto? -What’s driving consumers to want to transact in crypto? -What is “Moon”, and how does it work? -What is the Moon user base like, demographically? -What’s in the future for Moon? -Increasing use cases of Moon -What are systems like Moon unlocking for the future? “The power of crypto is that every time a new application comes up, it brings new people, and that’s the built-in network effect of these cryptocurrency networks.” - Ken Kruger

    Mon, 20 Sep 2021 - 1h 11min
  • 97 - Ep 47 - Lindsey Gray - Two Sigma Ventures

    Lindsey Gray leads the Platform Team at Two Sigma Ventures. She is responsible for identifying the needs and challenges of portfolio companies, and developing resources, programs, and connections to help them succeed. Lindsey is also helping to build out Two Sigma Ventures' marketing and content strategy. Lindsey joined Two Sigma Ventures from NYU where she was Senior Director of the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute. Prior to NYU, Lindsey worked with Fortune 500 companies on corporate spin-outs and innovation strategy as part of Clay Christensen’s consulting firm, Innosight. Lindsey received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Connecticut College.

    Fri, 20 Oct 2017 - 28min
  • 96 - Ep 46 - Deborah Jackson - Plum Alley

    Deborah Jackson is a founder and entrepreneur, early-stage investor and former investment banker. In 2012 Deborah founded Plum Alley to advance women entrepreneurs and strong teams of women and men, to build better products and companies that are positioned to outperform others. Anyone interested in learning more about Plum Alley can email andrea@plumalley.co ==== - 20+ years raising capital for entities including healthcare technology; past experience includes Goldman Sachs, Shattuck Hammond Partners - Early stage investor in copmanies in consumer internet, cloud software, mobile, and medical, including one IPO - Co-Founder/Advisor, WIM Accelerator to build mobile tech - Columbia University Committee Advisor to President on entrepreneurship - Hosted hackathon w/ 18 women developers who built an anti-sex trafficking game; covered by Fast Company - Awards & Recognition: TechCrunch 40 Over 40, Forbes “Women Changing the World” (VC/Enrepreneurs), Fast Company “League of Extraordinary Women,” Bpeace Economic Impact Award - Start-up Competition Judge: Harvard Busines School New Venture Competition, Technovation, Startup Weekend - Featured Speaker: CNBC, Family Office Association, HBS, The Atlantic Conference, Columbia University, UPenn

    Sun, 24 Sep 2017 - 41min
  • 95 - Ep 45 - Jason Cahill - McCune Capital

    This week’s guest is Jason Cahill of McCune Capital. A network design engineer by training, an experienced manager, an Army veteran who served with Special Forces, an empathetic customer advocate, and a product-focused leader that loves to think big. An MBA at Carnegie Mellon sparked his passion for tech, and for data-centric, mission-driven companies solving “real problems.” He's always enjoyed helping teams and has long been an advisor/mentor/advocate for entrepreneurial ventures in various organizations. His investments have spanned sectors, but always gravitate toward high-performing operators. Remember - all of our shows are available on iTunes, Soundcloud, TuneIn and Google Play. Make sure to subscribe on iTunes and follow us on twitter @venturestudio. ====== Mccune Capital https://www.mccune.vc/ Are you building a painkiller or a vitamin? https://medium.com/@McCuneVC/are-you-building-a-painkiller-or-a-vitamin-f5cbedb2a2b6 Ep 29 - Matt Harrigan - Grand Central Tech https://soundcloud.com/venture-studio/ep-29-matt-harrigan-grand-central-tech

    Thu, 15 Jun 2017 - 1h 00min
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