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WTIA Selects 21 Startups for 14th Founder Cohort Accelerator Program to Boost Washington Tech Growth
The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) announced 21 startups selected for its 14th Founder Cohort Accelerator Program, aimed at supporting early-stage technology companies in Washington through mentorship and structured growth curriculum. The four-month program focuses on building leadership skills, connections, and accelerating startup growth in the state.
WTIA Selects 19 Startups for 13th Founder Cohort Accelerator Program to Support Growth in Washington State
Washington Technology Industry Association selected 19 startups for its 13th Founder Cohort Accelerator, a four-month program providing mentorship and resources to early-stage Washington state startups. Since its start, the program has supported over 300 companies that have collectively raised more than $400 million.
Learnings From Starting & Scaling Convoy As A B2B Marketplace With Dan Lewis | EM Group Chat #194
Recording of the Everything Marketplaces Group Chat #194 (7/1) with Dan Lewis. Dan previously started Convoy, which scaled to become one of the largest digital freight marketplaces. Convoy was often referred to as the "Uber for trucking" and raised over $1B+ in capital from investors like Y Combinator, Greylock, and Jeff Bezos. It was eventually acquired by Flexport in a technology acquisition and Dan has since joined Microsoft to lead their Copilot and AI Business initiatives. 0:05 Intro 1:11 Dan's background 2:15 The founding story for Convoy 4:14 How Convoy solved the cold start problem 8:52 How Convoy initially constrained…
From Angel to Grown-Up Ventures with Peter Mueller, Breakwater Ventures
In this episode of Sound Investments, host Ed Barker interviews Peter Muller, founding partner of Breakwater Ventures, to explore his unique journey from Merrill Lynch to the launch of his venture capital firm in Seattle. They discuss Peter's career transitions, the Seattle startup ecosystem, and dive into key areas of interest like AI, fintech, and marketplaces. The conversation covers the challenges and opportunities in Seattle's venture capital scene, the firm's investment philosophy, and promising sectors. Peter also shares insights into raising capital in a tough environment and the necessary characteristics of successful founders. 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Meet Peter Mueller 05:59…
Gen AI Series - The AI agent redefining travel: Managing Director Mike Fridgen, Madrona Venture Labs
New episode location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO5SOfXRduE&list=PLqH2XogpwLRmYvCCxOj-W-eOAlCrhrk7i&index=22 Learn about the founding of Otto from Mike Fridgen, the Managing Director of Madrona Venture Labs where this concept was incubated. Otto is your personal AI travel agent that seeks to be as valuable and insightful as a dedicated personal assistant. Otto offers enterprise-grade travel booking and servicing capabilities through an easy-to-use AI travel agent that autonomously plans, books, and manages your travel, even during your trip. As Managing Director of Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), Mike Fridgen leads the studio's mission to partner with founders from day one to create extraordinary companies. Mike co-founded multiple MVL…
Dan Lewis - CEO at Convoy
Chris Yeh is co-author with Reid Hoffman of the New York Times bestselling book Blitzscaling Blitzscaling is the most impactful and widely recognized entrepreneurship book of our generation. It’s taught in businesses schools at Stanford, Harvard and Yale *Read Bill Gates’ recommendation* https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_introducing-blitzscaling-activity-6455828828068601857-YoIp *Take the Stanford Course which Chris gave with Reid Hoffman, Founder of LinkedIn* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3RrVmv5WwA *Learn about Blitzscaling in Harvard Business Review* https://hbr.org/2016/04/blitzscaling --- *We're eager to hear from you* Post your thoughts on LinkedIn and tag @blitzscalingyourself, @chrisyeh, @juliennewman or @jeremyhaddock *Check out our website* www.blitzscalingyourself *Buy the book on Amazon* https://amzn.to/3t4UCj6 *Subscribe on Apple Podcasts* https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blitzscaling-yourself-with-chris-yeh/id1641765948…
#20 Mike Fridgen: Seattle based Startup Incubator Madrona Venture Labs
In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Mike Fridgen, Managing Director at Madrona Venture Labs a Seattle based tech startup incubator. Some of the companies incubated include Style Genome (Acq by Wayfair), Chatitive (Acq by MailChimp), Message Yes (Acq by Nordstrom) & more. Before joining Madrona Venture Labs Mike was part of founding teams at Farecast (Acq by Microsoft) & Decide (Acq by Ebay) where he led product and growth strategies. Full Conversation includes: Farecast.com (Predicting prices) - Acquired by Microsoft Decide.com (next gen consumer reports) - Acquired by Ebay Through line across being part of multiple acquisitions…
Dan Lewis
Dan Lewis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Convoy, a digital trucking network that is transforming the trillion-dollar global trucking industry in service of its mission, “To transport the world with endless capacity and zero waste”. Before Convoy, Dan served as General Manager of New Shopping Experiences at Amazon, after having product and data roles at Microsoft, Google, and various startups. Dan started his career in supply-chain and strategy consulting for Oliver Wyman, working in operations across Europe, Latin America, and the US, after graduating from Yale University with a Bachelor’s degree in cognitive science. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Worcester Man with Big Ambition - Dan Lewis
Dan Lewis is MD of Worcestershire based estate agents, FreeAgent247. Having followed his passion for property and marketing, he's combined these to form an innovative, customer-focused estate agency, using social media incredibly well take a substantial market share in a short time.In this episode, we talk about Dan's journey to running his own business, how he's followed his passions and worked hard to get to where he is today.https://freeagent247.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dansellshouseshttps://www.instagram.com/freeagent_247/dan@freeagent247.com<...
Episode 9: Taking Risks, Experiencing Culture, and Being Naked feat. Dan Lewis
Welcome to this installment of The Storytellers! This is a special episode for two reasons. 1. You get to hear an incredibly inspiring story from my older brother Dan on the biggest risk he ever took in life. 2. Since today is Giving Tuesday, during 5 minutes with the host, I give a special shoutout to some dear friends of mine doing incredible work around the world. This episode is chock full of laughs, good advice, and there is an opportunity to give to an incredible cause!
Seattle Startup Panel, Inside Intercom World Tour
At the Seattle stop of the Inside Intercom World Tour, Intercom content marketing manager Adam Risman hosts a panel of founders from local startups. They talk finding an underserved market, fighting feature bloat, competition, and more. Panelists include Andrew Kinzer, co-founder and CPO at Outreach; Amanda Osborne, co-founder and CMO at Meshfire; and Aseem Badshah, founder and CEO at Socedo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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