Taylor Black

Taylor Black

Venture Partner at Conduit Venture Labs
Seattle, Washington, United States

Taylor Black is Founding Director, Leonum Institute | Research Assistant Professor Computer Science & Business at The Catholic University of America. Taylor is Affiliate Instructor, Technology Commercialization (ENTRE 541) at UW Foster School of Business. Taylor is Venture Partner at Conduit Venture Labs and Managing General Partner at Fizzy Ventures. Taylor is Director of AI & Venture Ecosystems, Strategic Programs & Communities Team at Microsoft. Taylor is Strategic Advisor at Treehouse Studios.

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#57: How to Run Innovation Sessions with Bill Gates to Solve World Problems?

To stay up to date checkout ⁠⁠⁠⁠thestartupproject.io⁠⁠⁠⁠ & follow Nataraj on twitter: ⁠⁠@natarajsindam⁠⁠ In this episode Nataraj spoke to Taylor Black who co-founded Fizzy Inc. Post Fizzy Taylor worked at Innovation Science Fund & currently works as a Principal Product Manager at the Office of the CTO Incubator at Microsoft. Transcript: [00:00:00] Nataraj: I looked at the portfolio there then it's completely deep tech, uh, and sort of like invention based, uh, ideas. [00:00:08] Nataraj: Uh, so what was the process of like capturing and invention and taking and productizing it and, you know, making a return out of it?…

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  • The Catholic University of America Founding Director, Leonum Institute | Research Assistant Professor Computer Science & Business 2025–present · current
  • Treehouse Studios Strategic Advisor 2024–present · current
  • UW Foster School of Business Affiliate Instructor, Technology Commercialization (ENTRE 541) 2024–present · current

Education

  • Boston College Law School JD, Internet Law, Media Law, Emerging Businesses
  • Boston College MA, Philosophy, focusing in Cognitional Theory
  • Gonzaga University BA, Philosophy, Classics, History, Business, Biochemistry, Entrepreneurship

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