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Billy Banks Isn’t Afraid of an Entrepreneurial Challenge
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EP 63: Simplifying Primary Care for Doctors and Patients
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Mythical Games Envisions the Future of Gaming
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Capella Space is Bringing Planetary Observation to Earth
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Creating the First Nationwide Youth Transportation Platform
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Using DNA to Cure Viral Infections
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Trading Short-Term Thinking for Long-Term Value
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Including Venture Capital in Generational Investing
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EP 62: Meet a UCLA Bruin Helping His Fellow Alums Invest in Venture Capital
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EP 61: Baking a Healthy, Entrepreneurial Snack
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Venture Returns Outperform Public Markets
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EP 60: The Tax Benefits Most Venture Investors Aren’t Aware Of
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Spirits & Startups: Celebrating the Double Bottom Line in NYC
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Chris Sheldrick, what3words Founder, Turns Navigation Struggle Into Entrepreneurial Success
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Becoming a Value-Added Investor in Rhone
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EP 59: Applying Analytics to Address Biases in the Workplace
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EP 58: How Two Student Athletes Developed the First Engineered Tampon
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EP 57: Why Alumni Ventures Group Is Investing in the Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow
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Deserve Founder Kalpesh Kapadia’s Experience Built a Thriving Company
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Hitting Home Runs in Venture by Playing Early in the Game
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Jonathan Meltzer Aims to Support Both The Global and Local Penn Ecosystems
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EP 56: The Software Team That’s Revolutionizing Sleep Health
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Entrepreneur in the Spotlight: FUTURE/PROOF Co-Founder and COO Aimy Steadman
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Entrepreneur in the Spotlight: Rhone Co-Founder and CEO Nate Checketts
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AVG Exits JUMP Bikes: A 3x Return After Just Two Years
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BONUS EPISODE: Celebrating the First Anniversary of Spirits & Startups in Boston
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A Q&A With Nathan Graber-Lipperman
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Entrepreneur in the Spotlight: Compound CEO Janine Yorio
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Support the Builders, Makers, and Creators
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What Sea Turtles Can Teach Us About Venture Capital Diversification
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Meet Larry Jen, Managing Partner at Westwood Ventures
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Meet Erik Hammer, AVG’s Chicago Principal
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The Importance of VC When Building a Diversified Portfolio
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Meet Scott Armanini, Managing Partner at Expo Ventures
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Chasing a Holographic Hit: AVG’s Investment in Light Field Lab
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Meet Rob Adams, Managing Partner at Congress Avenue Ventures
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EP 55: Cancer, Chemo, and a Quest to Disrupt Clinical Trials
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Tech & VC: How to Invest Smarter (Not Harder) in an Ever-Changing Industry
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How AVG Turned a Hitter’s Count into Its First Career Home Run
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Xcelerating Innovation at UC Berkeley
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EP 54: Why Catherine Lu Fast-Tracked Her Path into VC
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EP 53: How Mission Bio is Helping Physicians Beat Cancer
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EP 52: How Dartmouth Grads Leveraged Tech to Clean the Laundry Business
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EP 51: How Kelsey Hunter Learned That Messaging is the Future of E-Commerce
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EP 50: An Answer to the Country’s Student Loan Crisis
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EP 49: Why Robots Can’t (And Shouldn’t!) Be Fully Autonomous
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It’s 2019. Here’s Why Your Diversification Strategy Should Include VC.
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Co-Investing with Top Venture Firms in Select Deals
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Fund Feature: How Greg Baker, MP of Bascom, Embraces Midwestern Goodness
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EP 48: How Tari Identifies and Improves Your Digital Net Worth
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EP 47: How Better Microphones in Smart Devices Could Save Lives
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Report: Spirits & Startups San Francisco
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Purple Arch’s Startup Superlatives
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EP 46: The CEO Who Convinced Bob Dylan to Pick a New Name
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Starting Your Venture Portfolio with a Smart, Simple Solution
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EP 45: An Online Marketplace with the Power to Save the Retail Industry
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EP 44: Why Deserve’s Founder Believes That Creditworthiness Should Be Based on Potential
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Veteran VC Returns to His Roots
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Vetting an Opportunity Like a Venture Capitalist
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Beating Bad Apples with Good Data
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EP 43: A Former Army Captain in the Middle of a New Fight
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EP 42: How Sofa-Shopping Nightmares Fueled a Dream Business
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Leading Budgeting and Performance for Government
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Top Portfolio News
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How An Alumni Connection Led AVG to Sapho—Which Was Acquired for $200M
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EP 41: Why Rob Bibow (CBS ’96) Took the Helm at Fission Ventures
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EP 40: Gender-Lens Investing is More Than Just Backing Women-Owned Businesses
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EP 39: How One Globetrotting Princeton Alum Became Managing Partner of Nassau Street Ventures
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Breaking Into the Jewelry Business
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EP 38: Former Yale Bulldog Blitzes the Auto Industry with 3D Printing
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BONUS EPISODE: Sounds and Scenes from Spirits & Startups New York City
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EP 37: Former College Kicker Tees Up the Future of Corporate Training with VR
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EP 36: Andy Palmer Has Worked for 50+ Companies. Now He’s All In with Tamr.
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EP 35: How AVG Taps Its Unparalleled Network to Benefit Founders — And Investors
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EP 34: How ParkWhiz Leveraged VC to Diversify and Expand Its Business Model
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5 Princeton Entrepreneurs You Should Know About
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A Davenport Yale Grad Uses Hip Hop to Empower Underprivileged Youth
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How Raaja Nemani’s World Travels Inspired His Entrepreneurial Journey
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4 Companies With Brown Connections You Might Not Have Known About
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EP 33: Ali Byrd Has Seen All Sides of M&A. Now He’s Leveraging That Experience for Duke Alums at Towerview Ventures.
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What the Crazy Stock Market Means for VC
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How Rob Bibow’s Deep Roots at Columbia University Led Him to Fission Ventures
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EP 32: OpenInvest Ensures Your Money Backs the Issues You Care About
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BONUS EPISODE: Sounds and Scenes from Spirits & Startups, AVG’s Investor Appreciation Event
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EP 31: How a Former Rock Guitarist Invented the Digital Media Supply Chain of the Future
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EP 30: Former NASA Engineer Launches His Own Rockets to Protect Our Planet
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EP 29: A Business Idea So Good, the VCs Came Knocking on Her Door
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National Entrepreneurship Month 2018: Our Favorite Entrepreneurs
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A Revolutionary Approach to VC for Princeton Alumni
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Waterman Ventures’ Principal is Ever True to the Next Wave of Innovation
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EP 28: Three Things Berkeley Grads Should Know About VC
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EP 27: How AVG Provides Access to More and Better Venture Capital Jobs
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5 Yale Alums Behind Some Really Cool Startups
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Diversity in Venture Capital: Doing Well and Doing Good
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Verity is Flying High in the Drone Market
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Two Northwestern Alums Think Tablets Are the Answer to Prison Recidivism
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EP 26: Yes, Cryptoassets Can Be Used as Collateral Against Loans. Just Ask BlockFi’s Zac Prince.
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This Former Deputy Mayor Wants to Make Your City Smarter
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How One Berkeley Alum Pays It Forward with VC and a Massive Startup Accelerator
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EP 25: How Edrizio De La Cruz Became a Y Combinator Success Story
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EP 24: How a 6-Year-Old’s Challenge Sparked a Multi-Million Dollar Business
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EP 23: How AVG Became One of the Most Active VC Firms in the World
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EP 22: Invest in the Right Founders and Returns Will Follow
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EP 21: The New Way to Invest in the Next Great Startup
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EP 20: Dartmouth Alums Bring More Than Dollars to VC Deals
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EP 19: Why MIT Alums Have a Competitive Advantage in VC
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EP 18: Seasoned CEO Revolutionizing At-Home Hair Coloring
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EP 17: Every Minute Counts for This CEO
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Founder of First Check Fund Draws on Deep Roots in Seed Investing
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EP 16: What Legacy Will You Leave Behind?
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EP 15: Reinventing an Overly Processed Category–One Scoop at a Time
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EP 14: Why Founders Should Avoid Outside Money for as Long as Possible
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EP 13: The Most Important Class You Didn’t Take
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EP 12: How an MIT Grad Is Using Old Science to Build Futuristic Technology
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EP 11: How Penn Alumni Are Profiting from Venture Capital
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EP 10: Finding a Recipe for Success in Business and VC
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EP 9: Wildcat Wide Receiver Has a New Goal for Northwestern Alums
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EP 8: VC with “Midas Touch” Shares His Success Story
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EP 7: Yale Alum Exits Wall St. to Change How We Hire
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EP 6: The Easiest (and Newest!) Way to Break into VC
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EP 4: Blockchain or Bust? The Safest Way to Invest in the Riskiest Sector
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EP 3: A Founder on a Crusade to Change Big Pharma
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EP 2: Companies Focused on the Triple Bottom Line Get Rewarded
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EP 1: The Genesis (and Ripple Effect) of Alumni Ventures Group
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