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The most accessible early stage VC investor in New York Dec 01, 2022

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Charlie O'Donnell is one of only a dozen individuals to be named to Business Insider's 100 Most Influential People in NY Tech 5x or more.

He has been an active member of the NYC startup community for nearly 20 years, with a reputation of being the most accessible early stage investor in New York.

Charlies fund, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, has made over 70 investments since it was founded, making it one of the most active funds investing in pre-seed and seed rounds in the city.

Notable First Round's investments include:

GroupMe (acq. by Skype),
SinglePlatform (acq. by Constant Contact),
Moat (acq. by Oracle) and
Backupify (acq. by Datto)

He served on the founding board of the New York Tech Meetup and is one of the group's first 100 members. His blog, This is Going to Be BIG!, is one of the ten most widely read VC blogs in the country. He has spoken at SXSW and Techcrunch Disrupt.

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From Paralyzed to Hall Of Fame Speaker, Music, Space & more. Nov 30, 2022

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Dan Clark shares with Jess the difference between success and significance, how having a midlife crisis at 23 impacted on creating a legacy and living a life with significance and he reflects on the importance of scheduling "me time" and focusing on the present.

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Taking online education to the next level with SPI founder Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland Nov 23, 2022

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Smart Passive Income founder Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland talk about what is on the horizon for people to make passive income online.

According to Pat, sifting through the right information, learning to delegate, and working with experts is the key to achieving success.

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Selling Divvy for $2.6B and founding Tandem Ventures with Alex Bean and Mckay Dunn Nov 17, 2022

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Zero to billion lessons from Alex Bean learning while growing Divvy, the company he co-founded and selling it for $2.6B

Lessons from Mckay Dunn from his time at $30B Portfolio Advisors, LLC.

Why and how the two of them have started Tandem Ventures today and other lessons for building teams and selecting investments.

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Growing Simon-Kucher to $522 Million a Year and New Book "True Profit" with Hermann Simon Nov 16, 2022

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Jess and Hermann talk about his new book “True Profit” and growing his business from zero to $522 Million a year.

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy firm with more than 2,000 employees in 27 countries focused on delivering measurable revenue and profit growth for their clients.

They do this by optimizing their pricing, sales, and marketing strategies better and more sustainably than anyone else.

You can get a copy of Hermann’s book at amazon.com/True-Profit-Company-Broke-Turning/dp/3030767019

To learn more about what Simon-Kucher does go to simon-kucher.com or @simonkucher

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Lessons from recruiting for the CIA with James Lawler Nov 15, 2022

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James Lawler talks to Jess about his recruitment tactics at the CIA, including building trust, finding a common ground, looking for redeeming features in people and using it to build relationships.

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Growing a $60 million/yr fashion company and other companies with Stephen Sacks Nov 08, 2022

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Stephen Sacks worked 30 years in the fashion industry and created a brand that was being sold in over 30 countries generating £30 million a year in revenue before being acquired.

His furniture business racked up millions of pounds of debt and he had no idea how to dig his way out.

Wanting to save others from experiencing what he went through he founded Funding Nav that helps business owners who have more ambition than cash.

To date they have provided funding in excess of £100 million for hundreds of businesses.

Stephen is also the author of 2 books Reboot Your Business and The Intelligent Investors Handbook.

Learn more about Funding Nav at fundingnav.com

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Partnering with Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, Gotham Chopra and raising $66M with Ameeth Sankaran Nov 07, 2022

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Jess talks with Ameeth Sankaran, CEO of Religion of Sports.

Religion of Sports is an award-winning media company founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra with the goal of thoughtful, elevated stories that uncover why sports matter, and distill the spirituality, science and humanity that unite elite performers and people of all kinds.

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Growing $5B in 5 years learning from failures and successes with Coalition's Co-founder & CEO, Joshua Motta Nov 01, 2022

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Josh talks to Jess about the importance of mid Western values such as humility, about growing $5 billion in 5 years as a combination of vision, problem and purpose and also about how important culture in the workplace is.

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The healthcare app you never knew you needed with Dr. Renee Dua Oct 18, 2022

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Healthcare innovator Renee Dua reflects on how being very honest has served her well, the importance of reading people, lessons learned, having patients always at the center, and what software and technology can do in the healthcare industry.

In healthcare, outcomes and building a trustworthy product are important but overlooked and effort is always a must.

Since 2014, Dr. Dua has served as the Chief Medical Officer of Heal – building the entire clinical team and leading numerous innovations including the CES Innovation Award-winning Heal Hub.

Dr. Dua was instrumental in working with CMS to expand house calls to all seniors and in driving strategy for Heal’s clinical and patient-facing products. Driven by the belief that great healthcare is a human right, Dr. Dua has always gone beyond the call of duty to give the greatest care to the neediest patients.

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