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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth Colón

The Startup Magazine

But NAWBO also works tirelessly in Washington D.C. Elizabeth: Metaphrasis Language & Cultural Solutions is an award-winning interpreting and translation company located in Chicago that I founded in 2007. to advocate for the 11.6 million women-owned businesses it represents.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. Give to the Max” days.

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Going Global: How Huddle Handled The Challenge

ReadWriteStart

That advice comes from Huddle CEO Alastair Mitchell, who runs a company that went from being a British sensation to a global corporation over the past few years. governments. When Huddle started back in 2007, CEO Alastair Mitchell tells us, it was a “bedroom startup with a team of two.” The Global Mindset.

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NYC 3.0

thebarefootvc

My view is that it’s time to harness the incredible enthusiasm and talent of these individuals to drive impact, locally in NYC as well as nationally and globally. While running tech investments at the NYC Investment Fund from 2007-2010 I saw firsthand the benefits of cross industry collaboration as well as public/private partnerships.

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ITSEF Video: How Global Competition Has Changed and the Critical Role of Venture Capital in America’s Growth Economy

Pascal's View

Global Competition and the Critical Role of Venture Capital in America’s Growth Economy. Since 2007, ITSEF has focused on advancing innovation in security technologies through public-private partnerships by developing a community of interest between Washington and Silicon Valley. RUN TIME 3 MINUTES 17 SECONDS].

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Taking Silicon Valley’s Innovation Message to Washington: A Special Event on Cyber Security at the National Press Club June 25th Sponsored by the Security Innovation Network

Pascal's View

.  Through Levensohn Venture Partners' involvement as the lead venture sponsor of the IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum (ITSEF) since its inception in 2007, and through my personal initiatives advocating public policy solutions to address cyber security issues, I have had some positive impact in increasing awareness of this problem. 

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Thoughts on Innovation and Competitiveness– From Aeschylus to (Norman) Augustine

Pascal's View

In 2007 the National Academies published an important essay by Norman Augustine , former CEO of Lockheed Martin and a deep thinker on America's slipping global competitiveness, titled "Is America Falling Off the Flat Earth?" What Mr. Augustine refers to as the competitiveness ecosystem includes the innovation ecosystem. 

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