Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

In 1991, ten-year-old Jerry and his family escaped civil war in Haiti and resettled in America as refugees. First, we need to intentionally recruit a different and broader pipeline of founders. Yet when we have a financial system that designs for one billionaire, and 99 broke founders, it’s no wonder inequality is at a 100-year high.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

When my co-founder Mohan Balachandran and I initially considered names for our company, which offers HIPAA compliant hosting and integration tools for healthcare technology teams, we wanted our company name to represent action, so we chose the verb to catalyze rather than the noun catalyst. 30 – About Conversations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

This conversation was recorded before the announcement of Ron's new position in the incoming Biden administration. At the time, he was advising the campaign while also serving as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Revolution, a DC-based VC firm created to fund startups led by diverse founders all over the country.

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