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Our second class had two very special guests. Brad Tilden CEO of Alaska Air Group and Phyllis Campbell Chair of JP Morgan N.W.   Brad of course…

Neal is talking to some of the students enrolled in the UW Honors program. It a special group of students clearly among the best and the brightest….

This Insiders View of Corporate Governance taught to Second Year MBA’s at the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington. Our first distinguished guest speaker…

Innovation for Humanity In my last blog post, I spoke about some of the challenges facing entrepreneurs and the investment gap in the Netherlands, as well as…

Does the best innovation in the world come from Silicon Valley? For sure, many good things happen here.  But if you saw my last blog on diversity,…

In 2018, my investment strategy was geared mostly towards angel and seed investments, as my true passion is mentoring entrepreneurs. And to extend on that, I became…

I expect 2019 will be a big year for IPOs. Unicorns are coming to market and ready to go public. If Lyft and Uber are successful offerings,…

Welcome to 2019. However, let’s pause a moment to reflect on the previous year. 2018 was a pivotal year for the tech industry and surprisingly for me…

Over the past few years you would have to be living under a rock to not hear the cries on the world stage for more diversity in…

I had the privilege of speaking at the StageDotO event in Seattle a couple of weeks ago. While there, I spent some time with my co-panelist, John…