Jeffrey Mosher welcomes back Ara Topouzian, Executive Director of MVCA, the Michigan Venture Capital Association which recently closed their Novi, MI office in lieu of working virtual for 2023.

Their conversation covers a 3-4 minute discussion on a 2022 review, then a 2-3 minute discussion on a 2023 preview

What were some highlights from 2022?
What projects were initiated or continued?
Any big events of note?

What is the mission for 2023?
Are any big projects or events of note you can share with us?

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Michigan Business Beat | Ara Topouzian - Looks Back at 2022, and Ahead to 2023 for MVCA

Albert Wenger is a managing partner at , one of the most successful venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including , Twitter, Twilio, Etsy, and many more. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr). He previously founded or co-founded several companies, including a management consulting firm and an early-hosted data analytics company.    In Today's Episode with Albert Wenger We Discuss:   1.) From Failed Startup Founder to Leading VC:    How Albert transitioned from being a failed entrepreneur to being one of the most respected venture investors with USV today? What were the clear signs for Albert that he was not a good entrepreneur? Why does Albert believe this downturn is different compared to the dot-com bubble? Why was there more hope and promise coming out of the dot-com bubble?    2.) Income Inequality, The Rise of Depression &amp; The Role of Politics:    Why is income and wealth inequality more concerning than ever? Why does Albert believe universal basic income is the right solution? Why is mental health worse than ever? What can be done to improve this? Why are our politicians failing us? What should our politicians be doing? How does the rise of Trump show us what society is looking for in politicians?    3.) Climate Change: Misnomers, Developing Countries, Civil Disobedience:    What are the single biggest misnomers people have when it comes to climate change? How can we shift spending on climate change solutions from 5% of GDP to 50%? Is that possible? Why do developing nations have an advantage when implementing climate change solutions over more developed economies? Why is civil disobedience the right course of action to ensure society is on a path to change our approach to climate change?    4.) Crypto and Central Banks: The Future of Finance:    Why does Albert believe that over the past few years, for many, crypto was a good hedge against inflation? How damaging does Albert believe SBF and FTX will be to crypto in the long term? How does Albert evaluate the potential for governments to create a "central bank digital currency"? What would Albert like to see in a potential currency like this? How could stable coins be the solution to this? What is Albert fearful of with central bank digital currencies? Why does Albert believe now is the best time to be investing in crypto?    5.) The Future of Social Media: Twitter &amp; TikTok:    What does Albert believe is wrong with Twitter today? Why was the blue check mark such a mess? What does Albert believe Elon should do with Twitter from this point on? How should Elon deal with the debt providers he has? What happens to Twitter moving forward? Why is it so hard to kill? What is the future of TikTok? Will it be banned in the US? How concerned should the consumer be concerning their data being shared with the Chinese Government?

20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on What Elon Musk Should Do with Twitter | The State of Crypto Today; The Impact of SBF and Why Now is the Best Time To Invest in Crypto | Are We Too Late to Save The Climate and Why Civil Disobedience is Required | Will TikTok b

The second episode of Fireside Chatbots featuring Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman and ChatGPT, the large language model created by OpenAI. This week, Reid and ChatGPT talk about the ways humans and AI can work together to significantly increase productivity, scientific discovery, analytical capabilities, and creativity. As ChatGPT says, "The jobs of the future will likely be a combination of technical and human skills, requiring individuals to be adaptable and able to work with new technologies. "
You can read a transcript of this conversation here: https://greylock.com/greymatter/the-human-ai-partnership/

Reid Hoffman and ChatGPT | The Human-AI Partnership

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Stevie Case is the CRO @  where she oversees Vanta’s go-to-market team to support the company’s rapid growth. Prior to joining Vanta, Stevie was Vice President of Mid-Market Sales at , joining as one of their first account executives, Stevie helped to grow the sales team from a dozen to over 1,000 team members and played a pivotal role in establishing Twilio’s enterprise business with key Fortune 500 customers, generating more than $400 million in annual recurring revenue. If that was not enough, Stevie is also a Founding Operator @ Coalition Network and a prominent angel investor.   In Today's Episode with Stevie Case We Discuss:   1. ) From World's First Pro Female Gamer to CRO:    How did Stevie make her way from pro gamer to CRO? How did her career in gaming make her a better CRO and sales leader? In her early sales career, how did being a single mother with a child impact her approach to sales? What can founders do to make workplaces more inclusive for parents today?    2.) Enterprise or PLG: Which One To Choose:    Why does Stevie believe it is not right to do both PLG and enterprise at the same time for startups? How can startups and sales teams move into enterprise selling gradually through testing and without committing a significant budget to an enterprise sales team? How do founders know when is the right time to move from PLG to enterprise? What are the signs?    3.) The Mythical Sales Playbook:    How does Stevie define the term "sales playbook" today? What is it not? Should the founder be the person to create the sales playbook? If not them, then who? When is the right time to make your first sales hire? When is the wrong time?    4.) Mastering the Hiring Process in Sales Recruits:    How should we structure the interview process for new sales reps? What is the right profile for these first sales hires? How do the best sales talent answer questions and perform in interview processes? How can we really test for grit and curiosity in the interview process? What are the single biggest mistakes founders make when hiring for sales?    5.) Discovery, Discounting, Deal Velocity:    With sales cycles being so long, how do you know if enterprise sales reps are good? What is the difference between good discovery vs bad discovery? Should founders engage in discounting to get deals over the line? When does it work?

20Sales: Why You Should Not Do PLG and Enterprise Sales at the Same Time | How To Move Into Enterprise Sales Gradually | How To Make a Comp Plan For Sales Teams | Why Discounting is Good and Can Be Used with Stevie Case, CRO @ Vanta

Elise Densborn is the co-CEO of Splendid Spoon, a direct-to-consumer meal delivery platform that offers ready-to-eat, plant-based meals. Densborn was first introduced to Splendid Spoon as a customer. After over a decade in the finance industry, she joined the Splendid Spoon team as a consultant in 2018 and quickly rose through the ranks in permanent roles as VP of finance and insights and COO, becoming co-CEO in 2021. In this conversation with Stanford lecturer Emily Ma, Densborn shares the advantages and challenges of being a woman and co-CEO at the intersection of food and technology.

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Elise Densborn (Splendid Spoon) - From Customer to Co-CEO

The NFL — it’s almost synonymous with America today. And its history is a fascinating lens to explore the nation’s development over the last 100 years, from WWII to TV and suburbs to the Internet and social media. What began as a quasi-illicit league in small midwestern towns is now the single largest media property in the world today by revenue. And whether you watch football or not, this is one incredible business story. Acquired is ready for some football — let’s kick this Season off right!  Sponsors: Thanks to our fantastic partners, any member of the Acquired community can now get:       Links:     Carve Outs:      ‍Note: Acquired hosts and guests may hold assets discussed in this episode. This podcast is not investment advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any financial transactions.

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Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Jennifer Smith of Scribe (https://scribehow.com/), a platform that helps you turn any process into a step-by-step guide. 

In this episode, we discuss her time in management consulting (and whether consultants make good founders), how she ran a really tight, 2-week process, raising capital while pregnant, how fundraising is like dating, and much more. 

Scribe has raised a total of $30 million in funding including a $22M Series A and an $8M seed round. The Series A was led by Tiger Global Management. Other investors include Amplify Partners, who led the seed, along with Haystack Ventures, XYZ Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Morado Ventures, and SEV. Angel investors include John Thompson (former chairman of Microsoft), Scott Belsky (Chief Product Officer at Adobe), Nick Mehta (CEO of Gainsight) and Eric Wu (CEO of Opendoor). 

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Ep. 252 How I Raised It with Jennifer Smith of Scribe

So, a few things to remind everybody. First of all, don’t forget EHRs (electronic health records) were purpose built originally for billing. This is no secret. People quite openly have called EHR systems glorified cash registers. If I want to be generous, maybe I would restate this to say that EHRs were designed to document patient interactions. This is what their core architecture was built to achieve. But today, there’s a lot that goes on that isn’t a traditional patient interaction. First of all, me even calling it, frankly, a patient interaction should give longtime listeners a clue where this is headed. I mean, say you’re sitting at home on your couch. I don’t know. You’re probably not considering yourself a patient. You’re considering yourself a person sitting on your couch. However, say you’re sitting on your couch and you haven’t taken your COPD maintenance therapy. Potentially that is something of clinical significance that maybe should get figured out and noted somewhere—potentially prior to the acute event going down. Or, still talking about things that are relevant to patient health but which don’t naturally tuck into an EHR system’s native architecture, maybe we have social workers and nutritionists and all kinds of people who are not doctors or nurses or PAs (physician assistants) in this mix. Most of the time, these people don’t even have access to the EHR. I mean, what percentage of things that are going to impact a person’s health outcomes can be classified as traditional patient encounters that EHRs were designed to document? I mean, you’ve got your scheduler who wants to tell the transportation company something about a patient. Anything RPM. Where’s the caregiver or the family in that garden-variety patient interaction? In sum, what is happening between codes getting written in patient health records? Where’s all that information going? I mean, what order set are you gonna use to get all that in and out of the system? Am I saying anything revolutionary that many of you don’t already know extremely well? No, I am not. But I am shining the spotlight on it to challenge what might have become a sort of default position at provider organizations today, which is to make the EHR the one ring to rule them all, which might be something to consider revising strategically. My guest in this healthcare podcast, Emily Kagan Trenchard, makes a super point about all of this that I haven’t heard made so succinctly or so eloquently. Emily puts it this way: She says just integrating into the EHR as a reflex without contemplation is kind of the olden days. She talks about identifying the core functionalities, the centers of gravity that are needed to bring together providers and patients and everybody else in the mix. Then you find the best systems—call them platforms if you want. But if, at a fundamental level, you have a technology designed for one thing and you’re trying to shoehorn it to do something else and this something else is a critical business function, maybe this is something to think about at the highest levels. Of course, it goes without saying that these platforms have to work together (obviously); but you kind of gotta get the right platform for the right job. Now, to make one point clear as glass, what we are not talking about here is cobbling together a bunch of point solutions. What we are talking about is getting the fundamentals, the core architecture here, solidified. Pam Arora talks about this at length in . She’s the CIO at Texas Children’s. Pam Arora says that if a health system doesn’t get its technology infrastructure rock solid, if that infrastructure is janky in any way, then everything built on top of it will require duct tape and workarounds and probably not go as well as planned. On the show today, Emily Kagan Trenchard continues that theme. She talks about the four platforms that she feels are very necessary to underpin or be the chassis to...

EP392: When Patient Journeys Don’t Fit in the EHR System, With Emily Kagan Trenchard From Northwell Health

In this week's episode, IRA Financial's Adam Bergman Esq. answers questions about self-directing a SEP IRA, lending IRA money to an ex-spouse, and investing in a son's venture capital fund.

Self-Directing a SEP IRA, Lending IRA Money to an Ex, and more | Client Q&A

The team at Stanford eCorner believes in the powerful combination of evidence and imagination. We share original stories from informed leaders in academia and industry that focus on innovation, startups, culture, and strategy. The goal: empower you to bring bold ideas to life. 

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American Healthcare Entrepreneurs and Executives You Might Want to Know. Talking.

Relentless Health Value is a weekly interview podcast hosted by Stacey Richter since 2014. A dynamic healthcare entrepreneur and innovator, Richter has spent more than twenty years mentoring clients and colleagues in the shared pursuit of healthcare value. Subscribe to the podcast and spend an hour with us every Thursday.

Relentless Health Value is the show that connects you with other healthcare leaders trying to achieve the Triple Aim of improving population health and patient experience, while managing costs effectively. Our mission is to help transform healthcare by breaking down silos and connecting disconnected parts of our industry. The first step toward collaboration is simply knowing what others are working on and wrestling to overcome.

Relentless Health Value is for business leaders working in payer and provider organizations, as well as for pharma, medical device, patient advocacy and other healthcare businesses. It’s an ideal resource for health industry innovators and entrepreneurs or aspiring entrepreneurs, who strive to improve healthcare every day. “No outcome, no income,” is the mantra we live daily.

We all know the healthcare business is not, and has never been, an easy business. The barrier to entry is often high, the cost of doing business, equally high. Success is often a frustrating tangle of regulations, litigation risks, perverse incentives and technology requirements.

However, those of us not daunted by the challenge can thrive in these times of great change. The Affordable Care Act has reset incentives ─ value over volume. Healthcare value has become more than an intellectual talking point. It is now a business imperative. We’re in an era of evolution and disruption. And while change breeds pain, it also is the genie of great opportunity.

Let’s get inspired. Let’s talk to healthcare leaders and innovators who are making waves in our industry and who can inspire us. Let’s hear from the boisterous and from those who are quietly achieving greatness. Let’s support those who can turn disjointed healthcare services into value-based systems. Finally, let’s join healthcare builders and disrupters who share our goals to reorder the healthcare universe.

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