TBT, reviewed in the New York Times

That time the New York Times reviewed a short story I wrote for a hot New York insider website and book. I was also interviewed and narrated my story for a film documentary based on the book.

TBT, FB algo concerns of 2015

I used to be a techno utopian. No longer.

Here's a recent WIRED story on the "dystopian post-truth world of propaganda and dark ads" we now associate with Facebook algorithms gone astray..

Scenes from an afternoon at The Collider Cup

The semester is over! Time for an all-star pitch competition at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, run by Melissa Glass.

Along with cojudges Stephen Torres from UCB, Luke Kowalski of Oracle, and Peter Nachbaur from Keen IO, I was honored to judge the afternoon Fall Showcase at UC Berkeley. 

We heard and gave feedback on all-star business pitches from teams from various classes with distinct approaches:

Technology Entrepreneurship, and the Management of Technology Innovation Program with Naeem Zafar, 

Product Management with Ken Sandy,

and finally, some familiar-to-me teams (hi, Acuity & CoffeeX!) from the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp with Gigi Wang.

Some highlights:

• A venture using CRISPR technology to solve an unsustainable aquaculture practice -- feeding farmed salmon with fish oil that is too high in unhealthy Omega acids.
• A peer-to-peer investing tool to tap into the most successful fund managers who happen to be regular joes. 

Judging the all-star Collider Cup at UC Berkeley

Excited to be a pitch judge for this all-star event at UC Berkeley next week!!

The Collider Cup is Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology's all-star showcase of the best student teams from Fall 2017.

Teams pitch to panels of professors, investors and industry experts as they vie to win the grand prize, the Collider Cup!

Thanks to Gigi Wang for the invite.

#startups #venture #ColliderCup #UCBerkeley 

TBT, to SLUSH, happening now in Helsinki....it's still stunning

"A practical, empathetic and effective mentor"

Thanks Jeff Abbott, VC and founder of the Global Scaling Academy, for this fab recommendation at LinkedIn!

"She’s a practical, empathetic and effective mentor whose broad experience and constructive feedback allow her teams go on to perform in the top tier, while also improving the overall program she is a part of."

TBT, tracking the election in a 100-day live blog

My team of media producers tracked social media reactions and global news about the election on a new social publishing platform. You can view the 100-day live blog here.