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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Syndicate: Angel Investors | VC | Venture Capital | Startup Investing | Private Equity | Crowdfu</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-syndicate-angel-investors-vc-venture</link><description><![CDATA[Welcome to The Syndicate, the place where investors and startups combine to create crazy businesses and even crazier returns.  The Syndicate podcast is a deep dive on the angel investors and VCs behind the big name startups. We interview the best and brightest investors, syndicate leads, GPs, limited partners and startup founders to create an original, off the cuff discussion on startup investing.   With a focus on strategies and tactics, mistakes and massive money makers, we hope to help AngelList investors and venture capitalists create unfair advantages in their investment portfolios.   Recurring investment themes include Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, B2B, AI, Big Data, AdTech, Enterprise SaaS, Healthcare, IoT, Fintech, Biotech, Ecommerce and of course Mobile.  Other topics include lean startup, marketing strategies, growth hacking, business development, startup equity, fundraising, KPIs, incubators and accelerators, hiring, acquisitions, IPOs, ICOs and more.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/2789176/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Society &amp; Culture</category><copyright>Copyright Matt Ward</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg</url><title>The Syndicate: Angel Investors | VC | Venture Capital | Startup Investing | Private Equity | Crowdfu</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-syndicate-angel-investors-vc-venture</link></image><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:22:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Matt Ward</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Matt Ward</itunes:name><itunes:email>feeds@spreaker.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Welcome to The Syndicate, the place where investors and startups combine to create crazy businesses and even crazier returns.  The Syndicate podcast is a deep dive on the angel investors and VCs behind the big name startups. We interview the best and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Welcome to The Syndicate, the place where investors and startups combine to create crazy businesses and even crazier returns.  The Syndicate podcast is a deep dive on the angel investors and VCs behind the big name startups. We interview the best and brightest investors, syndicate leads, GPs, limited partners and startup founders to create an original, off the cuff discussion on startup investing.   With a focus on strategies and tactics, mistakes and massive money makers, we hope to help AngelList investors and venture capitalists create unfair advantages in their investment portfolios.   Recurring investment themes include Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, B2B, AI, Big Data, AdTech, Enterprise SaaS, Healthcare, IoT, Fintech, Biotech, Ecommerce and of course Mobile.  Other topics include lean startup, marketing strategies, growth hacking, business development, startup equity, fundraising, KPIs, incubators and accelerators, hiring, acquisitions, IPOs, ICOs and more.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><googleplay:author>Matt Ward</googleplay:author><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><googleplay:email>feeds@spreaker.com</googleplay:email><googleplay:description>Welcome to The Syndicate, the place where investors and startups combine to create crazy businesses and even crazier returns.  The Syndicate podcast is a deep dive on the angel investors and VCs behind the big name startups. We interview the best and brightest investors, syndicate leads, GPs, limited partners and startup founders to create an original, off the cuff discussion on startup investing.   With a focus on strategies and tactics, mistakes and massive money makers, we hope to help AngelList investors and venture capitalists create unfair advantages in their investment portfolios.   Recurring investment themes include Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, B2B, AI, Big Data, AdTech, Enterprise SaaS, Healthcare, IoT, Fintech, Biotech, Ecommerce and of course Mobile.  Other topics include lean startup, marketing strategies, growth hacking, business development, startup equity, fundraising, KPIs, incubators and accelerators, hiring, acquisitions, IPOs, ICOs and more.</googleplay:description><googleplay:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit><item><title>Death Donor 1 – A Dystopian SciFi Techno Thriller Novel</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/thesyndicatevc/death-donor-1-a-dystopian-scifi-techno-t</link><description><![CDATA[Would you sell your life to save another?<br />Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance, and a roof over her head. Life is livable…<br />Until her daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts, and the ex-assassin snaps.<br />Someone is going to pay.<br />Grab the rest today FREE with an Audible trial:<br />deathdonor.com<br />Would you sell your life to save another?<br />Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance, and a roof over her head. Life is livable…<br />Until her daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts, and the ex-assassin snaps.<br />Someone is going to pay.<br />Grab the rest today FREE with an Audible trial:<br />deathdonor.com]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thesyndicate.vc/?p=3376</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 08:24:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41419437/startups00187.mp3" length="24704649" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matt Ward</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Would you sell your life to save another?
Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Would you sell your life to save another?<br />Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance, and a roof over her head. Life is livable…<br />Until her daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts, and the ex-assassin snaps.<br />Someone is going to pay.<br />Grab the rest today FREE with an Audible trial:<br />deathdonor.com<br />Would you sell your life to save another?<br />Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance, and a roof over her head. Life is livable…<br />Until her daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts, and the ex-assassin snaps.<br />Someone is going to pay.<br />Grab the rest today FREE with an Audible trial:<br />deathdonor.com]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1475</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Matt Ward</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Would you sell your life to save another?
Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance, and a roof over her head. Life is livable…
Until her daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts, and the ex-assassin snaps.
Someone is going to pay.
Grab the rest today FREE with an Audible trial:
deathdonor.com
Would you sell your life to save another?
Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance, and a roof over her head. Life is livable…
Until her daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts, and the ex-assassin snaps.
Someone is going to pay.
Grab the rest today FREE with an Audible trial:
deathdonor.com</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Rewriting the Black American Dream to Building Better Communities at Home | Majora Carter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/thesyndicatevc/rewriting-the-black-american-dream-to-bu</link><description><![CDATA[Majora Carter (@MajoraCarter) is an American urban revitalization strategist and broadcast producer/host from the South Bronx in New York whose career has spanned environment, economy, social mobility, and real estate development.<br />Majora’s work has won major awards including a MacArthur ‘genius’ Grant, a Peabody Award, the Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal, nine honorary doctorates, and is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture: “Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one.”<br /><br />In today’s episode we discuss:<br /><br />* Black Lives Matter and the big issue with housing inequality<br />* Why owning communities is such a big part of improving them<br />* Majora’s work with greenification and better urban areas<br />* The role of investment in changing a city’s culture<br />* What steps can the US take to righting past racial wrongs<br />* Why the future of cities and urbanization is a bit more local<br />* Which narratives around health and wealth contribute most to racial inequality<br />* Why inner city brain drain makes everything all the worse<br />* How to use triple bottom line businesses to better the world<br />* What systemic racism looks like from a successful black woman’s perspective<br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.<br />Majora Carter (@MajoraCarter) is an American urban revitalization strategist and broadcast producer/host from the South Bronx in New York whose career has spanned environment, economy, social mobility, and real estate development.<br />Majora’s work has won major awards including a MacArthur ‘genius’ Grant, a Peabody Award, the Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal, nine honorary doctorates, and is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture: “Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one.”<br /><br />In today’s episode we discuss:<br /><br />* Black Lives Matter and the big issue with housing inequality<br />* Why owning communities is such a big part of improving them<br />* Majora’s work with greenification and better urban areas<br />* The role of investment in changing a city’s culture<br />* What steps can the US take to righting past racial wrongs<br />* Why the future of cities and urbanization is a bit more local<br />* Which narratives around health and wealth contribute most to racial inequality<br />* Why inner city brain drain makes everything all the worse<br />* How to use triple bottom line businesses to better the world<br />* What systemic racism looks like from a successful black woman’s perspective<br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thesyndicate.vc/?p=3373</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:29:09 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41135621/startups00186.mp3" length="48192702" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matt Ward</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Majora Carter (@MajoraCarter) is an American urban revitalization strategist and broadcast producer/host from the South Bronx in New York whose career has spanned environment, economy, social mobility, and real estate development.
Majora’s work has...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Majora Carter (@MajoraCarter) is an American urban revitalization strategist and broadcast producer/host from the South Bronx in New York whose career has spanned environment, economy, social mobility, and real estate development.<br />Majora’s work has won major awards including a MacArthur ‘genius’ Grant, a Peabody Award, the Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal, nine honorary doctorates, and is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture: “Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one.”<br /><br />In today’s episode we discuss:<br /><br />* Black Lives Matter and the big issue with housing inequality<br />* Why owning communities is such a big part of improving them<br />* Majora’s work with greenification and better urban areas<br />* The role of investment in changing a city’s culture<br />* What steps can the US take to righting past racial wrongs<br />* Why the future of cities and urbanization is a bit more local<br />* Which narratives around health and wealth contribute most to racial inequality<br />* Why inner city brain drain makes everything all the worse<br />* How to use triple bottom line businesses to better the world<br />* What systemic racism looks like from a successful black woman’s perspective<br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.<br />Majora Carter (@MajoraCarter) is an American urban revitalization strategist and broadcast producer/host from the South Bronx in New York whose career has spanned environment, economy, social mobility, and real estate development.<br />Majora’s work has won major awards including a MacArthur ‘genius’ Grant, a Peabody Award, the Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal, nine honorary doctorates, and is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture: “Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one.”<br /><br />In today’s episode we discuss:<br /><br />* Black Lives Matter and the big issue with housing inequality<br />* Why owning communities is such a big part of improving them<br />* Majora’s work with greenification and better urban areas<br />* The role of investment in changing a city’s culture<br />* What steps can the US take to righting past racial wrongs<br />* Why the future of cities and urbanization is a bit more local<br />* Which narratives around health and wealth contribute most to racial inequality<br />* Why inner city brain drain makes everything all the worse<br />* How to use triple bottom line businesses to better the world<br />* What systemic racism looks like from a successful black woman’s perspective<br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2943</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Matt Ward</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Majora Carter (@MajoraCarter) is an American urban revitalization strategist and broadcast producer/host from the South Bronx in New York whose career has spanned environment, economy, social mobility, and real estate development.
Majora’s work has won major awards including a MacArthur ‘genius’ Grant, a Peabody Award, the Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal, nine honorary doctorates, and is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture: “Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one.”

In today’s episode we discuss:

* Black Lives Matter and the big issue with housing inequality
* Why owning communities is such a big part of improving them
* Majora’s work with greenification and better urban areas
* The role of investment in changing a city’s culture
* What steps can the US take to righting past racial wrongs
* Why the future of cities and urbanization is a bit more local
* Which narratives around health and wealth contribute most to racial inequality
* Why inner city brain drain makes everything all the worse
* How to use triple bottom line businesses to better the world
* What systemic racism looks like from a successful black woman’s perspective


Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.
Majora Carter (@MajoraCarter) is an American urban revitalization strategist and broadcast producer/host from the South Bronx in New York whose career has spanned environment, economy, social mobility, and real estate development.
Majora’s work has won major awards including a MacArthur ‘genius’ Grant, a Peabody Award, the Rudy Bruner Award Silver Medal, nine honorary doctorates, and is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture: “Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one.”

In today’s episode we discuss:

* Black Lives Matter and the big issue with housing inequality
* Why owning communities is such a big part of improving them
* Majora’s work with greenification and better urban areas
* The role of investment in changing a city’s culture
* What steps can the US take to righting past racial wrongs
* Why the future of cities and urbanization is a bit more local
* Which narratives around health and wealth contribute most to racial inequality
* Why inner city brain drain makes everything all the worse
* How to use triple bottom line businesses to better the world
* What systemic racism looks like from a successful black woman’s perspective


Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>Investing in Meditation, Mindfulness, Psychedelics for a Better Mental Health Future | Charlie Hartwell</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/thesyndicatevc/investing-in-meditation-mindfulness-psyc</link><description><![CDATA[Charlie Hartwell (@ShiftIt_Inst) is an Operating Partner at the Bridge Builders Collaborative, a consumer health tech investment group that invested early in Pear Therapeutics, Insight Timer and Headspace, in addition to being a "Change Agent" focused on igniting consciousness, mindfulness, and creating a more connected human world.<br /><br />In today's episode we discuss:<br /><br /><br /><br />* Where are headed with consumer health tech and consciousness<br />* Why Charlie's afraid our collective ability to live together<br />* How mindfulness and meditation can help us get through this COVID crisis<br />* The role of psychedelics in shifting mental health<br />* Why meditation may just be the next best medic<br />* Which alternative health practices hold the most promise for the future of healthcare<br />* What Charlie thinks we should do for a more mentally-sound world<br />* Why we're treating patients and health all wrong<br />* How investment dollars drive innovation<br />* Why the psychedelic movement of today is much more than a fad<br />* What's the future of wearable tech<br /><br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.<br />Charlie Hartwell (@ShiftIt_Inst) is an Operating Partner at the Bridge Builders Collaborative, a consumer health tech investment group that invested early in Pear Therapeutics, Insight Timer and Headspace, in addition to being a "Change Agent" focused on igniting consciousness, mindfulness, and creating a more connected human world.<br /><br />In today's episode we discuss:<br /><br /><br /><br />* Where are headed with consumer health tech and consciousness<br />* Why Charlie's afraid our collective ability to live together<br />* How mindfulness and meditation can help us get through this COVID crisis<br />* The role of psychedelics in shifting mental health<br />* Why meditation may just be the next best medic<br />* Which alternative health practices hold the most promise for the future of healthcare<br />* What Charlie thinks we should do for a more mentally-sound world<br />* Why we're treating patients and health all wrong<br />* How investment dollars drive innovation<br />* Why the psychedelic movement of today is much more than a fad<br />* What's the future of wearable tech<br /><br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thesyndicate.vc/?p=3366</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 08:24:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/40832970/startups00184.mp3" length="40380482" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matt Ward</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Charlie Hartwell (@ShiftIt_Inst) is an Operating Partner at the Bridge Builders Collaborative, a consumer health tech investment group that invested early in Pear Therapeutics, Insight Timer and Headspace, in addition to being a "Change Agent" focused...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Charlie Hartwell (@ShiftIt_Inst) is an Operating Partner at the Bridge Builders Collaborative, a consumer health tech investment group that invested early in Pear Therapeutics, Insight Timer and Headspace, in addition to being a "Change Agent" focused on igniting consciousness, mindfulness, and creating a more connected human world.<br /><br />In today's episode we discuss:<br /><br /><br /><br />* Where are headed with consumer health tech and consciousness<br />* Why Charlie's afraid our collective ability to live together<br />* How mindfulness and meditation can help us get through this COVID crisis<br />* The role of psychedelics in shifting mental health<br />* Why meditation may just be the next best medic<br />* Which alternative health practices hold the most promise for the future of healthcare<br />* What Charlie thinks we should do for a more mentally-sound world<br />* Why we're treating patients and health all wrong<br />* How investment dollars drive innovation<br />* Why the psychedelic movement of today is much more than a fad<br />* What's the future of wearable tech<br /><br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.<br />Charlie Hartwell (@ShiftIt_Inst) is an Operating Partner at the Bridge Builders Collaborative, a consumer health tech investment group that invested early in Pear Therapeutics, Insight Timer and Headspace, in addition to being a "Change Agent" focused on igniting consciousness, mindfulness, and creating a more connected human world.<br /><br />In today's episode we discuss:<br /><br /><br /><br />* Where are headed with consumer health tech and consciousness<br />* Why Charlie's afraid our collective ability to live together<br />* How mindfulness and meditation can help us get through this COVID crisis<br />* The role of psychedelics in shifting mental health<br />* Why meditation may just be the next best medic<br />* Which alternative health practices hold the most promise for the future of healthcare<br />* What Charlie thinks we should do for a more mentally-sound world<br />* Why we're treating patients and health all wrong<br />* How investment dollars drive innovation<br />* Why the psychedelic movement of today is much more than a fad<br />* What's the future of wearable tech<br /><br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2455</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Matt Ward</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Charlie Hartwell (@ShiftIt_Inst) is an Operating Partner at the Bridge Builders Collaborative, a consumer health tech investment group that invested early in Pear Therapeutics, Insight Timer and Headspace, in addition to being a "Change Agent" focused on igniting consciousness, mindfulness, and creating a more connected human world.

In today's episode we discuss:



* Where are headed with consumer health tech and consciousness
* Why Charlie's afraid our collective ability to live together
* How mindfulness and meditation can help us get through this COVID crisis
* The role of psychedelics in shifting mental health
* Why meditation may just be the next best medic
* Which alternative health practices hold the most promise for the future of healthcare
* What Charlie thinks we should do for a more mentally-sound world
* Why we're treating patients and health all wrong
* How investment dollars drive innovation
* Why the psychedelic movement of today is much more than a fad
* What's the future of wearable tech



Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.
Charlie Hartwell (@ShiftIt_Inst) is an Operating Partner at the Bridge Builders Collaborative, a consumer health tech investment group that invested early in Pear Therapeutics, Insight Timer and Headspace, in addition to being a "Change Agent" focused on igniting consciousness, mindfulness, and creating a more connected human world.

In today's episode we discuss:



* Where are headed with consumer health tech and consciousness
* Why Charlie's afraid our collective ability to live together
* How mindfulness and meditation can help us get through this COVID crisis
* The role of psychedelics in shifting mental health
* Why meditation may just be the next best medic
* Which alternative health practices hold the most promise for the future of healthcare
* What Charlie thinks we should do for a more mentally-sound world
* Why we're treating patients and health all wrong
* How investment dollars drive innovation
* Why the psychedelic movement of today is much more than a fad
* What's the future of wearable tech



Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.</googleplay:description><googleplay:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit></item><item><title>REPLAY: Cory Doctorow – Political Fallout of COVID-19, Possible Economic and Healthcare Changes, and Why It's Time for a New Deal to Overcom</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/thesyndicatevc/replay-cory-doctorow-political-fallout-o</link><description><![CDATA[Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) is the best selling science fiction author, blogger, and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing), a contributor to many magazines, websites, and newspapers and a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards, and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor; he is also an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate. In 2007, he served as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. His novels have been translated into dozens of languages and are published by Tor Books, Head of Zeus (UK), Titan Books (UK) and HarperCollins (UK). He has won the Locus, Prometheus, Copper Cylinder, White Pine and Sunburst Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards. Several of his award-winning novels include:<br /><br />* Little Brother<br />* Homeland<br />* Pirate Cinema<br /><br />Cory also co-founded the open-source peer-to-peer software company OpenCola and serves on the boards and advisory boards of the Participatory Culture Foundation, the Clarion Foundation, the Open Technology Fund and the Metabrainz Foundation.<br /><br />Listen and Learn:<br /><br />* Possible geopolitical consequence of the COVID-19 epidemic<br />* New ways to consider the role of economics and market forces post Corona<br />* Why Cory thinks much of Europe will push further left after the world normalizes<br />* The reason Cory isn't worried about a post-COVID new Patriot Act<br />* Why today feels a lot like post-WWII oligarchy capitalism<br />* The five new horsemen of the battle for individual privacy<br />* How to avoid self-destructive late-stage capitalism<br />* Why Coronavirus death and fallout may swing the future of US politics<br />* Why the US is WAY more socialized than citizens think<br />* How we could fund a successful Green New Deal<br />* What were the true impacts of Edward Snowden<br />* Are we headed toward a constant location-based tracking and surveillance<br />* What worries Cory most about today's epidemic climate<br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.<br />Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) is the best selling science fiction author, blogger, and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing), a contributor to many magazines, websites, and newspapers and a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards, and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor; he is also an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate. In 2007, he served as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. His novels have been translated into dozens of languages and are published by Tor Books, Head of Zeus (UK), Titan Books (UK) and HarperCollins (UK). He has won the Locus, Prometheus, Copper Cylinder, White Pine and Sunburst Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards. Several of his award-winning novels include:<br /><br />*]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thesyndicate.vc/?p=3363</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:27:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/40510877/startups00183.mp3" length="50781847" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matt Ward</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) is the best selling science fiction author, blogger, and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing), a contributor to many magazines, websites, and newspapers and a special consultant to the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) is the best selling science fiction author, blogger, and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing), a contributor to many magazines, websites, and newspapers and a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards, and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor; he is also an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate. In 2007, he served as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. His novels have been translated into dozens of languages and are published by Tor Books, Head of Zeus (UK), Titan Books (UK) and HarperCollins (UK). He has won the Locus, Prometheus, Copper Cylinder, White Pine and Sunburst Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards. Several of his award-winning novels include:<br /><br />* Little Brother<br />* Homeland<br />* Pirate Cinema<br /><br />Cory also co-founded the open-source peer-to-peer software company OpenCola and serves on the boards and advisory boards of the Participatory Culture Foundation, the Clarion Foundation, the Open Technology Fund and the Metabrainz Foundation.<br /><br />Listen and Learn:<br /><br />* Possible geopolitical consequence of the COVID-19 epidemic<br />* New ways to consider the role of economics and market forces post Corona<br />* Why Cory thinks much of Europe will push further left after the world normalizes<br />* The reason Cory isn't worried about a post-COVID new Patriot Act<br />* Why today feels a lot like post-WWII oligarchy capitalism<br />* The five new horsemen of the battle for individual privacy<br />* How to avoid self-destructive late-stage capitalism<br />* Why Coronavirus death and fallout may swing the future of US politics<br />* Why the US is WAY more socialized than citizens think<br />* How we could fund a successful Green New Deal<br />* What were the true impacts of Edward Snowden<br />* Are we headed toward a constant location-based tracking and surveillance<br />* What worries Cory most about today's epidemic climate<br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.<br />Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) is the best selling science fiction author, blogger, and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing), a contributor to many magazines, websites, and newspapers and a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards, and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor; he is also an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate. In 2007, he served as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. His novels have been translated into dozens of languages and are published by Tor Books, Head of Zeus (UK), Titan Books (UK) and HarperCollins (UK). He has won the Locus, Prometheus, Copper Cylinder, White Pine and Sunburst Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards. Several of his award-winning novels include:<br /><br />*]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3098</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Matt Ward</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) is the best selling science fiction author, blogger, and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing), a contributor to many magazines, websites, and newspapers and a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards, and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor; he is also an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate. In 2007, he served as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. His novels have been translated into dozens of languages and are published by Tor Books, Head of Zeus (UK), Titan Books (UK) and HarperCollins (UK). He has won the Locus, Prometheus, Copper Cylinder, White Pine and Sunburst Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards. Several of his award-winning novels include:

* Little Brother
* Homeland
* Pirate Cinema

Cory also co-founded the open-source peer-to-peer software company OpenCola and serves on the boards and advisory boards of the Participatory Culture Foundation, the Clarion Foundation, the Open Technology Fund and the Metabrainz Foundation.

Listen and Learn:

* Possible geopolitical consequence of the COVID-19 epidemic
* New ways to consider the role of economics and market forces post Corona
* Why Cory thinks much of Europe will push further left after the world normalizes
* The reason Cory isn't worried about a post-COVID new Patriot Act
* Why today feels a lot like post-WWII oligarchy capitalism
* The five new horsemen of the battle for individual privacy
* How to avoid self-destructive late-stage capitalism
* Why Coronavirus death and fallout may swing the future of US politics
* Why the US is WAY more socialized than citizens think
* How we could fund a successful Green New Deal
* What were the true impacts of Edward Snowden
* Are we headed toward a constant location-based tracking and surveillance
* What worries Cory most about today's epidemic climate

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.
Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) is the best selling science fiction author, blogger, and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing), a contributor to many magazines, websites, and newspapers and a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards, and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor; he is also an MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate. In 2007, he served as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. His novels have been translated into dozens of languages and are published by Tor Books, Head of Zeus (UK), Titan Books (UK) and HarperCollins (UK). He has won the Locus, Prometheus, Copper Cylinder, White Pine and Sunburst Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards. Several of his award-winning novels include:

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He co-created several, 3D graphics standards, is Head of AR/VR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies, and author several O'Reilly Media books on virtual reality and WebGL.<br />Today, Tony is has a leading spokesman for the immersive industry and was recently named one of Next Reality’s 30 People to Watch in Augmented Reality in 2019.<br /> <br />Listen and Learn:<br /><br />* Where are we on the AR and VR adoption cycle<br />* What the future of AR/VR holds and why they will diverge<br />* How COVID-19 is pushing us towards an immersive future<br />* The big differences between consumer and enterprise VR adoption<br />* Why Facebook and Oculus are well-placed to dominate virtual reality<br />* Which sci-fi inspirations are most realistic for augmented and virtual reality<br />* What's the future look like for the entertainment industry<br />* Why Tony isn't all that worried about any future tech<br />* How tech life cycles are accelerating and what it all means<br />* Why we have reached a tipping point in consumer VR adoption<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.<br />Tony Parisi (@auradeluxe) is a virtual reality pioneer, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor. He co-created several, 3D graphics standards, is Head of AR/VR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies, and author several O'Reilly Media books on virtual reality and WebGL.<br />Today, Tony is has a leading spokesman for the immersive industry and was recently named one of Next Reality’s 30 People to Watch in Augmented Reality in 2019.<br /> <br />Listen and Learn:<br /><br />* Where are we on the AR and VR adoption cycle<br />* What the future of AR/VR holds and why they will diverge<br />* How COVID-19 is pushing us towards an immersive future<br />* The big differences between consumer and enterprise VR adoption<br />* Why Facebook and Oculus are well-placed to dominate virtual reality<br />* Which sci-fi inspirations are most realistic for augmented and virtual reality<br />* What's the future look like for the entertainment industry<br />* Why Tony isn't all that worried about any future tech<br />* How tech life cycles are accelerating and what it all means<br />* Why we have reached a tipping point in consumer VR adoption<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thesyndicate.vc/?p=3359</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:49:44 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/40278703/startups00182.mp3" length="37274460" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matt Ward</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Tony Parisi (@auradeluxe) is a virtual reality pioneer, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor. He co-created several, 3D graphics standards, is Head of AR/VR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies, and author several O'Reilly Media books on virtual...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Tony Parisi (@auradeluxe) is a virtual reality pioneer, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor. He co-created several, 3D graphics standards, is Head of AR/VR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies, and author several O'Reilly Media books on virtual reality and WebGL.<br />Today, Tony is has a leading spokesman for the immersive industry and was recently named one of Next Reality’s 30 People to Watch in Augmented Reality in 2019.<br /> <br />Listen and Learn:<br /><br />* Where are we on the AR and VR adoption cycle<br />* What the future of AR/VR holds and why they will diverge<br />* How COVID-19 is pushing us towards an immersive future<br />* The big differences between consumer and enterprise VR adoption<br />* Why Facebook and Oculus are well-placed to dominate virtual reality<br />* Which sci-fi inspirations are most realistic for augmented and virtual reality<br />* What's the future look like for the entertainment industry<br />* Why Tony isn't all that worried about any future tech<br />* How tech life cycles are accelerating and what it all means<br />* Why we have reached a tipping point in consumer VR adoption<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.<br />Tony Parisi (@auradeluxe) is a virtual reality pioneer, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor. He co-created several, 3D graphics standards, is Head of AR/VR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies, and author several O'Reilly Media books on virtual reality and WebGL.<br />Today, Tony is has a leading spokesman for the immersive industry and was recently named one of Next Reality’s 30 People to Watch in Augmented Reality in 2019.<br /> <br />Listen and Learn:<br /><br />* Where are we on the AR and VR adoption cycle<br />* What the future of AR/VR holds and why they will diverge<br />* How COVID-19 is pushing us towards an immersive future<br />* The big differences between consumer and enterprise VR adoption<br />* Why Facebook and Oculus are well-placed to dominate virtual reality<br />* Which sci-fi inspirations are most realistic for augmented and virtual reality<br />* What's the future look like for the entertainment industry<br />* Why Tony isn't all that worried about any future tech<br />* How tech life cycles are accelerating and what it all means<br />* Why we have reached a tipping point in consumer VR adoption<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2323</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8392a47852da3ad65a8ac3070abc41c5.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType><googleplay:author>Matt Ward</googleplay:author><googleplay:description>Tony Parisi (@auradeluxe) is a virtual reality pioneer, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor. He co-created several, 3D graphics standards, is Head of AR/VR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies, and author several O'Reilly Media books on virtual reality and WebGL.
Today, Tony is has a leading spokesman for the immersive industry and was recently named one of Next Reality’s 30 People to Watch in Augmented Reality in 2019.
 
Listen and Learn:

* Where are we on the AR and VR adoption cycle
* What the future of AR/VR holds and why they will diverge
* How COVID-19 is pushing us towards an immersive future
* The big differences between consumer and enterprise VR adoption
* Why Facebook and Oculus are well-placed to dominate virtual reality
* Which sci-fi inspirations are most realistic for augmented and virtual reality
* What's the future look like for the entertainment industry
* Why Tony isn't all that worried about any future tech
* How tech life cycles are accelerating and what it all means
* Why we have reached a tipping point in consumer VR adoption

 


Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you'd like to access our deal flow.
Tony Parisi (@auradeluxe) is a virtual reality pioneer, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor. He co-created several, 3D graphics standards, is Head of AR/VR Ad Innovation at Unity Technologies, and author several O'Reilly Media books on virtual reality and WebGL.
Today, Tony is has a leading spokesman for the immersive industry and was recently named one of Next Reality’s 30 People to Watch in Augmented Reality in 2019.
 
Listen and Learn:

* Where are we on the AR and VR adoption cycle
* What the future of AR/VR holds and why they will diverge
* How COVID-19 is pushing us towards an immersive future
* The big differences between consumer and enterprise VR adoption
* Why Facebook and Oculus are well-placed to dominate virtual reality
* Which sci-fi inspirations are most realistic for augmented and virtual reality
* What's the future look like for the entertainment industry
* Why Tony isn't all that worried about any future tech
* How tech life cycles are accelerating and what it all means
* Why we have reached a tipping point in consumer VR adoption

 


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