VentureFizz

Annoucing VentureFizz Communities!!! It is our new offering to unite people across the Boston tech scene in specific job functions with exclusive and invite only communities! We spoke with lots of people and spent a ton of time thinking through this new offering. This community initiative will help people by providing access to: * Networking * Career Growth * Resources * Learning * Events * Fun! The first community that we are building out is focused on Product Management. Check out our blog post with more information about this initiative, plus if you are a Product Manager (at any level) in the Boston tech scene, you can request an invite. There will be an annual membership fee to join our community, but the first 100 people who join, will receive a free membership for a year!!! Please help us spread the word by liking and sharing this post! Thanks for your support!!! #productmanagement #productmanager #community

It's the holiday season and companies across the tech industry are celebrating in lots of different ways: parties, dinners, gingerbread houses, gift exchanges, ugly sweater contests, mini golf, and more! https://lnkd.in/evWFfggE - Check out the celebrations from Attensi, EnergySage, PERSUIT®, Pluralsight, Propel, Inc, ReversingLabs, Sincere Corporation, SmartBear, Assured Allies, Liaison, Motional, Recorded Future, Hometap, & Vestmark.

🎙️ Did you know we published 45(!) episodes of the VentureFizz #podcast this year?  We put together a playlist, featuring all the founders, CEOs, VCs, and Accelerators that sat down to share their stories with us this year.

Another year of podcasting in the books! Episode 1 was published back on November 6, 2017... so that is over 7 years of podcasting - and it just keeps getting better, as we had the most minutes listened by our audience EVER! Here is a playlist with this year's episodes: https://lnkd.in/ej6q5vEs. The full library is here: https://lnkd.in/eZTcqPNR. Some stats... Total number of episodes = 362 2024 Stats * Episodes = 45 * Guests = 47 (2 episodes had 2 guests) * Location = Boston - 29; NYC - 14; Other - 4 * Role = Founders & CEOs = 26; VCs & Accelerators = 21 A special THANK YOU to our guests this year for sharing each inspirational story and all the amazing advice! 2024 Guest List * Henrik Werdelin - Serial Entrepreneur, Author, & BarkBox Co-Founder * Peter B. - Managing Partner at M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund * Michael Duda - Managing Partner at Bullish * Gabi Steele - Co-Founder & CEO at Preql * Ryan Shank - Founder & CEO of ShareWillow * Elizabeth Lawler - Co-Founder & CEO at AppMap * Sameer Gulati - Founder & CEO at Ordway - Billing and Revenue Automation * Alexander Shashou - Co-Founder & Co-CEO at 10Beauty * Dries Buytaert - Co-Founder, CTO & Chief Strategy Officer at Acquia and Founder & Project Lead at Drupal * Reed Sturtevant - General Partner at Engine Ventures * Ellen Chisa - Partner at boldstart ventures * Pano Anthos - Founder & Managing Director at XRC Ventures * Harman Singh Narula - Co-Founder & CEO at Canary Technologies * Rob Go - Co-Founder & Partner at NextView Ventures * Ben Lerer - Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau * Geri Kirilova - Managing Partner at Laconia * Don Bulens - 5 time startup CEO & Executive Chair at CloudZero * Ernesto DiGiambattista - Managing Director at Genesis Accel * Julia Rodgers, Esq. - Co-Founder & CEO at HelloPrenup * Gloria Hwang - Founder & CEO at Thousand * Ran out of space.... the rest of the list is in the comments

We profiled 13 women leaders as part of our Lead(H)er series this year! Today, we published a recap featuring a segment from each profile. Each story is truly inspirational! https://lnkd.in/evwVvbuQ Featuring: Carisa Raucci, PhD, ATC - VP, Clinical Operations at NuvoAir Medical Marisa Cunniffe - VP, Software Engineering at Vestmark Virginia S. - VP of Growth Marketing at Onapsis Cristina Hernandez - Chief Diversity Officer at Synopsys Inc Jennifer Griffin Smith (She/Her) - CMO at Acquia Carmen Cano - SVP Product Design at Seismic Kimberly Saturley - CHRO at Aqua Security Becky James - VP of Program Development at Amwell Sarah Magluyan - Director of Product Management at Agero, Inc. Lisa Luscap - CMO at Pluralsight Michelle Landy - COO & GC at PERSUIT® Ingrid V. - VP of People Operations at SmartBear Stefana Muller - SVP Cloud Infrastructure & Operations at Own Company

Our Lead(H)er series features incredible #womenleaders in the tech sector.  Today, we are highlighting 14 amazing leaders, featured on our site in 2024.  You'll learn everything from the challenges, successes, and surprises of their careers, lots of useful advice, and more! Carisa Raucci, PhD, ATC - VP, Clinical Operations at NuvoAir Medical Marisa Cunniffe - VP, Software Engineering at Vestmark Virginia S. - VP of Growth Marketing at Onapsis Cristina Hernandez - Chief Diversity Officer at Synopsys Inc Jennifer Griffin Smith (She/Her) - CMO at Acquia Carmen Cano - SVP Product Design at Seismic Kimberly Saturley - CHRO at Aqua Security Becky James - VP of Program Development at Amwell Sarah Magluyan - Director of Product Management at Agero, Inc. Lisa Luscap - CMO at Pluralsight Michelle Landy - COO & GC at PERSUIT® Ingrid V. - VP of People Operations at SmartBear Stefana Muller - SVP Cloud Infrastructure & Operations at Own Company Sasha Hibbard, Senior Director of Marketing at LightForce

Episode 362 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Alice Lin Pomponio, Managing Director at BrightEdge - American Cancer Society - the impact investing arm of the American Cancer Society: https://lnkd.in/eQNCR_-g Venture capital and private equity investors are all working on meaningful initiatives in terms of building great companies with the hope of gaining a meaningful return for investors. However, the role that Alice plays in the world of investing into startups is different… As the innovation, impact investment and venture capital arm of the American Cancer Society, BrightEdge propels groundbreaking patient-centric solutions by accelerating ACS’s mission to advance science, reduce disparities, and promote healthcare sustainability. All of the investments from BrightEdge have a common goal and that is to fight for a world without cancer. On top of this incredibly important mission is how the firm operates where the financial returns are reinvested back into the fund or are returned to the American Cancer Society to build a diversified and sustainable source of funding for the organization. In this podcast, we cover: * The platform shift to AI and its potential impact on cancer research. * Alice’s background and how cancer has affected her family, plus a walk through her career in the biotech & pharmaceutical industry. * The details of the firm’s proprietary Cancer Impact Investment Framework. * Sample portfolio companies and the overall impact that BrightEdge has made. * How BrightEdge is helping to advance health equity and increase representation for underserved populations. * And so much more. Episode Sponsor: As a longtime champion of the local startup ecosystem, Silicon Valley Bank supports innovative companies with the solutions and financing they need through every stage of growth. With more than 1,500 bankers and relationship advisors, and $42B in loans as of Q2 2024 – SVB delivers the right people, service and resources to support your entire financial journey. Learn more at SVB.com. Contacts at SVB: Christopher Morrison, Alicia Fuller, Ben Maitland-Lewis, Hani Azzam, Hannah Heyliger, Lisa Puleo and Mark Gallagher. #podcast #venturecapital #startups

🎞️ We connected with Vania Ruiz-Badilla to get a look at what a day in the life of an Advanced Technical Support Representative looks like at SevenRooms.

🎞️ The Machine Learning team at 7AI is solving some unique challenges during an exciting time in tech.   Owen ‘Tanner’ Wilkerson, Founder Machine Learning Engineer, shares details on the team, and why you should be excited to join!

7AI is one of the hottest startups in the Boston tech scene. It's Machine Learning team is obviously a key part of what is making this company amazing. Owen ‘Tanner’ Wilkerson is a Founding Machine Learning Engineer and in this video he shares all the details about this team. In this video, he shares: * Details about 7AI * About the ML team * Unique challenges they get to tackle * Tech pillars in the space * Interview process * Why you should join 7AI #ai #cybersecurity #startups #hiring