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What We're Listening To: Dx Finance Trends

For this podcast, we go Inside the Founder's Studio with Tara Kochis-Stach of Slone Partners and Jonathan Norris of Silicon Valley Bank to discuss the financial trends in the medical diagnostics and research tools space.

Means to an End: Inside the Founder's Studio with Marcel LeBrun

Means to an End: Inside the Founder's Studio with Marcel LeBrun

In this dual episode of Inside the Founder's Studio, CTC visits with Marcel LeBrun, co-founder of Radian6. He talks through the founder process in Atlantic Canada and what it meant to be removed from Silicon Valley. "An exit is a means to an end, NOT an end," LeBrun told us.

Investor Attitudes Toward Internet Regulations

Investor Attitudes Toward Internet Regulations

"I think we are in a substantial era of transition," Matthew LeMerle told CTC. LeMerle's firm, Fifth Era, has published their annual survey of investor attitudes toward Internet regulation. He spoke with CTC on the Innovation Agenda podcast about the findings of the survey.

What Drags a Unicorn?

What Drags a Unicorn?

CB Insights' 2016 Tech IPO Pipeline Report analyzed 531 companies and the investors that propelled them. We went Inside the Founder's Studio with Anand Sanwal, co-founder and CEO of CB Insights, to discuss the report and its key findings.

Transformative Leadership: Chris Rivera of WBBA

Transformative Leadership: Chris Rivera of WBBA

Chris Rivera of the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association goes Inside the Founder's Studio with CTC. Chris talks about his experience as a co-founder of Bay Area biotech company Hyperion, as well as the perspective that background provided him in returning home to Seattle to become CEO of WBBA.

Startup Day with Ian Hathaway

Startup Day with Ian Hathaway

In celebration of Startup Day Across America, CTC speaks with economist Ian Hathaway of the Brookings Institution in this episode of The Innovation Agenda.

Every Day is Startup Day

Every Day is Startup Day

Millions of people make their living in technology – over 2 million in California alone, according to the Cyberstates 2015 report by CompTIA. Their collected works and deeds have shaped the entertainment, productivity, transportation, health, and lifestyle of almost every American, let alone their global impact. And there’s the rub.