Almost Blaze Year One Final
A recap of the year and one last sports debate. We will be back . . .
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EP 011 – Building an AI Startup as a Technical Founder
Today we talk with Keyur Shah, a UConn alum building an AI startup at Cornell Tech. Coming from a CS background, he went on to work at Amazon and being a part of the development of Alexa. He has now pivoted to...
Almost Ablaze: Will and Dan’s Car Accident Story
An interesting weekend review followed by NBA Playoff takes
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Almost Ablaze: 4/19 Special
Not 4/20 just yet
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EP 010 – From Engineering to VC
Today we talk with Akira Dunham, an investor at Connecticut Innovations. Akira is a Hillside and UConn alumni with an engineering background. His interests and passions lie within helping underserved founders ...
Almost Ablaze: World Champions
We promise we didn't break anything
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EP 009 – Seasoned Venture Capitalist Making a Huge Difference Within Climate
Today we talk with Cody Simms, a highly experienced venture capitalist within the sustainability space. Cody is a Partner at MCJ Collective and provides invaluable advice for venture capital and insights into ...
EP 008 – Student Athlete Venture Capitalist
Mason Kolean talks about his experiences of being on UConn's D1 Baseball team while working as a Managing Director at Hillside Ventures. We dive into his philosophy on priorities and taking advantage of opport...