Corey Ford

Building innovators as CEO @mattervc - coach, consultant, speaker, investor / Teach: @columbiajourn (current) @stanforddschool (past) / Alum: @stanfordgsb @kauffmanfellows @unc @moreheadcain

📍 Oakland, California

The 2021 Sulzberger Fellows

The 2021 Sulzberger Fellows

Today I am excited to reveal the 2021 Fellows for the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia Journalism School!

Columbia Sulzberger Scholarships for Underrepresented Leaders in Journalism

Columbia Sulzberger Scholarships for Underrepresented Leaders in Journalism

Representation at the highest levels of leadership in journalism is essential to an equitable, well-functioning democracy that truly reflects the lived experiences of all of our people. Right now, the journalism industry is falling well short of having the diversity of voices in the room at the leadership level necessary

Sulzberger 2021 (New Dates!)

Sulzberger 2021 (New Dates!)

Applications for the 2021 Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia Journalism School are now open.

Leading the Sulzberger Program

Leading the Sulzberger Program

The Redesigned Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia Journalism School Is Open For Applications From Rising Leaders in Media and Journalism

It’s time to flare.

It’s time to flare.

I’m proud of the impact we’ve made at Matter, the team we’ve built, and the people that we have transformed. But now it’s time for me to explore.

Matter 08 Demo Day (San Francisco)

Matter 08 Demo Day (San Francisco)

Videos from Matter 08 Demo Day in San Francisco.

A Lot More Experiments: Open Matter

A Lot More Experiments: Open Matter

Today, we launch Open Matter: Local News Bootcamps with Google News Lab, News Media Alliance, and 4 Top J. schools.

Join Matter. as a Program Coordinator — Help change media for good!

Join Matter. as a Program Coordinator — Help change media for good!

Matter Ventures is about to open our garage door to our seventh accelerator class. You have an opportunity to join them on this journey.

We are ready.

With four new hires, the Matter team is ready to deepen our impact right when it is needed most.

The Year of The Rebelpreneur

The Year of The Rebelpreneur

An informed and connected public is the bedrock of democracy. But with our journalistic institutions under threat economically, politically, and culturally, that bedrock is cracking. We need to strengthen our media ecosystem.

Matter has launched in NYC!

Matter has launched in NYC!

The New York Times joins Matter, Google News Lab supports our space, and we welcome 12 new media startups into our community.

Build Matter NYC with us.

Build Matter NYC with us.

We pulled it off in record time. In just 13 weeks, Matter expanded to New York City, built out a new space on Union Square, and launched our first bi-coastal accelerator class on June 13. We selected 6 NYC-based startups and 6 SF-based startups for our intense 20-week accelerator program

Matter SF ∞ NYC

Matter SF ∞ NYC

We’re expanding Matter to NYC…and bringing SF with us.

Here’s what we look for.

Here’s what we look for.

The four key criteria any Matter applicants must meet.

Get ready for Matter’s 100 Days of Summer.

Get ready for Matter’s 100 Days of Summer.

With a bigger Matter team and simpler application process, the dates are now set for the next Matter class. Are you in?

Meet Matter’s First Associate

Meet Matter’s First Associate

Today I am proud to announce that Lara Ortiz-Luis has been promoted to Associate at Matter.

Join our team. Tell our story.

Join our team. Tell our story.

One definition of an entrepreneur is that an entrepreneur acts on opportunity without regard to resources they currently control. Well, I have an opportunity for you to act on — We are hiring at Matter. We are looking for a Storyteller to join our team to capture our stories, synthesize our

Join our team. Invest in innovators.

Join our team. Invest in innovators.

We are looking for an Associate to join our team and help us expand our efforts to source, select, and support entrepreneurs building the future of media through our start-up accelerator and seed fund.

Join our team. Create creative space.

Join our team. Create creative space.

One definition of an entrepreneur is that an entrepreneur acts on opportunity without regard to resources they currently control. Well, I have an opportunity for you to act on — We are hiring at Matter. We are looking for an Office Manager to join our team and help us continue to

Our first tech partner.

Our first tech partner.

Today, I’m excited to announce our first technology partner — Google.

Our first seed investments.

Our first seed investments.

Today, at Demo Day, I’m excited to reveal our first three non-accelerator seed investments — Parlio, This, and NewsWhip.

The three questions that should haunt every start-up

The three questions that should haunt every start-up

If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve heard all about scalability. But there’s how you think about scalability before you meet Max Ventilla. And then there’s how you think about scalability after you meet Max Ventilla.

Now it’s your turn to Matter.

Now it’s your turn to Matter.

Applications for Matter Five are now open!

Our first exit.

Our first exit.

It’s like that first dollar bill that you see posted on the wall of your local store. Today, Matter had its first exit. Almost two years to the day that our first entrepreneurs walked through our garage door to start the first class of Matter, one of them just

The Six That Matter.

The Six That Matter.

Meet the six that Matter.