blog Entrepreneurs: Stop coding for a minute. Design folks: Stop running down intuition. For early-stage startups, technical feats are the least important evidence of their potential.
blog 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.
Entrepreneurship Applying to Matter Nine? Here’s how we evaluate our accelerator investments. Applications are open for Matter Nine. In conjunction with our launch we wanted to demystify the process we use to evaluate companies. At Matter we look at five critical elements
Media Meet Matter Eight When Matter was founded in 2012, the media industry was struggling in the face of huge changes in revenue models, technology, and audiences. The internet created a completely new playing
Entrepreneurship Maximizing the Matter Experience Top highlightTwenty weeks go by in a blink. At Matter, our program can seem impossibly long when we begin with our bootcamp, and just as it gets hard to imagine
Media Join Matter Eight Top highlightMedia is the bedrock of democracy.It’s the way we learn about the world. It connects us. It empowers us to make stronger decisions by arming us with
Media Applying to Matter? Here’s how we think about our accelerator investments. Applications are open for Matter Eight. In conjunction with our launch we wanted to demystify the process we use to evaluate companies. At Matter we look at five critical elements
Education Breaking Beyond the World of Ideas When charged with the task of writing my final column for The Daily Tar Heel in April, I thought about what I could say that my fellow Tar Heels would
Media Meet Matter Seven Top highlightThis year is different.When Matter. launched in 2012, we were inspired by Clay Shirky’s words on the rapidly-changing newspaper market: “now is the time for lots and
blog 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.
Design Thinking Why entrepreneurs love our program. Shared by Nadya Lev, CEO of Aconite, part of Matter Six. Going through Matter was one of the most intense, rewarding experiences of my life. With Matter’s guidance, my
Venture Capital Rules for Rebelpreneurs Top highlightJournalists are under threat in our country — people don’t trust the news, fake publications and “alternative facts” make it an increasingly burdensome task to identify the truth, and
blog We are ready. With four new hires, the Matter team is ready to deepen our impact right when it is needed most.
blog 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.
Accelerator Don’t set goals — prototype them During the Matter accelerator program, the goal all our entrepreneurs work toward is the same: Demo Day. The path to get there varies team to team, but the core is
blog 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
blog 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?
Media When 2 become 6. Top highlightIt’s a well-kept secret that, until very recently, Matter has been the work of just two full-time individuals, punching well above their weight. For most of last year,
blog Meet Matter’s First Associate Today I am proud to announce that Lara Ortiz-Luis has been promoted to Associate at Matter.
blog 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
blog 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.
blog 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
