Media Thank you, Matter. It’s six o’clock on a Friday morning in June. No, I’m not blissfully catching up on rest ahead of a homework-filled weekend in Chapel Hill. Instead, I
Media 8 Ways Matter Eight is Changing the Future of Media Our eighth cohort is moving onward and upward. We anticipate great things. Matter kicked off 2018 with a new cohort of intelligent, capable entrepreneurs with big visions for the media
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S3-E7: Jill Koziol — Co-Founder, Motherly Jill Koziol, Co-Founder and CEO of Motherly (and Matter Five alum!), joined us in San Francisco for a conversation with Matter Eight entrepreneurs. Pete Mortensen, Director of Program in San
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S3-E6: Deepa Subramanian— Co-founder, Wherewithall The Drunken Walk - Deepa Subramanian - 1:10:11Deepa Subramanian started out as a physics major and switched to computer science when she realized how much she loved…radiopublic.
Startups Enough is enough. It’s time to support startups that respect our rights. It’s hard to avoid the headlines. The personal information of tens of millions of people was scraped by a political consultant campaign, using the API of the world’s
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S3-E5: Jennifer Brandel— CEO, Hearken For this week’s speaker series, we were lucky to welcome a longtime member of our community back to Matter. Jennifer Brandel, CEO of Hearken and Matter Four entrepreneur, joined
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S3-E4: Caitlin Kalinowski — Oculus VR (rebroadcast) Caitlin Kalinowski, Product Design Director at Oculus VR, joined us for the second time at Matter in San Francisco to share tips for better prototyping with our latest cohort. This
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S3-E3: Kaitlyn Jankowski— theSkimm The Drunken Walk - Kaitlyn Jankowski - 1:05:03Kaitlyn Jankowski, better known among friends and colleagues as KJ, is Head of Marketing at theSkimm. In her…radiopublic.comKaitlyn Jankowski,
Amazon Echo Voice and ambient computing — for good “Alexa, what’s new?” It’s part of my morning routine — and the routine for 39 million Americans and counting. As I drink my morning coffee, my smart speaker gives
Media Startup 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S3-E2: Gaby Darbyshire — Principal, Framestore Ventures In this episode of The Drunken Walk, a series that follows the ups and downs of what it means to be an entrepreneur, we spoke with Gaby Darbyshire, Principal at
Media 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S3-E1: Rebecca Kaden—Partner, Union Square Ventures We’re back with the first episode of Season Three of The Drunken Walk! Our eighth class of media startups just started their 20–week journey through Matter in San
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 Build the media platform of tomorrow. The way we learn about the world is transforming.The next wave of internet platforms is coming into view. Four years from now, over half of us will have an
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
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E16: Andrea Turner Moffitt—Plum Alley Andrea Turner Moffitt is the Co-Founder of Plum Alley Investments, a membership network that is thinking about funding in a new way. Plum Alley members are looking not only for
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E14: Hannah Donovan—CEO, Trash TV Hannah Donovan has been a designer in digital media for over ten years—mostly working for startups. She’s led teams at Drip, The Echo Nest, and Vine, and co-founded
Startup 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E13: Chris Wilkes—HearstLab Chris Wilkes, VP at HearstLab, joined Matter Seven in New York City to talk about his experiences in media innovation and investing. Chris’s career in digital media has spanned
Media Matter 2017: The Year of the Rebelpreneur, Realized. From the very start, Matter has been guided by a mission bigger than any one of us as individuals: Change Media for Good, supporting early stage media entrepreneurs and established
Entrepreneurship 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E12: Beth Viner—Kickstarter Beth Viner is the GM at Kickstarter, where she supports the communities that use their crowdfunding platform. She makes sure that creators and backers have the best possible experience, facilitating
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E10: Caitlin Kalinowski — Head of Product Design, Oculus VR Caitlin Kalinowski has been a designer at the forefront of cutting-edge technology for over a decade. She got her start at Apple as one of the lead designers on the
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
Media 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E7: Jane Metcalfe — Co-Founder, WIRED Jane Metcalfe is the founder of NEO.LIFE, an online publication that makes sense of the neobiological revolution. Previously, she co-founded WIRED. As well as WIRED Magazine, the group owned
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E6: Max Ventilla — CEO, AltSchool Max Ventilla is the founder of AltSchool, a collaboration between engineers and educators to help build the future of education. He’s also an accomplished serial entrepreneur whose journey has
Entrepreneurship Matter: Redefining Media Entrepreneurship I’m grateful for having the opportunity to do my MBA summer internship at Matter, a media accelerator and investment firm that supports media entrepreneurs who are building a more
