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🎧 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 Francisco, talked with Jill about the incredible growth that Motherly has seen over the last few years. Initially, Jill says,

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🎧 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.comDeepa Subramanian started out as a physics major and switched to computer science when she realized how much she loved

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🎧 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 us in New York City where she and Roxann Stafford, our Director of Program there, sat down to talk about

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🎧 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 time it was off-the-record, so we’re re-airing our episode with Caitlin from last season. Caitlin has been a designer

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🎧 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, better known among friends and colleagues as KJ, is Head of Marketing at theSkimm. In her conversation with Roxann Stafford,

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🎧 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 Framestore Ventures. Gaby sat down with Roxann Stafford, our Director of Program in New York City, to speak in front

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🎧 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 Francisco and New York City. Rebecca Kaden joined us for the first speaker series in San Francisco to talk to

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Purple

We’ve been bringing you live pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day. You’ve heard from eleven teams so far—The Establishment, Grafiti, Gretta, Vigilant, Multimer, In the Room, Rewire, CivNet, DADA, Nametag, and SmartFeed. To close the show is Purple. Purple allows independent writers to build

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: SmartFeed

We’ve been sharing pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day for the past two weeks. So far you’ll have heard from The Establishment, Grafiti, Gretta, Vigilant, Multimer, In the Room, Rewire, CivNet, DADA, and Nametag. There’s two more to go, and next on stage is

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Nametag

We’re sharing pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day — including Thanksgiving! So far you’ll have heard from The Establishment, Grafiti, Gretta, Vigilant, Multimer, In the Room, Rewire, CivNet, and DADA. Today, tune in to hear about Nametag, a platform for deeper, more intimate online conversations that

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: DADA

We’re bringing you live pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day. So far we’ve shared The Establishment, Grafiti, Gretta, Vigilant, Multimer, In the Room, Rewire, and CivNet. Now on stage: DADA. DADA is a social network where people speak to each other through drawings, channeling collaborative

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: CivNet

So far in the Demo Day special you’ve heard The Establishment, Grafiti, Gretta, Vigilant, Multimer, In the Room, and Rewire. We’re bringing you all twelve live pitches from Matter Seven every day until Saturday. Tune in today to discover CivNet, a tool that enables small, informal groups to

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Rewire

We’re halfway through this Drunken Walk special, bringing you live pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day. So far you’ve heard The Establishment, Grafiti, Gretta, Vigilant, Multimer, and In the Room. Now meet Rewire. Rewire makes secure, end-to-end encrypted email usable by all. If you missed

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: In the Room

We’re bringing you live pitches from Demo Day every single day for the next week. So far you’ve met Matter Seven entrepreneurs from The Establishment, Grafiti, Gretta, Vigilant, and Multimer. In this episode you’ll hear from In the Room, a mobile app that allows you to connect

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Multimer

We’re bringing you live pitches from Matter Seven entrepreneurs every single day. So far you’ve heard The Establishment, Grafiti, Gretta, and Vigilant. Now on stage, Multimer. Multimer helps quantify population sentiment in any given space by measuring and analyzing biosensor data for better decisions based on human signals.

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Vigilant

We’re continuing to bring you live pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day. So far we’ve heard from The Establishment, Grafiti, and Gretta. Tune in today to find out more about Vigilant, a search platform and data aggregation API that connects users with information from thousands

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Gretta

We’re continuing our Demo Day Special series, bringing you live pitches from our Matter Seven entrepreneurs every single day. So far we’ve heard from The Establishment and Grafiti. Now, meet Gretta, the social platform for podcasts. If you’re just joining us, start with the Demo Day intro

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Grafiti

Over the next two weeks we’re bringing you Demo Day Specials — live pitches from each of the twelve Matter Seven teams. First up was The Establishment. In this episode Farhan Mustafa presents Grafiti, an app that allows you to easily share visualized, trusted data across current events, business, culture

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: The Establishment

Over the next two weeks we’re bringing you Demo Day Specials—live pitches from each of the twelve Matter Seven teams. First up is The Establishment, a women-run multimedia content platform committed to amplifying voices marginalized by the mainstream. Catch up on the full show here. The Drunken Walk

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Intro

In our second season, so far, you’ve heard from the speakers who have accompanied Matter Seven throughout their 20-week journey. Now, it’s time for you to hear from the entrepreneurs themselves. We’re bringing you a thirteen-part series of Matter Seven’s Demo Day, starting with an intro

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🎧 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 financial returns, but also for the right teams to solve the most pressing problems. Andrea talked to Matter Seven entrepreneurs

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E15: Jennifer Tacheff—Women Who Code

Jennifer Tacheff, VP of Partnerships and Growth at Women Who Code, is building a community that promotes diversity in tech—and the response has been incredible. Over 100,000 members have joined them in just a couple years. Jennifer joined Matter Seven entrepreneurs in San Francisco to talk about how

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🎧 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 This Is My Jam and Trash TV. In addition to startups, she’s also worked for big media names like

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🎧 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 over twenty years, and his latest venture, HearstLab, is a community of women-led startups working inside Hearst Tower. Tune in

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🎧 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 relationships that make crowdfunding work. Beth joined a room full of Matter Seven entrepreneurs in New York City to