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"Crypto Startup School" Documentary
Jeff, Teddy, Andrey Anisimov, Tina, Tope, Sarah Reynolds, Meta Katari
Andreessen Horowitz's Crypto Startup School launched a remote cohort of diverse founders to build decentralized finance applications like AfriX and HoneyLemon while navigating a 40% market crash and pandemic lockdowns. Through intensive collaboration and rigorous security audits, the teams overcame technical design errors to ship audited prototypes and secure early traction despite significant fundraising hurdles. The program successfully transitioned these entrepreneurs from ideation to Mainnet deployment, validating their models in a volatile environment while forecasting a future where cryptocurrency integrates as deeply as the internet into daily life.
- Milken Institute56 min
Women Challenging the Status Quo: Building Businesses Their Way
Joyce Chang, Maha Dahil, Minka Kelly, Maladi McCluskey, Puna Mohajer, Robin Ward, Tina
The Milken Institute convened a high-level forum where panelists like Joyce Chang, Minka Kelly, and Malia McCluskey addressed systemic gender disparities in venture capital and technology, where female-founded companies outperform male-led rivals yet occupy merely 6% of investment partner roles. The event moved beyond problem identification to outline actionable strategies such as "frindtorship," bootstrapping to maintain control, and leveraging the proven 35% higher equity returns of women-led enterprises to challenge entrenched biases. Ultimately, the gathering aimed to accelerate the transition from a 10% to a 30% representation of women in leadership, emphasizing that technological entrepreneurship and peer-to-peer support are the most effective levers for dismantling the "boys club" and fostering a new generation of female industry leaders.