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A university’s role in an emerging startup community and other conversations

Startup Catalyst

It was just quite extraordinary to give students the opportunity to go to Silicon Valley, see what’s happening in firms, and to do a startup weekend in the middle. David Buchan-Swanson (2017) joined this number as a software engineer). It’s not all startups! Jessie Hughes (2017) continues her work as a VR filmmaker.

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Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

Angel Capital Association

ACA also became part of the innovation ecosystem in Washington, DC, partnering with other organizations and joining White House and other Obama administration initiatives to shine a light on entrepreneurship. Working with the Eris (now GrayRobinson) team, ACA worked to protect early stage tax-treatment in 2017’s Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA).