EPISODE · Jun 29, 2018 · 40 MIN
Disrupting the V.C. Model with Keith Koo and special guest Jonathan Nelson, Founder and CEO of the Hack Fund
from The Silicon Valley Insider Show with Keith Koo · host Guardian Insight Group
On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, Host Keith Koo speaks with Jonathan Nelson, Founder and CEO of the Hack Fund. Jonathan shares his story of how growing up in a missionary family in Honduras eventually led to him becoming a nurse and then founding Hackers and Founders which then led to becoming a Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist running a portfolio valued at $600 million USD. Jonathan personalizes his desires to "tokenize" the Venture Capital model using blockchain technologies in order to bring Silicon Valley Capital to the unreached in emerging countries. Jonathan discusses expansion plans into China, Dubai, Latin America and Africa First airing is 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Download the podcast at 2pm Friday's For questions or comments, email: [email protected] Be sure to subscribe to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Non-iTunes: https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Email us at [email protected] or find us here: https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh
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On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, Host Keith Koo speaks with Jonathan Nelson, Founder and CEO of the Hack Fund. Jonathan shares his story of how growing up in a missionary family in Honduras eventually led to him becoming a nurse and then founding Hackers and Founders which then led to becoming a Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist running a portfolio valued at $600 million USD. Jonathan personalizes his desires to "tokenize" the Venture Capital model using blockchain technologies in order to bring Silicon Valley Capital to the unreached in emerging countries. Jonathan discusses expansion plans into China, Dubai, Latin America and Africa First airing is 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Download the podcast at 2pm Friday's For questions or comments, email: [email protected] Be sure to subscribe to the podcast. You can also listen to past podcasts here: Non-iTunes: https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/id1282637717?mt=2 Email us at [email protected] or find us here: https://stitchengine.drishinfo.com/index.jsp?sId=15540&source=sh
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