Brett Bivens is a former competitive athlete turned startup junkie after 4 ACL surgeries turned this baseballer to startup investing and mentorship. Brett founded a startup podcast, worked at a top sports tech company, was an associate at a VC firm and now is responsible for deals and investing at TechNexus, where corporates and startups work to innovate Chicago and the Midwest.

Listen and Learn:

1. How Fortune 500 companies can work effectively with startups
2. Why Chicago has the #1 ROI on venture investments
3. What sports can teach us about tech startups
4. The evolution of the accelerator model
5. How startups can scale enterprise business models
6. What MySpace should have done with Facebook
7. The future of IoT and the USA

Brett’s Projects:

Brett’s Angellist profile

TechNexus Angellist profile

Tech Nexus

Twitter: @brettbivens, @TechNexus

Brett’s Medium blog

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