Career Development
Introduction to the Chicago Startup Community
This free class is an orientation to help newcomers to the startup scene get acquainted with the exciting world of tech in Chicago.
Ezra Galston
Principal, Chicago Ventures
Chicago
Ezra focuses on all facets of Chicago Ventures' consumer, fintech and marketplace investments - and is actively involved with or serves on the boards of Blitsy, BloomNation, Kapow Events, Havenly, Luxury Garage Sale, M1Finance, Shiftgig, SpotHero, and Sunbit. Ezra’s thoughts on startups, gaming, e-commerce and bitcoin have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Re/code.
Ezra joined Chicago Ventures in March, 2012 and prior was a Young Entrepreneur at Foundation Capital. Before business school at Chicago Booth, Ezra served as the Director of Marketing for CardRunners Gaming – the parent company of CardRunners, Hold’em Manager and DraftDay – and before then earned a living as a professional poker player. He launched his first startup at age 13 and served as Director of Interactive Marketing at Buzz Marketing Group from 2003-2005 working closely with Midas Records, Sony Records and MTV.
He blogs weekly at www.breakingvc.com .
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