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Maximizing the Matter Experience

Top highlight Twenty weeks go by in a blink. At Matter, our program can seem impossibly long when we begin with our bootcamp, and just as it gets hard to imagine what the end will be like, you lift your head and realize Demo Day is in just two weeks.

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Purple

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Purple

We’ve been bringing you live pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day. You’ve heard from eleven teams so far—The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co], Grafiti [http://grafiti.io], Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/], Vigilant [https://vigilant.cc], Multimer [http://multimerdata.com], In the Room [http://intheroom.

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: SmartFeed

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: SmartFeed

We’ve been sharing pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day for the past two weeks. So far you’ll have heard from The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co], Grafiti [http://grafiti.io], Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/], Vigilant [https://vigilant.cc], Multimer [http://multimerdata.com], In the Room

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Nametag

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Nametag

We’re sharing pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day — including Thanksgiving! So far you’ll have heard from The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co], Grafiti [http://grafiti.io], Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/], Vigilant [https://vigilant.cc], Multimer [http://multimerdata.com], In the Room [http://intheroom.co], Rewire

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: DADA

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: DADA

We’re bringing you live pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day. So far we’ve shared The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co], Grafiti [http://grafiti.io], Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/], Vigilant [https://vigilant.cc], Multimer [http://multimerdata.com], In the Room [http://intheroom.co], Rewire [http://rewire.

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: CivNet

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: CivNet

So far in the Demo Day special you’ve heard The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co], Grafiti [http://grafiti.io], Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/], Vigilant [https://vigilant.cc], Multimer [http://multimerdata.com], In the Room [http://intheroom.co], and Rewire [http://rewire.co/]. We’re bringing you all twelve live

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Rewire

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Rewire

We’re halfway through this Drunken Walk special, bringing you live pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day. So far you’ve heard The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co], Grafiti [http://grafiti.io], Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/], Vigilant [https://vigilant.cc], Multimer [http://multimerdata.com], and In the

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: In the Room

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: In the Room

We’re bringing you live pitches from Demo Day every single day for the next week. So far you’ve met Matter Seven entrepreneurs from The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co], Grafiti [http://grafiti.io], Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/], Vigilant [https://vigilant.cc], and Multimer [http://multimerdata.com]. In this

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Multimer

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Multimer

We’re bringing you live pitches from Matter Seven entrepreneurs every single day. So far you’ve heard The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co], Grafiti [http://grafiti.io], Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/], and Vigilant [https://vigilant.cc]. Now on stage, Multimer [http://multimerdata.com]. Multimer helps quantify population sentiment in

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Vigilant

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Vigilant

We’re continuing to bring you live pitches from Matter Seven Demo Day every single day. So far we’ve heard from The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co], Grafiti [http://grafiti.io], and Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/]. Tune in today to find out more about Vigilant [https://vigilant.cc], a

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Gretta

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Gretta

We’re continuing our Demo Day Special series, bringing you live pitches from our Matter Seven entrepreneurs every single day. So far we’ve heard from The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co] and Grafiti [http://grafiti.io]. Now, meet Gretta [https://www.gretta.com/], the social platform for podcasts. If you’

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Grafiti

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Grafiti

Over the next two weeks we’re bringing you Demo Day Specials — live pitches from each of the twelve Matter Seven teams. First up was The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co/]. In this episode Farhan Mustafa [https://medium.com/@Mustafa3000] presents Grafiti [https://grafiti.io/], an app that allows you to

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: The Establishment

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: The Establishment

Over the next two weeks we’re bringing you Demo Day Specials—live pitches from each of the twelve Matter Seven teams. First up is The Establishment [http://theestablishment.co/], a women-run multimedia content platform committed to amplifying voices marginalized by the mainstream. Catch up on the full show here

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Intro

The Drunken Walk

🎧 The Drunken Walk, Matter Seven Demo Day Special: Intro

In our second season, so far, you’ve heard from the speakers who have accompanied Matter Seven throughout their 20-week journey. Now, it’s time for you to hear from the entrepreneurs themselves. We’re bringing you a thirteen-part series of Matter Seven’s Demo Day, starting with an intro

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E16: Andrea Turner Moffitt—Plum Alley

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E16: Andrea Turner Moffitt—Plum Alley

Andrea Turner Moffitt [https://twitter.com/aturnermoffitt] is the Co-Founder of Plum Alley Investments, a membership network that is thinking about funding in a new way. Plum Alley members are looking not only for financial returns, but also for the right teams to solve the most pressing problems. Andrea talked

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E15: Jennifer Tacheff—Women Who Code

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E15: Jennifer Tacheff—Women Who Code

Jennifer Tacheff [https://medium.com/@jennifertacheff], VP of Partnerships and Growth at Women Who Code, is building a community that promotes diversity in tech—and the response has been incredible. Over 100,000 members have joined them in just a couple years. Jennifer joined Matter Seven entrepreneurs in San Francisco

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E14: Hannah Donovan—CEO, Trash TV

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E14: Hannah Donovan—CEO, Trash TV

Hannah Donovan [https://medium.com/@han] has been a designer in digital media for over ten years—mostly working for startups. She’s led teams at Drip, The Echo Nest, and Vine, and co-founded This Is My Jam and Trash TV [http://www.gettrashed.tv]. In addition to startups, she’

Sharing Our Demo Day

Demo Day is the culmination of every Matter program. Matter Seven was no different. On two coasts, all 12 of the teams making up our current cohort pitched their hearts out, told their stories, and shared a collective vision of a more informed, inclusive, and empathetic society. Fortunately, for anyone

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E13: Chris Wilkes—HearstLab

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E13: Chris Wilkes—HearstLab

Chris Wilkes, VP at HearstLab, joined Matter Seven in New York City to talk about his experiences in media innovation and investing. Chris’s career in digital media has spanned over twenty years, and his latest venture, HearstLab, is a community of women-led startups working inside Hearst Tower. Tune in

Matter 2017: The Year of the Rebelpreneur, Realized.

Matter 2017: The Year of the Rebelpreneur, Realized.

From the very start, Matter has been guided by a mission bigger than any one of us as individuals: Change Media for Good, supporting early stage media entrepreneurs and established media institutions who are helping to create a more informed, empathetic, and inclusive society. This year, we learned what it

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E12: Beth Viner—Kickstarter

Entrepreneurship

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E12: Beth Viner—Kickstarter

Beth Viner [https://medium.com/@bviner] is the GM at Kickstarter [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiYh8HB2NzWAhWR0J8KHUgvAw8QFggpMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kickstarter.com%2F&

New realities are new opportunities

Augmented Reality

New realities are new opportunities

At Matter. [https://medium.com/u/5d32fb15ef39?source=post_page-----97e2ed4ee223--------------------------------] , our mission [http://matter.vc] is to help create a more informed, inclusive, and empathetic society by investing in the next generation of media institutions. That means investing in products that establish new kinds of media habits [https://news.matter.

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E11: Christie George—New Media Ventures

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E11: Christie George—New Media Ventures

Christie George [https://medium.com/@christiegeorge] is the Executive Director at New Media Ventures [http://www.newmediaventures.org/], a seed fund and network of angel investors that supports media entrepreneurs who are working to create a more progressive society. Christie sat down with our San Francisco Director of Investments, Ben

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E10: Caitlin Kalinowski — Head of Product Design, Oculus VR

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🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E10: Caitlin Kalinowski — Head of Product Design, Oculus VR

Caitlin Kalinowski [https://medium.com/@kalinowski007] has been a designer at the forefront of cutting-edge technology for over a decade. She got her start at Apple as one of the lead designers on the MacBook Air before she left for Facebook. Now, she is the Head of Product Design at

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E9: Jeanne Brooks — Virago Futures

🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E9: Jeanne Brooks — Virago Futures

Jeanne Brooks [https://medium.com/@jmfbrooks] is the founder and CEO of Virago Futures [https://www.viragofutures.com/welcome], a venture that uses community design to rethink and rebuild media systems. In a world that is more connected than ever, Virago Futures brings people of all genders, races, and abilities