Episode 40 - Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partner of Harlem Capital

On Thursday, September 30, 2021, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Kate Ryder, Founder & CEO of Maven, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg Quicktake. During this conversation, they discussed how reporters and entrepreneurs require similar skills, why starting a healthcare company without experience in the legacy industry can be an advantage, what the COVID-19 pandemic did to transform telemedicine, and how maternal care and fertility treatment became ideal markets for disruption. For Engineering/Tech jobs: http://bit.ly/23gXZzd

On Thursday, August 12, 2021, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Jessica Lin, General Partner & co-founder, Work-Bench, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg Quicktake. During this conversation, they discussed how a soccer ball informed Lin’s approach to enterprise software, why she once wore a GoPro camera at work, how she and her team of venture capitalists play matchmaker between Fortune 500 companies and startups, and why New York City is the perfect location in which to start an enterprise technology company.

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Gustav Söderström, Chief R&D Officer, Spotify, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. During this virtual conversation, they discussed how music piracy inspired Spotify’s initial insights, how Spotify develops products for home, mobile, and auto, how users’ music listening and sharing habits changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, why live audio apps are finally having a moment, and how Spotify became the research and development arm for the entire music industry.

On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Brad Svrluga, co-founder and General Partner of Primary Venture Partners, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. During this virtual conversation, they discussed how Primary’s geographic focus has become one of its calling cards, why location still matters when remote workforces have become the norm, what Svrluga looks for in founders and what founders should look for in investors beyond just capital, how COVID-19 has affected Primary’s portfolio companies, and the future Svrluga sees for entrepreneurs and startups in New York.

On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Lisa Lewin, CEO of General Assembly, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. During this virtual conversation, they discussed how taking a class as a student at General Assembly ultimately led Lewin to the company’s top post, how COVID-19 reshaped the landscape of online education, General Assembly’s role in defining and democratizing access to the most in-demand jobs, and what the future of work will look like in a post-pandemic world.

On Thursday, February 18, 2021, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partner of Harlem Capital, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. During this virtual conversation, they discussed Tingle’s first forays into investing before he entered graduate school, how he thinks of diversity as an asset class, the dual cultural and financial returns on his investments, what he looks for in founders and venture partners, and the impact of COVID-19 on his VC firm’s investing.

On Thursday, December 17, 2020, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Ragy Thomas, Founder & CEO of Sprinklr, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. During this virtual conversation, they discussed Sprinklr’s work across a range of industries, how the company has kept its teams together while working remotely, what COVID-19 has meant for social media, brand marketing and customer engagement in 2020, and how Sprinklr is helping to combat digital disinformation.

On Monday, November 23, 2020, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Niraj Shah, co-founder, CEO and Co-Chairman of Wayfair, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. During this virtual conversation, they discussed Shah’s persistence as an entrepreneur, the role that Cornell played in launching his career, his nearly two-decade leadership of Wayfair, and how he’s helped the company navigate and thrive during the current global pandemic.

On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Alexa von Tobel, Founder and Managing Partner of Inspired Capital, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. During this virtual conversation, von Tobel and Fu discussed von Tobel’s decision to leave school to start LearnVest in the middle of a recession, her transition from entrepreneur to investor, why she’s committed to fostering diversity in New York City’s startup ecosystem while also making investments across the U.S., and why she thinks moments of crisis are good times to build a business.

On Wednesday, September 9, 2020, Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg featured Josh Silverman, CEO of Etsy, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television. During this virtual conversation, Silverman discussed his career from the first dot-com boom to the current pandemic, how he mobilized Etsy’s sellers to meet the Covid-19 crisis, the role that social responsibility plays at the company, and why customers are now considering it for their everyday purchases.