Selected Articles and Interviews

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My Experience at Foundercon

Last week, I was fortunate enough to attend Techstars Foundercon. For those who don’t know, Foundercon is an annual conference in San Francisco held during the first week of October, where its organizer, Techstars, invites its entire network of founders, corporate partners, and investors to come together for networking, workshopping, and relationship-building. The event is no small thing — you have everyone in the same room, from over 400+ startups, to 100+ Fortune 500 companies, to the biggest investors in the world, to fledgling entrepreneurs with bold ideas.

New Writers Guild Agreement Creates Roadmap for the Future of the AI-Writer Relationship

Last week, the Writer’s Guild of America came to a historic agreement with the Hollywood studios to end the nearly five-month long writers’ strike. Together, the union and the studios found common ground, agreeing on improving the compensation, the length of employment, size of staff, and notably how writers and studios will navigate the new reality of artificial intelligence.

In Defense of More Meritocratic VC Funding

In a just world, receiving funding for a startup would be determined by three criteria: how innovative the idea is, how profitable it will be, and the ability of the entrepreneur to execute their vision. The sad reality: whether your venture receives funding is largely determined by who you know.

Kellogg School of Management

Founder and former Alibaba Group exec Mark Obonna Fleming ’16 on how Kellogg prepared him to lead, and why now is a great time to start an MBA.

Founder Centric Plan Podcast

Create Your Own Clean Beauty Brand with Mark Fleming, Founder, Creator Nova.