In this episode, THE MENTORS RADIO Host Dan Hesse talks with Steve Case, one of America’s most influential tech visionaries, the CEO of the investment firm Revolution, the founder and former CEO of AOL, and the author of The Rise of the Rest. In addition to learning how entrepreneurs can make a great pitch to investors, we’ll discuss how innovation is moving to America’s heartland, rejuvenating major cities, and why this is so important to our country’s future. Steve Case co-founded AOL in 1985. Under Steve’s leadership as CEO, AOL became the largest and most valuable Internet company on the planet, driving the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society. He is currently Chairman and CEO of Revolution LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based investment firm that backs entrepreneurs at every stage of their development. The Rise of the Rest Seed Fund has invested in more than 200 startups in more than 100 U.S. cities, in partnership with many of America’s most successful entrepreneurs and investors. Steve was recently named co-chair of the National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which will advise on the development of a National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to ensure America’s competitiveness.

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STEVE CASE:

BIO: Bio: Steve Case

BOOKS:

The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream,  by Steve Case

The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future, by Steve Case

TELEVISION and ARTICLES:

We cannot allow AI to make Big Tech even bigger (CNBC)

America’s big mistake in the war for high-tech talent (CNN)

This Popular Way to Pick Winners can Make You Miss the Biggest Opportunities (Inc.)

How a Company Becomes a Pillar of Its Local Community (HBR)

Lessons from a bipartisan economic triumph, 10 years later (The Hill)

Innovation Moves to Middle America (WSJ)