Brett Bivens is a former competitive athlete turned startup junkie after 4 ACL surgeries turned this baseballer to startup investing and mentorship. Brett founded a startup podcast, worked at a top sports tech company, was an associate at a VC firm and now is responsible for deals and investing at TechNexus, where corporates and startups work to innovate Chicago and the Midwest.

Listen and Learn:

* How Fortune 500 companies can work effectively with startups

* Why Chicago has the #1 ROI on venture investments

* What sports can teach us about tech startups

* The evolution of the accelerator model

* How startups can scale enterprise business models

* What MySpace should have done with Facebook

* The future of IoT and the USA

Brett’s Projects:

Brett’s Angellist profile

TechNexus Angellist profile

Tech Nexus

Twitter: @brettbivens, @TechNexus

Brett’s Medium blog

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Brett Bivens is a former competitive athlete turned startup junkie after 4 ACL surgeries turned this baseballer to startup investing and mentorship. Brett founded a startup podcast, worked at a top sports tech company, was an associate at a VC firm and now is responsible for deals and investing at TechNexus, where corporates and startups work to innovate Chicago and the Midwest.

Listen and Learn:

* How Fortune 500 companies can work effectively with startups

* Why Chicago has the #1 ROI on venture investments

* What sports can teach us about tech startups

* The evolution of the accelerator model

* How startups can scale enterprise business models

* What MySpace should have done with Facebook

* The future of IoT and the USA

Brett’s Projects:

Brett’s Angellist profile

TechNexus Angellist profile

Tech Nexus

Twitter: @brettbivens, @TechNexus

Brett’s Medium blog

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.