Welcome to Episode 19 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of Boston's most trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights!

For this episode of The VentureFizz Podcast, I interviewed Jody Rose - President of the New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA).

If you are not familiar with the NEVCA, they are one of the most important organizations that supports entrepreneurship and innovation for the region, and they do so across two pillar industries (tech and life sciences).

While a lot of my previous interviews have focused on the entrepreneurial journey of building a company, in this episode we chat a lot about the challenges surrounding our industry and how several of the NEVCA programs and policy initiatives are making an impact across important topics like:

-Diversity & inclusion

-Retaining our student population

-Non-competes

-Increasing the investment activity with female entrepreneurs

-And a lot more!

Then, of course, we talk about the biggest celebration of the year… the NEVY Awards, happening on May 9th at the House of Blues Boston! If you are buying tickets (which you should) use our code VENTUREFIZZ for a 15% discount. I hope to see you there!

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