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Fred Hoch is a consummate builder. Throughout his career, Fred has worked with thousands of technology companies to drive their growth through strategic insight partnered with a keen focus on execution. Hoch is the Founder and General Partner of Chicago’s TechNexus Venture Collaborative, a venture investment company building ecosystems to drive insight and growth. Through a unique alignment of relationships and partnerships, leading corporations leverage the platform to align, invest in and collaborate with ventures to transform business models and ultimately innovate. An outgrowth of one of the most successful startup incubators in the country in the past decade, TechNexus has emerged as one of the most active venture investors globally. He has an eclectic entrepreneurial background that includes startups, evangelism, the birth of SaaS, and associations with a bit of international affairs thrown in for good measure. He uses the entire spectrum of these experiences, and a dose of sarcasm,  to propel in his business and personal endeavors.A native Californian, now a deep-rooted Chicagoan, he is always seeking ways to get in the water and enjoy the outdoors through biking, hiking, or kayaking with and without his wife, labrador, and three children. He currently sits on the boards of numerous startups, as well as the UIC School of Engineering, ChicagoNEXT, and SmartBet Charities.

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Casey Adams is a 22 year old entrepreneur and co-founder of MediaKits. At the age of 17, Casey started his podcast, The Casey Adams Show, which has quickly become a top 100 business podcast. Over the years Casey has interviewed over 300+ world class individuals including the late Larry King, Rick Ross, Maye Musk, Robert Greene, and David Sacks.