"Make sure you understand your foundation. What do you believe in? What are your strengths? And what is your vision that is going to get your community - whatever your community is - excited, and passionate and fired up."
– David Olivencia, Author, NetWORKING Excellence
In this episode, we speak with VentureFuel Visionary David Olivencia, Author of NetWORKING Excellence.
He gives us an inside preview into his upcoming book with an actionable framework for the most important skill for career acceleration, community building and accomplishing goals.
We talk about how to network to meet investors, to improve deal flow and to jump up the corporate ladder to the future you envision.
David is the CEO of Angeles Investors, has held executive roles at Verizon, Oracle, Ford Motor Company, and Accenture; is an active Board Member of WTTW/Chicago PBS, the National Museum of Mexican Art and has invested in over 70 startups, including 2 unicorns and 10 companies with valuations over $100M.
VentureFuel builds and accelerates innovation programs for industry leaders by helping them unlock the power of External Innovation via startup collaborations.
