Matt Lohstroh, founder of NextGen Transfers, will conduct a Fireside Chat with Chad Burgess, co-founder of Quake Capital in Austin, NYC, LA and Seattle. Chad is an Aggie VC and U.S. Military Veteran.
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Chad has experience in entrepreneurship, operations, and finance. His background includes positions tied to Investment Banking, Angel Funding, Startups and labor union negotiations. Chad is currently a Co-Founder and Partner with Quake Capital in Austin. Quake Capital is a seed and early stage venture capital fund that launched in April 2016 as a student startup accelerator. Quake also has...
Chad has experience in entrepreneurship, operations, and finance. His background includes positions tied to Investment Banking, Angel Funding, Startups and labor union negotiations. Chad is currently a Co-Founder and Partner with Quake Capital in Austin. Quake Capital is a seed and early stage venture capital fund that launched in April 2016 as a student startup accelerator. Quake also has offices in Seattle, NYC and LA. Chad completed his MBA at NYU Stern, with focuses in Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Financial Instruments & Markets. While pursuing his MBA, he worked with the NYU Stern Family Office Council in a broader campaign to connect academics, students, and a network of family offices through ongoing efforts at great universities like NYU, Stanford, and others. Prior to his work in finance, Chad studied Agribusiness at Texas A&M University, honing in on alternative energy production at the farm level. In 2008, CHad served as a Combat Engineer Officer in the U.S. Army. While in Afghanistan, he was made a Battle Captain in charge of overseeing plans, synchronizing operations, and the daily mission execution for 1200 troops. After leaving the Army, Chad managed factory material flow, overseeing up to 60 unionized employees for John Deere, where he negotiated with the union to institute processes that increased inventory accuracy and decreased workforce.
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