Startup Grind Assistant Co-Directors Matt Lohstroh and Grant Weston host Dana Rygwelski, co-director of MassChallengeTX, a Top 10 global startup accelerator. Dana’s experience extends more than a decade of building strategic programs and communities for entrepreneurs across the world. Dana’s career started at the University of Southern California where she was part of the team that founded the TEDx conference series. At Hulu, she was their first internal communications lead and designed programs to increase familiarity and transparency company-wide. In 2012, Dana moved into the Director of Programs role at DreamIt Ventures where she designed an “accelerator in a box” solution to scale the organization’s core product – a startup accelerator - to five locations ensuring each entrepreneur, no matter where they were in the world, had the same DreamIt experience. She has worked with countless startups and has a unique perspective of how they can leverage ecosystems, resources, and programs to succeed. Dana’s career is driven by a passion to be a trendsetter. She has the desire to help companies [and people!] identify new, creative opportunities through community and technology to solve big problems. When she’s not working; Dana is often found hiking with her dogs, Squat and Dale, or in the gym. In fact, she is one of only 7 women in history to squat more than 700lbs.
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Dana is a strategic and creative executive with more than a decade of experience in communications and community building. Her career is built on the desire to keep companies organized, communicating and on-brand. Dana's experience at the University of Southern California and DreamIt Ventures supported early stage startups and saw significant contributions to ground-breaking programs like...
Dana is a strategic and creative executive with more than a decade of experience in communications and community building. Her career is built on the desire to keep companies organized, communicating and on-brand. Dana's experience at the University of Southern California and DreamIt Ventures supported early stage startups and saw significant contributions to ground-breaking programs like TEDx, Social Innovation Fast Pitch and DreamIt Health. At DreamIt Ventures, Dana built an "accelerator in a box" solution that allowed the company to scale to five locations, 4 domestic and 1 international.
MassChallenge is the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet; zero-equity and not-for-profit, MassChallenge is obsessed with helping entrepreneurs win. MassChallenge’s global network of accelerators is headquartered in the United States with locations in Boston, Israel, Mexico, Switzerland, Texas, and the UK. MassChallenge is committed to strengthening the global innovation ecosystem by supporting high-potential early stage startups across all industries, from anywhere in the world. To date, 1,495 MassChallenge alumni have raised over $3 billion in funding, generated over $2 billion in revenue, and created over 80,000 total jobs. Learn more about MassChallenge at www.masschallenge.org.
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