Tag: Madrona Venture Group

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Author
News
Date
July 28, 2023

Categorized
Biology, Technology

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Biotech, Chemistry, COSM, Jim Tour, Madrona Venture Group, Matt McIlwain, Origin of life, Rice University, Stephen C. Meyer}

Killing Disease and Living Longer

_{There are some exciting things happening in biotech that could lead to life extension} _{News

July 28, 2023

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Biology, Technology}

In this featured COSM conference video, Matt McIlwain, Managing Director of Madrona Venture Group, moderates a panel on exciting innovations in biotech that are offering new ways to both eliminate diseases and extend life. Panelists include Dr. Steve Meyer, Director of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, and Dr. Jim Tour, Professor of Chemistry at Rice University. We’ve been sharing a number of lectures from past COSM conferences and other videos related to artificial intelligence and technology. This video is just one of many you can find at the Bradley Center’s YouTube page. There you’ll find several lectures, interviews, and panels dealing with issues that range from economics, Big Tech, and artificial intelligence. Notable speakers include 2022 Kyoto Prize winner Carver Read More ›

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Author
Caitlin Cory
Date
August 27, 2021

Categorized
Business and Finance, Events

Tagged
Candy Crush, Clearwire, COSM 2021, Hope Cochran, King Digital, Madrona Venture Group, SkillsVillage}

CFO Extraordinaire Hope Cochran to Speak at COSM 2021

_{CFO, mother of three, and...opera singer? Yes, surviving backstage chaos was good training for technology ventures.} _{Caitlin Cory

August 27, 2021

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Business and Finance, Events}

Brilliant minds in technology and business will be converging in Seattle to take part in Discovery Institute’s COSM 2021 this November. Among those minds will be Hope Cochran, mother of three, CFO extraordinaire, the first female managing director of Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group, and former opera singer. Opera singer? Yes. In fact, Cochran is a classically trained vocalist. She earned a dual degree at Stanford in economics and music. At the start of her career, she would do “audit by day and opera by night” (as she told Armoire in 2019). “…I could not imagine, not taking music lessons,” Cochran explained in a podcast released earlier this year. “And if you joined on as a major, you got to take them for free. So, Read More ›