Online Event
The Future of Work in a Post-COVID World, with Techstars' Taylor McLemore
Learn about the future of work
Date
Jul 22, 2020
Time
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm
Address
Online Event
The global pandemic has significantly changed the way we work. Businesses across the globe are quickly moving towards a distributed and remote workforce, and the job market of the near future will likely require many skills that are currently in short supply. These factors will create many personal and professional challenges, while also creating opportunities and new problems to be solved by future-looking entrepreneurs. On this live and interactive online event, you can join a discussion on the topic with Taylor McLemore, Managing Director of the Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator, a program specifically created to fund and support startups addressing the challenges of the modern labor market through innovative technologies.
About the Guest Speaker: Taylor McLemore
Taylor is a venture builder, scale operator, community connector, and investor. He is the Managing Director of the Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator. Previously, he was Managing Director of Able, a venture and product studio. Taylor was responsible for Able’s new venture and investing practice and all finance, legal, operations, and human resources functions for three offices on two continents while the company achieved 15x+ growth. While at Able, he was a co-founder and investment lead for Codeable, a coding school in Latin America. Taylor serves on the Colorado Banking Board. Taylor is the founder and a board director for Patriot Boot Camp, a nonprofit that supports military veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs. Patriot Boot Camp programs have worked with more than 1,000 military veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs to build technology companies of impact and scale. These companies have raised more than $110 million in venture capital and created more than 2,000 jobs. Prior to that, Taylor worked in investment banking assisting in the arrangement of more than $12 billion in financing for leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. Taylor worked as a Vice President at Bank of America analyzing the more than $500 million of annual real estate occupancy expense for the Global Operations Council. Early in his career he was a venture capital analyst and hedge fund analyst. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Spanish, Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson College.
About the Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator
Taylor is a venture builder, scale operator, community connector, and investor. He is the Managing Director of the Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator. Previously, he was Managing Director of Able, a venture and product studio. Taylor was responsible for Able’s new venture and investing practice and all finance, legal, operations, and human resources functions for three offices on two continents while the company achieved 15x+ growth. While at Able, he was a co-founder and investment lead for Codeable, a coding school in Latin America. Taylor serves on the Colorado Banking Board. Taylor is the founder and a board director for Patriot Boot Camp, a nonprofit that supports military veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs. Patriot Boot Camp programs have worked with more than 1,000 military veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs to build technology companies of impact and scale. These companies have raised more than $110 million in venture capital and created more than 2,000 jobs. Prior to that, Taylor worked in investment banking assisting in the arrangement of more than $12 billion in financing for leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. Taylor worked as a Vice President at Bank of America analyzing the more than $500 million of annual real estate occupancy expense for the Global Operations Council. Early in his career he was a venture capital analyst and hedge fund analyst. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Spanish, Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson College.
About the Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator
Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator is an initiative by Techstars, the global platform for innovation and investment, to address the challenges of the current labor market through innovative technologies, business models and solutions.
The accelerator will be run in partnership with ZOMALAB, a private family office investing to catalyze bold and innovative solutions to key social and economic issues, Strada Education Network, a nonprofit organization with expertise bridging education and employment for students across the United States, and Colorado Thrives, a 501(c)(3) bringing together CEO leaders from 13 of the Colorado’s largest employers focused on advancing the state. Together, Techstars, ZOMALAB, Strada Education Network, and Colorado Thrives will bring founders from across the globe to Colorado, a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, for an intensive, mentorship-driven 13-week program each year.
The Final Admissions Deadline for the program is Sunday July 26th, 2020.
The accelerator will be run in partnership with ZOMALAB, a private family office investing to catalyze bold and innovative solutions to key social and economic issues, Strada Education Network, a nonprofit organization with expertise bridging education and employment for students across the United States, and Colorado Thrives, a 501(c)(3) bringing together CEO leaders from 13 of the Colorado’s largest employers focused on advancing the state. Together, Techstars, ZOMALAB, Strada Education Network, and Colorado Thrives will bring founders from across the globe to Colorado, a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, for an intensive, mentorship-driven 13-week program each year.
The Final Admissions Deadline for the program is Sunday July 26th, 2020.
- Apply: https://www.f6s.com/workforcedevelopmentaccelerator-2020/apply
- Learn more: https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/workforce-development
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