Venture Meets Mission
Leveraging Purpose and Policy through Business
January 16, 2024 | 3pm ET / 12pm PT
Rebuilding trust among business, government, and society might seem implausible, if not impossible, to some. But to authors Arun Gupta, Gerard George, and Thomas J. Fewer, it is the only way to tackle the critical issues of our time.
In Venture Meets Mission, drawing from their expertise gained from Silicon Valley to Washington, D.C., the authors illuminate how entrepreneurs and government officials alike can utilize established networks of innovation and venture capital from the private sector and policymaking methodologies of the public sector to unlock a new form of capitalism — one that leverages purpose and policy to sustain positive impact.
Arun Gupta will join us to expand on why rebuilding trust between business, government, and society is critical to advancing purpose-driven innovation and detail the proposed framework that will guide leaders in this process. Through real-life examples of entrepreneurs who have successfully merged purpose and policy in this way that Arun will share, you will walk away from this Virtual Gathering with an expanded perspective on the ways in which we can use business to effect lasting change to elevate humanity.
Author | Venture Capitalist | Professor | CEO
Arun Gupta is a venture capitalist, Lecturer at Stanford University for “Valley Meets Mission”, and Adjunct Entrepreneurship Professor and Senior Advisor to Provost at Georgetown University. He is CEO of NobleReach Foundation, which is focused on catalyzing and inspiring a renewed spirit of national service through innovation. Arun is active in the emerging technology, entrepreneurship, public policy, and venture finance communities. He is passionate about inspiring students to pursue mission-oriented entrepreneurial careers and has committed to contribute all his proceeds from book sales to the NobleReach Foundation.
As a Partner at Columbia Capital, Arun's investment career spanned eighteen years including initiating the firm’s Cybersecurity and Government technology investments with a focus on National Security, AI, and SaaS/Cloud infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Columbia Capital in 2000, Arun was at Carlyle Venture Partners focused on software investments. Prior to Carlyle, Arun held positions in Arthur D. Little’s telecom and technology consulting practice and shared responsibility for establishing ADL’s management consulting operations in Mumbai 1995-98.
Arun received a B.S. degree with Distinction in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. degree in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford University (’91). He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School (’95).
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