{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65e5f1248a60ef00163fedd3/682c8505f5721925a0d5e423?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Building the communities that build businesses (and a little bit of football)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65e5f1248a60ef00163fedd3/1748341623303-e3bc58f9-738c-4618-84b5-45efb631b159.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Nicole Glaros is a community builder like few others: as arguably the very first employee at Techstars, Nicole helped scale the accelerator from one program to over 50 and, simply put, is a legend in the early-stage startup community. </p><p><br></p><p>And not surprisingly so, Nicole has, amongst other notable achievements to numerous to fit in here: invested in more than 100 startups; co-founded the new professional women’s Soccer team in Denver; been recognised by publications like Business Insider, Marie Claire, and Entrepreneur Magazine; spoken at events like SXSW, TEDx, WebSummit, and Pioneers Festival; has been a competitive sportsperson and outdoor adventure guide; and has previously sat on the board of the Leeds school of Business and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch 😅</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>To say we were honoured and educated to have her as our guest is an understatement.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>You can and should follow Nicole's writing at https://nearlynicole.com/</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Nicole is a multi-unicorn backer and you can find her VC work at https://www.matchstick.vc/team</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>You can email us at haightenedsenses@gmail.com or message us on <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/haightened-senses\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Christo and Brendan are both active on LinkedIn and open to all genuine new connections, you can find them at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christo-van-zyl-innovator/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange/ respectively</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>You can find more of Christo at <a href=\"https://chaos-out-of-order.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">chaos-out-of-order.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Brendan's other podcast is <a href=\"https://www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show</a></p><p><br></p><p>Show art is created in Canva, show music is created with <a href=\"https://suno.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">suno.ai</a></p><p><br></p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://www.haightenedsenses.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.haightenedsenses.com/</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/haightened-senses/?viewAsMember=true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.linkedin.com/company/haightened-senses</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/@hAIghtenedsenses\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com/@hAIghtenedsenses</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557906028730\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557906028730</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/haightened.senses/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@haightened.senses</a></p><p>TikTok:<a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@haightened.senses\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> haightened.senses</a></p>","author_name":"Brendan le Grange and Christo van Zyl"}