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Conscious Repository#5 - Danielle Strachman & Harry GandhiDanielle Strachman and Harry Ghandi are investors at 1517, a venture capital fund dedicated to backing dropouts working on hard problems and sci-fi scientists at the earliest stage of their companies. I am proud to be partnered with 1517 for my biotech company, AION.Danielle co-founded the Thiel Fellowship. After running it for a few years, she and her co-founder Michael Gibson realized that if each grant they awarded had been a seed investment in the fellowship recipients’ startups, they would have effectively been one of the top-performing venture funds in the world. Driven by that insight, they went on...2025-02-042h 37
Money Moves with Neil Devani016 Danielle Strachman of 1517 Fund on going from Educating to Investing in Dropouts and Working with Peter ThielIn this episode of Money Moves, Neil interviews Danielle Strachman, co-founder of 1517 Fund and a trailblazer in venture capital, to explore her journey from founding a charter school to launching a venture firm rooted in supporting nontraditional entrepreneurs. Danielle shares the story and excitement behind her successful investments, including Luminar Technologies and Loom, as well as her experience with Peter Thiel’s fellowship program, which inspired 1517’s focus on dropout founders and frontier tech. Danielle discusses the challenges and rewards of raising venture capital funds, adapting to market shifts such as the downturn in 2008, and foster...2025-01-1449 min
Conversations on Health CareWhat Elon Musk & Peter Thiel invest in to make lives longerBillionaires who dream of extending human life, including Elon Musk, believe they will have very supportive partners in the incoming Trump administration. They’re excited that President Trump has nominated Jim O’Neill for the number two spot at the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services because of his history in the anti-aging movement.David Gobel, the co-founder and CEO of the Methuselah Fund, says, “Jim O’Neill really understands the value of avoiding the suffering…of diseases that don’t actually have to happen if aging is held back. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and other nomine...2024-12-2029 minConversations on Health CareWhat Elon Musk & Peter Thiel invest in to make lives longerBillionaires who dream of extending human life, including Elon Musk, believe they will have very supportive partners in the incoming Trump administration. They’re excited that President Trump has nominated Jim O’Neill for the number two spot at the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services because of his history in the anti-aging movement.David Gobel, the co-founder and CEO of the Methuselah Fund, says, “Jim O’Neill really understands the value of avoiding the suffering…of diseases that don’t actually have to happen if aging is held back. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and other nomine...2024-12-2029 min
LiberatED PodcastInvesting in entrepreneurs, with 1517's Danielle StrachmanDanielle Strachman is the cofounder and general partner of the 1517 Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund and community supporting college dropouts and tech-focused scientists working on entrepreneurial solutions to big problems. Danielle has worked with young entrepreneurs for over a decade, including during the founding in 2010 of the Thiel Fellowship, a program started by entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel to provide funding to ambitious young people who opted out of college in favor of entrepreneurial ventures. Prior to that, Danielle was an education entrepreneur! She founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 c...2024-12-1339 min
The Knowledge with David Elikwu110. Curiosity, Novelty and Education with Danielle StrachmanDavid speaks with Danielle Strachman, a co-founder and general partner of 1517, a venture capital fund that invests in technology startups founded by dropouts and unconventional thinkers. She was on the founding team of the Thiel Fellowship, leading its design and operations, and founded Innovations Academy, a K-8 charter school in San Diego focused on student-led, project-based learning.They talked about:🏫 Founding a charter school📈 The importance of the environment in childhood development🚀 How deschooling fuels innovation🔍 The psychology of novelty🌟 Early talent vs. developing potential🌿 The ecosystem of s...2024-08-0138 min
Liberty Ventures Podcast with Alexander McCobinInside the Thiel Fellowship & 1517 Fund: Danielle Strachman's JourneyDanielle Strachman is a General Partner and Co-Founder of 1517 Fund, a venture capital firm that backs dropouts working on hard problems and sci-fi scientists at the earliest stages of their companies.Danielle shares her professional journey including her work at Thiel Fellowship, the principles behind the 1517 Fund, her support for young entrepreneurs, and the importance of building personal, long-term relationships in business.🔗 CONNECT WITH DANIELLE 👥 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellestrachman/🔗 CONNECT WITH ALEXANDER 👥 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mccobin/🐦 X - https://x.com/amccobin...2024-07-0339 min
All Caps CapitalYou Need To Take A Leap of Faith ft. Danielle Strachman @ 1517 Fund - Startup Game #7Been a minute but we are live with All Caps Capital, where Murph and Ahk dive deep into the wild world of startups and venture capital. In this episode, we hang with Danielle Strachman, the mastermind behind the 1517 Fund. She’s shaking up the venture world by funding dropouts and unconventional founders. Tune in to hear her inspiring journey and insights on finding your passion, overcoming imposter syndrome, navigating the startup ecosystem, and watch her go through the All Caps expedited version of Shark Tank.
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Danielle Newnham PodcastDanielle Strachman: Funding Dropouts and RenegadesToday’s guest is Danielle Strachman, co-founder of 1517 venture fund which, in their own words, backs dropouts working on hard problems and sci-fi scientists at the earliest stages of their startups. Prior to starting 1517, Danielle worked with Peter Thiel, and Michael Gibson (who I Interviewed in Series 8, Episode 60) and together, they ran The Thiel Fellowship for five years. For those who don’t know, The Thiel Fellowship was set up to fund students who were 22 or under, giving them a total of $100k over two years so that they could dropout of the traditional education system and pursu...2024-05-0254 min
Venture with GraceDanielle Strachman: Championing Entrepreneurship at 1517 FundDanielle Strachman is the Founder and General Partner of 1517 Fund, a venture firm that offers grant, pre-seed, and seed funding to technology startups. With a focus on makers, hackers, and scientists operating outside traditional educational tracks, 1517 Fund champions alternative paths to innovation, encouraging individuals to pursue their passions and learn through hands-on creation of new technologies. Additionally, Danielle was a Founding Team Member and Program Director for the Thiel Fellowship. Joining just a month after the program's inception, she played a crucial role in shaping the fellowship from a nascent idea into a globally recognized initiative that challenges conventional...2024-04-301h 03
New Business Radio - Work#561 Arbeidsmarkt krapte: Meer werken werkt!Is 1 baan op 1 plek en fulltime nog van deze tijd? Of gaan we allemaal naar combinatie banen en flexibele werktijden? Minder uren of meer effectievere uren en bepaalt de werkgever of de werknemer? En hoe zit dat belasting technisch, is het lucratief? De toekomst van werk is in elk geval anders is dan dat we kennen. In de uitzending van vandaag bespreken we zowel vanuit onderzoek als de praktijk, hoe we de overgang maken, wat ervoor nodig is en hoe je het toepast. Te gast: Anne van der Put - Universitair Docent Sociologie, Joop Schippers - Hoogleraar Arbeidseconomie aan...2024-04-2944 min
The Foresight Institute PodcastExistential Hope: Danielle Strachman | Education, Agency, and the Ability to ExperimentDanielle Strachman is a cofounder and general partner of 1517. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She's worked with some of the most prestigious founders, such as Vitalik Buterin and Ritesh Agarwal. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 400 students, with a focus on student-led project-based learning and other alternative programs.Session SummaryDanielle envisions a world where fostering personal agency...2024-02-2349 min
Danielle Newnham PodcastTamiko Thiel and The Connection MachineToday’s guest is Tamiko Thiel – lead product designer of The Connection Machine – a revolutionary massively parallel artificial intelligence supercomputer which was developed in the 1980s. Originally conceived by Danny Hillis from MIT’s artificial intelligence lab where he was studying under Marvin Minsky, Danny got an incredibly talented team together including Richard Feynman, Brewster Kale, Tamiko, and others to create what would become the fastest and most effective supercomputer of the time. And it’s this part of her career that we focus on today.However, Tamiko went on to become a pioneering digital artist who has worked...2024-02-011h 09
The Hannah Frankman PodcastDanielle Strachman: Funding Dropouts to Become EntrepreneursDanielle Strachman was one of the orginal operators of the Thiel Fellowship and is a cofounder and general partner of 1517 Fund, a VC firm that focuses on backing founders that are getting their education through starting a business rather than attending university. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for over a decade.
In this episode you’ll learn about Danielle’s views on education, the types of people she works with at 1517, how to raise high agency learners, and the value we can obtain from “glitch in the matrix” moments.
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A Seat at the Table#7 - Danielle Strachman: The 1517 Fund and Advice to Young FoundersJoin us as we sit down with Danielle Strachman, a VC and founder! Danielle is on the founding team of the Thiel Fellowship, which is a two-year program that gives one hundred thousand dollar grants to young people wanting to skip or stop school to build new things.
She is also the co-founder of the 1517 fund, a venture capitalist firm that backs dropouts, renegade students & sci-fi scientists at the earliest stages of their companies. They’ve funded companies like Loom, Luminar, and Lambda. And if that wasn’t enough, Danielle has also founded Innovations Academy, which is an inn...2023-11-2440 min
The Computer RoomFictional Soul in a Human BodyA couple of weeks ago, I interviewed nabby (@inviteonlycomic on Instagram), a former fiction-kin. You can listen to it here or on The Computer Room main feed.Before I explain what a fictionkin is, we first need to understand what an otherkin is.Otherkin refers to an identity category where one’s soul does not match one’s body. There are human otherkin, like is often the case with fictionkin, mediakin, or otakin/otakukin, who identify with fictional characters, and historykin, who identify with historical figures (you may remember the non-binary TikTok personality who...2023-11-2037 min
Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm CollinsMichael Gibson on The End of Academia and What's NextMichael Gibson joins to discuss his book Paper Belt on Fire, which chronicles his work with Peter Thiel's fellowship program investing in young talent.He explains how old institutions like academia are declining yet retain lingering prestige, and the development of new ecosystems and hierarchies based on competence. Michael argues creativity comes from outside stale hierarchies, citing the conflict between legitimate prestige and disruptive greatness.They debate how far we are from the decentralized network state, and if COVID accelerated institutional failure. Malcolm notes elite alternative communities forming, while Simone asks if the paper belt’s...2023-09-2831 min
Listen to Best Free Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Parenting Tips[German] - Das gewünschteste Wunschkind aller Zeiten treibt mich in den Wahnsinn - Babys verstehen und gelassen begleiten (Autorisierte LesePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das gewünschteste Wunschkind aller Zeiten treibt mich in den Wahnsinn - Babys verstehen und gelassen begleiten (Autorisierte Lesefassung) Author: Danielle Graf, Katja Seide Narrator: Nina West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 30, 2023 Genres: Parenting Tips Publisher's Summary: Spätestens nach den ersten Wochen mit Baby merken viele junge Eltern, wie herausfordernd das Leben mit dem neuen Familienmitglied ist. Auch die erfahrenen Bestseller-Autorinnen Danielle Graf und Katja Seide wissen sehr gut um den Zauber der ersten Monate - aber auch um den Wahnsinn, in...2023-08-3003 minThe Knowledge with David Elikwu61. Funding Curious Dropouts with Danielle StrachmanDavid speaks with Danielle Strachman, the co-founder and General Partner of 1517 Fund. They primarily invest in dropouts, renegade students, and deep tech scientists.Danielle is an experienced venture capitalist with a unique approach to sourcing and investing in talent. She shares insights into her process of finding exceptional individuals (like Vitalik Buterin, Dylan Field, etc.) and building communities around them.You'll hear what she's learned from building a charter school, working with Peter Thiel to develop the Thiel Fellowship, and helping 16-year-olds turn $1000 into millions.They talked about:🔎 Unearthing extraordinary talent2023-07-131h 16
Make Yourself at HomeA Road Less Traveled: Wander Founder & CEO John Andrew Entwistle’s Path from 13 Year Old Entrepreneur to Helping People Find Their “Happy Place”John Andrew Entwistle is on a mission to help people find their happy place. And for the Wander Founder & CEO, it's a mission that feels personal. John Andrew started his first company at just 13 years old, and launched his second, Coder, right out of high school. Over the next 5 years, he became a Thiel Fellow and was named alongside his Coder co-founders to Forbes 30 Under 30. When he stepped down to Coder’s board in 2021, he took some time away to ask himself, what’s next?That question — and that trip, where he stayed in a sub...2023-04-0649 min
Seed to HarvestInvariantes Fund Co-Founder Fernando Pontaza on Founding the First Venture Fund in Guatemala, Applying Guatemalan Culture to Investing, and Investing in Hustle Fund | Seed To Harvest Ep54Send us a textToday, I’m joined by Fernando Pontaza, Co-Founder and General Partner at Invariantes Fund. Fernando is a self-taught, multi-asset class portfolio manager with a track record of outperformance and solid risk metrics. After over 10 years in finance and a decade of managing portfolios, he has learned an enormous amount about the power of creating wealth. He believes the risks and sacrifices entrepreneurs take against the odds are key drivers of mankind's progress. As Co-Founder and General Partner of Guatemala’s first homegrown, early stage, Venture Capital Fund he is doing everything within his powe...2023-03-1428 min
Billion Moonshots89: He is building a Factory in Space !! | Delian Asparouhov, Founder of Varda Space IndustriesDelian Asparouhov is a principal at the Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda Space Industries, a space manufacturing startup.
We talked about juggling between a VC and founder role, the science of space manufacturing, future plans, life of a space factory worker, creating zero-gravity on Earth, hiring from SpaceX, superpower of Peter Thiel, and more.
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We discussed about building our own school, convincing children to study, building Theil Fellowship from ground up, handing out $100k to 17-year-old kids, starting a venture capital firm, early days with founder of OYO and Figma and much more.
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Danielle Newnham PodcastMichael Gibson on Peter Thiel and Starting a RenaissanceToday’s guest is Michael Gibson, co-founder of 1517 – a venture fund he started in June 2015 with Danielle Strachman which backs, and I quote, “dropouts, renegade students, and deep tech scientists, at the earliest stages.”Prior to starting 1517, Michael worked with Peter Thiel, and alongside, Danielle Strachman, they ran The Thiel Fellowship for five years. For those who don’t know, The Thiel Fellowship was set up to fund students who were 22 or under, giving them a total of $100k over two years so that they could dropout of the traditional education system and pursue important work. The Fellowship...2023-01-2651 min
Listen to Best Free Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Parenting Tips[German] - Das gewünschteste Wunschkind aller Zeiten treibt mich in den Wahnsinn - Trotzsituationen entspannt begegnen. Das Praxishörbuch füPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/648050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das gewünschteste Wunschkind aller Zeiten treibt mich in den Wahnsinn - Trotzsituationen entspannt begegnen. Das Praxishörbuch für Eltern (Ungekürzt) Author: Danielle Graf, Katja Seide Narrator: Tanja Fornaro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 58 minutes Release date: October 28, 2022 Genres: Parenting Tips Publisher's Summary: Wenn das Kind die Autonomiephase durchlebt, liegen die Nerven der Eltern blank: Sie sind erschöpft, verunsichert und zweifeln, ob sie wirklich gut reagiert und die Trotzreaktionen des Kindes kompetent begleitet haben. Diese sorgenvollen Gedanken rauben den Eltern zusätzlich Energie - ein...2022-10-2803 min
From The BlockchainRethinking CPG Brands in a Web3 Era with Maggi Xu of GMGN Supply Co.Could you name the major conglomerates of consumer products? Truth is you’ve probably purchased something from them (i.e. Kellogg’s, General Mills, Johnson & Johnson) recently. Those products are controlled by a powerful few. Maggi Xu wants to change that. She founded GMGN, which is short for “good morning, good night”, to launch 100 consumer packaged goods (CPGs) and give consumers more control. This new way of developing CPGs develops brand products through community-led decisions. The GMGN team believes the future of consumer products is moving away from conglomerate-owned into decentralization, where NFTs give the community ownership over the brand. L...2022-08-2349 min
The Rhys ShowChanging Education From a Student-Centered Perspective With Danielle StrachmanIn this episode, Co-founder and General Partner of 1517 Fund Danielle Strachman joins us to talk about her perspective on the current state of education and the importance of changing it from a students center perspective.
Danielle is passionate about progressive education, all the way from homeschooling and giving kids freedom and autonomy to build new things, to backing founders at the earliest stages of their careers and companies.
We dive deep into homeschooling, the charter student-led project based learning model, the importance of compassionate connection and non-coercion in learning and how and why we should empower the talent of kids.
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Future of Learning & Work#21 Danielle Strachman - The Thiel Fellowship & Investing in PeopleThis week’s guest is Danielle Strachman. Danielle co-founded the Thiel Fellowship & 1517 Fund. She and I talk about the fellowship and what she would do differently if starting today, philanthropic vs. capitalist approaches to investing, and much more.
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Danielle Newnham PodcastJimmy Soni on Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and the PayPal Story"It was hard and we succeeded." This is a quote from David Sacks, entrepreneur, investor and an early PayPal employee and I think it sums up the PayPal story well.PayPal is a unique and pivotal company in our wonderful tech history. Its founders alone include some of the most successful and prolific engineers, entrepreneur and investors from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, Max Levchin and Reid Hoffman. But the story of PayPal traditionally only tells the PayPal mafia story and not the real, true, gritty story of a group of people, many immigrants, and lots of...2022-02-2257 min
Forward Thinking Investors025 - Danielle Strachman, cofounder & GP @ 1517Danielle is a cofounder and general partner of 1517. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She's worked with some of the most prestigious founders like Vitalik Buterin and Ritesh Agarwal. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 400 students, with a focus on student-led project based learning and other alternative programs.2022-02-0324 min
Forward Thinking Founders798 - Danielle Strachman, cofounder & GP @ 1517Danielle is a cofounder and general partner of 1517. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She's worked with some of the most prestigious founders like Vitalik Buterin and Ritesh Agarwal. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 400 students, with a focus on student-led project based learning and other alternative programs.
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TG Geeks WebcastTG Geeks Webcast Episode 356The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Carl Thiel, Director and Taylor Wallace, Star of the short film, "Displaced". We find out how Carl and Taylor came together to make the film and talk briefly about Carl's involvement with film making prior to making this film. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.
About Carl Thiel
Writer/director Carl Thiel is an award-winning film & TV composer/producer who splits time between Austin, TX and Los Angeles. Early in his career, after having made significant strides in the film world, Carl’s other passion, musi...2021-12-1355 min
InvestED: The Rule #1 Investing PodcastInvesting Checklist Logistics - Part 2After walking through the first few steps of the Investing Checklist -- Munger’s 4 Principles, Ackman’s 8 Point Checklist, basic valuation, and research -- what comes next?A good place to start is by choosing a company or industry that’s relatively easy for you to understand and practice digging deeper in research using the checklist...even if you don’t end up investing in that company.Join Phil and Danielle as they continue their conversation about the Investing Checklist Logistics to dig even deeper and help you better understa...2021-12-0741 min
POD OF JAKE#88 - DANIELLE STRACHMANDanielle is Co-Founder and General Partner of 1517 Fund, a venture capital firm backing founders at the earliest stages of their careers and companies. In particular, 1517 focuses on investing in teams led by dropouts, deep-tech scientists, and founders working outside of tracked institutions. Prior to 1517, Danielle founded and directed her own charter school and helped to lead the design and operations of the Thiel Fellowship from its founding in 2010. Follow Danielle on Twitter @DStrachman and learn more about 1517 at 1517fund.com.
[2:18] - How Danielle’s appreciation for education prompted her to first start a charter school and later he...2021-12-071h 00
Geeks Of The Valley#58: The Anti-Pitch Playbook & Successful Post-Investment Traits with 1517's Danielle StrachmanDanielle is a cofounder and general partner of 1517. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She's worked with some of the most prestigious founders like Vitalik Buterin and Ritesh Agarwal. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 400 students, with a focus on student-led project based learning and other alternative programs.
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Geeks Of The Valley#58: The Anti-Pitch Playbook & Successful Post-Investment Traits with 1517's Danielle StrachmanDanielle is a cofounder and general partner of 1517. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She's worked with some of the most prestigious founders like Vitalik Buterin and Ritesh Agarwal. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 400 students, with a focus on student-led project based learning and other alternative programs. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellestrachman/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DStrachman --- Support this podcast: https...2021-09-1950 min
Lifeselfmastery's podcast I Startups I Venture CapitalThiel fellowship and 1517 fund with Danielle StrachmanIn this episode, Danielle talks about her lessons from running the Thiel fellowship, the thesis behind the 1517 fund, and how should students look at having conversations on not going to college. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit partnergrow.substack.com2021-07-0450 min
Lifeselfmastery's podcast I Startups I Venture CapitalThiel fellowship and 1517 fund with Danielle StrachmanIn this episode, Danielle talks about her lessons from running the Thiel fellowship, the thesis behind the 1517 fund, and how should students look at having conversations on not going to college.2021-07-0450 min
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Romance, ModernPaws for Love by Mara WellsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paws for Love Series: #3 of Fur Haven Dog Park Author: Mara Wells Narrator: Samantha Summers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 18, 2021 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Danielle Morrow works tirelessly for the greyhound rescue as an adoption coordinator, rehabilitating retired racing dogs and helping them find forever homes. She guards her heart as vigilantly as her two adopted greyhounds guard her home. One heartbreak per lifetime is enough for any woman, and no one she's met since her high-school boyfriend dumped her to join the military h...2021-03-1803 min
Investigating PathwaysDanielle Strachman on Building Outside of Tracked Institutions | Ep. 3This week on Investigating Pathways, I’m joined by Danielle Strachman. Danielle has previously founded a charter school and was the driving force behind building the Thiel Fellowship. Most recently, Danielle is working with young founders who work outside tracked institutions by investing in early stage startups at the 1517 Fund, where she is a Founder and General Partner. Today, we talked about Danielle’s journey as a founder and how she built the Thiel Fellowship from the ground up as well as how students can work outside of the education bubble.
To stay up to d...2021-03-0453 min
The Tony Shap Method: Achieving Business Growth and MasteryEpisode 32: Danielle Strachman 1517 Fund Co-FounderDanielle Strachman General Partner, Co-Founder 1517 Fund
Danielle Strachman General Partner, Co-Founder Danielle is a cofounder and general partner of 1517. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She's worked with some of the most prestigious founders like Vitalik Buterin and Ritesh Agarwal. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 400 students, with a focus on student-led project based learning and other alternative programs. Danielle Strachman | General Pa...2021-01-0820 min
She Leads with Carly46: Danielle Strachman | Founder & General Partner, 1517Danielle Strachman is the Founder and General Partner of 1517! She has so much depth in her career experiences, from founding her own non-profit charter school, to being at the forefront of the well-renowned Thiel Fellowship, to founding 1517, a venture capital fund built on the belief that not everyone needs to attend university in order to pursue their passions. Danielle’s passion for helping others and entrepreneurship really embodies her “yes” mentality. She also chats about the importance of building a tight-knit community and seeking out founders who have such a pure passion for what they’re building that they wouldn’t...2020-11-2036 min
The Future of Work Project#9 Danielle Strachman - The Invisible College, Investing in Young Minds, and The Future of EducationPicture this; You're a new high school graduate in August 2020 and the COVID crisis has forced all your college classes online. Your university has announced it is still going to charge you full tuition to attend in the fall.
What would you rather do; Pay $50k in tuition for online classes? Or take a $50k investment to skip school in the fall and build a company?
Danielle Strachman is a Founder and General Partner of the 1517 fund, a VC firm that invests in makers, hackers, and scientists working outside of traditional institutions. Danielle was also...2020-08-0544 min
Club 44 | notre monde en tête-à-têtesThiel le rouge, un agent si discret | D. Jaeggi, A. Campiotti, P. FerlaPlongée dans les arcanes
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Le 4 septembre 1963, un avion de Swissair se désintègre après son décollage de l’aéroport de Kloten. Dans les décombres, on trouve le portefeuille d’un certain Reynold Thiel. Si ce Neuchâtelois est inconnu du grand public, la police politique le connaît très bien ayant au fil des ans réuni un volumineux dossier sur lui. Alain Campiotti, journaliste, se plongera le premier dans la vie de cet homme romanesque qui a consacré sa vie à la cause communiste, dans une série passionnante de 30 articles publi...2020-02-181h 31
Triad Podcast NetworkDowntown Winston-Salem Podcast - Bull's TavernJason Thiel sits down to hear the story of Danielle Bull, the owner of Bull's Tavern on 4th streetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2019-11-1240 min
ericmckay4 's Listen LaterDanielle Strachman on How To Self Liberate Through An Entrepreneur Education | Evolve 014 Podcast: Brandon Stover On Life (LS 30 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Danielle Strachman on How To Self Liberate Through An Entrepreneur Education | Evolve 014Pub date: 2019-10-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis weeks guest on Evolve with Brandon Stover is serial founder, educator, philanthropist, mentor, and venture capitalist, Danielle Strachman of the 1517 Fund. Her disruptive 20 million dollar venture fund in San Francisco offers 250 thousand dollar investments to teens and twenty something year old dropouts, makers, hackers, and scientists who embody conviction to go aga...2019-10-081h 01
Brandon Stover On LifeDanielle Strachman on How To Self Liberate Through An Entrepreneur Education | Evolve 014This weeks guest on Evolve with Brandon Stover is serial founder, educator, philanthropist, mentor, and venture capitalist, Danielle Strachman of the 1517 Fund. Her disruptive 20 million dollar venture fund in San Francisco offers 250 thousand dollar investments to teens and twenty something year old dropouts, makers, hackers, and scientists who embody conviction to go against the grain of societies one path for all through college. 1517 has proven this radical thesis with a portfolio of over 30 young founder startups, watching small 1k idea investments turn into Series B companies, and 17 year olds starting 5 person teams that scale to 400 employees and are making...2019-10-081h 01
Village Global PodcastThe Thiel Fellowship, 1517, and The Future of Education with Danielle Strachman and Mike GibsonErik is joined on this episode by Danielle Strachman (@DStrachman) and Mike Gibson (@William_Blake), co-founders and general partners at 1517 Fund. They also both worked extensively on the Thiel Fellowship.They discuss:- The story of the genesis of the Thiel Fellowship.- The lessons learned from running the Fellowship.- Their idiosyncratic paths to running a venture capital fund.- The signals they relied on to find the right applicants.- How to change how higher ed works in the US.- The lessons that...2019-08-041h 04
Super Power U: Mental Models and Tactical Skills To Activate Your Inner SuperheroInvesting in Relationship with VC Danielle StrachmanDanielle Strachman is all about building relationships, taking big steps one foot at a time, and non-coercive independent learning. Today, she shares how she went from being a tutor to a Principal and Innovations Academy Founder at the early age of 28 to joining the Thiel Fellowship, founding the Thiel Summit Series and now her own venture, 1517. She is on a mission to open education and knowledge to everyone and giving future leaders, contributors and inventors the leading edge they need to create a better tomorrow.2018-09-2743 min
Successful Dropout89: Dispelling the college degree illusion with Danielle Strachman & Michael Gibson of 1517 Fund On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door in Wittenberg to protest the sale of indulgences. These were pieces of paper the establishment church sold at great cost, telling people it would save their souls. The church made a fortune doing it. Likewise, universities today are selling a piece of paper at great cost and telling people that buying it is the only way they can save their souls. Universities call it a diploma, and they’re making a fortune doing it. Call them heretical if you like, but the 1517 Fund is dedicated to dispelling th...2018-03-051h 05
52 FoundersEpisode 22: Danielle Strachman, 1517 FundIn this episode, you’ll hear about:
-Why Danielle and Michael decided to focus solely on younger founders, regardless of whether or not they attended university
-How starting a venture fund increased her empathy for entrepreneurs, particularly through fundraising efforts
-Danielle’s experience starting a charter school in San Diego, and why it was easy to fall prey to “imposter syndrome” during that time
-Her experience as an instrumentalist growing up and how that helped her learn to lead, direct, and give feedback to her peers
-Why previous execution is critical for applicants to the Thiel Foundation and for entrepreneurs looking...2017-05-0200 min
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Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science FictionGilded Cage by Vic JamesPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gilded Cage Series: #1 of Dark Gifts Author: Vic James Narrator: Avita Jay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: MAGIC RULES. WE SERVE. In a darkly fantastical debut set in modern-day Britain, magic users control everything: wealth, politics, power—and you. If you’re not one of the ultimate one-percenters—the magical elite—you owe them ten years of service. Do those years when you’re old, and you’ll never get thro...2017-02-1410 min