Luke Pardue, Steve Cadigan, Jonathan Greechan | Office Hours #229

Luke Pardue His report includes Insights on new business creation with race and gender breakdowns, Details on the reason for starting a new business during COVID, the expectation of failure or success within the year, and the findings point to the urgency of additional support for these new business owners who are not eligible for PPP loans or other federal pandemic assistance (due to being founded after Feb 15, 2020). Steve Cadigan Cadigan is one of the foremost authorities on the Future of Work. He is renowned for leading LinkedIn’s talent push from 400-4000 in 3.5 years and was responsible for architecting its world-famous company culture. Jonathan Greechan His company, The Founder Institute, is the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, Jonathan has grown and scaled the organization to chapters in over 185 cities and 60 countries, which have produced over 4000 portfolio companies with nearly $1 billion in venture funding.