What are some of the challenges you faced with your new businesses?

Deborah Quazzo (Founder & Managing Partner, Global Silicon Valley Advisors)


Deborah Quazzo talks about what it was like being an entrepreneur of a financial institution during the financial crises in recent years including the world financial crisis in 2001, the economic meltdown in 2008 and the uncertainty following 9/11.

Deborah Quazzo

Founder & Managing Partner, Global Silicon Valley Advisors Deborah is the Managing Partner of GSV AcceleraTE, a venture capital fund investing in exceptional entrepreneurs and their companies in the $75B education and talent technology sector. In addition, she is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of the ASU GSV Summit and Founder and Senior Advisor of GSV Advisors. Deborah currently serves on the boards of Ascend Learning, Degreed, The Educational Testing Service (ETS), Lightneer, Remind, and Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW).

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Deborah Quazzo

Founder & Managing Partner, Global Silicon Valley Advisors

Deborah is the Managing Partner of GSV AcceleraTE, a venture capital fund investing in exceptional entrepreneurs and their companies in the $75B education and talent technology sector. In addition, she is the
Co-founder and Managing Partner of the ASU GSV Summit and Founder and Senior Advisor of GSV Advisors. Deborah currently serves on the boards of Ascend Learning, Degreed, The Educational Testing Service (ETS), Lightneer, Remind, and Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW).

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She currently is a media commentator to MSNBC/Shift, FOX and Friends, FOX News, The Kelly File, The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson, CNN Headline News, NewsMax, The Daily Wrap, MidPoint with Ed Berliner, One America News Network, Arise America, and numerous Sirius XM shows. And is also columnist for Huffington Post and Patheos, and a contributor for Variety, The Hill, and others.

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