Come meet Gary Chou and talk about entrepreneurial design
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Postlight is starting a speaker series and we're proud that Gary Chou (http://garychou.com (http://garychou.com/)) has agreed to be our first speaker. He'll talk about the work he's doing at Orbital ( http://orbital.nyc/ ), a space in downtown Manhattan for people developing products and ideas, and its origins from a class he teaches at SVA called Entrepreneurial Design.
In addition to our friend Gary, we'll have some food and drinks here. The entire event should be pretty chill. Bring a friend or come by and introduce yourself. If you want to learn more about Gary, read on.
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Gary Chou is a fun guy based in Brooklyn, NY.
Currently, he spends his time at Orbital (http://orbitalnyc.com/), a home for developing and launching new ideas.
Gary also teaches Entrepreneurial Design (https://entrepreneurdesigners.tumblr.com/about) at the School of Visual Arts MFA in Interaction Design Program (http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/) and advises Austin Center for Design (http://ac4d.com/), which exists to transform society through design and design education; and Venture for America (http://ventureforamerica.org/), which seeks to revitalize American cities and communities through entrepreneurship.
Gary previously worked at Union Square Ventures (http://usv.com/), a NYC-based venture capital firm, where he created and managed the Union Square Ventures Network of portfolio companies (http://usv.com/investments), and held product roles (http://www.linkedin.com/in/garychou) at tech (http://trilogy.com/) companies small (http://tribe.net/) and large (http://cisco.com/).
In his work with independent creators, Gary executive produced (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3994366/) Surrogate Valentine (http://surrogatevalentine.com/surrogate-valentine/) (SXSW '11) and Daylight Savings (http://surrogatevalentine.com/) (SXSW '12), two films by Dave Boyle (http://daveboylefilm.com/). He frequently collaborates with musician Goh Nakamura (http://gohnakamura.com/) on web-related projects.