Startup Grind Washington DC Hosts Nigel Morris (cofounder of Capital One, QED)
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Nigel Morris, cofounder of Capital One, QED Investors
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Nigel Morris co-founded Capital One Financial Corporation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_One_Financial_Corporation) which started as a simple idea of dropping the annual fee of credit cards and instead target different credit cards to specific segments of the population. Now it's a publicly traded company (NYSE: COF) with $21.3 Billion in revenues headquartered in Tyson’s Corner, VA. Nigel is now the managing partner of QED Investors (http://qedinvestors.com/), a direct investment fund focused on high-growth companies that leverage the power of data strategies. In addition, he serves on the board of numerous companies, including TransUnion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransUnion), Red Ventures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ventures), Prosper, MediaMath, and Braintree (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braintree_(company)). He has angel invested in Webs.com (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/freewebs) (acq by VistaPrint for $117M) and AddThis (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/addthis). "What's in your wallet?"
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6:30 Networking and Food
7:00 Fireside Chat
8:00 Networking
Hosted By Brian Park, Director of Startup Grind
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Over 18 years professional experience in web/online/mobile product development. Experience in developing innovative consumer and enterprise collaborative web products and services. Has started three previous startups. Previously worked for AOL and Merrill Lynch. Is a CMUer.
Email: Brian@startupgrind.com
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Startup Grind Washington DC Hosts Nigel Morris (cofounder of Capital One, QED)