Spicy Innovation Connecting Talent with Opportunity in the DMV
🌶️🌶️🌶️Join CAI for “Spicy Innovation” to Turn Up the Heat on Entrepreneurship in the DMV🌶️🌶️🌶️
What is it: The Center for Advancing Innovation is a 501c3 with a spicy, innovative program to boost entrepreneurship for all, including the underserved, in the DMV. This program, the Global Health Innovation Challenge (GHIC), is supported by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the US EDA, and Ignite Social Impact. The GHIC will increase availability and access to capital for new and existing private companies, which are developing solutions for global health, mental health, and sustainability in our backyard
Format: Two hand-picked startups will serve up pitches to seasoned investors
Who Benefits: Startups, investors and potential collaborators through community building, growing your network, and gaining access to up to $5 million in capital, if qualified
To join us for Spicy Innovation, log in to LinkedIn, and register at linkedin.com/company/caistartups/events.
When and Where:
Spicy Innovation will be held at the spiciest, most entrepreneurial restaurants in and around Washington, DC’s Ward 4 nearby the historic Walter Reed Campus.
The Spicy Innovation restaurant tour will begin with Spanish cuisine at Atxondo (4724 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20011) on 1/19/2023.
Founder and CEO, The Center for Advancing Innovation
Rosemarie Truman is an entrepreneur, growth strategist, distinguished corporate executive, angel investor and prolific startup catalyst. Currently, Rosemarie is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI), a 501c3 non-profit which has been coined “Tinder for Startups” and “Shark Tank on Steroids.” CAI’s mission to identify breakthrough inventions and maximize their commercial potential.
Under Rosemarie’s leadership, CAI has earned numerous awards and recognition from Health and Human Services, the White House, the Federal Laboratory Consortium and more. CAI has also been featured in the Washington Post, Wired, Huffington Post, Nature, and several other publications.
Rosemarie’s specialty is growth and investment strategy, having led growth strategies for 50 of the global Fortune 100 companies in over 15 countries. The strategies that Rosemarie led have resulted in $300+ billion in “net new” top line yearly revenue and 190+ new products on the market.
Prior to launching her own firm, Rosemarie spearheaded IBM’s Innovation strategy practice globally. At IBM, she was awarded IBM’s most laudable honor, the Golden Circle Award. In addition, she has also held notable leadership roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, Oracle, PRTM, and Marsh & McLennan, where she served as VP of global strategy. Rosemarie began her career at Goldman Sachs. Her core competencies are in leadership, strategy consulting, investment banking and entrepreneurship.
In her spare time, Rosemarie also writes for Forbes and sits on company boards.
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