# Monica Wheat

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Podcast 1507 2/7/2015: Pipeline Fellowship, Code Day Detroit & Thunderchickens

Michigan Connects TM Show Notes Hour 1 In Search of Detroit’s Female Answer to Mark Cuban Monica Wheat is a 14+ veteran of the digital strategy & product management communities and the Detroit lead for Pipeline Fellowship Detroit which is an angel investing bootcamp for women that includes …

Monica Wheat on empowering founders as a serial entrepreneur and driving change

Monica Wheat, managing director of Techstars Equitech (+ founder/investor/so much more), joins TFR as its first guest. She discusses her journey building ventures and driving the Detroit entrepreneurial ecosystem (and beyond) forward, as well as the importance of diversity and inclusion from both t…

Episode 4: Monica Wheat and Mobolaji Sokunbi Discuss DEI as Boon for Business

“Their talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not.” Learn what Monica Wheat, executive director of Techstars and cofounder of Venture Catalysts, and Mobolaji Sokunbi of Dell Technologies have to say about DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) as it relates to women and people of color in the entr…

Episode 438 with Monica Wheat of Techstars Detroit

Bob and Randy were joined this week by Monica Wheat, Managing Director of Techstars Detroit Powered by JP Morgan. Before that, she most recently led Techstars Equitech in Baltimore. First, Bob and Monica talked about Techstars. Techstars is a global seed-stage accelerator in 40+ cities worldwide…

TechStars Detroit Accelerator Program

Techstar Detroit, and it's run by managing director Monica Wheat with financial support through its partner JP Morgan. Recruiting for the next class, launches in April, but applications close on January 3rd. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about…

Championing diversity in funding with JPMorgan’s Leyonna Barba and Techstars’ Monica Wheat

Leyonna Barba and Monica Wheat are committed to advocating for diverse founders. Leyonna, managing director of Technology and Disruptive Commerce at JPMorgan Chase, and Monica Wheat, managing director of Techstars Detroit, have embraced diversity in funding throughout their careers. In this episode…

Techstarts Detroit Joins StartupNation Seminar on Artificial Intelligence

April 30, 2024 ~ Guy, Lloyd, and Jamie are live from StartupNation's AI seminar 'chatbot.detroit: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Scale Your Business,' and chat with Techstars Detroit managing director Monica Wheat about the benefits of using AI for your small business, and some of the concer…

Monica Wheat, Techstars Detroit, S3E42

Ara talks with Monica Wheat who is currently the Managing Director of the Techstars Detroit Accelerator Powered by JP Morgan, part of a global seed-stage accelerator in 40+ cities worldwide. She previously served as a Techstars Startup Programs Lead for 10+ years leading programs globally and is th…

Episode 314 – Monica Wheat and the Detroit Tech Startup Scene, Charlie LeDuff on Detroit and More

So here's a fun one for you.  Returning guest Monica Wheat dives in with us to talk about her latest adventures and efforts in the Detroit Tech Startup scene, and certainly doesn't disappoint.  And then, thanks to a random series of events, we've got an excerpt of a three and a half hour chat that …

The Capital Culture Gap and Streamlining Innovation Success with Monica Wheat, Founder and Executive Director of Venture Catalysts

Monica Wheat sits down with Jeannine and Bernard at The Mobility Table to discuss the need for a translation layer between founders, corporations and capital organizations to commercialize mobility technologies. She also discussed the ways that access to prototyping and testing infrastructure draws…