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Matthew McCall

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Matthew McCall started at The Home in 1998 as a Child Care Worker. Matthew has held virtually every client serving role at The Home, from counselor, to clinician, program and department director, in both congregate care and community settings. For much of his career at The Home, Matthew served as an internal consultant to all The Home’s programs, providing support and leadership during times of transition, challenge, growth, or reimplementation. In his current role he brings these skills to bear developing and supporting new programs, business lines, and initiatives for The Home. Matthew also oversees The Home’s Family Support Programs, Foster Care and Adoption, Transition Aged Youth, and Therapeutic After-School Programs. Matthew has spent most of his professional career at The Home, working in a variety of their programs. He is a graduate of Curry College and Simmons School of Social Work, and is a professor of Social Work Practice at Simmons University and Bridgewater State University.https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmccallmsw/The Home for Little Wanderers helps build stable lives and hopeful futures for children who are abused, neglected or at-risk.Here's some more from their website:As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we have maintained our commitment to children since before the Civil War. Because every child deserves happiness, and no child should go through life alone.Each year, our community-based programs and residences meet the needs of more than 15,000 diverse youngsters and family members. These children are often society’s most vulnerable, victims of trauma, violence or shattered family lives.We ensure their emotional, social, educational and physical well- being from birth to age 26 through a dedicated team of professionals and a wide range of critical services. As a result, disadvantaged kids have safe surroundings, loving relationships and a secure path toward tomorrow.Find out more athttps://thehome.org/https://www.facebook.com/thehomeforlittlewanderershttps://twitter.com/thehomeorghttps://www.instagram.com/thehomeforlittlewanderers/https://www.youtube.com/user/home271

Matthew McCall started at The Home in 1998 as a Child Care Worker. Matthew has held virtually every client serving role at The Home, from counselor, to clinician, program and department director, in both congregate care and community settings. For much of his career at The Home, Matthew served as an internal consultant to all The Home’s programs, providing support and leadership during times of transition, challenge, growth, or reimplementation. In his current role he brings these skills to bear developing and supporting new programs, business lines, and initiatives for The Home. Matthew also oversees The Home’s Family Support Programs, Foster Care and Adoption, Transition Aged Youth, and Therapeutic After-School Programs. Matthew has spent most of his professional career at The Home, working in a variety of their programs. He is a graduate of Curry College and Simmons School of Social Work, and is a professor of Social Work Practice at Simmons University and Bridgewater State University.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmccallmsw/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmccallmsw/</a>The Home for Little Wanderers helps build stable lives and hopeful futures for children who are abused, neglected or at-risk.Here's some more from their website:As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we have maintained our commitment to children since before the Civil War. Because every child deserves happiness, and no child should go through life alone.Each year, our community-based programs and residences meet the needs of more than 15,000 diverse youngsters and family members. These children are often society’s most vulnerable, victims of trauma, violence or shattered family lives.We ensure their emotional, social, educational and physical well- being from birth to age 26 through a dedicated team of professionals and a wide range of critical services. As a result, disadvantaged kids have safe surroundings, loving relationships and a secure path toward tomorrow.Find out more at<a href="https://thehome.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thehome.org/</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thehomeforlittlewanderers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/thehomeforlittlewanderers</a><a href="https://twitter.com/thehomeorg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/thehomeorg</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thehomeforlittlewanderers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thehomeforlittlewanderers/</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/home271" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/home271</a>

Radical Acceptance With Matthew McCall Vice President The Home for Little Wanderers

Matthew McCall is a Partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital and was previously a Partner with DFJ Portage. He has been involved with investments with Feedburner (acquired by Google), Playdom (acquired by Disney) and EverDream (acquired by Dell), just to name a few. Matt has been named in Chicago's '40 under 40' and their Top Tech 25 list. He has been named as one of the Top 100 VCs in the US, a Media 100 and a Hollywood 100 Power Player. Items Mentioned in Todays Show:  Matt's Blog: Beyond the Profit Line SMS Assist Bill Gurley predicts dead unicorns Steve Job's Commencement Speech Finding Joe with Joseph Campbell Hello Giggles with Zooey Deschanel Jessica Alba: The Honest Company BigFrame with Sarah Penna Eric Ries: The Lean Startup Stephen King:On Writing Robert McKee: Story, Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting  Christopher Voglar: The Writers Journey Viv: The Global Brain  In todays show, you will learn:  How Matt got into the VC world? What is Matt's normal investment size?  When investing does Matt have a mental timeline of the startup with a clear strategy of when a desired exit will take place?  Matt has been named to the AlwaysOnTop 100 VCs list, leading me to ask how has Matt's investment strategy changed over the years? What were his early deals? What did Matt learn from them? What does Matt do differently now? Matt has written about the 15 year tech cycle and has quoted Steve Juvertson ‘if you can see it, it isn’t the revolution’, leading me to ask where does Matt stand on a ‘tech bubble’. Is it occurring and why does he say that? Has Matt seen a rise in the emergence of the female entrepreneur? Matt LOVES commencement speeches. Why is that and are there any Matt would recommend in particular?  The episode will then finish with a quick fire round where we hear the resource that Matt would most recommend to an aspiring Founder and Matt's recent investment and why he said yes? *Shortly after the interview Matt strongly recommended to me Never Eat Alone by Keith  Ferrazzi 

Matthew McCall is a Partner at <a href="http://www.pritzkergroup.com/venture-capital/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pritzker Group Venture Capital</a> and was previously a Partner with <a href="http://www.portageventures.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DFJ Portage</a>. He has been involved with investments with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeedBurner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feedburner</a> (acquired by Google), <a href="https://www.playdom.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Playdom</a> (acquired by Disney) and <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/dell-to-buy-everdream-to-move-deeper-into-remote-service-management/d/d-id/1061622?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EverDream</a> (acquired by Dell), just to name a few. Matt has been named in <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20021030/PAGES/1272/40-under-40-2002" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chicago's '40 under 40'</a> and their <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dcce?site=cg&amp;date=20121218&amp;module=15&amp;category=crainevents-archived&amp;class=151&amp;type=1530&amp;id=2814401&amp;selected=9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Top Tech 25 list</a>. He has been named as one of the Top 100 VCs in the US, a Media 100 and a Hollywood 100 Power Player. Items Mentioned in Todays Show: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.vcconfidential.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt's Blog: Beyond the Profit Line</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.smsassist.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SMS Assist</a></li> <li><a href="http://fortune.com/2015/03/15/bill-gurley-predicts-dead-unicorns-in-startup-land-this-year/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Gurley predicts dead unicorns</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Job's Commencement Speech</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/158270399X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=158270399X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc03-21&amp;linkId=KO677EVC5NWCAARV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finding Joe with Joseph Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="http://hellogiggles.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hello Giggles with Zooey Deschanel</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.honest.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Alba: The Honest Company</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bigfra.me/about-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BigFrame with Sarah Penna</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0670921602/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0670921602&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc03-21&amp;linkId=5T7EUFGF6FGIHDJZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Ries: The Lean Startup</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1444723251/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=1444723251&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc03-21&amp;linkId=K5LBEHTR3LIG45FS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen King:On Writing</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0042FZVOY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B0042FZVOY&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc03-21&amp;linkId=CSDUIWGXTX5BAYFB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert McKee: Story, Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/193290736X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=193290736X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc03-21&amp;linkId=ANYKRKPEXNOT2FJS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher Voglar: The Writers Journey</a></li> <li><a href="http://viv.ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Viv: The Global Brain</a></li> </ul> In todays show, you will learn: <ul> <li>How Matt got into the VC world?</li> <li>What is Matt's normal investment size? </li> <li>When investing does Matt have a mental timeline of the startup with a clear strategy of when a desired exit will take place? </li> <li>Matt has been named to the AlwaysOnTop 100 VCs list, leading me to ask how has Matt's investment strategy changed over the years? What were his early deals? What did Matt learn from them? What does Matt do differently now?</li> <li>Matt has written about the 15 year tech cycle and has quoted Steve Juvertson ‘if you can see it, it isn’t the revolution’, leading me to ask where does Matt stand on a ‘tech bubble’. Is it occurring and why does he say that?</li> <li>Has Matt seen a rise in the emergence of the female entrepreneur?</li> <li>Matt LOVES commencement speeches. Why is that and are there any Matt would recommend in particular?</li> </ul> The episode will then finish with a quick fire round where we hear the resource that Matt would most recommend to an aspiring Founder and Matt's recent investment and why he said yes? *Shortly after the interview Matt strongly recommended to me <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0241004950/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0241004950&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc03-21&amp;linkId=IYN64BQKU4IXNY5P" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Never Eat Alone by Keith  Ferrazzi</a>

20 VC 022: Letting go of the life we planned and the Power of the Female Narrative with Matthew McCall