Alisyn Malek talks about the intersection of Art, Business and Technology
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Alisyn Malek is currently an investment manager with GM Ventures, as well as the Owner of Corktown Studios, an art gallery and collective, in North Corktown, Detroit. As an investment manager, she performs due diligence for potential investment in automotive related technology start-ups, and participates in the board leadership of those groups in which GM Ventures invests.
As a Crain's 20 under 20 Alisyn is looking out for the next best thing in automotive technology. As one of four investment managers for the investment capital arm of General Motors Co., it’s her job to hunt down and vet deals.
“The fun part about it is that I have the opportunity to problem solve every day.”
As a Materiality expert, fiber artist, and globe traveler at Corktown Studios, Alisyn is a true Rennaissance Woman. She talks about studying the intersection of Art, Business and Technology as the Engineer/Artist/Business Woman.
“I always ask people: Please don't bring your computer with you. ”
A polymath (Greek: πολυμαθής, polymathēs, "having learned much") is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas; such a person is known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems. The term was first used in the seventeenth century; the related term, polyhistor, is an ancient term with similar meaning. --If you believe Wikipedia.
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To learn more about Alisyn and her work, visit Corktown Studios.
Show Notes
Quotes
- (03:10) “I have to pinch myself.”
- (03:46) “I fell nauseous every day.”
- (04:40) “Nothing ever goes wrong on the internet.”
- (05:08) “Digital is like an ant colony.”
- (08:00) “ Whether they are in Turkey or Chicago...”
- (10:53) “Get out of the building.”
- (11:34) “Please don’t bring your computer in."
- (13:00) “You need to practice…whereupon Beth points at Mike as the dumb one.”
- (15:42)“What do you really mean when you say Pitch the client?”
- (20:09)“Beth is like better than a venture capitalist.”
- (27:51)“The key to bringing an idea forward”
- (36:54)“I would rather not know all of your successes. I’d rather know your failures.”
- (39:00)“Beth interviews the hosts. What do you guys want to see from an Agency?”
- (43:45)“Beth wants to know about startups to pay attention to and Mike shamelessly plugs SnapSure”