Nov. 21, 2018

027: Politics as Usual | Bradley Tusk and Tusk Venture

027: Politics as Usual | Bradley Tusk and Tusk Venture

Bradley Tusk joins us on the show to talk about saving start-ups from death by politics...and Operation Sandwich!

Bradley is a venture capitalist, political strategist and writer and author of 'The Fixer'.

Bradley is the Founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings, which includes Tusk Ventures, Tusk Strategies, Kronos Archives, Ivory Gaming and Tusk Montgomery Philanthropies. 

Tusk Ventures is the world’s first venture capital fund to work with and invest solely in high growth startups facing political and regulatory challenges. Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg, as Deputy Governor of Illinois and as Communications Director for Senator Charles Schumer. 

Tusk Montgomery Philanthropies, Bradley’s family foundation, funds and runs campaigns in states across the U.S. to increase funding for anti-hunger programs like school breakfast and food stamp enrollment. They are also working to create mobile voting so people can vote in elections on their phones. 

Bradley writes a regular column for The Observer, hosts a podcast called Firewall, and has a book coming out this September about his adventures in protecting disruptors from the bad guys. Bradley is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he received his BA and has a JD from the University of Chicago Law School.  

He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.

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Bradley Tusk

Founder and CEO, Tusk Ventures