Olivia Goldstein is the CEO of Upstate Venture Connect, a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting high growth companies in Upstate New York. She’s an exited tech founder with nearly 15 years of experience working in and with B2B software companies. Early in her career, Olivia advised international tech companies on U.S. market entry strategies. This exposure to tech brought her to India where she spent time working for a B2B software startup based in Bangalore overseeing their international product growth. While there, she co-founded RepHike, a marketing software for brands to find and work with brand ambassadors, relocated it to Buffalo and ultimately led it through to its acquisition by a Syracuse group in 2019. In addition to her work at UVC, Olivia is a General Partner at StartFast Ventures, a VC fund investing in B2B SaaS companies. Olivia holds a B.A. in Economics from University of Pittsburgh and a M.A. in International Relations from the Institute of World Politics. More here: https://www.oliviaegoldstein.com/