195: Defining Success and the Key Pillars to Support the LGBTQ Community, Lorenzo Thione, MD of Gaingels
Lorenzo is the Managing Director of Gaingels and a co-founding chairman of StartOut, two of the leading groups dedicated to support and elevate LGBTQ+ leaders in the venture startup ecosystem. He is also a Tony-Award and Drama Desk winning Broadway producer and the co-creator and lead producer of Allegiance, the Broadway musical. \nLorenzo previously co-founded startups Powerset, which was acquired later on by Microsoft. He is also an investor, board member, and advisor for startups such as Figure Eight (now Appian), Weights & Biases, CrowdMed, Famo.us, Gobble, Just, and Lucid, and many more. He's an outspoken LGBT advocate and was named one of the most influential LGBT people in tech in 2014 and 2018 by Business Insider.\n- - -\nConnect with Lorenzo\nGaingels (https://gaingels.com/) \nStartOut (https://startout.org/) \nAllegiance (https://allegiancemusical.com/) \nLinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzothione/) \nInstagram (https://www.instagram.com/lorenzosfnyc) \nTwitter (https://twitter.com/thione)\n- - -\n\nGrowth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.\nWatch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)\nMail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.com\nInsta - SamJam.zen\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices