Sam: We’re getting the band back together!
Oh yeah, sure, I should clarify.
Revolution’s Rise of the Rest tour announced its sixth leg today, with plans to journey through central Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin in October. This will be the first tour since “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance was named a partner at the firm to expand the Rise of the Rest initiative.
Revolution CEO Steve Case and Vance will begin in Pennsylvania on Oct. 10. Here’s the itinerary:
- Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 10
- Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 10
- York, Pa., Oct. 10
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 11
- Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct. 12
- Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 13
- Green Bay, Wisconsin, Oct. 17
During the trip, Case will invest $500K in startups across five regions, according to a press release. Google for Entrepreneurs, Salesforce for Startups, Village Capital, Startup Grind, Tech.co, The Economic Innovation Group, Engine, Startup Champion’s Network and Verge will all join this leg of the tour as partners.
Now, if you’re thinking “Huh, it seems like the cool hip thing for investors to just travel across America in a bus and invest some $$$ here and some $$$ there,” YOU WOULDN’T BE WRONG. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is famously trying to visit all 50 states in 2017 (but he’s not investing). D.C.’s own Paul Singh took his firm Result Junkies on the road in his Airstream to basically do a very similar thing to Rise of the Rest. It’s all for good reason: More VC dollars go to New York City, San Francisco and Boston than anywhere else. But it’s almost like roadtripping across the U.S. is the investor and entrepreneur’s equivalent of a recent college grad traveling across Europe. I’m just sayin’ Ż_(?)_/Ż |
