Rusty Dornin Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, California, Us

Passionate about the Ulu Ventures mission to increase diversity in the entrepreneurial and venture communities, Rusty now uses her storytelling, marketing and video production skills to help highlight thought leadership for the firm and Ulu's entrepreneurs. Ulu Ventures is a seed stage venture firm focused primarily on enterprise IT. At Ulu, we focus on the market opportunity created by the Stanford and Silicon Valley communities and seek to generate great financial results using a disciplined, repeatable decision making process that analyzes risk-reward trade-offs. We also follow logical principles of portfolio construction. This approach makes us conventional in the world of institutional investors but contrarian as compared to other VCs.We believe entrepreneurship is the best tool set for solving the world’s toughest problems. As a result, we strive to learn about our entrepreneurs on a human level, to celebrate who they are and support them in being authentic to their visions. Diversity is not an altruistic goal for Ulu, it’s our investment thesis. We fund diverse entrepreneurs with outstanding ideas. Founders with diverse professional backgrounds and life experiences are better at problem solving and create better business opportunities.

As founder of RD Media Solutions, I've trained top executives at multi national companies and non-profits. I excel in communications, video production, media training, social media and media relations. It’s all about storytelling. and capturing the narrative while delivering maximum exposure. My background in network news gives me the ability to produce compelling stories that deliver results.I'm also a successful digital marketing specialist and video producer and have worked with many entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and globally helping them enhance their brands and highlight their thought leadership.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Directed communications, marketing, video production, social media and media strategy for the Kauffman Fellows, a prestigious 2 year fellowship program in venture capital. I enhanced the global brand awareness of the unique international program by growing social media presence and producing unique video interviews for Entrepreneur and Venture Capital Journal exhibiting the thought leadership of Kauffman Fellows. More than 500 fellows have collectively deployed $200 billion in capital and created more than 750 thousand jobs worldwide. Graduates lead venture capital, government, corporate, university, and startup innovation efforts in more than 40 countries, many of which are minority or women led. The program focuses on the need for venture capital’s leaders to be societally aware and community-minded, driving impact globally.

Created curriculum and produced videos for online courses in entrepreneurship and venture capital. Managed social media marketing, branding and held weekly global live chats with celebrated entrepreneurs and venture capitalistsKauffman Fellows Academy is the online training partner of the Kauffman Fellows Program, the world’s premiere venture capital training organization. The mission is to be a catalyst to millions of innovators worldwide through affordable, online access to the best in class education in venture capital, entrepreneurship and capital formation.

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Developed strategic alliances for a searchable database of credible, interview-ready experts for journalists and network producers. Media trained thought leaders and experts in corporations, universities and leading global non-profits.Founded by veteran journalists, NewsCertified Exchange provided the global news media with a searchable database of credible, interview-ready experts and story ideas.

Atlanta, Us

Award winning correspondent covering domestic and world news ranging from war to natural disasters and tales of crime and politics. Produced, wrote and narrated segments for CNN broadcast and digital networks. Interviewed world leaders, heads of industry and celebrities.

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