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Detailed information in regard to managing director of dew ventures.
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Executive Chairman/Co-Founder, G-Form; Managing Director of DEW Ventures;
Adjunct Lecturer, Entrepreneurship & Technology Management, School of
Engineering, Brown University
Danny Warshay has devoted his career to building, managing and harvesting high-growth
entrepreneurial ventures. He is the Founder and Managing Director of DEW Ventures, a
platform he uses to launch and develop a portfolio of new, quickly growing companies and to
advise a variety of others.
Danny began his entrepreneurial pursuits while an undergraduate at Brown, as Co-Founder of
Clearview Software, the developer of the SmartForms suite of Macintosh applications software.
Apple Computer acquired Clearview in 1989. He then co-developed Specialized Systems and
Software, a custom software development firm sold to Medline Industries.
Danny led the growth of Anchor Communications, a startup magazine and Internet publishing
company sold in two parts to A.H. Belo Corporation and Miller Publishing Group. While at
Anchor, Danny served as publisher of the company's regional titles, including Rhode Island
Monthly, and spearheaded the launch of its first Internet products, including RhodeIsland.com.
He also served as Chief Operating Officer of Anchor’s first national products, Getaways
magazine and GetawaysOnline.com Internet travel service.
As Co-Founder and Managing Director of Health Business Partners – the nutrition industry’s
premier venture capital and financial advisory firm – Danny built and led the firm's venture
capital practice.
Danny’s corporate experience came at Procter & Gamble as a member of the Duncan Hines
Brand Management team, where he managed the development and marketing of new products.
One of Danny’s business passions is Open-Book Management – an approach to empowering,
motivating and rewarding employees through exposure to all relevant measures and financial
literacy, and by providing a meaningful stake in the outcome through employee ownership. He
has spoken in national forums and has been interviewed in Inc. Magazine on the topic, and he
coaches companies interested in embracing this approach.
Danny is an Adjunct Lecturer at Brown University where he teaches Entrepreneurship and New
Ventures – a foundation course that he developed in the interdisciplinary Commerce,
Organizations and Entrepreneurship program (COE). In the 2008 Critical Review, this course
was the highest rated course at Brown. He was also chosen as a select group of Brown
professors to teach in Excellence at Brown – a five-day program that orients incoming students
to Brown's academic and campus culture.
Danny also teaches entrepreneurship internationally. In 2006, he was the recipient of the
Brown Israel Faculty Exchange Fellowship, through which he taught his Entrepreneurship and
New Ventures course in the Tel Aviv University Executive MBA Program. This experience led to
his becoming a member of the faculty of Tel Aviv University’s Sofaer International MBA
program and the Executive MBA program. During the program’s summer trimester, Danny
teaches his Entrepreneurship and New Ventures course in these programs rooted in Israel's
innovative, entrepreneurial and high-tech business culture.
In January and June 2008, he taught intensive versions of his Entrepreneurship and New
Ventures course for Egyptian executives, heads of Egyptian NGOs and entrepreneurs at the
TMA Executive Training Institute of Cairo. In July 2009, through Brown’s Office of
International Programs, he taught a similar course at the ISCTE Business School of the Instituto
Universitário de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal. In June 2009 and 2010, he co-led and presented in
the week-long Workshop on Technology Entrepreneurship Teaching in the Brown International
Advanced Research Institute (BIARI). In January 2010, he taught his intensive version of
Entrepreneurship and New Ventures at the Zhengzhou University of Light Industry in
Zhengzhou, China. In June 2010, he led a series of intensive technology entrepreneurship and
commercialization workshops in Shanghai, China at Fudan University, Jiaotong University,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai Business School and Donghua
University. In July 2010, the Israel office of Battery Ventures engaged Danny to lead a two-day
Entrepreneurship and New Ventures workshop for 30 high-tech CEOs.
In recognition of his active support for Brown students in and out of the classroom, in 2011
Danny was awarded the first ever Nathalie Rutherford Pierrepont Prize for Leadership, Career
Advising, and Motivation. He has also been nominated for the Karen T. Romer Award for
excellence in advising, and as a finalist for the Barrett Hazeltine Award for Excellence in
Teaching. Google’s University Program awarded Brown’s Program in Commerce, Organizations,
and Entrepreneurship an unrestricted grant to recognize the impact Danny’s teaching has had
on his students, several of whom have gone on to work at Google.
Danny has served on the boards of numerous startups and on a variety of non-profit boards
focused on health and education. Those include Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (RISE),
which provides mentoring, social service support and educational opportunity for the children
of incarcerated parents; the Brown University President’s Leadership Council Technology
Ventures Committee; and the Miriam Hospital Board of Governors. He was a founding board
member of the Brown University Entrepreneurship Program where he is now a Trustee
Emeritus; and he is an Honorary Life President of the Brown University Hillel Foundation
where for four years he served as President during the foundation’s $12 million capital
campaign and construction of its 28,000 square foot new facility. He is also faculty liaison to
the Brown men’s lacrosse team.
To recognize Danny’s leadership, Brown Hillel annually awards the Danny Warshay ’87
Exceptional Leadership Award to the student who has most clearly demonstrated the leadership
qualities of mentoring, modeling and community building. Danny was also the 2006 recipient
of the Merrill L. Hassenfeld Leadership in Community Service Award.
Danny received a A.B. in History, magna cum laude, from Brown University (Junior Year at
Hebrew University in Jerusalem), and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
In addition to spending time with his wonderful wife and three terrific children, Danny loves the
mental and physical challenges and rewards of vinyasa yoga. He is also an avid (and tortured)
Cleveland sports fan.
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Detailed information in regard to managing director of dew ventures.
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Executive Chairman/Co-Founder, G-Form; Managing Director of DEW Ventures;
Adjunct Lecturer, Entrepreneurship & Technology Management, School of
Engineering, Brown University
Danny Warshay has devoted his career to building, managing and harvesting high-growth
entrepreneurial ventures. He is the Founder and Managing Director of DEW Ventures, a
platform he uses to launch and develop a portfolio of new, quickly growing companies and to
advise a variety of others.
Danny began his entrepreneurial pursuits while an undergraduate at Brown, as Co-Founder of
Clearview Software, the developer of the SmartForms suite of Macintosh applications software.
Apple Computer acquired Clearview in 1989. He then co-developed Specialized Systems and
Software, a custom software development firm sold to Medline Industries.
Danny led the growth of Anchor Communications, a startup magazine and Internet publishing
company sold in two parts to A.H. Belo Corporation and Miller Publishing Group. While at
Anchor, Danny served as publisher of the company's regional titles, including Rhode Island
Monthly, and spearheaded the launch of its first Internet products, including RhodeIsland.com.
He also served as Chief Operating Officer of Anchor’s first national products, Getaways
magazine and GetawaysOnline.com Internet travel service.
As Co-Founder and Managing Director of Health Business Partners – the nutrition industry’s
premier venture capital and financial advisory firm – Danny built and led the firm's venture
capital practice.
Danny’s corporate experience came at Procter & Gamble as a member of the Duncan Hines
Brand Management team, where he managed the development and marketing of new products.
One of Danny’s business passions is Open-Book Management – an approach to empowering,
motivating and rewarding employees through exposure to all relevant measures and financial
literacy, and by providing a meaningful stake in the outcome through employee ownership. He
has spoken in national forums and has been interviewed in Inc. Magazine on the topic, and he
coaches companies interested in embracing this approach.
Danny is an Adjunct Lecturer at Brown University where he teaches Entrepreneurship and New
Ventures – a foundation course that he developed in the interdisciplinary Commerce,
Organizations and Entrepreneurship program (COE). In the 2008 Critical Review, this course
was the highest rated course at Brown. He was also chosen as a select group of Brown
professors to teach in Excellence at Brown – a five-day program that orients incoming students
to Brown's academic and campus culture.
Danny also teaches entrepreneurship internationally. In 2006, he was the recipient of the
Brown Israel Faculty Exchange Fellowship, through which he taught his Entrepreneurship and
New Ventures course in the Tel Aviv University Executive MBA Program. This experience led to
his becoming a member of the faculty of Tel Aviv University’s Sofaer International MBA
program and the Executive MBA program. During the program’s summer trimester, Danny
teaches his Entrepreneurship and New Ventures course in these programs rooted in Israel's
innovative, entrepreneurial and high-tech business culture.
In January and June 2008, he taught intensive versions of his Entrepreneurship and New
Ventures course for Egyptian executives, heads of Egyptian NGOs and entrepreneurs at the
TMA Executive Training Institute of Cairo. In July 2009, through Brown’s Office of
International Programs, he taught a similar course at the ISCTE Business School of the Instituto
Universitário de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal. In June 2009 and 2010, he co-led and presented in
the week-long Workshop on Technology Entrepreneurship Teaching in the Brown International
Advanced Research Institute (BIARI). In January 2010, he taught his intensive version of
Entrepreneurship and New Ventures at the Zhengzhou University of Light Industry in
Zhengzhou, China. In June 2010, he led a series of intensive technology entrepreneurship and
commercialization workshops in Shanghai, China at Fudan University, Jiaotong University,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai Business School and Donghua
University. In July 2010, the Israel office of Battery Ventures engaged Danny to lead a two-day
Entrepreneurship and New Ventures workshop for 30 high-tech CEOs.
In recognition of his active support for Brown students in and out of the classroom, in 2011
Danny was awarded the first ever Nathalie Rutherford Pierrepont Prize for Leadership, Career
Advising, and Motivation. He has also been nominated for the Karen T. Romer Award for
excellence in advising, and as a finalist for the Barrett Hazeltine Award for Excellence in
Teaching. Google’s University Program awarded Brown’s Program in Commerce, Organizations,
and Entrepreneurship an unrestricted grant to recognize the impact Danny’s teaching has had
on his students, several of whom have gone on to work at Google.
Danny has served on the boards of numerous startups and on a variety of non-profit boards
focused on health and education. Those include Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (RISE),
which provides mentoring, social service support and educational opportunity for the children
of incarcerated parents; the Brown University President’s Leadership Council Technology
Ventures Committee; and the Miriam Hospital Board of Governors. He was a founding board
member of the Brown University Entrepreneurship Program where he is now a Trustee
Emeritus; and he is an Honorary Life President of the Brown University Hillel Foundation
where for four years he served as President during the foundation’s $12 million capital
campaign and construction of its 28,000 square foot new facility. He is also faculty liaison to
the Brown men’s lacrosse team.
To recognize Danny’s leadership, Brown Hillel annually awards the Danny Warshay ’87
Exceptional Leadership Award to the student who has most clearly demonstrated the leadership
qualities of mentoring, modeling and community building. Danny was also the 2006 recipient
of the Merrill L. Hassenfeld Leadership in Community Service Award.
Danny received a A.B. in History, magna cum laude, from Brown University (Junior Year at
Hebrew University in Jerusalem), and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
In addition to spending time with his wonderful wife and three terrific children, Danny loves the
mental and physical challenges and rewards of vinyasa yoga. He is also an avid (and tortured)
Cleveland sports fan.
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