#0025 – Mentoring with Larry Berlin of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

<p>In this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, Frank Gruber talks with Larry Berlin, an entrepreneur and angel investor, who teaches and mentors at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Larry also talk about his work with the "New Venture Challenge” every year, where 30 teams compete for a total of $1M for the tops winners.</p> <p>Frank also catches up with Reed Alexander the Relationship Manager, SMB Partnerships at American Airlines. The two talk about the products and travel programs that AA offers for startups and small business and the AA Business Extra program.</p> <p>Lastly, Frank talks about Established's partnership with .US and suggests that veteran startup founders apply for the <a href= "https://www.startupofyear.com/application" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">.US Veteran Startup of the Year</a> competition. Apply at the link: <a href="http://soty.link/SOTYUSVET" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soty.link/SOTYUSVET</a></p> <p>Startups can also obtain a free .US domain at the following link: <a href="http://soty.link/USdomain" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">soty.link/USdomain</a></p>