Jeffrey Donenfeld
Jeffrey Donenfeld builds the future through technology portfolio and partnership growth in Aerospace, Space, Security, and Defense sectors. His multidisciplinary vision, entrepreneurial insight, and industry expertise leads organizations through early stage technology and team evaluation through to advanced stage venture investment and support. Jeffrey is a passionate industry expert, writer, mentor, public speaker, and team leader.
Donenfeld is a published author, industry voice, and public speaker on future technologies, entrepreneurship strategies, and scientific exploration. He is a frequent panel reviewer and technology assessor for commercialization and investment merit, mentor for entrepreneurs, and has worked extensively with corporate, startup, government, and international groups.
He holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration from University of Denver Daniels College of Business, a Bachelor’s Degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and an FAA Private Pilot License (ASEL).
Press, Speaking, and Mentoring…
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Teaching the IREX Young Leaders of the Americas VC Funding Seminar
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Teaching the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative Startup Investor Pitch Workshop
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Judging the Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative Fellowship Program Eastern European Startup Pitches
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Teaching Global Innovation Catalyst’s iX Online October Program Fundraising and Ownership Workshop
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Speaking on Entrepreneurship with the Russian CIEE Russia Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Virtual Exchange Program
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Judging Denver Startup Week Elevator Pitches.. in an Elevator!
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Reverse Pitching Boomtown at Denver Startup Week
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Mentoring German Marshall Fund YTLI Fellows
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Leading the Montreal StartupFest 2019 “Startup Accelerator Communities” Roundtable Discussion
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Guiding discussion on Startup Network Building at Montreal StartupFest
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Mentoring Startups from Emerging Markets at Seedstars World Summit 2019
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Discussing life in Antarctica on REN TV Russia’s “The Riddles of Humanity”
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Mentoring startups at the Seedstars CEE Summit
Writing…
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Spacecraft Power System Development Startup Amplified Space Pitches at Angel Capital Summit
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Rockies Space Fund Aerospace Panel Notes – Rockies Venture Club Angel Capital Summit
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Starship IFT3 Lifts Off
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Visiting the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Roscosmos
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The NASA Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) will be a modded Nikon Z9
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Private Pilot
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An incredible view: Apollo 11 Found Footage Todd Douglas Miller Documentary
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Investigating SPIDER Polarimeter Long Duration Balloon Payload
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Tracking Satellites in McMurdo at NASA’s Near Earth Network Ground Station
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Orion – NASA’s Newest Spacecraft
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An Astronaut at the South Pole: Dr. Scott Parazynski Visits The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
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The BLAST-Pol Balloon-Borne Submillimeter-Wave Telescope Launches From McMurdo Station, Antarctica
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The South Pole Communications Office
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Learning About Space Suit Design With Astronaut Joseph Tanner
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RedBull Stratos Stratospheric Jump – Felix Baumgartner
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Go To The Moon With The Apollo Astronauts in Documentary “For All Mankind”
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Infographic: Terraforming Mars
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MARS Curiosity Rover first Color 360 Panorama – Round the world with panoramas.dk
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RIP Neil Armstrong
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Infographic: Inside Huge Mars Rovers Sky Crane Landing