Claire Diaz-Ortiz
In Claire’s work, she has been called everything from “Twitter’s Pontiff Recruitment Chief” (The Washington Post) to a “Force for Good” (Forbes) and “One of the Most Generous People in Social Media” (Fast Company). As CNN said in 2017, “If Twitter has a soul, it probably looks something like Claire Diaz-Ortiz.”
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Claire's nine published books include One Minute Mentoring (Harper Collins; with Ken Blanchard) Social Media Success for Every Brand (Harper Collins Leadership), Twitter for Good (Jossey-Bass), and her next untitled book on women startup founders and women startup funders (with Sophia Bendz).
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Claire holds an MBA from Oxford University, where she was a Skoll Foundation Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship, and a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Stanford University. As one of the digital world’s earliest social justice activists, Claire used Twitter to build awareness for AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa, and founded Hope Runs, a nonprofit organization in Kenya.
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In offbeat superlatives, Claire is known for being the first and only person to ever have the very bad, no good, terrible idea to live-tweet a child’s birth. Claire lives in Argentina with her husband, daughter, and twin boys.
<p>Claire Diaz-Ortiz is a Latin America-based angel investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter. </p><p>Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by <em>Wired</em>, she has written nine books that have been translated into 11 languages. Her next book focuses on women founders and funders. </p><p>Most recently, Claire was a partner at Magma Partners, a seed stage fund in Latin America, where she launched Brava, the first initiative of its kind to invest in women founders across Latin America. </p><p>In Claire’s work, she has been called everything from “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” (<em>Wired</em>) and “Twitter’s Pontiff Recruitment Chief” (<em>The Washington Post</em>) to a “Force for Good” (<em>Forbes</em>) and “One of the Most Generous People in Social Media” (<em>Fast Company</em>). As <em>CNN</em> said in 2017, “If Twitter has a soul, it probably looks something like Claire Diaz-Ortiz.”</p><p>Claire nine books include <a href="<https://www.amazon.com/One-Minute-Mentoring-Mentor-Benefit/dp/0062429302>">One</a> Minute Mentoring (Harper Collins; with Ken Blanchard), <a href="<https://amzn.to/2pqXIAA>">Social Media Success for Every Brand</a> (Harper Collins Leadership), <a href="<https://amzn.to/3nXphLI>">Twitter for Good</a> (Jossey-Bass), and her next untitled book about women startup founders and women startup funders. </p><p>Claire holds an MBA from Oxford University, where she was a Skoll Foundation Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship, and a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Stanford University. As one of the social media world’s earliest social justice activists, Claire used Twitter to build awareness for AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa, and founded Hope Runs, a nonprofit organization in Kenya. </p><p>In offbeat superlatives, she is known for being the first and only person to ever have the terrible idea to live-tweet a child’s birth. </p><p>Claire lives in Argentina with her husband, daughter, and twin boys. </p><p>Find out more about her at <u>www.ClaireDiazOrtiz.com</u> or via @claire on Twitter.</p>
<p>Claire is mentored by Jenny Lefcourt (GP at Freestyle & Founding Member of All Raise), Harry Stebbings (VC & Host of 20 Minute VC), and Federico Antoni (GP at ALLVP), and is a member of Class 26.</p>