Nick Grossman, a renowned entrepreneur and partner at Union Square Ventures, has been extensively involved with civic technology solutions and open data platforms. Nick has incubated startups revolving around city planning, data, and emerging technologies at OpenPlans, with a focus on fostering open-source communities and open standards initiatives. He has academic affiliations with the MIT Media Lab and Harvard Law School, where he focused on urban studies and the philosophy of technology. Nick's professional background includes various roles such as a visiting scholar at MIT Media Lab, co-founder at Streetsblog, and laborer/apprentice carpenter at KW Construction. He has a degree in Urban Studies from Stanford University and learned everything he knows about technology from the internet and by using view:source. Nick currently resides outside of Boston with his wife and kids.