| Summary: | An interview with/report on AOL co-founder and billionaire investor Steve Case, who says Middle America is being ignored when it comes to venture capital investment. Case raised $115 million to create the "Rise of the Rest" fund. He and his team travel by bus to small towns and cities in the middle of the country to meet entrepreneurs in pitch competitions. Includes an interview with J.D. Vance, author of "Hillbilly Elegy" and Case's partner in the "Rise of the Rest" fund. Also includes comments from: Jonathan Webb, Kentucky native who wants to build high tech greenhouses; and Jacob Hsu, president of Catalyte, a Baltimore company that developed an artificial intelligence test to identify people with aptitude for software development.
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