Alex Konrad is the founder and editor of Upstarts Media, a new tech publication focused on startups. The Upstarts newsletter publishes weekly free and paid editions, featuring original and in-depth reporting on startups and the investors, trends and companies that back, buy or influence them. The Upstarts Podcast, currently in its 3rd season, interviews emerging founders who punch above their weight to take on the status quo, such as Canva's Melanie Perkins and Synthesia's Victor Riparbelli. Alex was previously a senior editor at Forbes, where he spent 12 years covering startups and VC, edited the Midas List, and created the Midas List Europe. He's written 15 cover stories on subjects from Marc Benioff to the Collison brothers.