Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist and writer.

He is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S. elections. Tusk Philanthropies also runs and funds anti-hunger campaigns that have led to the creation of anti-hunger policies and programs (including universal school breakfast programs) in 20 different states, helping to feed nearly 13 million people.

Bradley is the author of The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups From Death by Politics, Obvious in Hindsight, and Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy, writes a column for Daily News, hosts a podcast called Firewall about the intersection of tech and politics, and is the co-founder of the Gotham Book Prize. He owns a bookstore, podcast studio, event space and cafe called P&T Knitwear on Manhattan's lower east side. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.

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Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg’s 2009 mayoral race, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, overseeing the state’s budget, operations, legislation, policy and communications, as communications director for US Senator Chuck Schumer, and as Uber’s first political advisor.

Tech & Venture

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Time: Meet Tech Startups’ Political Mastermind

Fortune: Venture Capitalist Bradley Tusk outlines what startups should expect from government agencies and regulators over the next year

TechCrunch: Tusk Venture Partners just closed its third fund with $140M, double its predecessor fund

Politico Tech: Flying cars, political brawls and poking fun at tech politics

The Prof G Show – Scott Galloway: Bradley Tusk — The Intersection of Capitalism, Entrepreneurship, and Politics

TechCrunch: Bradley Tusk is seizing the moment: ‘We’re investing, we’re incubating, we’ve got SPACs’

Wall Street Journal: How Bradley Tusk Went from Political Insider to ‘Making Politicians Crazy’

TechCrunch: Silicon Valley’s favorite fixer: Bradley Tusk

Fortune: Early Uber Investor Explains When It’s OK for Founders to Break the Rules and Play Dirty

Slate: In a Political Bind? Call Bradley Tusk.

Wired: The Fixer Who Helps Startups Like Uber Beat the Government

Vanity Fair: Meet Uber’s Political Genius

Fast Company: The Rise Of Bradley Tusk, Silicon Valley’s Political Savior

The Observer: How Bradley Tusk Is Helping Startups Like Uber Wage Campaign-Style War on City Hall

Yahoo Finance: Tusk Ventures CEO: 'We’re looking at the thing that scares away most VCs'

Crain’s: Bradley Tusk made $100 million helping Uber conquer New York

Crain’s: Political operative Tusk puts his spin on venture capitalism

TechCrunch: Political ‘fixer’ Bradley Tusk closes second fund on $70M

Vox: Political consultant Bradley Tusk on Recode Decode with Kara Swisher

NPR Marketplace: This former political operative now helps tech companies wrangle government

New York Times: To Do Politics or Not Do Politics? Tech Start-Ups Are Divided

Cheddar: No Slowdown in Investing for VC Firm Tusk Venture Partners Despite Covid-19 Outbreak

City & State: The Tech Power 50

Politics

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Mobile Voting

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Philanthropist Who Wants to Transform Voting

NPR: The Push For Internet Voting Continues, Mostly Thanks To One Guy

The New Yorker: The Campaign for Mobile-Phone Voting Is Getting a Midterm Test

Stay Tuned with Preet: What if we could vote on our phones? (With Bradley Tusk)

Wired: Would You Vote From Your Phone?

The Grio: Want to expand access to the ballot box? Let people vote by mobile phone.

CNN: National campaign is pushing for mobile voting in U.S. Elections

Daily Mail: Tech boss unveils simple way to get MILLIONS more people voting… but would you trust the results?

CNBC Squawk Box: Bradley Tusk on the case for mobile voting in elections

Inside Philanthropy: Meet a Philanthropist Who Wants to Fix Voting - And Tackle Hunger

Don Lemon Show: Interview with Bradley Tusk and Martin Luther King III

Fast Company: It’s coming: Mobile voting expands, state by state

Fortune: Why government regulation isn’t a clear cut issue in tech anymore

NBC: Utah to test out smartphone ballots with absentee voters

NPR: Exclusive: Seattle-Area Voters To Vote By Smartphone In 1st For U.S. Elections

Coindesk: City of Denver to Pilot Blockchain Voting App in Coming Elections

ABC News: A tech investor brought cell phone voting to West Virginia, igniting debate about access and security

The Hill: Delaware to allow voters with disabilities to vote online in primary: report

Axios: Internet voting takes flight

Wall Street Journal: Voting By Phone - The Promise and Peril of Digital Ballots

USA Today: Voting by mail for Election 2020? How about by smartphone instead?

Associated Press: Blind voters fear loss of privacy with shift to mail voting

Fortune: A mobile, online voting effort doubled turnout last month outside Seattle, independent audit says

ABC News: Mobile voting: New York City councilman urges state to embrace new voting technology

New Yorker: Why you can’t just vote on your phone in the pandemic

Protocol: Could mobile voting play a role in the upcoming election?

Washington Post: Voting by smartphone in Seattle area pushes the limits of electronic balloting

The Hill: Turnout almost doubles in Seattle-area election after mobile voting implemented

State Scoop: Mobile voting arrives for 1.2 million Seattle-area voters

Solving Hunger

Books

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THE FIXER

Headway: 94 Best Politics Books

Wall Street Journal: ‘The Fixer’ Review: A Technocrat at Work

New York Times Book Review: Why Start-Ups Need a Regulatory Strategy to Succeed

Observer: How a Bare-Knuckled Political Brawler Got His Mojo in the World of Venture Capital

Axios: What startups should know about politics

Chicago Tribune: In new book, former aide says he posed as Rod Blagojevich on national security call governor refused to take

Vox: Bradley Tusk, a political ‘fixer’ for tech companies, has a plan to make voting from your phone a reality

New York Post: Bloomberg considered Oprah for his Cabinet if he became president

OBVIOUS IN HINDSIGHT

ABC’s Good Morning America: 15 new books to read in November 2023

Fast Company: Flying car companies should prepare for a regulatory fight. So says this political strategist—in a new novel

Fortune: Flying cars and politics combine in new novel by Bradley Tusk—the venture capitalist who made a name for himself as Uber’s political fixer

The Information: A New Novel By ‘Silicon Valley’s Favorite Fixer’ Is Coming for Everybody

Happier with Gretchen Rubin: Ep. 471: Allow a Tradition to Evolve, Easy Ways to Block Annoying Lights, and a Funny Look at Work

Politico New York: Life imitates New York political art

Zibby Mag: The Best Books of 2023

Moms Don’t Have Time to Read: Bradley Tusk, OBVIOUS IN HINDSIGHT

CNBC Squawk Box: Bradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures CEO and ‘Obvious in Hindsight’ author, joins 'Squawk Box'

The Gist: Flying Cars Grounded By Red Tape And The Russian Mob

The Pomp Podcast: Insane Story Of How Startups Beat Politicians

Lost Debate: Can Eric Adams Survive? Biden's Path To Victory, Flying Cars

Bloomberg TV: Tusk Ventures Co-Founder on OpenAI's Governance

FAQ NYC with Harry Siegel: A Novel About Flying Cars Lands Right on Time

Books for Men: Obvious in Hindsight

POLITICO - California Playbook: Life is Satire

Shelf Awareness: Bookseller-Author Bradley Tusk's 'Early Access' Offer

City & State New York: Book excerpt: Bradley Tusk takes on fiction with ‘Obvious in Hindsight’

Forward with Andrew Yang: Flying Cars & Mobile Voting

Zibby Mag: Zibby’s Most Anticipated Reads for October, November & December

Litro Magazine: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: EXPLORING THE LITERARY DEBUT OF BRADLEY TUSK’S ‘OBVIOUS IN HINDSIGHT’

New York Amsterdam News: So many books to read …

Illustration: Joana Avillez at Curbed

P&T Knitwear and Gotham Book Prize

New York Jewish Week: On the Lower East Side, a corporate ‘fixer’ honors his Jewish roots with a unique, NYC-centric bookstore

USA Today: Why we love P&T Knitwear, the bookstore that keeps New York's Lower East Side well read

Time Out New York: Attention, bookworms: The 2024 Gotham Book Prize finalists have been announced

USA Today: 10 bookstores that inspire and unite in celebration of Independent Bookstore Day

Book Riot: For the New Yorkers: 2024 Gotham Book Prize Finalists Announced

New York Times: Writers Are Rewarded for Their Books About New York

Time Out New York: The 2023 Gotham Book Prize finalists have been announced; add these NYC books to your list

New York Times: The Independent Bookstore, as Imagined by a Corporate Lobbyist

USA Today: 10 bookstores that inspire and unite in celebration of Independent Bookstore Day

The Shopkeepers: 2022 Best Shops

Curbed: There Are So Many Good New Stores in New York Over the last few months, there’s been an influx of especially-excellent spots.

Wall Street Journal: This Is NYC’s Hottest Neighborhood

NYLitHub: A new community-oriented bookstore has opened on the Lower East Side

New York Times: The Independent Bookstore, as Imagined by a Corporate Lobbyist

WNYC “All Of It”: Summer Reading Review/Preview

Bowery Boogie: ‘P&T Knitwear’ Indie Bookstore Joins Hotel Indigo Retail on Orchard Street

Eater NY: A new cafe for that one friend who wants to start a podcast

Washington Post: 'Invisible Child' wins $50,000 Gotham Book Prize

Associated Press: Gotham Book Prize Created to Help NYC’s Writers in the Midst of Pandemic Recovery

Forbes: Gotham Book Prize To Award Winning Author $50,000 For Book About Or Set In New York City

Washington Post: New literary prize is $50,000 honor for best New York story

Pix11: New writer’s prize aims to keep mistique of NYC alive through literature

Literary Hub: James McBride has won the inaugural Gotham Book Prize for literature that celebrates NYC.

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