J. Skyler Fernandes is the founding Managing Director of Simon Venture Group (SVG), a multi-stage venture capital group and investment arm of Simon Property Group focused on innovating the future of retail and commerce. Fernandes has developed key entrepreneur resources such as “The Best Startup Pitch Deck”, and board game “The Next Big Thing: The Game of Entrepreneurship”, as well as featured TEDx Talks on Innovating The Financing of Innovation, and The Future of Retail at Wired Retail.