Oh those powerful, commanding leaders. You know the type: Baritone-voiced, stone-faced scowling – often Don Draper look-a-likes who just strolled in from Central Casting. Good looks, good hair and height. They have an aloof, authoritative and self assured demeanor giving off the illusion that they possess some innate power and
Entrepreneurs — how do you know you’re on to something big? It’s when the media, and the gurus look at your new product category, and proclaim “It’s a scam! “ Usually it’s followed by predictions that people using your product will either lose their life savings or be hunted down and killed
Getting Past the Judges Entrepreneurs — you’ve got a startup venture with a cool idea and a product. Now you need a little funding to get to the next level. Maybe Angel funding? Perhaps you’ll apply to an accelerator that offers some investment money. Maybe enter a funding competition? It’s not a bad
Brad Feld – Venture Capitalist, Startup Advocate, Author
Brad Feld is a partner and co-founder of Foundry. He has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur for over 35 years, since founding his first company, Feld Technologies, in college. Brad is also a co-founder of Techstars and, with his wife Amy Batchelor,
Gary Lauder is the Managing Director of Lauder Partners LLC, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing in various realms of the technology field. He has been a venture capitalist since 1985, investing in over 150 private companies, and is an observer or member of about 7 of their boards.
The Complex VC Decision Process – Flowchart. Updated for 2022 – by CJ Cornell
Co-founder of BlogHer, The first social publishing platform for women creators. Co-Founder BrainTrust Founders Fund.
Lisa Stone is a Silicon Valley builder - with multiple exits - turned investor. Lisa has raised $100MM+ in venture investment for companies she founded or helped lead, and built five consumer movements (25–127MM unique visitors/month) using pricing, programs
Marianne Hudson leads the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the world’s leading professional and trade association focused on fueling the success of accredited angel investors and portfolio companies in high growth, early-stage ventures. ACA provides professional development, public policy advocacy and significant benefits and resources to its membership more than 13,000
Loretta McCarthy is Co-CEO and Managing Partner of Golden Seeds, an investment organization that invests in early-stage, women-led companies in the United States. Golden Seeds is one of the largest and most active angel investment networks in the country. The organization is recognized as a leader in the movement to
Steve Blank is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford and co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. He has been described as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship.
Credited with launching the Lean Startup movement and the curriculums for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps and Hacking for Defense and