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
Scott McNealy
Co-Founder, Former Chairman of the Board, and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Co-Founder, and Board Member, Curriki — Our Children’s Future, Our Future
Scott McNealy is an outspoken advocate for personal liberty, small government, and free-market competition. In 1982, he co-Founded Sun Microsystems and served as CEO and Chairman of the Board for
Entrepreneur, Investor, and President at Y Combinator.
Geoff has been president of Y Combinator since early 2019. He has been with YC for over ten years, joining Paul Graham as one of the first non-founder partners in 2011. Geoff has worked with hundreds of YC companies like Stripe, Gingko, Clever, Helion
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
David Cohen – Entrepreneur, Investor, and Founder and Chairman at Techstars.
David Cohen is the Founder and Chairman at Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. David has been an entrepreneur and investor for his entire life. He has only had one job interview in his career, successfully got that
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