Trish Costello is founder and CEO of Portfolia, the leading venture investing platform designed for women. Trish founded Portfolia with a vision to activate the capital of women to invest in the companies we want in the world. Portfolia now has 13 funds and has made 92 investments in 66
And the 1 phrase you should say Today’s startup entrepreneurs — the one’s who are risking it all to build breakthrough products, with the potential the change the world and improve the lives of millions —they endure a more intensive kind of entrepreneurship. The pace, the stress, the uncertainty and the existential isolation,
Mark Moeremans serves as the Senior Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Venture Development at the Arizona Commerce Authority. An alum of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business Mark has brought his experience as a private equity operating executive to the public sector. An innovator and economic development leader, Mark oversees the
David S. Rose is an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and investor who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies. He has been described by Forbes as “New York’s Archangel”, by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering entrepreneur”, by Crain’s New York Business as “the father of angel investing
Jason Fried is the cofounder and president of Basecamp (formerly 37signals — and currently 37Signals! ) — a privately held Chicago-based company committed to building the best web-based tools possible with the least number of features necessary. With David Heinemeier Hansson, Fried is the coauthor of Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to
Heidi Roizen is a venture capitalist, corporate director and former technology CEO/entrepreneur. Today, Heidi is a partner at leading venture firm Threshold Ventures and serves as a board member for private companies Upside Foods, Lumity and Polarr, all in the Threshold portfolio. She is currently also an independent corporate director
Getting time and attention from experienced advisors is a rite of passage for the first-time entrepreneur. Entrepreneurial advisors provide everything from informed feedback, market validation and technical direction, to introductions that can lead to partnerships, investors and customers. Advisors are often former serial entrepreneurs themselves with well-earned battle scars from
Movies and TV shows/episodes for entrepreneurs. Some are good depictions (or parodies) of the entrepreneurial experience. Others are good examples of what NOT to do …
Chuck Eesley is an Associate Professor and W.M. Keck Foundation Faculty Scholar in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. As part of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, his research focuses on the role of the institutional and university environment in high-growth, technology entrepreneurship.
What’s the #1 phrase that kills ideas and derails entrepreneurs ? It’s not: “it can’t be done,” “that’s impossible” or even “give up!” People rarely say those boneheaded phrases anymore. In fact – they’re almost motivating challenges for entrepreneurs. No. The #1 phrase that kills innovation is:“We’re already doing that”