We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Metric. It is our 22nd investment so far (portfolio here). The company offers a platform to measure, benchmark, and improve ESG performance for private companies and investors. One of
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Angel Investment: Capchase
We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Capchase. It is our 21st investment so far (portfolio here). The company offers to SaaS companies a founder-friendly financing vehicle and has experienced incredible growth. One of my
Being Bravey, Remembering Dr. King
I recently read Olympic champion Alexi Pappas’ book Bravey, and so, courage has been on my mind. run like a bravey, sleep like a baby, dream like a crazy, replace cant with maybe through sunny & shady. — Alexi Pappas (@AlexiPappas) August 31, 2014 I find that it’s easy to talk about courage, but it’s
‘Why Not You?’ and Dan Primack’s Peloton Ride
As I told my HBS students, it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do for my career. And, it was a process to take on risk. Over time, however, I’ve subscribed to the view of “Why not you?” (taken from the 2004 Red Sox). More below. I had an extremely
Tony Hsieh
I never met Tony Hsieh (pronounced “shay”). But we were in an investment together decades ago, before there was a Zappos, before he was famous, and during the Dot-Com Bubble. When I was working on an investment (Ask Jeeves, which went IPO), I saw “Venture Frogs” listed on the cap table. I asked Rob Wrubel,
Angel Investment: Finmark
We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Finmark. It is our 18th investment so far (portfolio here). Co-Founders Rami Essaid and Greg Lissy are experienced and very thoughtful. I met Greg through the The Reflective Leader