In this 42-minute podcast, Scott Orn and I discuss all things Venture Capital, from careers to NYC’s growth to how to be the best board member you can be to the importance of diversity. The full transcript is also available on Kruze Consulting’s page.
I led the publication of a 47-page report on the state of VC and startups in New York City and the US East Coast. Since the publication in December 2019, NYC has continued to flourish. The startups that graduated to publicly held companies, such as Mongo, Datadog, and Peloton, have also continued to flourish. I …
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I’m honored to have been invited to the advisory board of Raines International, one of the premier executive search firms dating back to 1969. With offices in New York City, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chicago, and San Francisco, Raines offers its services across healthcare, financial services, CPG retail, private equity, industrial, and innovation. See the press …
In January 2018, I joined the board of Unacast. Unacast is a NYC-based company originally founded in Oslo, Norway. The founders, Thomas and KJ, were on the founding team of Tidal, acquired by Jay Z. As repeat entrepreneurs, Thomas and KJ are on a mission to build a company that far surpasses Tidal in terms …
Drop Loyalty started when Derrick Fung was an Entrepreneur in Residence when I was at White Star Capital. It brings back joyful memories recalling the discussions Derrick and I had as we discussed his entrepreneurial ideas. Since those discussions, Derrick launched Drop Loyalty, raised VC rounds with NEA, RBC, Sierra Ventures, HOF Capital, and ff …
mnubo, whose name was borrowed from machine learning in Esperanto, allows the manufacturers of IoT devices to harness the power of their data. Clients use cases include: Energy, HVAC & Building Improve energy efficiency, reduce the cost of truck rolls and enhance customer comfort Smart Home Reduce customer churn, enable proactive marketing and servicing, and …
With our hot off the presses report on the state of VC and startups in NYC and the US East Coast, I spoke live on Cheddar to discuss the state of VC and startups specifically in NYC. NYC is #3 in the world year-to-date in 2019 behind only San Francisco and Beijing.
Following our report on the state of VC and startups in the US East Coast, I was interviewed by Boston Business Journal on the state of VC and startups in Boston.
In this engaging appearance on Cheddar, I discuss Peloton’s upcoming IPO, some cohort analysis, and future prospects.
In this article, AlleyWatch interviews me to get my thoughts on the growth of the NYC startup & VC ecosystem and the rapid rise of White Star Capital’s presence in NYC.
This was a particularly fun appearance because the interview happened mere seconds after the 4pm closing bell on the NYSE floor. It was a good day on the market and so the traders were celebrating after a successful day. In this appearance, I discuss Amazon’s acquisition of Eero as well as Amazon Whole Foods increasing …
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In this live appearance on CheddarTV, I discuss the current state of the IPO market and the startups that are coming up as the next IPOs.
As a service to the NYC CEO ecosystem, I published this article in VentureBeat addressing a key issue that I hear every day from CEOs: “I have all the capital I need for this round of financing. All I need is a lead!” I keep the spreadsheet updated in this google doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h9NxVgQ7MvpVp3vtXoOZ6jTzi2oUe65Sr-1tty11ink/edit#gid=1360399923
Filmed at the Nasdaq studio at Times Square, I had the joy of sharing my views on Venture Capital with Nicole Petallides on the TDAmeritrade Network. We discussed my interest in startups focused on data privacy protection/GDPR, disrupting JC Decaux, and disrupting GLG.
I was honoured to be selected one of the top 50 NYC Tech Influencers, the people driving NYC Technology. The Movers. The Shakers. The Catalysts. The Innovators. The people Driving NYC Tech. #2019AW50. My exact profile is here, and the page is archived here.
According to BuzzSumo, this article has been shared 2000 times – that’s my personal record. In this article, I published my reaction to a comment a highly-regarded VC made in a fireside chat at a major conference, where she said that it’s obvious that women start startups in social & e-commerce. Many of the women …
At this event that I co-hosted with the Dean of Mathematics of the University of Waterloo, I presented my views on the layers of bias faced by highly technical women who are founders of highly technical companies. The presentation is based on an article I published in Entrepreneur.com
I’m honored to have been part of class 19 of the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program. My classmates rock! Founded in 1994, Kauffman Fellows is a Silicon Valley-based leadership program for venture capitalists and innovators of all kinds. The more than 400 graduates from this two-year apprenticeship, together known as the Kauffman Fellows Society, now lead …
In this article in Business Insider, I address a pet peeve that I see in too many slide decks from startups. TL;DR: make sure the x and y axes in your competitive analysis slide are truly the two key reasons why your customers/users choose your company’s product over the competition.
I originally posted on Medium and LinkedIn, then VentureBeat reached out and asked to publish this article on their site. When I published this article, chatbots was an early emerging sector of technology.
Unacast is a fast-growing data platform focused on human mobility data. They’ve built the Real World Graph to deliver insights to the verticals of retail, transportation, travel & tourism, supply logistics, and brands. Over 40% of their engineering team are women. I am proud to be a board member.
Drop is both a B2C mobile app and a B2B platform for brands. I’m honoured to be a board observer at Drop where the company continues to grow at impressive scale!
In this podcast with Kent Lindstrom on Something Ventured, I ignore the fact that I primarily focus on the US. In honour of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to the US, Kent and I discuss Canadian entrepreneurship and VC.
In this podcast with angel investor and Columbia Business School’s Dave Lerner, Dave and I discuss some of the ins and outs of venture capital and entrepreneurship.
In this podcast hosted by John Livesay, we discuss my career path into VC, how to be a good board members, the Kauffman Fellows, and many other topics.
Salesfloor started as a novel technology solution to enable retailers and retail store associates to earn revenue through customized pages, created by associates, that in many ways simulated many in-store experiences that customers have with associates. Since its early days, Salesfloor has expanded to a full suite of products including Clienteling, POS, Analytics, Product Catalog …
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~5 of the best years of my professional life (prior to White Star) were spent at Atlas aka AtlasDMT, a division of aQuantive. We were a big data and analytics company, with a particular focus on adtech. Microsoft acquired us for over $6 billion in my last year at the company before going to grad …
mnubo is a White Star Capital portfolio company that I work closely with. The company is transforming how IoT manufacturers use their data. It is at the intersection of IoT, Cloud, and Big Data.
KeyMe is a White Star Capital portfolio company that is bringing IoT to one of the oldest industries: locksmiths.
I have volunteered 3 years in a row at the Canadian Club of New York’s annual fundraiser. The money goes to Ice Hockey in Harlem, the annual Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research and Canada’s National Ballet School. I’ve volunteered the last 2 years as a judge for Startup Chile. I judged a startup competition at Puerto Rico’s H3 Conference, where the …