Michael Seibel is CEO of Y Combinator Core. He sold Twitch, the startup he co-founded, to Amazon for $1 Billion in 2014. He was also a founder of SocialCam, acquired for $60 million. In a recent blog post he shared his story of being kicked out of Yale for poor grades then bouncing back from […]
Below is a summary of an interview with the prominent Seattle tech investor Chris Devore. Jasper Kuria did the in-person interview and Chris Sheppard contributed to the summary. Chris DeVore is Managing Director of Techstars Seattle, the Pacific Northwest’s most selective startup accelerator, and also co-founder and Managing Partner of Founders’ Co-op, the region’s […]
David Cohen is the Founder and co-CEO of Techstars, a 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 job but then quit shortly thereafter to start his first company. Since then, he has […]
Silicon Valley based Jorn Lyseggen is the founder and CEO of the Meltwater Group which he bootstrapped to $200 million in annual revenue. In 2008 he started the MEST tech startup incubator in Accra, Ghana. Jorn has also founded three other successful startups, including one IPO. He is South Korean by birth but grew […]
Paul Buchheit is a partner at Y Combinator and an angel investor in over 200 companies, with 29 exits. He was employee #23 at Google where he created Gmail and also came up with the “Don’t be evil” motto. He shares his early Google experiences and key investing insights with Capital & Growth. Any guess what […]
Jon Staenberg is a prominent angel investor in Seattle. He was previously a partner at Rustic Canyon, a venture capital firm, and invested in over 200 companies including Facebook. Jon is an entrepreneur as well and founded Hand of God wines in 2005. As a frequent sponsor of startup events in Seattle, he can often […]
Gil Penchina is the top ranked angel investor on AngelList. He has invested in over 100 companies including 5 unicorns. He sat down with Capital & Growth to share his thoughts on investing and the startup landscape. We usually start our interviews with the Rapid Fire Response, Good or Evil Round. We make a startup-related statement on […]
