In this episode we cover:
- Finding early-stage companies across the country and being the bridge to Silicon Valley
- Having a great idea is different than building a successful company
- Three things necessary to build a great company: the capital, the people, and the playbook
Resources & People Mentioned
- Scopus Technologies, went public in 1995
- Octane Software, aquired by E.piphany
- Two Sierra portfolio companies that went public under Tim, Sourcefire and MakeMyTrip
- Cintrifuse in Cincinnati, OH
- Renaissance Venture Capital in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Shared portfolio company of Sierra and Refinery, Astronomer in Cincinnati, OH
- Treasure Data in Tokyo, Founded by Kaz, sold to SoftBank’s ARM group
- VC research databases: Pitchbook, Crunchbase
- Michael Driscoll, CEO - known by Tim and Scott Yara from Greenplum
- Sierra’s CXO Advisory Board
- Tim’s motoring adventure in Endurance Rally, 2019 - Peking to Paris
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