Skip to content
That's How I Rollerboard…

The Official Blog of Max Effgen

That's How I Rollerboard…

The Official Blog of Max Effgen

Tag: Brad Feld

How to Look Smarter than Your Lawyer and VC

Max Effgen, June 1, 2011

Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s book Venture Financings: How to Look Smarter than Your Lawyer and VC is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. I am looking forward to it having taking a venture financing class as part of my MBA this year. The more you know about venture financing,…

Continue Reading

Hitting home

Max Effgen, April 21, 2011December 2, 2013

Brad Feld wrote a post yesterday that really hit home: Feld Thoughts: A Message to Graduating MBAs. My career has been conventional and unconventional with the goal of always remaining relevant. For a long time this was implementing CRM systems. First Siebel then Motive. I worked my tail off with…

Continue Reading

Even monkeys fall from trees

Max Effgen, February 15, 2011

Great post from Garr Reynolds on courage and determination. Check Presentation Zen: Before success comes the courage to fail Recently, I have been having similar conversations a lot. Brad Feld, my wife (who does not read my blog) and I were talking about marathon running. All three of us had…

Continue Reading

Thanks Brad!

Max Effgen, January 12, 2011January 12, 2022

Huge thank you to Brad Feld for accepting my invitation to come talk to UW. In spite of the snow, which ridiculously shuts the city down, approximately 80 people from MBAs, biotech PhD candidates, computer science graduate students, VCs, entrepreneurs and the local startups Impinj, BigDoor made their way to…

Continue Reading

Max Effgen

Max Effgen

Builds and grows technology companies as an entrepreneur and angel investor backing early-stage companies in AI, health and wellness, ultra-low power radio, and enterprise software. Snowboarding, baseball, swimming, running, coaching, photography, backpacking and skyscraper stair climbs happen off the clock. Also, I am a SABR Contributor, live in Seattle and from Chicago.

Tags

amazon apple autograph aws azure baseball beach boys behavioral books Brad Feld christmas cloud coffee collection computing CRM enterprise entrepreneurship eyeglasses fenwick Forbes Gist google Inc. interviewing microsoft Mobile photography reads REI Rock Star Venture Capitalist sales sales enablement salesforce.com seattle social startup TechCrunch techflash thoughts UW wallpaper weekend/coffee WSJ zappos

Contact Details

  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • About.me
  • Salmon Bay Photography
  • Categories

    • Baseball (19)
    • cloud (41)
    • CRM (104)
    • IT (8)
    • Mobile (9)
    • Photography (21)
    • reads (75)
    • Recipes (3)
    • Rock Star Venture Capitalist (5)
    • thoughts (111)
    • Uncategorized (51)
    • weekend/coffee (68)
    ©2025 That's How I Rollerboard… | WordPress Theme by SuperbThemes