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Matt McIlwain, Rock Star Venture Capitalist

Max Effgen, November 9, 2011December 2, 2013

Many, many thanks to Matt McIlwain for speaking at Rock Star Venture Capitalist on November 7. Matt has a reputation for bringing his “A game” and this was no exception. Approximately 65 people from cross-sections of UW and the Seattle startup community took in Matt’s observations of the ingredients of…

Greg Gottesman at RSVC2

Max Effgen, May 15, 2011

Start-Up Culture by VC Greg Gottesman from Foster School of Business on Vimeo. Last month Greg Gottesman accepted my invitation and spoke at Rock Star Venture Capitalist #2. He did an awesome job going through 13 characteristics of great companies as he has observed through his many years in the…

Thanks Greg Gottesman!

Max Effgen, April 13, 2011December 2, 2013

A big thank you to Greg Gottesman for speaking at my Rock Star Venture Capitalist Series last night. The Paccar Hall room was packed with MBA’s, biotech PhD’s, Computer Science graduate and undergraduates as well as folks from Cheezburger and the Seattle startup community. Greg gave an excellent talk on…

Max Effgen

Max Effgen

I build and grow technology companies as an entrepreneur and angel investor, backing early-stage startups in AI, health & wellness, ultra-low power radio, and enterprise software. I test performance gear the same way I evaluate companies: what actually works in the real world.

Measure what matters. Your body keeps score.

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