Steve Hall, Rock Star Venture Capitalist Max Effgen, January 20, 2012June 14, 2023 Big thank you to Steve Hall for speaking at a pre-Snowpocalypse Rock Star Venture Capitalist on Tuesday, January 17. Steve brought a fresh perspective and practical advice in his “A VC’s Guide to Joining the Right Startup” presentation. After a brief introduction, Steve jumped in with why joining a startup… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading