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
Bumblebee Max Effgen, June 27, 2011 Very excited to be working with the Brian Otis, Ken Myer, Henry Berg and Mike Clarke on the Bumblebee wireless sensor this summer. Apparently, you have to have 10 letters or less in your name to work on this project. Kidding aside, this is a very slick processor with some… 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
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
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
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
Blue Ocean Strategy vs The Art of War Max Effgen, April 26, 2010 One thing I know about myself is that I am better when I have a full plate. To stay busy, I enrolled in the Evening MBA program at University of Washington’s Foster School of Business last fall. I have been impressed with the curriculum and faculty. The Blue Ocean Strategy… Continue Reading