Sep 15, 2020
S1 Ep 4. Tim Guleri: Sierra Ventures
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
Connect with Tim Guleri
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