I spent the first 25 years of my career in large multi-billion dollar, multi-national corporations. I managed thousands of people in dozens of countries with budgets in the hundreds of millions. Although I thought of myself as entrepreneurial, I didn’t have much prior startup experience when I struck out on my own to found ShopAdvisor, a shopping experience that deepens reader engagement in tablet magazines.
I had some hesitation about how applicable my experience would be in the land of incubators, hyper-speed pivots, and capital preservation. I received both encouragement and cautionary advice from some of the most successful local VCs, who were willing to help with seemingly no vested interest.
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