Managing Director at Touchdown VC... interested in start-ups, corp innovation, travel, food, Michigan sports, my wife/kids (not necessarily in that order)
Philadelphia, PA
Joined June 2016
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Holy shit, Dick's Sporting Goods for the win on abortion access for its employees!!!👏👏👏
We are very proud of our colleague @realjackt for being named a corporate venture capital @GCVenturing Rising Star. Congratulations, Jack! Well deserved! @touchdown_vc buff.ly/34NnCmL
Come and join the great team at @touchdown_vc
@touchdown_vc is hiring several VC analysts: touchdownvc.com/talent/#appl…
If you are 1-3 years out of college and interested in venture capital - this a great opportunity for you! #hiring #venturecapital
Eric Budin retweeted
@touchdown_vc is hiring several VC analysts: touchdownvc.com/talent/#appl…
If you are 1-3 years out of college and interested in venture capital - this a great opportunity for you! #hiring #venturecapital
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“Corporates no longer see investments in innovative start-ups as discretionary.” @PwC on the resiliency and maturity of #CVC. @serge_reh buff.ly/2UUwZMo
“Firms can begin their journey of innovation with trend analysis to understand influential trends of the future and the innovation landscape in their industry” buff.ly/3jt1seB
How to avoid having to say “if only we had known we were about to get disrupted, we would have innovated” buff.ly/2SVRx63
“Execution is focused on immediate short term earnings today, whereas innovation looks further and pays dividends in the future.” buff.ly/3czaF0O
“Startups and VCs also need to realize that Africa’s leading corporates can unlock much more than capital for them.” buff.ly/3qxTUZL
"By the time a trend is established, any opportunities it presents have most likely been captured by competitors." @MartinKReeves, Kevin Whitaker, & Bob Goodson discuss the power of anomalies & how to identify them.
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“You cannot self-develop all the time. You have to go and get the solution outside” One reason Israeli Bank Hapoalim invests in startups. buff.ly/35ZUVjB
Great article on AgTech VC trends by my colleague @SelinaTroesch
2020 was a record year for Agriculture VC with $6B invested - check out my analysis of @PitchBook’s data on @AgriTechTmrw
As @msuster points out there are some great examples of good CVCs (like Comcast). Entrepreneurs need to evaluate potential CVCs individually, rather than make a category decision.
This is exactly why we started @touchdown_vc as I know you remember 😊
The state of CVC isn’t where it needs to be yet, but there’s been real progress over the past decade
This reminds me of our dialogue with @fredwilson on the same topic 👇🏼
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Building an ecosystem of startup partners can help companies grow their product of service platforms. My @touchdown_vc colleague @DanielDeeney explains the value of these ecosystems and how to create them buff.ly/2Mtxb16
Traceability in the supply chain, insights on product maintenance, improvements in aging in place @DanHerscovici on key IoT trends buff.ly/3fpiBDV
“Make sure that as you’re hiring people, you don’t give up on any of your core values.” @tgr buff.ly/2PmEQzi
“Not only can these firms share in the upside of the industry’s future through an investment in startup companies, but they can also keep a keen eye on what trends are emerging.” buff.ly/3cs7f06
“When innovation is treated as art or magic, there’s usually a lot of fun, a little bit of chaos and no ROI” @RM_Bolton on taking a more holistic approach to corporate innovation buff.ly/3dehOTA
