New investment: Chloe & Isabel, a direct sales platform for fashion jewelry
One thing that we investors always look for in entrepreneurs is deep domain knowledge paired with an extreme passion for the product. And it is hard to find somebody more knowledgeable and passionate about fashion jewelry than Chantel Waterbury, the CEO and founder of Chloe & Isabel. Chantel has worked more than a decade for […]
Advisors
At a mentoring session at GROW I was asked about advisors and what entrepreneurs had to keep in mind when forming an advisory board. Here are a few quick tips: You want to focus on few but really engaged advisors – having 2-3 people that can help you on a weekly basis is much more […]
New investment: Mobile loyalty platform RewardLoop
I am very happy to announce a new investment today: RewardLoop is a mobile loyalty platform that enables a merchant of any size to launch and manage a card-less loyalty program for the mobile era. There are a few things that got me very excited about Vancouver-based RewardLoop. First and most importantly, the company founders […]
On innovation in start-ups
One of the most impressive pieces on innovation I recently read was Jeff Bezos‘ answer to a shareholder question at the last annual meeting. The question was: Amazon seems to be executing well lately — is the company taking enough risks? Added the shareholder, “If it’s still Amazon’s philosophy to make bold bets, I would […]
Investor updates
Keeping your investors in the loop about how things are going is one of the most important tasks for a start-up CEO. You want not only avoid surprises but also engage them as much as possible so they can provide timely advice and input into strategic decisions. Here is what I usually recommend as best […]