Atif Siddiqi, Founder/CEO of Branch: Episode 11, Execution is King
In this episode, Rob and Josef talk about the newly launched venture studio project that’s a social app for trading card collectors. They are joined by Atif Siddiqi, Founder and CEO of Branch. Atif is a former EIR of Idealab, a venture studio that has generated multiple unicorns. Branch came out of Atif’s time at Idealab, […]
Newsletter: Do you fit our investing themes?
Welcome back to the Great North Ventures newsletter! (Sign up here!) This month we have some advice for founders as well as an open call for funding applications. In the latest episode of “Execution is King” we talk with Jonathan Treble of PrintWithMe. Jonathan talks about his path from Wharton to Grubhub to CEO/founder, and shares […]
Jonathan Treble, PrintWithMe: Episode 6, Execution is King
In this episode, Rob and Josef talk about some Twitter controversy over founder extravagances, and the difference between, say, personal chefs at work used for recruiting, vs. buying a used fishing boat with your profits. This is something we looked into in a piece Rob wrote on BuiltIn, “The Weird and Wonderful Things Midwest Founders […]
Nick Moran, New Stack Ventures: Episode 3, Execution is King
Rob and Josef talk podcasts, and comes clean about his awkward intro to Nick Moran. Nick talks about his path to becoming a General Partner of New Stack Ventures and the host of The Full Ratchet podcast. We talk decision-making as investors, and advice for founders, including the most common mistake: building a product then […]
“Execution is King” – the Great North Ventures Podcast
It’s not what you know. It’s not who you know. It’s knowing how to put it all together. Execution is King. As founders, investors, and builders, we think execution is key to success. In our new podcast, we go in search of insight and lessons. This takes us to people who have been there before, […]
Founders or Investors: These are the top 5 signs a startup will succeed
As a tech founder and investor, I have spent a lot of time thinking about why some startups scale and why others fail. You have to when your livelihood is riding on whether or not you can execute. And when you’re putting other peoples’ money on the line, knowing what to do and being able […]
How Founders Spend Big Exit $$$, Flywheel, and St. Thomas: Innovation sans Full-Time MBA
Welcome back to the Great North Labs newsletter! With so many great startups getting acquired or going IPO lately, one wonders: What do founders do when they score these big windfalls? How Do Founders Spend Their Cash? Rob Weber was curious, so he asked other successful founders from the region about their post-exit strategies. Do […]