Venture Studio (19): Lee Hoffman, CEO of Veri

A few weekends ago I sat down with Lee Hoffman, CEO of Veri at TechStarsNYC headquarters during a gathering they were having for the outgoing crop of TechStars companies. (That’s what all the noise is in the background). Many thanks to Dave Tisch and his terrific team for setting this all up and accommodating us.

Lee is a very talented guy who is a both a developer and designer and I jokingly like to say that he and Reece Pacheco are part of a burgeoning “Brown University Mafia” that has descended in NYC of late. I not only learned a lot about Lee’s trajectory as an entrepreneur and about his extraordinary vision for Veri but unwittingly he ended up giving us all a master class on entrepreneurship through the telling of various stories of startups he was involved with, mistakes that were made and many of the ups and downs he's encountered.

You'll find the whole interview here at: Venture Studio

Venture Studio (17): Kevin Prentiss, CEO RedRover

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Kevin Prentiss, CEO of Red Rover, at Tech Stars NYC headquarters. Here’s another entrepreneur who “put it all on red” at one critical point in his company’s lifecycle. He’s got a great story- is on his fourth startup, and is an alumnus of TechStars NYC’s inaugural crop of companies. He also has the great distinction of being the only person I’ve spoken to who consciously teed-up his fourth startup by launching his third. That’s some high-level chess. Intrigued? I was too… Enjoy.

You'll find the full interview here at Venture Studio