In this episode we cover:

• Finding early-stage companies across the country and being the bridge to Silicon Valley  
• Having a great idea is different than building a successful company
• Three things necessary to build a great company: the capital, the people, and the playbook

Resources & People Mentioned

• Scopus Technologies, went public in 1995
• Octane Software, aquired by E.piphany
• Two Sierra portfolio companies that went public under Tim, Sourcefire and MakeMyTrip
• Cintrifuse in Cincinnati, OH
• Renaissance Venture Capital in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Shared portfolio company of Sierra and Refinery, Astronomer in Cincinnati, OH
• Treasure Data in Tokyo, Founded by Kaz, sold to SoftBank’s ARM group
• VC research databases: Pitchbook, Crunchbase
• Michael Driscoll, CEO - known by Tim and Scott Yara from Greenplum
• Sierra’s CXO Advisory Board
• Tim’s motoring adventure in Endurance Rally, 2019 - Peking to Paris

Connect with Tim Guleri

• Follow Tim Guleri on Twitter: @timguleri
• Connect with Tim Gueleri on LinkedIn
• Sierra Ventures Website

Connect with Tim Schigel

• Follow Refinery Ventures on Twitter: @RefineryVC
• Connect with Tim on LinkedIn
• Follow Refinery Ventures on LinkedIn

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