Interview Begins: 6:16
Debrief: 37:03

Michael Cohn and Sean O’Brien are the Managing Directors of Overline.

Overline is an Atlanta-based, founder-operator led venture capital firm focused on investing in seed-stage businesses, primarily in Atlanta and the Southeast region of the United States. We partner with founders throughout their seed stage and lead investments ranging from $250K to $1.5 million.

Prior to Overline, Michael served as both a managing director for Techstars Atlanta and the co-founder of Cloud Sherpas, which was acquired by Accenture. And Sean served as Chief Strategy Officer at PGi.

We discuss:

• Focus on Overline 9:34
• Growth in Atlanta 13:38
• What makes a good seed lead? 15:22
• Sell Discipline 17:46
• Launching and angel investing 22:12
• Founder Operator 25:56
• Hands on, Lean in Strategy 28:20
• Geographical Investment 33:35

Overline was founded in 2019 and based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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