This is an interview with Paul Rudnick, a serial entrepreneur that is currently working on his 7th company. During our conversation we talk about his successes, failures and lessons learned. We also touch on the decision students face when graduating of joining a large corporation or starting their own businesses. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Paul was the manager for the core engineering team at 3Com and he is also part of the Advisory Board for the Comm Tech Mgmt program at USF.
During a break of the USFBusiness Plan Competition, a couple of students grabbed David Epstein - one of the judges for the competition. David is a general partner at Crosslink Capital and in this episode he talks about his experience funding new ventures and gives his confidence about the future of the entrepreneurial environment within the Bay Area (1 to 5 scale). For a transcript of the full interview click here.
Imagine you are an Entrepreneur trying to start your business and by coincidence you walk into an elevator with a potential investor. You only have 90 seconds to pitch your idea. What would you say? Tough, right? Well that is exactly what several teams participating in the USF International Business Plan Competition had to as their first challenge. These are some of the best pitches from that night:
This is an interview with Paul Rudnick, a serial entrepreneur that is currently working on his 7th company. During our conversation we talk about his successes, failures and lessons learned. We also touch on the decision students face when graduating of joining a large corporation or starting their own businesses. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Paul was the manager for the core engineering team at 3Com and he is also part of the Advisory Board for the Comm Tech Mgmt program at USF.
Imagine you are an