Topics Covered
This is a highly focused publication on HR Tech and Automation.
It covers:
- Analysis of growth tactics in HR Tech, AI, and Robotics, historical
- Analysis of business models, cash flow, and performance in HR tech & Robotics
- Historical overview of certain tech trends, to help frame today
Background
Investing in growth-stage HR Tech startups through Corporate Venture Capital. Personally investing in ai and robotics.
Previously, early stage employee at Austin startups like uShip, BuildASign, and Indeed (around 200 people?), followed by a 3 year startup hiatus.
3x founder, 2x (small) exits.
Current and future San Francisco resident. Arrived after 14 years in Austin, Texas. Spent my adolescence in the Farmington Valley area of Connecticut.
My own startups have included, but not limited to:
- Evenlevel (2007) – a failed attempt to disrupt the used car industry.
- TweetRiver (2009) – a company to moderate tweets on TV. This became MassRelevance, which merged with Spredfast, which sold out to Lithium Technologies. I left well before it became MassRelevance.
- Experiment Engine (2014-2016) – A software platform to help Enterprise companies manage website a/b testing at scale. This was acquired by Optimizely.
- Various other attempts over the years, including an app to tell how long wait times were at restaurants, an SMS-based app to see how crowded bars were, a social beauty site, and a search engine for furniture.
Focus on Growth 