))
Episode 33 - Glenn Argenbrigth Founder of Quake VC
Manage episode 363092676 series 3404720
Inhoud geleverd door Marcus Magarian. Alle podcastinhoud, inclusief afleveringen, afbeeldingen en podcastbeschrijvingen, wordt rechtstreeks geüpload en geleverd door Marcus Magarian of hun podcastplatformpartner. Als u denkt dat iemand uw auteursrechtelijk beschermde werk zonder uw toestemming gebruikt, kunt u het hier beschreven proces https://nl.player.fm/legal volgen.
We welcome Glenn Argenbrigth, a start-up founder and the founder of the Venture Capital firm Quake a VC that invests at the Seed Stage. We discuss the topics of the venture capital and start-up world today and his views on the start-up scene. Quake is a global player with offices in the US and Europe.
Glenn has over 25 years of experience operating and running various private, pre-IPO, and public technology companies. He has founded over a dozen startup ventures, resulting in three public offerings, nine exits, and billions in shareholder returns. His background includes expertise and projects in software, firmware, middleware, hardware, enterprise, SaaS, consumer goods, and Web and mobile applications.
Early in his career, he co-founded Mediaplex, one of the original online ad-serving platforms. The Company went on to a successful IPO, with a valuation in excess of $4.5 Billion. It was later acquired and is now part of the ValueClick family of companies. Other notable exits include Intellicom - acquired by Softnet Systems; Jotter - acquired by Saflink; and SFLK - where he restructured the business and successfully relisted the Company on NASDAQ, where the valuation climbed from roughly $18M to over $425M.
In addition to his work in the areas of finance and operations, Mr. Argenbright has extensive experience in business development, marketing, and distribution across many verticals. In commerce, he’s negotiated agreements with Walmart, K-Mart, Target, Price / Costco, Sam’s Club, Walgreens, Phar-Mor Drugs, Sav-On, Toys-R-Us, Kay-Bee Toys, and Shop at Home. In tech, he’s forged strategic partnerships with Apple, Microsoft, VISA, Unisys, and Accenture. In entertainment he’s worked with VIACOM, Sony / Tri-Star / Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Company, and many others.
Glenn has appeared as a guest lecturer at numerous universities and startup events throughout the U.S. In addition, he’s been interviewed for both print and television, including Barron’s, Bloomberg, Business Week, CNBC, CNN, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fox Business, Fox News, Inc. Magazine, Wired, and many others.
36 afleveringen
Delen
