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From Madrona to Pioneer Square Labs: Greg Gottesman’s Venture Playbook
In this episode of Direct Edge, Wilson speaks with Greg Gottesman, veteran investor, entrepreneur and co-founder of Pioneer Square Labs. With more than 25 years of experience on both sides of the venture table and a quarter-century teaching entrepreneurship at the University of Washington, Greg walks us through the lessons he’s learned, from the importance of self-awareness and assembling complementary teams to the idea that everyone in an organization is, in one way or another, a salesperson. Drawing on stories from his days at Madrona Venture Group through the runaway success of Rover and the emergence of AWS, Greg shows…
Founding Rover and the business model behind Pioneer Square Labs, a conversation with Greg Gottesman
Brought to you by TiE Seattle Hosts: Shirish Nadkarni and Gowri Shankar Guest: Greg Gottesman Producers: Minee Verma and Eesha Jain Learn about the founding of Rover and how it scaled its service to form the largest pet sitting service in the country, Explore the business model behind Pioneer Square Labs and how they incubate new companies. Greg Gottesman is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of PSL. Prior to PSL, Greg served as one of the three initial Managing Directors of Madrona Venture Group, where he worked for almost 20 years. He also co-founded and led Madrona Venture Labs. Greg…
2:32 Julie Sandler, Pioneer Square Labs
DARE speaks with Julie Sandler, Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs and co-founding general partner of PSL's venture capital firm, PSL Ventures. The firm invests in companies all over the Pacific Northwest region. Julie has a long-standing interest in digital solutions serving women and underserved communities. Prior to PSL, Julie was a partner at Madrona Venture Group and managed digital marketing for Amazon’s ebook business worldwide. Julie was named a “Power 100” influencer in the Puget Sound Business Journal, voted “Geek of the Year” by GeekWire, named an AdWeek “Brand Star” for her work with underrepresented entrepreneurs, voted GeekWire’s “Hire…
Don’t Sleep on Seattle Startups | Vivek Ladsariya (Managing Director, Pioneer Square Labs)
This week on The Data Minute, Peter sits down with Vivek Ladsariya, Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs, for a deep dive into the Seattle startup ecosystem and the evolving world of venture studios. Vivek breaks down why Seattle has become the quiet giant of AI infrastructure, holding the second-highest concentration of AI talent in the US, and explains why the "locked up" talent at Amazon and Microsoft is finally breaking free. He also gives a candid assessment of the venture studio model, why many studios are "zombies," how AI is forcing them to pivot to a holding company structure…
Pioneer Square Labs
This week our partners chat with Greg Gottesman, Managing Director & Co-Founder at Pioneer Square Labs, a startup studio and venture capital fund based in Seattle, WA.
Founding Rover and the business model behind Pioneer Square Labs, a conversation with Greg Gottesman
New episode location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gjMWcuEmA&list=PLqH2XogpwLRmYvCCxOj-W-eOAlCrhrk7i&index=2 Brought to you by TiE Seattle Hosts: Shirish Nadkarni and Gowri Shankar Guest: Greg Gottesman Producers: Minee Verma and Eesha Jain Learn about the founding of Rover and how it scaled its service to form the largest pet sitting service in the country, Explore the business model behind Pioneer Square Labs and how they incubate new companies. Greg Gottesman is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of PSL. Prior to PSL, Greg served as one of the three initial Managing Directors of Madrona Venture Group, where he worked for almost 20 years. He also co-founded and led…
T.A. McCann
In this episode of the What Fuels You Podcast, Shauna talks with T.A. McCann, managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, a startup studio and venture capital firm. They discuss T.A.'s background in sailing, winning the America’s Cup, swimming, his successful career in startups, and his tips for staying healthy and productive. This episode covers topics such as entrepreneurship, validation of startup ideas, time management, and health and human performance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ignite's Meet the Investor with Greg Gottesman of Pioneer Square Labs
Catch the replay of the October 2021 edition of Ignite's Meet the Investor program featuring Greg Gottesman, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Pioneer Square Labs and Co-Founder of Rover.com. Meet the Investor is sponsored by Witherspoon Kelley.
Think Tank Ep. 4 - Building Centers for Digital Innovation w/ Julie Sandler of Pioneer Square Labs
What happens when you bring together two bright minds to tackle health care’s biggest challenges? This isn’t your typical brainstorm among healthcare experts. This is a supercharged session between two minds that work in similar, but very disparate industries. Our guests talk about a broad challenge they face and discuss how they’ve approached the problem in their respective fields. The magic? To see how their approaches to a challenge can be applied to another industry to spark new avenues of innovation. This series is all about creating synergy between two different, but very like-minded healthcare and tech experts. In our…
Fireside Chat with Julie Sandler
Julie Sandler from Pioneer Square Labs and Josh Williams from Seattle Bank discuss trends in startup financing, angel investing and venture capital.
Julie Sandler
Julie is a managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, and runs the firm's venture capital arm, PSL Ventures. Prior to PSL, Julie was a partner at Madrona Venture Group, where she led the firm’s investments in Integris, Poppy, and Julep. In 2013, Julie launched the Seattle Entrepreneurial Women’s Network, an informal forum for women entrepreneurs and startup executives to connect in the Greater Seattle area. She currently resides in Seattle with her husband, Alejandro, and their toddler son and newborn daughter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ben Gilbert
Ben Gilbert’s had the entrepreneurial bug since he was young, starting with building his high school website and developing apps in his college dorm room. Since then, Ben has worked at several incredible startups, become Co-founder of Pioneer Square Labs, Co-host for popular venture capital podcast, Acquired, and was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017. Ben attributes much of his success to always “having two careers at once” by working on side projects and being fueled by a sense of accomplishment. In this episode, Ben talks about his first app, SeizeTheDay, that was downloaded over a million times…
Never Stop Being Curious | Greg Gottesman
We're kicking off 2019 Creator Institute podcast with a longtime friend of mine Greg Gottesman - a managing director and co-founder of Pioneer Square Labs. Prior to PSL, Greg served as one of the three initial Managing Directors of Madrona Ventures Group, where he worked for almost 20 years. Check it out! #EricKoester #CreatorInstitute #Podcast FOLLOW ERIC KOESTER FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2ONpDSk LINKEDIN: http://bit.ly/2BurtG1 INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2PrQhBk TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2OT77In FOLLOW CREATOR INSTITUTE FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2N5upua LINKEDIN: http://bit.ly/2nWGOpk TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2nTNVi7
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Geoff Entress Founder, Co-founder and Venture Partner
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Greg Gottesman Founder, Managing Director, Co-Founder
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Julie Sandler Founder, Co-founder & General Partner, PSL Ventures, Former Managing Director , Venture Partner (upcoming), Venture Partner, Managing Director, PSL
