John Sechrest

John Sechrest

Managing Director at Mossy Ventures
Greater Seattle Area

John Sechrest is Managing Director at Mossy Ventures, co-organizer at Lean Startup Seattle, founder of Seattle Angel Conference, co-founder of Startup Investor Accelerator, and mentor at Startup Mentor. He founded Seattle Angel Conference and Startup Investor Accelerator, both still running, and previously founded City Club of Corvallis. His expertise includes small business and startup development, impact investing, economic development, event organization, and instruction in startup methodologies.

Investor Acceleration talk at Alhambra Ventures by John Sechrest

Local ecosystems often have programs to help entrepreneurs get going. However, there are often not programs to grow local pre-seed capital. This is an overview of the Startup Investor Accelerator efforts. Growing new Angel Investors to increase local Angel Investing with a program to give strong feedback to entrepreneurs to help them solidify their company.

Organizations

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  • Mossy Ventures Managing Director 2021–present · current
  • Startup Investor Accelerator Co-Founder 2021–present · current
  • Lean Startup Seattle Co-organizer 2011–present · current

Education

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign BS, Math/CS · 1976–1980
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Math / Computer Science

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