Paul Singh has invested in over 1,500 companies across 50+ countries in 7 seven years. Paul is a Founder, Results Junkies. In a previous life he was Co-founding Partner of 500 Startups.
He is traveling across the country meeting startups on his epic tech tour . He’s in Columbus meeting (and investing) in any companies he can find from Nov 14-18th.
In this Q&A Ben Blanquera (curator of Columbus Startup Digest) and Paul will explore topics including:
Why now is the best time to start a company ? What traction to early-stage investors look for? Strategies to fund your startup? What kind of startup trends is Paul seeing across the nation on his tour.
About Paul:
Paul is an entrepreneur, speaker, investor and Airstreamer. Previously, Paul was a Managing Director at 1776 and a General Partner in 1776’s Seed Fund. Prior to 1776, Paul was the founder of Disruption Corporation (acquired by 1776) and general partner of Disruption’s post-seed venture capital arm, Crystal Tech Fund. Before that, Paul was a Partner at 500 Startups, an accelerator and venture firm headquartered in Silicon Valley that has invested in over 1,500 companies across 50+ countries. Paul has founded a few of his own startups (two successful exits and a number of failures in between) and spent some time at AOL, Carmax, PBworks and Symantec