Investment Thesis
What Neal Looks For
“Investing in the future I want, not the one I have to accept.”
— S9 · Ep 12
“Sometimes incredible founders have a way of hiding their power level.”
— S9 · Ep 4
“I focus on investing in companies that have an unfair advantage in customer acquisition.”
— S9 · Ep 7
About Neal Sáles-Griffin
Neal Sáles-Griffin is an entrepreneur, teacher, and nonprofit leader. He co-founded the first beginner-focused in-person coding bootcamp, and ran for mayor of Chicago in 2019. He's currently the Managing Director of the Techstars Chicago accelerator as well as the Techstars Rising Stars fund, and is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering where he teaches entrepreneurship.
Episodes
Top episodes featuring Neal14 episodes
S9HandsDown: The Accelerator Pitch
S9 · Ep 10Listen →
S9Get Lost in the AWSM Sauce
S9 · Ep 3Listen →
S9FundedDotcal: The Calendar Wars
S9 · Ep 6Listen →
S9Brevity: Your AI Pitch Coach
S9 · Ep 14Listen →
S9FundedDressd: Red Carpet or Red Ocean?
S9 · Ep 4Listen →
S9FundedModern Picnic: Surviving the Adpocalypse
S9 · Ep 9Listen →
S9FundedTether: Bodyguard of the Grid
S9 · Ep 2Listen →
S9Terrascope: A Computer Vision Tale
S9 · Ep 7Listen →
S9FundedJosh Pitches The Pitch
S9 · Ep 1Listen →
S9Teffola: Granola Guy Approved
S9 · Ep 5Listen →
S9Natrion: The Holy Grail of Battery Tech
S9 · Ep 12Listen →
S9Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?
S9 · Ep 11Listen →
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