5 1/2 Questions from The Metapreneurs

“5-1/2 Questions” from CJ Cornell is a new series of mini-interviews with leaders in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem around the world. In less than a half-dozen short questions, we’ll try to learn more about each leader, and what makes them successful and unique.

The questions are designed a little like a “Magic Eight Ball” (my GenX colleagues know what this is): A set of questions, posed at random. Plus, at least one question, or half-question, is designed to find out something about their personality that most people might never suspect (I mean expect).

Who are The Metapreneurs?

The Metapreneurs are the dedicated, accomplished, and talented people in the entrepreneurship ecosystem who make 21st century entrepreneurship possible.

In their careers they have:

developed and refined the business models that customers now embrace without resistance or question,
built companies or products that are now the platforms on which modern entrepreneurs now build their products and businesses,
created best practices and methods, so new founders can start high growth companies with a greater chance of success,
some pioneered new business models, new markets and new technologies,
some were leaders who became the gold standard for managing and mobilizing great people, and
others have opened doors that seemed to be bolted shut; they opened doors the hard way – so they are now open forever.

The Metapreneurs influence, encourage, and accelerate entrepreneurship on a broader level, enabling thousands – millions – of founders to get started and succeed.

They make it possible for 21st Century Entrepreneurs to more easily translate their dreams into products, their products into companies, and their companies into missions and movements – making the world a more productive, safer, healthier, and happier place – in The Age of Metapreneurship.

5 1/2 Questions for Steve Blank

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Steve Blank is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford and co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. He has been described as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship.

Credited with launching the Lean Startup movement and the curriculums for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps and Hacking for Defense and Diplomacy, he’s changed how startups are built; how entrepreneurship is taught; how

5 1/2 Questions for Tom Byers

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At Stanford University since 1995, Professor Tom Byers focuses on education regarding principled entrepreneurship and responsible technology innovation. He is the first holder of the Entrepreneurship Professorship endowed chair in the School of Engineering and a Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. He has been a faculty director since the inception of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP),

5 1/2 Questions for Tom Duening

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Dr. Thomas Duening is the El Pomar Chair for Business & Entrepreneurship, associate professor of management, and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship - at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - College of Business.

5 1/2 Questions for Trish Costello

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Trish Costello is founder and CEO of Portfolia, the leading venture investing platform designed for women. Trish founded Portfolia with a vision to activate the capital of women to invest in the companies we want in the world. Portfolia now has 13 funds and has made 92 investments in 66 top innovative companies.

5 1/2 Questions for Mark Moeremans

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Mark Moeremans serves as the Senior Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Venture Development at the Arizona Commerce Authority. An alum of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business Mark has brought his experience as a private equity operating executive to the public sector. An innovator and economic development leader, Mark oversees the largest state-sponsored business plan competition in the country –

5 1/2 Questions for David S. Rose

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David S. Rose is an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and investor who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies. He has been described by Forbes as “New York’s Archangel”, by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering entrepreneur”, by Crain’s New York Business as “the father of angel investing in New York”, and by Red Herring magazine as “patriarch of Silicon Alley”.

Who are The Metapreneurs?

The Metapreneurs are the dedicated, accomplished, and talented people in the entrepreneurship ecosystem who make 21st century entrepreneurship possible.

The Metapreneurs influence, encourage, and accelerate entrepreneurship on a broader level, enabling thousands – millions – of founders to get started and succeed.

They make it possible for 21st Century Entrepreneurs to more easily translate their dreams into products, their products into companies, and their companies into missions and movements – making the world a more productive, safer, healthier, and happier place – in The Age of Metapreneurship.