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 Jason Fried

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Jason Fried is the cofounder and president of Basecamp (formerly 37signals — and currently 37Signals! ) — a privately held Chicago-based company committed to building the best web-based tools possible with the least number of features necessary. With David Heinemeier Hansson, Fried is the coauthor of Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application; Remote: Office Not Required; and the New York Times bestseller Rework.

5 1/2 Questions for Swati Chaturvedi

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Swati Chaturvedi is the co-founder and CEO of Propel(x) — an investment platform that enables accredited investors worldwide to invest in startups and venture capital funds. Ms. Chaturvedi has a long history of working in the alternative investments space and is the founder of the MIT Alumni Angel Investors group. She founded and led the group 2013–2015, and continues to be on the screening committee.

5 1/2 Questions for Heidi Roizen

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Heidi Roizen is a venture capitalist, corporate director and former technology CEO/entrepreneur. Today, Heidi is a partner at leading venture firm Threshold Ventures and serves as a board member for private companies Upside Foods, Lumity and Polarr, all in the Threshold portfolio. She is currently also an independent corporate director for DMGT, Invitation Homes (NYSE:INVH) and Planet (NYSE:PL).

5 1/2 Questions for Tim Kelley

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Tim Kelley has over 25 years of experience as an Entrepreneur in Construction, Education, Finance, Real Estate and Software in Mexico, South America, the US and Africa (Angola). He has raised more than $100 million dollars, managed more than $200 million in projects and has built more than 10 companies with hundreds of employees. Tim is current Chair of Entrepreneurship at Grand Canyon University and Chair of Canyon Angels. He and his wife also own Spanish Immersion Preschools and Tim is a Minor Partner in a Multibillion Dollar Real Estate Fund.

5 1/2 Questions for Chuck Eesley

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Chuck Eesley is an Associate Professor and W.M. Keck Foundation Faculty Scholar in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. As part of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, his research focuses on the role of the institutional and university environment in high-growth, technology entrepreneurship.

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.