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Around 2019, I thought it would be fun to take the companies in the Tweener List, find all their addresses and map it out. I immediately saw that on the Raleigh side of the Triangle, many of them were clustered in one area - I zoomed in, zoomed in further and at the epicenter of that explosion of Tweeners was what today we call Raleigh Founded. (old location, old name, but same vibes). Because of that, when you look at the list of people that have the biggest impact on the Triangle’s startup ecosystem, Jesse Lipson (Jes) is in the top 5. Not only is he a serial founder, but founding Raleigh Founded has had a profound impact by giving local startups not only a place to work, but a community that supports them, educates them and has a lot of success launching them onto the next step. On top of that, he’s always very generous of his time, does a lot of angel investing and with all that he has ever right to do some chest pounding, but he’s the most humble, approachable person you’ll ever meet. Speaking of being generous with his time, Jes sat down with me and told his story all the way through which was awesome as I've known him forever but heard a lot of new stories myself. We cover everything from his time at Duke, crypto, Progress ShareFile and, of course, Levitate. The pod is available in audio and video. Details here-> https://lnkd.in/ew2n-3Bi
Fractional CFO | Fund Manager | Venture Capitalist | Entrepreneur | Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA®) | Start-up Advisor | CPA
1moIncredible to see how one person’s vision can shape an entire startup ecosystem, Scot Wingo. Raleigh Founded is more than a workspace—it’s a launchpad for innovation and community