The Buddhist Monk Who Invested In Google – with Christine Comaford

Christine Comaford, Mighty Ventures, Funding, Women Founders

I did this interview in 2 parts. Part 1 is about Chrisine Comaford‘s biography. How she became a monk in the early part of her life and how she went on to launch a few internet companies and invest in others. Part 2 features her business advice based on her experiences with Steve Jobs, Andy Grove, Bill Gates and others.

Christine Comaford

Mighty Ventures

Christine Comaford is CEO of Mighty Ventures, an innovation accelerator which helps businesses to massively increase sales, product offerings, and company value.

 

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PicClick is a company launched by my buddy Ryan Sit. He is the guy who Craigslist banned when he created a visual way to search that site. But, Ryan is a fighter, man. So, he launched a new site. PicClick, which is a visual way to search EBay, Etsy, and other sites. PicClick is less than two years old and already it’s profitable. Way to go, Ryan....

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