First-Time Founder Builds Two, $100+ Million Companies – with John Georges

John Georges, NextG Networks, Networking, Sell Your Business

How does a first-time entrepreneur end up building two companies that each sell for over $100 million? John Georges did it, and I invited him to Mixergy to find out how.

In 1996, he co-founded LGC Wireless, which offered indoor networking and sold in 2007 for about $170 million. In 2001, he launched NextG Networks, which offered aesthetically pleasing antennae to the cell phone industry and he sold 61% of it in 2009 for $360 million.

John Georges

NextG Networks

John Georges, Co-Founder of NextG Networks, continues to serve as Senior Advisor and Board Member of the company that improves the performance and aesthetics of mobile wireless infrastructure.

 

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