The Contagious Energy Of The Man Who Invested In Evite, Stubhub & Other Pioneers – with Jon Staenberg

Jon Staenberg, Staenberg Ventures, Funding, Outsourcing

Spend a few minutes listening to Jon Staenberg in this interview and see if you’re not ready to go out and invent the future. He has a contagious energy.

The other thing you’ll hear in this interview is how he surrounds himself with innovators. I asked him to teach how he connects with the people at companies like Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and Zinga.

Finally, I asked him to tell us how he manages businesses remotely, like the Argentine vineyard he invested in, which was led by someone he talked to for just a few hours.

Jon Staenberg

Staenberg Ventures

Jon Staenberg is a Managing Partner at Staenberg Ventures and Rustic Canyon. He has worked with venture-backed companies for 20 years in several capacities – as founder, manager and venture capitalist.

 

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