Bambi Francisco Roizen

Lover of life

Vator

MarketWatch

I want to change the world.

One day it feels like you're on top of the world. The next day, it feels like it's all over.

They don't realize that entrepreneurship is a journey and often a long and hard slog.

The team is critical. Know which skills are needed to get your business off the ground and find people with those skills. Don't take "a lot" of money, early on. It only creates a higher return hurdle for you, and often adds undue pressure. Most businesses take time to bake and take multiple iterations on the product and business model to get it right. If you take too much money early on, it just means you'll make more expensive mistakes.

I have a dream.

Vator was a side project of mine that was a mere concept while I was a columnist/correspondent at Dow Jones MarketWatch. It was originally started to help me vet the many startups pitching me while I was a journalist. It was designed to ensure that those I couldn't cover would have a platform for others to find them. I left in April 2007 and launched Vatortv in June 2007.

At Dow Jones, I covered Internet trends and investments across the public and private sectors. I was a morning business anchor for KPIX (the local CBS affiliate in San Francisco), and reported on MarketWatch's business magazine show on CBS. I made frequent appearances as an expert on technology on CNBC, Fox Business News, and CBS. I was named one of the top 10 most influential journalists on the Web, by Adweek. In the 'mid-90s, I worked as producer at CNN's financial news network, where I created, launched and produced business shows, including one on IPOs and new ideas. 

I am married to Ezra Roizen. We have four boys.