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Eric King
Managing Director, Gladius Capital Group, LLC
www.gladiuscapitalgroup.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Business owner, Investor
Member since July 23, 2007
VEQ: What is this?
Investor interests
| Investments made | Clean Power Finance |
| Credentials | Accredited Investor |
I am a(n):
Investor
Companies I've founded or co-founded:
FastFind.com
Startups I worked for:
FastFind.com, CleanPowerFinance.com
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to be my own boss, and be in control.
My favorite startups:
Paypal, FaceBook, Zynga, Groupon
What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Frustrating = not all members of the team/investor group are working towards the same goal
Rewarding = when you see the product you can see your fingerprints on it
What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Underestimate importance of good people and preciousness of cash
What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
Team is most important attribute for success
Maintain focus on building great company/product and rest will follow
It will take more time/cash/work/etc than you had expected to be successful
Full bio
Eric is the founder of Gladius Capital Group, providing transaction advisory services and interim C-level leadership for companies of $5 - $50 million, and over his career has led or advised on acquisitions or divestitures totaling nearly $12 billion. Prior to Gladius he co-founded and served as the President and CFO of FastFind.com, an online lead generation company that he successfully sold to Bankrate, Inc. Prior to that he held corporate development roles at Providian Financial Corporation, a subprime consumer lender, and USI Insurance Holdings, a middle market insurance broker roll-up. Eric earned his BA from Southern Illinois University and MBA from San Francisco State University.
