Today's Entrepreneur: David Graham

Kristin Karaoglu · October 21, 2011 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/201b

No. 1 mistake: Raising too much money too fast

Today's Entrepreneur is David Graham who is a partner at Greenstart.

Greenstart is a cleantech accelerator program that provides seed funding, mentoring, and connections with fellow entrepreneurs and investors.

Greenstart is curently running a competition on Vator, see details here: Greenstart $100k Business Plan Competition

According to his VEQ, David is good at sales management, team motivation and networking.

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I am a(n):

Entrepreneur, Investor, and Fan of the Outdoors

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

OpenAuto.com, ArizonaBay, LLC, ArizonaBay Technology Ventures, ProPlayerConnect.com, CloudSponge.com, TrustMe.com, SpineDigital.com

Companies I've invested in:

Quirky.com, Brightsquid.com, FeeFighters.com, Phonetag.com, Grid.com ProPlayerConnect.com, CloudSponge.com, TrustMe.com, SpineDigital.com, PatientSafetyTechnologies

Startups I worked for:

Autoweb.com, OpenAuto.com, ArizonaBay, LLC, ArizonaBay Technology Ventures, ProPlayerConnect.com, CloudSponge.com, TrustMe.com, SpineDigital.com

If you are an entrepreneur, why?

I am batshit crazy.

My favorite startups:

Quirky.com and CloudSponge.com

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

Facing the unknown

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

They raise too much money too fast and then spend too much time and money figuring out that they were wrong/or right.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

Always be willing to learn something new. Relationships are everything. Park your ego.

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Kristin Karaoglu

Woman of many skills: Database System Engineer; SplashX event producer; Author of Startup Teams

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Greenstart

Angel group/VC

Joined Vator on May 22, 2011

Greenstart is an accelerator program providing a fast runway to success for entrepreneurs addressing the energy challenge at the intersection of cleantech and IT. Greenstart provides seed funding, mentoring, and connections with fellow entrepreneurs and investors in order to give startups an advantage in launching the cleantech ideas of tomorrow.