Mitch Lowe

Mitch Lowe


San Francisco, California, United States
Accredited investor
Member since May 22, 2011
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Investor interests
Type of investor Accelerator Incubator Seed Fund
Categories of interest
Credentials Accredited Investor
Education
1994 Arizona State University , BS
I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

Love the mix of audacity, passion and creativity. Always energizing and never boring.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

Not putting enough focus on hiring extraordinary people

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

1. Hire well
2. Get culture right
3. Prioritize brutally

Full bio

Mitch Lowe brings more than 15 years experience as a founder, CEO, angel investor, startup mentor and board member. Mitch founded his first company at age 23 and was employee number two at consumer Internet startup OpenAuto in 1999. In 2001, he founded Jumpstart Automotive Media and was CEO until February 2009, seeing it from pre-revenue to more than $50 million, and from two employees to more than one hundred. In 2007, Jumpstart sold to HFMUS, and in 2009 Mitch invested in and became board chairman at Quirky, a social product development startup based in New York City.