Gregory Shepard argues he's the right leader for Startup Science, citing 12 founded startups with 12 exits, half his investments already exited, and 20 sales across his companies. He positions his operator and investor experience, plus a five-year ecosystem study, as proof he outmatches new founders.
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I have spent my life since I was a teenager, even before that, building companies, building startups from nothing. I've done 12 exits, 12 startups. All my startups have exited, even my investments. Half of my investments have already exited, which is still a better number than any other investor that I know. So I know the investor side, I know the founder side. And then if you think about it from the perspective of My understanding of the ecosystem from being an operator, being an investor, and also being an author that has studied the startup ecosystem for 5 years and literally wrote a book about it. You know, I mean, if you think about who's qualified to do this, you have to understand that you want somebody that has deep knowledge. Well, I did that. You have somebody that has a track record who has done this before. I've done that. And you have to have somebody that understands how to build and scale a business. And I've done that. And you have to have somebody that knows how to sell a business. And I've done that like 20 times. So think about the difference between a brand new founder and somebody that has done this repeatedly their whole life and left behind a breadcrumb trail of success that tells you who should be running the company.
