Basel: Very interesting. Now as far as i/o ventures go, do you focus on
certain verticals?
Paul: Yeah. We do consumer Internet gaming and mobile. We don't really do
too much enterprise stuff. I definitely don't do anything with biotech
medicine and stuff like that. We just concentrate on stuff that me and my
partners have built. If we built a company in that space, well then we're
not complete in that space. I'm not saying I'm a genius, but we definitely
have some innate sense of what might work and what might not work and how
to know the accretion models, interested investors, and stuff like that.
About the Guest:
Paul Bragiel is a co-founder and managing partner at i/o ventures, an early stage startup accelerator which operates out of a funky workspace+cafe in San Francisco.
Previous he has founded and served as the CEO of 3 companies including: Lefora, a product bringing forums into the 21st century, proudly hosting over 100,000+ unique communities. Meetro, the first location based social network. Paragon Five, a game development studio specializing in console and mobile content with offices in Chicago and Krakow, Poland.
Paul often advises governments on entrepreneurship and policy that encourages startup ecosystems.
His interests include projects that involve travel, fashion, entertainment, and technologies that encourage communication and networking. He has appeared on television in at least five different countries and is one of the authors of Game Programming Gems 4.
Paul has a strong background as a liaison for companies looking to establish operations in central & eastern europe.
Paul likes to surround himself with people from various backgrounds especially those with a “jack of all trades” streak in them. Besides that, he aspires to drive a taxi and work at a hot dog stand in New York when retired.
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Where Does I/O Ventures Invests
Paul Bragiel will tell us what type of businesses i/o ventures invests in.
