Dan Levitan
Dan Levitan
Dan Levitan is co-founder and partner for venture capital firm Maveron, which invests in consumer-only businesses centered on technology-enabled products and services in commerce, education, and health and wellness...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
aligned ask behind fortunate great number people resources throw
I think that if you ask what's made us successful, it's because we've been fortunate enough to identify, in a number of cases, great people early. Then we throw all the resources behind them and are aligned with them.
services web
In the web products and services world, you have a real-time interaction with your customers, and then a real-time editing of how you as a company are doing.
core finding great helping money perhaps regular strategy
I like the strategy of finding great entrepreneurs early, giving them some money, helping them a little - perhaps not as much as we would a regular core investment.
based brand brands build contract inside outside people spread talk values work
We always talk about how you have to build a brand from the inside out, not the outside in. Brands are not wrappers. Brands are based on the values of the founders, and then they spread to the people who work for the company, and then that psychological contract is spread to the customer.
believed capital venture
We believed the world didn't need another commoditized venture capital firm.
best
We aren't going to let our first investment be the best.
chasing few great industry lots money people venture ways
There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs.