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Drew Perkins is the co-founder and CEO of Mojo Vision which is a developer of products and platforms that re-imagine the intersection of ideas, information, and people. The company has raised $159 million from top tier investors such as NEA, Khosla Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, 8VC, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Kakao Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures, and Gradient Ventures to name a few. Prior to this he cofounded Lightera (acquired by Ciena), OnFiber (acquired by Qwest), Infinera (IPO), and Gainspeed (acquired by Nokia).
In this episode you will learn:
Drew’s top advice for new entrepreneurs
Transitioning from startup to publicly-traded company
How to come up with big ideas
The key ingredients to building a billion-dollar business
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For a winning deck, take a look at the pitch deck template created by Silicon Valley legend, Peter Thiel (see it here) that I recently covered. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash.
Moreover, I also provided a commentary on a pitch deck from an Uber competitor that has raised over $400 million (see it here).
Remember to unlock for free the pitch deck template that is being used by founders around the world to raise millions below.
About Drew Perkins:
Drew Perkins is a Co-Founder and CEO at Mojo Vision. He has been at the forefront of Internet technology innovation for nearly three decades.
Prior to Gainspeed, Drew co-founded and served as CTO of Infinera Corporation, a publicly-traded optical networking company that developed the world’s first large-scale photonic integrated circuits. Before Infinera, Drew was co-founder and CTO of metropolitan telecommunications service provider OnFiber Communications, later acquired by Qwest. Previously, he co-founded Lightera Networks, a developer of optical switching systems for telecom networks that were acquired by Ciena Corporation for more than $500 million. Drew also served in various senior engineering and management roles at FORE Systems, an innovator in packet-switched Internet technology.
Drew has held various roles in industry standards bodies and research organizations including the IETF, IEEE, OIF, ATM Forum, and Internet2. He was the lead author of the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), a technology that provided for the use of the Internet via the circuit-switched telephone system and enabled the early growth of the Internet.
Drew holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Connect with Drew Perkins:
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In this episode you will learn:
Drew’s top advice for new entrepreneurs
Transitioning from startup to publicly-traded company
How to come up with big ideas
The key ingredients to building a billion-dollar business
SUBSCRIBE ON:
For a winning deck, take a look at the pitch deck template created by Silicon Valley legend, Peter Thiel (see it here) that I recently covered. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash.
Moreover, I also provided a commentary on a pitch deck from an Uber competitor that has raised over $400 million (see it here).
Remember to unlock for free the pitch deck template that is being used by founders around the world to raise millions below.
About Drew Perkins:
Drew Perkins is a Co-Founder and CEO at Mojo Vision. He has been at the forefront of Internet technology innovation for nearly three decades.
Prior to Gainspeed, Drew co-founded and served as CTO of Infinera Corporation, a publicly-traded optical networking company that developed the world’s first large-scale photonic integrated circuits. Before Infinera, Drew was co-founder and CTO of metropolitan telecommunications service provider OnFiber Communications, later acquired by Qwest. Previously, he co-founded Lightera Networks, a developer of optical switching systems for telecom networks that were acquired by Ciena Corporation for more than $500 million. Drew also served in various senior engineering and management roles at FORE Systems, an innovator in packet-switched Internet technology.
Drew has held various roles in industry standards bodies and research organizations including the IETF, IEEE, OIF, ATM Forum, and Internet2. He was the lead author of the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), a technology that provided for the use of the Internet via the circuit-switched telephone system and enabled the early growth of the Internet.
Drew holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Connect with Drew Perkins:
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