The Million Dollar Idea with Zack Steven

Episode details

On Episode 33 , Kevin McArdle, owner of SureSwift Capital, and Jac Stark, community manager for tech.mn, welcome Zack Steven, Founding Partner of Cloudburst SBC, Monkey Island Ventures, and Augurian, to talk about going from selling candy to a startup studio.

Zack shares his journey from being a young entrepreneur to helping other entrepreneurs in designing their businesses with a startup studio experience. We hear a refreshing tale of building businesses, making mistakes, trying again, and the lessons learned. Zack shares the personal side of challenges and discoveries made of being an idea person.

Hype Time

Every episode we ask our guest to name drop someone doing cool things in the tech community. Zack gives a shout out to Shawntera Hardy, Co-founder of Civic Eale

Sponsor:
Thank you to Arthur Ventures for sponsoring this episode of The tech.mn Podcast. Arthur Ventures invests in B2B software founders beyond Silicon Valley and takes a partner approach to venture capital. They support tech entrepreneurship in Minnesota. You can learn more about them at their website and hear about their latest raise here. 

Socials
tech.mn on Twitter
Kevin McArdle on Twitter
Jac Stark on Twitter
Zack Steven on Twitter
Cloudburst, SBC on Twitter

Links:
Cloudburst, SBC
Monkey Island Ventures
Augurian
Indie.vc
Earnest Capital
Simple Agreement for Shared Success