Adam Quinton
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Diversity is the Symptom, Lack of Inclusion is the Illness
The Linkedin #techtalksdiversity conversation has thrown up many great perspectives and solutions. There are three topics that I keep coming back to personally as I think about diversity in tech: 1.Tech’s bigger issues are society’s issues: tech is important, but possibly too self important. It’s core challenges are societal and human commonplaces. It needs to look more broadly for answers.… → Read More
Some Tough Post-Election Tech Questions and My Attempt at Answers
Andrea Guendelman is founder and CEO of BeVisible a career networking platform for Latinx. Post election, Andrea put four questions to her Advisors. I am honored to be a member of that team. In the spirit of adding to the #ElectionTech dialog here are my answers to Andrea’s four questions: Q1. How do you anticipate that a Trump presidency will impede efforts to increase diversity at all levels… → Read More
How to Face Your Own Bias When Looking for a Startup
Angel investor Adam Quinton talks with Liz Kofman of Unitive about hiring, bias, and one surprising conclusion. Adam Quinton is a former investment banker, current Adjunct Professor at Columbia, and angel investor. We are thrilled that he was able to sit down with our staff sociologist Liz Kofman for a discussion on hiring and bias. LK: Can you tell us a little about your career and how you got… → Read More
An Inclusive Parable: Canaries in the Coal Mine
I had the great honor of being on an investor panel at Inspirefest in Dublin moderated by the inimitable Kara Swisher, cofounder and Executive Director of Recode. I applied a “canary in the coal mine” analogy to the rationalizations that some people make around the low proportion of women (and indeed the under representation of many other groups) in Venture Capital (just 6% or so of partners)… → Read More
The Paradox of Meritocracy
In the case of VC some prominent leaders have been role models (not in a good way) for the mindset which essentially says - "I and my organization are purely meritocratic ... even though I have zero [insert name of large under represented demographic] on my team." → Read More
An Open Letter to Bethenny Frankel
Dear Bethenny, You recently answered a question posed to you by Dr Sanna Gaspard at a conference for women entrepreneurs in New York. She said that other people had mentioned to her that it might help to bring along a man to investor meetings to be the face of the company … and what did you think about that idea. Although you were not to know it, Sanna has MS and PhD Degrees from Carnegie Mellon… → Read More
Your 3 Point Unconscious Bias Action Plan
I had the honor of speaking at SXSW 2016 with Shari Slate the Chief Inclusion and Collaboration at CISCO. We took on the subject of unconscious bias from the perspective of big tech and startup tech, layering in our own personal perspectives. Our overarching message was about the need to get “comfortable with being uncomfortable” when discussing and acting on unconscious bias issues. In closing… → Read More
Epic Startup Corporate Governance #Fails
The two high profile startup "unicorn" dramas of the last few months that have captured the emerging downsides of the pursuit of rapid (and very well funded) growth are clearly Theranos and now Zenefits. → Read More
Is the deep chill for early stage funding coming?
Is the deep chill for early stage funding coming? Let's see what angel investor Adam Quinton has to say... → Read More
Startup Markups and Markdowns: What the Heck is Going on!
How does this affect your valuation? → Read More
Successful Tactics To Get Your Startup An Investor
Different strategies you can take to get an investor to fund your startup. → Read More
There's alot of angst but are the answers enough to save us from the…
Facebook: Should you worry about the startup ecosystem? → Read More
When The Tide Goes Out: Bad Stuff Version
The “is there or isn’t there a bubble in venture” discussion has mostly focused on whether the momentum behind venture financing is showing signs of weakness, whether valuations are (way?) over extended and when, how and why this might unravel. Some say yes, some say no. But most bubbles are only evident after the fact so time will tell on this one. (If it is one …) Much of the the debate been… → Read More
An honest approach to understanding women and fundraising
Women leadership through a new lens…What will the future hold? Female founders ask me why, if you are growing that business, expanding you team and generally knocking the ball out of the park, does demonstrating the supreme confidence that makes for winning pitch form seemingly matter so much… → Read More
Warning: this may stop you in your tracks and make you think long and hard about your company
What is the “right size” for my raise and why do I get so many conflicting opinions from investors on it? What am I missing and what am I doing/saying wrong? Having had many conversations with early stage startup entrepreneurs along these lines, here are some thoughts on the subject. I suspect that I will be accused of giving a long non answer … but I am strongly of the view that founders need… → Read More
Are you doing the right 3 things to act like a winner
I was honored to talk to the latest cohort at Ari Horie’s Women’s Startup Lab accelerator in Menlo Park recently. As we closed a discussion of early stage → Read More
Fact-Based #Startup Pitch Deck Advice
Startup founders often get more advice than necessary about their investor pitches. However most of this advice comes from a personal perspective. → Read More
A Philosophy for Early Stage Startup Due Diligence
Key advice to angels on risk, respect and smart financial decisions. → Read More
Why Comcast Ventures, Kim Amor Thinks Company KPIs Frequently Equal Buzzword and Meaningless
Keep your company KPI list short and relevant by following simple steps. Kim Amor of Comcast Ventures offers them in small list of 11 smart investment metrics that help startups assess the quality of potential investees as a solution to misunderstood KPIs. → Read More
Getting the Most From Your Startup Board
From one CEO to another: How to get the most out of your board meetings. Keep your team engaged and interested with these tips. → Read More