By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Are there any other character traits besides leadership that you think are important for entrepreneurs? Jason: I don’t know how to put it, but a nose for making money. I guess what I love is a quantitative orientation with brand sensibility on top of it. It’s
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the fifty-first interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Jason Stoffer, principal at Maveron, a venture fund founded in 1998 by Howard Schultz, the founder and CEO of Starbucks, and Dan Levitan, the banker who took Starbucks public in 1991.