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Coaching tech founders to solve our world’s grand challenges.

Solving a grand challenge and eager to be coached?

Eager to help a founder solve a grand challenge?

Challenge #1

Vulnerable families

Two-thirds of U.S. families struggle to make it to payday. Innovations in wages, housing, banking, transportation, food, internet access, education, health, and well-being aim to change that.

Wages

Workers deserve jobs that pay a 30% Minimum Wage. Learn more at 30wage.com.

Banking

Traditional banks charge overdraft fees that disproportionately affect poor folks.

Food

Everyone deserves access healthy food, while also shopping their values.
Another great solution is Walmart's ebt/snap payments and delivery.

Cellphone/Lifeline Access

A great solution outside our portfolio is Mint Mobile.

Education

Getting folks the training they need to get their dream job while working full time.

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Everyone deserves access to mental health coaching and social services, time to reflect, vacations, and real world connections.

Housing

Most of the vulnerable rent, and the industry only produces 40% of apartments needed.

Transportation

Subscriptions to robotaxies will save families 500+/mo. Solutions outside our portfolio include Cruise and Waymo.

Internet/Laptop Access

Great solutions outside of our portfolio include Starlink and T-mobile.

TV Access

Free cable

(Tele)health

Access to healthcare, prescriptions, and lab work is essential, especially when you can't afford to take time off work.

Pensions/Retirement

I'm looking to fund in this area.

Challenge #2

Planet

Climate change is affecting how we live and work. Solutions in building help reduce emissions for a 1.5ºC peak rise.

Grid

Solar, wind, deep geothermal, and fusion are the future of energy.

Transportation

Electric cars/bikes, electric trucks, and autonomy/robotaxis are the future of transportation. Great solutions outside our portfolio include Rivian, Tesla, Cruise, and Waymo.

Buildings

Mass timber, green modular housing, geothermal, green building products, and work from anywhere are key solutions.

Food

Alternative proteins, eliminating food waste, and green/vertical farming are key solutions.

Carbon capture

Tree planting/forest protection, plus tech-enabled systems, are essential to reducing our carbon footprint. I'm looking to fund in this area.

Challenge #3

Enabling technologies

Our portfolio companies are creating innovative solutions to help other companies better address these challenges.

Metrics

You can't fix what you can't measure.

Going from startup idea to unicorn

AI

Help your customers find their answers.

Reaching Customers

Building Team Culture

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Coach Tim Connors

Managing Director

6 Unicorns 3x Forbes Midas List
Tim loves to solve problems and coach founders to do the same. With a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and a Masters in Computer Science from Stanford, he began his career helping design Tandem’s Everest servers.  Then he helped build startup C-Cube into a publicly-traded company. With his Harvard MBA, he joined Sequoia Capital, then USVP, and founded PivotNorth in 2010. After six unicorns, Tim now shares what he’s learned through his YouTube channel “TimTalks” and with founders at Platform Venture Studio. Tim is a devout Catholic, avid fly-fisherman, and proud Notre Dame football fan and Stanford women's soccer fan. He is a proud husband to his wife, Wendy, and father to his children Finn, Grace, and Gretchen.

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