Andrew Ackerman

Serial entrepreneur turned early stage investor, innovation expert, professor and, oh yeah, author.

Invested in 70+ startups and mentored hundreds more. Tl;dr It's hard

Built my first startup into the top provider of web services to summer camps. Lots of mistakes. Luckily, none killed the company.

Managed a family office. Incubated new ventures while managing hedge & private equity funds. Meh.

Recruited to found an app for parents to organize digital memories. Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. Awesome experience.

Why start one business when you can launch dozens? Joined an accelerator and ended up creating a new, later stage, platform for them.

These days I run REACH Labs for Second Century Ventures, consult for corporate venture funds, accelerators, etc. Teach entrepreneurship in my (ha!) spare time to test my book with real students. Spoiler: It works really well.

Over 60 published articles but this is my first novel. Hope you enjoy it!