Check out this interview Howard Marks did with SoCalTech:
For the last week of the year, we’re featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California’s high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they’re thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.
Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision, and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine.
1. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?
I think that the biggest news for StartEngine this year is our productivity. We have had a huge year in terms of sheer quantity. As the founder of an accelerator, I’m constantly being approached by ambitious people with big ideas, and generally we invest in 1/100th of what comes to us. This year, we were lucky enough to find 40 great startups to invest in, growing StartEngine immensely. We were also about to build a really solid mentor network in a short period of time, pulling in about 250 CEO’s and CTOs, from all backgrounds and locations. It was a big year for us.
