Jesse Johnson is the Director of the TVA. He co-founded and was CEO of Q Collection, a leading sustainable design company (now a part of Twill Textiles). He has been involved as a mentor and investor in several startup businesses and served on the board of two companies sold to a Fortune 50 company. He serves on the board of 1% For The Planet, Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment, Harvard’s Center for Health and the Global Environment and several others. Jesse has an MBA and MES (Environmental Science) from Yale and a BA from Princeton.
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Telluride, Colorado
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$100K - $500K
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CPG / D2C
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USA
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Telluride Venture Fund
About the Fund
TVF views itself as a ``management development company`` rather than a traditional ``Venture Fund.`` When investing in seed and early stage companies, TVF encourages and supports rigorous management skills, superior market analysis and product development, while maintaining a focus on leadership and execution. TVF also helps create the necessary connections and collaboration between potential strategic partners an/or investors.
TVF believes business success in early stage ventures must focus on (1)
great leadership, (2) experienced team efforts, (3) focused execution, (4) continual updated business planning, (5) a scalable product or technology, (6) .sufficient capital resources, and (7) strategic and competitive analysis.
TVF believes business success in early stage ventures must focus on (1)
great leadership, (2) experienced team efforts, (3) focused execution, (4) continual updated business planning, (5) a scalable product or technology, (6) .sufficient capital resources, and (7) strategic and competitive analysis.
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