719: The Magic to Move from Founder to CEO | Steve Hoffman
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About This Episode:
Steve Hoffman, or Captain Hoff as he\\u2019s called in Silicon Valley, is the Chairman & CEO of Founders Space, one of the world\\u2019s leading incubators and accelerators. He\\u2019s also an angel investor, limited partner at August Capital, serial entrepreneur, and author of several award-winning books. These include Make Elephants Fly published by Hachette and Surviving a Startup published by HarperCollins.
Hoffman was the Founder and Chairman of the Producers Guild Silicon Valley Chapter, Board of Governors of the New Media Council, and founding member of the Academy of Television\\u2019s Interactive Media Group.
In Silicon Valley, Hoffman founded two more venture-backed startups, in the areas of games and entertainment, and worked as Mobile Studio Head for Infospace, with such hit mobile games as Tetris, Wheel of Fortune, Tomb Raider, Thief, Hitman, Skee-Ball, and X-Files.
Hoffman went on to launch Founders Space, with the mission to educate and accelerate entrepreneurs. Founders Space has become one of the top startup accelerators in the world. Hoffman has trained hundreds of startup founders and corporate executives in the art of innovation and provided consulting to many of the world\\u2019s largest corporations, including Qualcomm, Huawei, Bosch, Intel, Disney, Warner Brothers, NBC, Gulf Oil, Siemens, and Viacom.
Find out more about Steve at:
Founders Space\'s Facebook group
Steve Hoffman, or Captain Hoff\'s Instagram
LinkedIn
Make Elephants Fly: The Process of Radical Innovation
Surviving a Startup: How Entrepreneurs Struggle, Fail & Fight Their Way to the Top
Founders Space
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