Steve Blank, Angel Investor

Steve co-created the Lean Startup movement. He has been part of or co-founded eight Silicon Valley startups. These have run the gamut from semiconductors, video games, personal computers, and supercomputers. Steve is a past board member of California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV), Audubon California, Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), the DOD business board, and the U.S. Navy science and technology board. He served as a governor's appointee to the California Coastal Commission. Steve currently teaches entrepreneurship and national security innovation at Stanford. He was awarded the Stanford University Undergraduate Teaching Award in the Department of Management Science and Engineering. He is an angel investor with over 20 personal investments. His portfolio includes Usul, Rain Industries, Artera, Syndicate, Bot MD, Crash, Bevy, and Gamalon.