Driven & Co.

From Tech to Helping Founders Navigate the Waters with Chad Jones

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What is your current job? I'm a serial entrepreneur and venture investor. I came up through the tech space and a number of different startups, and have gone through several acquisitions. I leverage the money I was blessed with from there to now invest in early stage ideas. I'm always looking for the next great idea that is at the seed or angel phase where I can help through my own investment or coordinating investments. Let's rewind - what did you want to be when you grew up? I went to my guidance counselor's office back in high school and they asked me the same question! I said I wasn't sure, but I know I don't want to wear a suit every single day. Little did we know at that time the technology explosion was just around the corner. When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. I was inspired by the space shuttle program and it really spoke to my imagination that anything could be possible. I got into discovering computers in the 1980s. My first computer was an Atari 2700, and it hooked me into all that was