Christopher Lynch: Bringing startups to acquisition
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2014
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Chris is a partner in the technology group Atlas Ventures. Prior to joining Atlas in 2012, he was CEO of Vertica Systems, where he led the company to the #1 ranked big data company in the market, and its acquisition by HP in March of 2011. Before that he was an executive at four successful early-stage startups that were acquired by public companies. Quite the track record!
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| 0:00.0 | Entrepreneur on Fire 646 |
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| 0:58.0 | Chris Lynch. |
| 0:59.7 | Chris, are you prepared to ignite? |
| 1:02.8 | Hell yeah. |
| 1:04.0 | All right. |
| 1:05.4 | Chris is a partner in the technology group Atlas Ventures. |
| 1:09.1 | Prior to joining Atlas in 2012, he was CEO of Vertica Systems where he led the company to the number one ranked big data company in the market. |
| 1:18.3 | And it's acquisition by HP in March of 2011. |
| 1:22.2 | Before that, he was an executive at four Fire Nation successful early stage startups that were acquired by public companies. |
| 1:30.6 | Quite the track record. |
| 1:32.8 | So Chris, I've given our listeners just a little overview. |
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