Thatcher Bell is a Principal at DFJ Gotham.
Prior to joining DFJ Gotham, Bell was a Senior Analyst at North Hill Ventures, the venture capital affiliate of Capital One Financial. While at North Hill, he evaluated investments in financial technology, enterprise software and technology-enabled services companies, and was a deal team member for DealerTrack, Compete (acquired by comScore), Higher One, and Exchange Solutions.
Before joining North Hill, Bell was Manager of Business Development at OpenPages, an enterprise software vendor, where he oversaw an acquisition and developed channel partnerships in the U.S. and Europe. Previously, he was the third employee at SharkTank, an online marketplace connecting lawyers and potential clients. Thatcher began his career as a consultant at Ernst & Young (now Cap Gemini Ernst & Young), working on competitive strategy and process improvement projects in the financial services, telecommunications, and health care industries.
Thatcher Bell has a B.S. cum laude in Engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
So, there's a phrase and I'm not going to remember who said it. Maybe someone in the room will know but it's something like Wisdom comes with knowledge, not with age. And what that means to me is that, you know, what's important to me when I look at an entrepreneur's background isn't always necess...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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