Here are some photos from our latest Founders Space Roundtable Event: How to Botch a Start-Up: Fatal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make…

Pier 38

Pier 38

The Panel

The Panel

The Roundtables

The Roundtables

The Event

The Event

Good Questions

Good Questions


Jon Soberg of Blumberg Capital

Jon Soberg of Blumberg Capital

Craig Jacoby of Cooley LLP

Craig Jacoby of Cooley LLP

Dave Samuel

Dave Samuel of Freestyle Capital


Jon Soberg of Blumberg Capital has over 17 years of experience as an executive, entrepreneur, financial analyst and a consultant. He has held senior management positions in both start-ups and large corporations, including Ditech and Adforce, which had a highly successful IPO. He is also actively involved with Wharton, where he is part-time faculty in the Marketing Department for the Global Consulting Practicum.

Craig Jacoby of Cooley specializes in representing high growth companies and their investors and is the Chair of Cooley’s Emerging Companies group. He has helped to form, finance and advise hundreds of emerging businesses in areas such as Internet and digital media, consumer products, clean technologies, software, medical devices and business services, and he has led more than 100 financing transactions in the past five years, with an aggregate value of more than $1 billion.

David Samuel is an experienced executive with a proven ability to identify market trends and build companies from the ground up. He has repeated success providing significant investor ROI. A serial entrepreneur and Internet pioneer, Dave has specialized in software & media since 1994. His success comes as a result of his strong technical background, ability to manage large teams, and adept leadership to adjust company direction while navigating through volatile or unchartered markets