Chairman, LaunchPad Central

Jim is a parallel entrepreneur, angel investor, and entrepreneurship educator. His private investment fund, Hornthal Investment Partners, has made investments in over 40 early stage companies. Jim is the co-founder and Chairman of Triporati, Zignal Labs, and LaunchPad Central. He sits on several boards including KIND Snacks, Revinate, Via.com and One Voice. Jim has taught the Lean LaunchPad course at UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Princeton and is the author of the TED Book “A Haystack Full of Needles”. Follow Jim on Twitter: @hornthal