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Chris Sacca Bet on the Internet. Then He Asked What Was Worth Betting on Next.
After early bets on Twitter, Uber and Instagram, the investor walked away from the game he had mastered. His second act asks whether the same appetite for improbable ideas can change the economics of energy.
Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis is a Brooklyn-born angel investor, serial entrepreneur, and podcaster who turned a $25,000 check into Uber into a roughly $100 million windfall. He hosts This Week in Startups, co-hosts the chart-topping All-In podcast, runs the LAUNCH accelerator and Founder University, and invests in roughly 100 startups a year. A former dot-com journalist who founded Silicon Alley Reporter and sold Weblogs, Inc. to AOL, he wrote the bestselling playbook 'Angel' and is one of the most visible bridges between scrappy founders and the venture world.
Shervin Pishevar
Shervin Pishevar is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and super angel investor known for early-stage investments in Uber, Airbnb, and over 200 startups. A former managing director at Menlo Ventures and co-founder of Sherpa Capital, he has achieved 93 exits in his 27-year tech career and averaged 73x returns on investments. Co-founder and former executive chairman of Hyperloop One, Pishevar championed Elon Musk's vision for high-speed transportation. Currently, he runs the Edison Fund and serves as chairman of Telly, continuing to shape the future of technology and innovation. His journey from an immigrant family that arrived with $35 to becoming a Forbes Midas List investor for four consecutive years exemplifies the American Dream.