Brett Jackson

Experience

v1.vc

Founder

Crocs

Employee

AVX Aircraft

Board Member

Founder

v1.vc, SSV

Employee

v1.vc, AVX Aircraft, Crocs

Board Member

AVX Aircraft

About

Skills

Business Development Sales and Marketing Product Development Leadership Recruiting Board Member Founder Seed & Venture Capital

Locations

Boulder New York City San Francisco Seattle Los Angeles Austin Boston Denver Colorado Toronto Vancouver

Q&A

What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

Skin In The Game and Antifragile by Taleb

What's your favorite non-business book?

Three Body Problem trilogy for sci-fi

If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

Building learning tools for infants all the way throughout ones life to support lifelong learning

What words of advice would you give your younger self?

It will all be ok. Don’t worry so much.

Which founders or startups do you most admire?

Elon Musk

What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?

Email me

What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?

Helping founders realize their dreams

What was the most impactful class you took in school?

Philosophy classes were most useful for creative/critical thinking

What's an obstacle you've overcome?

Started an aircraft company 2 years before the 2008 financial crisis and survived — now a profitable business and only raised $7M (more than 10xed that in revenue)

Brett Jackson

Co-founder and Managing Partner, @v1.vc