Flybox WiFi
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Heston Williams
SaaS Founder | Self Storage Investor | HoldCo Founder | New Dad!
SaaS Founder | Self Storage Investor | HoldCo Founder | New Dad!
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Heston is an angel investor and seasoned business operator with 14+ years of experience managing businesses ranging in annual revenue from startups to $100mm. As a generalist with an uncanny ability to find significant value where it is frequently overlooked, Heston brings the opportunity to quickly multiply stakeholder value. Heston is adept at managing teams and leveraging connections to discover and maximize mutually beneficial opportunities. Whatever your top-level KPI may be, Heston can make it happen.
Heston has seeded multiple startups that later became backed by Y Combinator and have collectively raised more than $100mm in venture funding. Heston currently has an ongoing opportunity to invest in Y Combinator and LAUNCH backed startups as well as an invitation to attend Y Combinator's Demo Days twice per year. Seeded companies include:
-Lambda School
-Cosmic JS
-Blissfully
Other investments:
- Commercial real estate investment returning ~100% COC
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Q&A
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
Crossing the Chasm - Moore
The Lean Startup - Eric Ries
Influence - Cialdini
Pitch Anything - Oren Klaff
22 Immutable Laws of Marketing - Ries
Good To Great - Jim Collins
Principles - Ray Dalio
Atomic Habits - Clear
Emotional Intelligence - Golema
What's your favorite non-business book?
Walden - Henry D. Thoreau
Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance
All of John Muir's books
On the Shortness of Life - Lucius Seneca
Huckleberry Finn
Sapiens & Homo Deus - Yuval Noah Harari
NN. Taleb's books
The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant
If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?
Funding and helping early stage startups who aim to solve big problems in our world.
And backpacking in the mountains.
What words of advice would you give your younger self?
Focus. Ignore the noise.
What's the most creative thing you've ever done?
Build a business from an idea to profitability.
Also, marriage and raising a little girl. Creating a happy life and trust with other people takes creativity.
What words of wisdom do you live by?
Always be searching for ways to lift people up. Always be looking for opportunities. Always remain positive. Always be learning. Never be afraid to ask.
(I don't usually speak in absolutes despite the fact that this answer would suggest otherwise.)
What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?
Building a culture of people who are eager to help anyone else in the org, regardless of job title.
What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?
Twitter DM @Heston83
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