Join us for a Fireside Chat with Mike Maples Jr. (MBA 1994), Legendary Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist

Mike Maples Jr. will share stories and insights from his long career in startups and venture capital. He will also discuss his book, Pattern Breakers, co-authored with Peter Ziebelman. The principles in the book are drawn from Mike’s experiences with successful startups like Twitter, Twitch, Lyft, and Okta, as well as his insights from startup failures. He observed that many well-conceived startups failed, while those that achieved breakout success seemed radical and chaotic in their early days.

Event Information:

• When: Thursday, October 24, 2024, 6:00–7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
• Where: Aldrich Hall, Room 112, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163
• Book Signing: Immediately following the event

About the Speaker
Mike Maples Jr. is a co-founding partner at Floodgate. He has been featured on the Forbes Midas List eight times in the last decade and was named a “Rising Star” by Fotune. He was also profiled by Harvard Business School for his lifetime contributions to entrepreneurship. Before becoming a full-time investor, Mike was involved as a founder and operating executive at two back-to-back startup IPOs: Tivoli Systems (acquired by IBM) and Motive (acquired by Alcatel-Lucent). His investments include companies like Twitter, Twitch.tv, Clover Health, Okta, Outreach, Chegg, Demandforce, and Applied Intuition.