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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

When I got to college, I did not see myself as a full-time coder, so I majored in biology, which was my favorite subject at the time. My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic.

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

For funding, you’ll see a loose affiliation of early stage investors, something will start slow, and then gain momentum to eventually close the deal. For angels, it’s important to know the first investor and have a relationship with them because ultimately it’s a team bet at that point in time.