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Glen McKay: From Newfoundland Fishing Boat Deckhand to Mining CEO

Hearpreneur

With McKay at the helm as the company’s CEO, Cornerstone Capital purchased, in 2011, the then promising but unknown and subsequently famous Cascabel gold project in Ecuador, which continues to be explored today, with recent drilling results showing a potential of a world class mineralized system at Cascabel. 2,050 Mt @ 0.60% CuEq (at 0.2%

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

But entrepreneurs can be great spouses and parents. When the kids got older our adventures took us to Mexico, Ecuador , India, Africa and Europe. When I ran Rocket Science our corporate partners were in Japan (Sega), Germany (Bertelsmann) and Italy (Mondadori) and some travel was unavoidable. Never miss an event. It takes two.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Comsys was founded in 1994 when it initially produced a PC modem and then gradually changed its focus to develop processors for 3G mobile devices, which it sold to its strategic partner, Texas Instruments Inc. Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs.