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A View From The Bench…the purpose of this blog…

Writer's picture: John HanakJohn Hanak

Who gets a view from the bench? Who enjoys a unique perspective?


What’s the purpose of this blog? This firm, my firm, North Riverside Partners exists to serve entrepreneurs, ESO’s* and seed investors. There will be threads in upcoming blogs that provide perspectives on issues each group faces and there will be threads that weave the groups together. And whatever the thread, it is my hope and desire that the readers of these blogs find some value (and, in some cases, some usable tools) from my perspective.


So why this target audience and why the name “A View From the Bench?” The target audience is easy – I have spent much of the last half of my career working with this audience. By my estimates, I have been involved in seed funding over 120 startup companies and have witnessed something like 500 pitches as an investor, a judge, as a coach and even as a CEO. I have made and lost money as an angel investor, served as board chair for the National Business Incubation Association (now the International Business Incubation Association), served as president of the Indiana Venture Club, and have worked with multiple institutions and companies. As a co-founder of a university innovation hub – the Purdue Foundry – and founder of a university seed funder – Purdue Ventures – I have experienced a unique perspective that I hope can benefit entrepreneurs, fellow entrepreneurial support organizations and even seed investors. As a former corporate guy turned entrepreneur – with startup experience – I would like to give back…


And why the name? Long before blogging, long before the internet even existed, someone encouraged me to write a weekly perspective column called “A View From the Bench.” I never did. Maybe the time has now come…


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