Summary: We have a great interview for you guys today with Jacob Mullins from Shasta Ventures! Jacob has a strong entrepreneurial background and has founded multiple companies before he joined and rejoined Shasta Ventures where he now focuses on emerging technologies and trends. In this interview, we cover Jacob’s entrepreneurial pursuits like founding a CPG company, being the 2nd employee of VentureBeat, and starting ExitRound (a marketplace for M&A). Hope you all enjoy!<br> <a href="http://www.shastaventures.com/team/jacob-mullins" target="_blank">Jacob Mullins</a><br> <br> * What is your background and how did you end up at Shasta Ventures?<br> * Talk a little about your entrepreneurial background when you were in college selling plant supplements<br> * What were the major challenges that you found working on a CPG startup company?<br> <br> * CPG space is one of the most competitive markets out there<br> * Merging his company into a public shell (reverse IPO)<br> <br> <br> * Working at Microsoft and VentureBeat and leaving the CPG space<br> * Starting ExitRound – a marketplace for buyers and sellers of companies<br> <br> * A dating site for buyers and sellers to find each other
