By Reporter Sophia Kunthara Crunchbase March 18, 2021 Companies that fall into the “future of work” category were clear winners and saw their businesses accelerate in the past year as companies had to rethink everything about work — how we do it, where we do it from,...

March 9, 2021 Optimal Startup Daily Podcast Mike Smerklo is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and business leader driven by the desire to turn ideas into reality. Having bought and scaled a small business into a publicly-traded company worth nearly a billion...

March 8, 2021 My Favorite Mistake Podcast My guest for Episode #47 is Mike Smerklo. He is an entrepreneur, an investor, he’s the co-founder and managing director of Next Coast Ventures. He was one of the first employees at Loudcloud, recruited there by  Marc...

Episode #238: Mike Smerklo Hosted by Ryan Tansom On today’s show, Mike Smerklo, Managing Director of Next Coast Ventures, talks about his journey scaling a small business into a publicly-traded company worth nearly a billion dollars. He shares how imposter syndrome...

In this episode, Hall welcomes back Mike Smerklo, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures and author of “Mr. Monkey and Me”. “In Mr. Monkey and Me, Smerklo draws on his broad range of experiences and mistakes as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist....

In this episode, Micah is joined by entrepreneur and author Mike Smerklo to talk about the mindset of an entrepreneur, reaching new levels of success, the Shape Method, the most valuable lessons of entrepreneurship, and so much more. Listen to the full interview...