Clay Gordon (Stout Street Capital) // Bringing founders and investors together

In today’s episode, I am talking with Clay Gordon about a VC fund who is going outside their own firm, and hosting conferences and job fairs to help startups and job seekers in underrepresented regions of the country. Clay talks about how he got started in Venture Investing, what he sees in not only Colorado, but all areas of the country, and even in Canada. We get into what is going on with venture in Arizona. Clay highlights the UNMET Conferences and all the great connections they facilitate for founders and investors. Here’s a closer look at the episode:Clay’s background and time on the East CoastHow their approach to investing is uniqueHow not being a previous founder influenced Stout Street’s early daysGoing outside Colorado to make investmentsThe history behind the Stout Street nameClay highlights 65 investments spanning 25 states and two countriesThe importance of reputationThe growth of VC in ArizonaThe beginnings of the UNMET ConferencesThe goals of UNMET to expedite fundraising for foundersWhat Clay thinks lies in the future in the RockiesResources:Website: https://www.stoutstreetcapital.com/Clay’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clay-gordon-1380ab54/Clay’s Email: [email protected] Street LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stout-street-capital/about/Stout Street Twitter: https://twitter.com/StoutStreetVCUNMET Conferences: https://unmetconference.com/UNMET Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNMETConference