anne dwane

Athlete, Business adviser, Business mentor, Connector, Entrepreneur, Foodie, Idea generator, Investor, Marketer, Single

Anne aligns teams and technologies to unleash human potential. She's been a tech company founder, venture-backed CEO, public company executive, and VC. Scaling high performance teams from startup through IPO and creating services valued by tens of millions of users are what she enjoys most. She led 2 companies to acquisition (by Monster & Chegg) and oversaw 6 acquisitions. Recently, she raised and invested venture capital to build human capital. She's an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School and a Venture Partner at West. West (www.west-sf.com) brings a special brand of magic to turning world-changing ideas into great big markets. We work alongside founders and their teams as both an operator and investor to build and execute go-to-market strategies and soulful brands that generate large scale, long-term growth. Our unique engagement model combines deep strategy, product, marketing, and design expertise.

Entrepreneurship, aligning teams to make 1+1=11, human-tech teams, learning loops, design

1. Tremendous talent is hidden in plain site. 2. AI can elevate humans and jobs, not eliminate them.

Entrepeneurship, Marketing, Scaling businesses, Startups, Venture capital

Attending TED as part of West (www.west-sf.com), which bring a special brand of magic to turning world-changing ideas into great big markets. We work alongside founders and their teams as both an operator and investor to build and execute go-to-market strategies and soulful brands that generate large scale, long-term growth. Our unique engagement model combines deep strategy, product, marketing, and design expertise.

College Admissions - co-authored a book on it. Can help you and your college-bound kids!