Gordon Daugherty

Gordon Daugherty is a best-selling author, seasoned business executive, entrepreneur, startup advisor and investor. As a venture fund manager and angel investor, he has made more than 350 investments. He has also helped raise more than $80 million in growth and venture capital as a company executive, fund manager, board director, and active advisor. Early stage fundraising is the focus of the book he authored, titled “Startup Success: Funding the Early Stages”. Through his content creation practice, Shockwave Innovations, and as co-founder of Capital Factory, Gordon spends 100 percent of his time educating, advising, and investing in tech startups. He is a senior contributor for Texas CEO Magazine and has published more than 150 articles of startup advice and best practices. One of Gordon’s favorite ways to make a difference is by serving on the board of directors for a handful of Austin’s most promising tech startups. He spent the first ten years of his career in brand-name companies such as IBM and Compaq and then progressively gravitated towards early-stage and high-growth companies. Gordon spent eight years in the videoconferencing industry, including four years as president of an Israeli-based company that grew from $5 million to $36 million in a short few years and went public on the Euronext Stock Market. Later, He was a senior executive for Austin-based NetQoS, which grew rapidly to more than $55 million in revenue before being acquired by CA Technologies for $200 million.