There are people who are doers, and there are people who are just dreamers or people who just think about things. How did you get the entrepreneurial bug, Alex?Īlex Mashinsky : I think you’re born with it. I tried retirement in the middle, though, and that didn’t work too well.Īlejandro : I got it. The seven companies before that all had exits. How many companies have you built and exited so far?Īlex Mashinsky : Celsius is my eighth company. I mentioned to you that I got a little bit dizzy learning even further about your story because you just once being at it, it just takes a lot being at it so many times like you have done. So, hopefully, we’re getting into sunnier days, I would say.Īlejandro : You have done this entrepreneurial thing multiple times. Beautiful day and I’m tired of the cold and the snow. Where are you calling from?Īlejandro : I’m actually in New York City as well.Īlejandro : I’m right there with you. Thanks, Alejandro for inviting me, and it’s a beautiful day here in New York. So, without further ado, Alex Machinsky, welcome to the show today.Īlex Mashinsky : Great to be here.
He has 3 billion in exit if I understand it right, and we’re going to learn a lot. I’m actually excited about the guest that we have. Hello, everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers Show.
Connect with Alex Mashinsky:Īlejandro : Alrighty.
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Alex is a serial entrepreneur and founder of seven startups, raising more than $1 billion and exiting over $3 billion.Īlex founded two of New York City’s top 10 venture-backed exits since 2000: Arbinet, with a 2004 IPO that had a market capitalization of over $750 million and Transit Wireless, valued at $1.2 billion.Īlex has received numerous awards for innovation, including being nominated twice by E&Y as ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’, in 2002 & 2011 Crain’s 2010 Top Entrepreneur the prestigious 2000 Albert Einstein Technology medal and the Technology Foresight Award for Innovation (presented in Geneva at Telecom 99).Īs one of the pioneers of web-based exchanges, Alex authored over 35 patents that cover aspects of the Smart Grid, ad exchanges, Twitter, Skype, App Store, Netflix and many other popular web companies.
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But that was code to them that, ‘Oh, this guy's negotiable on everything.Your email address is 100% safe from spam! About Alex Mashinsky:Īlex is one of the inventors of VOIP (Voice Over IP) with a foundational patent dating back to 1994 and is now working on MOIP (Money Over IP) technology. I had always been one of the producers on the film. I never had a trailer, because we're out there, just into something. Back in Australia, we'd done the Mad Max movies. I'm either with the actors or I'm on the set. The first mistake I made was, I sat down at a production meeting and they said, like we always do in these production meetings, ‘OK, where can we cut the budget?’ And I said, ‘Oh, I don't need a trailer,’ because I'm never in the trailer. And, if it wasn't for Jack Nicholson - it kind of got crazy.
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