Jay Rosenzweig, the founding partner of Rosenzweig & Company, is an expert in designing, building and attracting world class executive leadership teams for organizations across the globe. He is currently invested in and advising over 30 frontier technology businesses & VC’s predominantly across California, New York and Ontario. Jay is a champion of the cause of gender equality. He has been actively advocating on behalf of women for decades, including through his internationally renowned Rosenzweig Report on the Status of Women, and has invested in several prominent and successful female founded businesses.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Steve Jobs
- Jeff Bezo
- Jesse Draper
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I worry about financing and landing customers and about finding people who shared and understood my vision and would wish to take the risk of joining a fledgeling firm”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography book by Walter IsaacsonFavourite Quote:
“One never loses what one gives”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Coach Me – is a coach that goes everywhere with you, helping you achieve any goal, form any habit, or build any expertise
- Levo – Start your career right Design your personal brand, access career advice, build connections, find a job, find yourself
- On Mogul – is an award winning platform for women worldwide that enables you to share your voice, exchange information, and access knowledge
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Find a good mentor, someone who you can truly learn from, it doesn’t even necessarily have to be a business mentor, I was fortunate to find someone like this while in lawschool, a wise professor who later became minister of justice an attorney general for Canada. Don’t be afraid to ask someone to mentor you, most people are willing to do so. Of course the deal is that you eventually should pass on the favour and mentor others…[Listen for More]
More About Jay Rosenzweig:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Curiosity is the essence of human existence. ‘Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?’… I don’t know. I don’t have any answers to those questions. I don’t know what’s over there around the corner. But I want to find out.” Eugene Cernan
Other Quotes From the Chat with Jay Rosenzweig:
- “Act as advisors to them rather than order takers. When you develop that advisor relationship with your clients that’s when you can really foster that win win”
- “It’s one thing to think you have a great idea, it’s quite another thing to have that validated”
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