The Quiet Giant: In His Own Words
Part Four of a four-part Urban Nerd series on The Quiet Giant, the final installment, a candid Q and A with Pat Matthews on venture capital, ambition, geography, and San Antonio’s place in the startup world. In Part 1, “The Quiet Giant: The Unlikely Path to Venture Capital,” we saw how a kid from Virginia […]
The Quiet Giant: The ProsperOps Bet
Part Three of a four-part Urban Nerd series on The Quiet Giant – how Active Capital is pulling off the most unlikely venture story in Texas. One of the things I love about the Rackspace network is that it never really goes away. Rackers are scattered across the tech industry. Some have started companies. Some […]
The Quiet Giant: From Rackspace to Active Capital
Part Two of a four-part Urban Nerd series on The Quiet Giant – how Active Capital is pulling off the most unlikely venture story in Texas. When I was CEO of Geekdom, one of the most common frustrations I heard from founders was simple: there wasn’t enough capital in San Antonio. That complaint came from […]
The Quiet Giant: The Unlikely Path to Venture Capital
Part One of a four-part Urban Nerd series exploring how an unlikely path, an overlooked city, and long-term conviction gave rise to Active Capital — one of Texas’s quiet venture successes. I’ve known Pat for a long time. Truth be told, when I worked at Rackspace, and I spent close to a decade there, I […]