About Us
We are global network of researchers, partners and fellows. Our goal is to change how the world finds and funds businesses. While we embrace openness and collaboration, specific relationships and research agendas are held in the strictest confidence
President and Managing Director Thomas Thurston is a global thought leader in specialized bodies of corporate strategy and investment methodology including predictive analytics and revenue based investing. He works with venture capital, capital market and angel investors, in addition to businesses of all sizes
Formerly, Thomas was a corporate venturing professional at the Intel Corporation, both in Intel Capital and the Technology Manufacturing Group. He worked to guide new business investment and growth processes at Intel, and also helped start and grow a high performance computing venture that was acquired in 2008. Thomas is a Member of the Oregon Bar (044359), and while currently inactive from practicing law he has been an Attorney focused on early-stage ventures and enjoyed a range of roles in firms including Nike Inc., US Bank and the US Department of State
A former Research Fellow at the Harvard Business School, Thomas holds a Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University, an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BA from the University of Oregon. He has been a guest lecturer at the Harvard Business School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology