Conrad Wai
Founder: Jump Ventures, VC arm of leading innovation consultancy. Expertise in design, customer understanding, adoption strategy. CompSci and HCI at Stanford.
Defining and designing the offering in a way that connects with customers.
Really understanding people and their needs.
Crafting the right business model for a cool technology.
Prioritizing features and creating a roadmap for adoption and growth.
Either early-stage (often very early) or in a "what now?" moment.
Bay Area, or New York, is good, but not a requirement.
Sector-agnostic, but should be one where customer understanding is important.