Josh Kopelman
Josh Kopelman
Joshua Kopelman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
needs solve
I don’t like to solve new needs, I like to solve existing needs.
biggest tower
When I started half.com, our three biggest competitors were Borders, Tower Records and Blockbuster Video.
build built entirely online round technology
First Round has an opportunity: to create an entirely new kind of online publication, built for technology entrepreneurs, where they can learn how to build better companies.
business learned
There's one thing I've learned about entrepreneurs' business plans. Every one is wrong.
people
I don't think a lot of people have been entrepreneurial about venture capital.
coming great keeping
I don't think Philadelphia's challenge is in coming up with great ideas or having great founders. I think the real challenge is keeping them here.
concentration
The Philadelphia region does have capital, but there's no concentration of it.
built hit mainstream
You know you've built a product that can hit the mainstream when your wife, your father, and your mother-in-law can get involved.
believe
I really believe that if capital doesn't come to the entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurs have no choice but to go to the capital.
gonna might money
If you're an entrepreneur, and you have a choice to go to a place where there are 250 VC firms or somewhere else where there might be one or two, you're gonna go where all the money is.
technology opportunity thinking
The online shopping paradigm is finally changing. Indeed, I think we’ve seen more innovation in the last 10 months than in the last 10 years. We’ve seen an explosion of interesting technologies and opportunities that seek to change online shopping.
matter target bigger
Markets really matter. Because the bigger the market, the more targets there are for the missile to hit.