Ryan McDonough

Founder, Sometime Artist

CFO and co-founder @Accompany, acquired by @Cisco. Turnaround CFO @Ning, sold to Glam Media. Former seed VC. McKinsey trained. @Wharton School and @Haas School of Business.

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April 11, 2024

Haas Berkeley Entrepreneurship Lecture MBA 295A

THOUGHTS

Last week, I had a chance to share some thoughts on my founder experience (Accompany 2013 – 2018) with Aaron McDaniel’s Haas MBA 295A entrepreneurship class. 

Aaron’s Key Takeaways from the Session

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