Atlas Certified's David Johnson Shares Top Three Lessons for Entrepreneurs
- S4E8
- 41:41
- October 24th 2023
On this week's episode, host Kevin Mosley chats with David Johnson, the founder and former CEO of Raleigh-based certification software startup Atlas Certified. Last year, Atlas was acquired by New York-based CLEAR, an identity verification platform. David helped major companies such as HomeAdvisor, Amazon and Care. com to automate professional license verification, monitoring, and status changes. He has a wealth of experience in the startup world, having founded his first business straight out of Georgetown University's Business School.
During this episode, David will offer his actionable advice on how to stay ahead of well-funded competitors, the importance of "smart money", and his best three lessons for entrepreneurs.
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This program is produced by GrepBeat and hosted by Kevin Mosley of Jurassic Capital.
Meet the Host
Kevin is a General Partner at Jurassic Capital, a Durham, NC-based Growth Equity firm focused on growing B2B software companies in the Southeast. Alongside cofounder Joe Colopy, Jurassic’s deep entrepreneurial and operating experience from Bronto and other SaaS companies helps grow and scale capital-efficient companies over $1M in Revenue. They recently closed a $20M+ fund and have portfolio companies building software in HR (Workdove), B2B eCommerce (Corevist), and Test Automation (Cycle Labs).
Kevin spent his pre-Jurassic career operating at growth-stage software companies, including Sageworks, Lulu, Bronto, and Republic Wireless/Relay. He graduated with a BS in Finance from Clemson and loves spending time with his wife in the Triangle as well as watching and playing all sports, especially golf and tennis.