How James Avery's Earlier "Base Hit" Exits Prepared Him for Kevel
- S2E8
- 49:32
- October 28th 2021
Host Kevin Mosley, along with guest co-host Paolo DiVincenzo, interview serial entrepreneur James Avery, founder and CEO of Kevel. The theme of today's episode is "Base Hits," the smaller exits that build experience and confidence before leading to bigger success later on.
Exit Stories
Exit Stories features tech founders, buyers, and sellers from the Triangle, North Carolina and the Southeast to tell their stories about raising capital and selling their startups.
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.