Product Guru Bruce Cleveland on Bridging The Traction Gap

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  • May 3, 2019
Bruce Cleveland

Wildcat Venture Partners, Founding Partner

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The traction gap model provides a framework for entrepreneurs to improve their prospects in turning a promising startup into a sustainable business.
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The traction gap model provides a framework for entrepreneurs to improve prospects of turning a promising startup into a sustainable business.

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Bruce Cleveland
Wildcat Venture Partners, Founding Partner

Bruce focuses on early stage software startups that enable digital transformation across business, government and education markets, and enjoys working with companies that use technology and data to increase revenue and decrease costs. He was the first investor and a former board member of Marketo, which held an IPO in 2013 and was acquired by Adobe in 2018 for $4.75 billion. Bruce’s current investments include Amplero, C3, GreenFig, Obo and Vlocity. He is also the author of the best seller, Traversing the Traction Gap and lectures on the Traction Gap Framework at various universities and industry events.

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Joh Olson, RN MBA
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Goal-oriented and always learning. Expertise in healthcare management and operations with twenty years of leading healthcare teams. Recently retired from Stanford Healthcare to focus on our successful direct-to-consumer e-commerce business (Treehut.co), now twenty employees strong. I also work with Mighty Capital helping businesses create value at scale, enjoy process improvement, customer service, leadership development and team building. I share our home in San Francisco with my wife, our son and tiny dog and was born and raised here in Northern California, where I hope to continue to contribute. I lead by serving and am learning every day.

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