Peterson Ventures’ Post

A week ago we hosted our annual intern and alumni BBQ @ Sundance Resort. Thanks to John Koelliker for being willing to share his story as a former intern at Peterson Ventures who we have had the privilege to back as he is building Leland, more to share on John Koelliker and the story at Leland. Always a great opportunity to reconnect with our former interns and their significant others. 14 years ago, my friends and mentors Dan Peterson and Brandon Cope hired me as an intern to join JCP Capital, the Joel Peterson family office entity that was also doing direct investments. Two years later we raised our first fund with outside capital and Peterson Ventures was off and running. I still consider myself the OG intern. From that time forward we have had the privilege of bringing on tremendous interns over the years, over 40 at this point. Each one of those interns has made meaningful contributions to what Peterson Ventures has become today. We’re grateful this year to have Priscilla Russo, Winston Huynh and Nate Hardy as interns this summer, and excited for them to join this great group of Peterson Ventures interns. Our interns have gone on to do great things including several that have and are building great careers in venture capital, several who are CEO’s, many more who are VP and C level roles in and out of our portfolio. More importantly, it is a group of great people doing great things in their professional and personal lives. Thanks to Laurel Mills for organizing and to Sundance Mountain Resort for hosting us. Already looking forward to next years gathering.