Sitting in the windowless basement level of a nondescript building in the shadow of the Bay Bridge, Andy Miller is doing one of his most essential -- and rewarding -- jobs: helping smart and talented, but young and inexperienced, entrepreneurs navigate the crucial steps needed to move their new company forward. After all, great technology can only get you so far. It takes great business strategy and decisions to build a truly successful company.
Miller, a general partner at Highland Capital Partners who once reported directly to Steve Jobs as Apple's vice president of mobile advertising, is seated across from David Holz and Michael Buckwald, the co-founders of Leap Motion. Earlier in the morning, the company announced it had closed a $12.75 million Series A round, led by Highland, and that it was leaving behind its original moniker, OccuSpec.
