Making ️ Mapquest: Chris Heivly on Building the Fort

Our guest, Chris Heivly, talks about his experience starting
MapQuest and compares starting a company as an adult to building a
fort in the woods as a kid. He also shares lessons he has learned
as he has become a mentor for many other start up companies. Chris
Heivly is an accomplished executive in the information-technology
sector with proven experience in marketing, sales, business
development, investment finance, and operations. He was a
co-founder of MapQuest (sold to AOL for $1.2B), a managing director
of 77 Capital (a $25 million venture fund) and has been an
executive at five other companies. Key Takeaways Channel your inner
10 year old when approaching creating anything How to start and
scale startup communities in nascent cities Starting will
eventually create a path to work on so stop talking about ideas and
work on them How Mapquest came to be His new book Build the Fort
Purchase Chris' Book, Build the Fort The Startup Community
Builder's Field Guide on
Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Build-Fort-Startup-Community-Builders/dp/1544542607