Jim Hornthal
Login to view DISC.Jim is a distinguished entrepreneur, educator, and angel investor who has co-founded AI companies like LaunchPad Central and Zignal Labs and led two startups to IPOs, including Preview Travel (which became Travelocity). He graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Business School and actively teaches entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley.
Outside of his direct entrepreneurial and investment work, Jim is passionate about mentoring the next generation of innovators. He serves as a Lester Center Fellow at UC Berkeleys Haas School of Business, where he teaches The Lean Launchpad course, and engages in philanthropic mentoring for social entrepreneurs.
Unique fact: Jim holds a patent for a system that provides alternative travel destination information, reflecting his early and continued impact on the travel technology industry.
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