Wade Myers is a serial entrepreneur, investor, author, and speaker that has founded, invested in, and been a director of 100+ startups and has completed scores of financing and M&A transactions.
He has been a featured speaker at top business schools as well as investment banking, venture capital, private equity, technology, and entrepreneurship conferences worldwide.
Wade is the co-founder and general partner of several investment funds including Eagle Venture Fund, a global seed capital firm that focuses on impact investments; and multiple public equities and real estate funds.
Wade’s entrepreneurial ventures include a tech-enabled investment bank that he sold to a strategic Fortune 500 buyer, a SaaS-based big data company he sold to a publicly-held firm, a tech-enabled government services firm he sold to a strategic Fortune 500 buyer, and an Inc. 5000 SaaS-based property management firm that has grown to be the third-largest firm in an industry of 6,500 competitors since he founded the company in 2004.
Wade’s other work experience includes the Boston Consulting Group and several years at Mobil Corporation where he rose to a national-level executive position. He also served as an Airborne Ranger in the US Army where he commanded a special weapons unit; developed new doctrine for atomic, liquid, and slurry demolitions; and was awarded a Bronze Star when he was recalled to active duty to fight in the Gulf War.
Wade has a BS from North Dakota State University, an MS from Texas A&M University, and an MBA from Harvard University where he graduated as a Baker Scholar (top 5% of his class). He also helped develop an executive education course for Harvard Business School and is a Harvard case study author.
Wade is also a published author with articles in Inc. Magazine, Forbes, Huffington Post, and Apple News. He was featured in Episode 4 of Season 1 of the Curious Entrepreneur series on Amazon Prime.