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Sean Jacobsohn
Partner at Norwest Venture Partners and Chief Historian & Collector at Failure Museum
Sean Jacobsohn is a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, where he specializes in investments in the enterprise cloud sector, including mobile-first applications, human-assisted AI, B2B marketplaces, and industry-specific cloud solutions. His background includes significant experience in technology, sales, and business development, having previously served as a venture partner at Emergence Capital Partners and held executive roles at companies like Cornerstone OnDemand and WageWorks.12
Jacobsohn has a strong educational foundation, holding an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA in Marketing, Finance, and International Business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also the founder of the Failure Museum, a collection of artifacts from failed businesses, which he uses to explore the lessons learned from business failures.23
In his role at Norwest, he is actively involved in helping startups scale and succeed, leveraging insights from both his investment work and his unique collection of failed business memorabilia to inform his strategies and advice for entrepreneurs.34
Highlights
Released in 1980 and discontinued in 1984, the @Apple III was dogged by many design faults, such as chips coming out of sockets, real time clocks not working, and excessive heat problems due to over populated boards.
@MuseumFailure https://t.co/ZJ04i9AWVT
