Even the Best Technology Is Worthless Without Sales, Says Venture Capitalist

Jonathan Lavender, global chairman of KPMG, moderated a panel on scaling global corporations from seed to exit or IPO at Calcalist’s third annual Mind the Tech conference in New York. Participants included Ken Bronfin, senior managing partner at Hearst Corporation’s venture capital arm Hearst Ventures, whose portfolio consists of the likes of Via, Buzzfeed, and Otonomo Technologies Ltd; Rob Delaney, vice president of Carrick Capital Partners, which focuses on technology-enabled businesses; and Qumra partner Sivan Shamri Dahan.