Jon FisherJon Fisher is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor, author, speaker, philanthropist, and inventor. Fisher is known for advocating start-up acquisition strategy versus an IPO and is the author of Strategic Entrepreneurism: Shattering the Start-Up Etrepreneurial Myths. Jon is a recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Emerging Category, 2007), and is a prolific inventor, named on more than 100 patents issued and pending worldwide. Jon spoke of a path of least resistance building software companies in a University of San Francisco commencement address, which has been viewed more than six million times. Artwork of Jon's speech sold at auction as the eighty-ninth most valuable NFT on April 29, 2021. Jon serves on the Democratic National Committee's national finance team. Jon lives in Marin County, California, with his wife and daughter. Read More Read Less