Dave Parker (LI) is a 5X founder and tech entrepreneur based in Seattle. He's also the author of the newly released book, Trajectory: Startup: Ideation to Product/Market Fit―A Handbook for Founders and Anyone Supporting Them. The book is for founders looking to validate their idea before they leave their day job or speed their process from the idea stage to go-to-market. He's been part of 13 transactions as a founder, board member and now as an advisor. He would tell you that he's been a VC twice, but it didn't stick. He’s raised $13M and exited $85M as a founder and just completed is 16th transaction including an advisor.