Roland is a Principal at 500 Global investing in and advising companies for the global fund and San Francisco – based flagship accelerator program. Previously at 500 he was Practice Director for Corporate experimentation, helping startups and corporates alike collaborate and create successful partnerships.
Prior to joining 500, he worked in the Balkans and South America advising startups, bringing his past experience as an operator and product leader to those regions. Roland is a serial entrepreneur having spent nearly 2 decades founding and leading product for companies in the web hosting, software development, and customer service spaces. His last venture which he co-founded was Olark which has transformed how over 12,000 businesses do sales and service online, creating many of the conventions used in the business chat space today.
Roland is a Principal at 500 Global investing in and advising companies for the global fund and San Francisco – based flagship accelerator program. Previously at 500 he was Practice Director for Corporate experimentation, helping startups and corporates alike collaborate and create successful partnerships.
Prior to joining 500, he worked in the Balkans and South America advising startups, bringing his past experience as an operator and product leader to those regions. Roland is a serial entrepreneur having spent nearly 2 decades founding and leading product for companies in the web hosting, software development, and customer service spaces. His last venture which he co-founded was Olark which has transformed how over 12,000 businesses do sales and service online, creating many of the conventions used in the business chat space today.