Jason Trevisan's guest appearances

Jason Trevisan

How Hard Can It Be?

C-Speak: The Language of Executives

Stefania Mallett

Mohamad Ali

Marianne Harrison

David Cancel

John Hancock

Patrick Sweeney

Dave Balter

Jules Pieri

Steve Kraus

Patrick Murck

Steve Kokinos

Corey Thomas

Paula Johnson

Jeff McCarthy

Angela Ruggiero

OwlTail

Before joining CarGurus, Jason Trevisan spent 12 years in venture capital, evaluating hundreds of companies on their success and potential. In this episode, Jason outlines what it was about CarGurus that blew him away, his guiding principles for leadership, and the power of good feedback.

Before joining CarGurus, Jason Trevisan spent 12 years in venture capital, evaluating hundreds of companies on their success and potential.  In this episode, Jason outlines what it was about CarGurus that blew him away, his guiding principles for leadership, and the power of good feedback.

Jason Trevisan, CEO, CarGurus

My guest this week is Jason Trevisan, Chief Financial Officer of Boston-based IPO darling CarGurus. After funding itself for its first 8 years with less than $5 million of total venture capital, CarGurus took its $200 million business to the public markets in October at $16/share, raising $150 million customer acquisition war chest on the back of a $1.7 Billion enterprise valuation. After beating estimates for Q3, the stock sits today around $30/share, representing a market cap of over $3.2 Billion. To call their exit a home run would be a massive understatement, and Jason Trevisan was at the center of it.This will be Jason’s first big interview since the end of their quiet period, and to set expectations we did NOT talk very much about the business. My focus as always was on Jason’s personal journey, which began at Duke and ran through Bain &amp; Company, a stint at online advertising leader aQuantive until it was acquired by Microsoft, and an extended stay as a VC at Polaris Partners, a Boston VC firm focused on growth equity investments and buyouts in Internet, technology and healthcare.

My guest this week is Jason Trevisan, Chief Financial Officer of Boston-based IPO darling CarGurus. After funding itself for its first 8 years with less than $5 million of total venture capital, CarGurus took its $200 million business to the public markets in October at $16/share, raising $150 million customer acquisition war chest on the back of a $1.7 Billion enterprise valuation. After beating estimates for Q3, the stock sits today around $30/share, representing a market cap of over $3.2 Billion. To call their exit a home run would be a massive understatement, and Jason Trevisan was at the center of it. This will be Jason’s first big interview since the end of their quiet period, and to set expectations we did NOT talk very much about the business. My focus as always was on Jason’s personal journey, which began at Duke and ran through Bain &amp; Company, a stint at online advertising leader aQuantive until it was acquired by Microsoft, and an extended stay as a VC at Polaris Partners, a Boston VC firm focused on growth equity investments and buyouts in Internet, technology and healthcare.

HHCIB 030 CarGurus CFO Jason Trevisan