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In conversation with Michael Steed, Founder and Managing Partner, Paladin Capital Group
Michael Steed is the Founder and Managing Partner of Paladin Capital Group and serves as Chairman of the Paladin Cyber Fund, Paladin Cyber Fund II and Paladin III Investment Committees.
Mike started his professional career as a lawyer in Los Angeles. In 1981, he headed to Washington DC where he served as Special Counsel to the Chairman, and as the National Director, of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Under the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Mike was in a unique position to learn the skills needed to negotiate with the Republicans, find common ground in matters of policy disagreement and put one's differences aside; it was an age when polite discourse still meant something.
Mike took inspiration from great men such as Chuck Manatt and Tip O'Neill (47th speaker of the US House of Representatives) and by observing the quality of people that Reagan surrounded himself with, Mike applied the same philosophy to building an exceptional team when he founded Paladin Capital Group in April 2001.
As a cybersecurity-focused VC firm, Paladin soon found the world had changed when, in September that same year, the terrible attack on the World Trade Center took place. If ever there was a need for calm and steady leadership in the early stages of running a new firm, this was it.
Mike has since gone on to turn Paladin into one of the world's pre-eminent cybersecurity VC investors.
As you will hear during this discussion, Mike is a fascinating individual. His experiences of meeting world leaders during the 80s have helped him construct a wide lens through which to develop an investment and leadership style where the art of negotiation, respect and empathy ring true.
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By Green Lion MediaMichael Steed is the Founder and Managing Partner of Paladin Capital Group and serves as Chairman of the Paladin Cyber Fund, Paladin Cyber Fund II and Paladin III Investment Committees.
Mike started his professional career as a lawyer in Los Angeles. In 1981, he headed to Washington DC where he served as Special Counsel to the Chairman, and as the National Director, of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Under the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Mike was in a unique position to learn the skills needed to negotiate with the Republicans, find common ground in matters of policy disagreement and put one's differences aside; it was an age when polite discourse still meant something.
Mike took inspiration from great men such as Chuck Manatt and Tip O'Neill (47th speaker of the US House of Representatives) and by observing the quality of people that Reagan surrounded himself with, Mike applied the same philosophy to building an exceptional team when he founded Paladin Capital Group in April 2001.
As a cybersecurity-focused VC firm, Paladin soon found the world had changed when, in September that same year, the terrible attack on the World Trade Center took place. If ever there was a need for calm and steady leadership in the early stages of running a new firm, this was it.
Mike has since gone on to turn Paladin into one of the world's pre-eminent cybersecurity VC investors.
As you will hear during this discussion, Mike is a fascinating individual. His experiences of meeting world leaders during the 80s have helped him construct a wide lens through which to develop an investment and leadership style where the art of negotiation, respect and empathy ring true.