Thursday, June 11, 2015

My small research about Jeffrey Harbach

Austin-based Venture Capital & Private Equity Investor and Mentor Jeffrey Harbach works with other entrepreneurs to help them achieve personal success, based on his countless roster of professional roles and associations.

He has worked as a General Partner with seed-stage VC firm Hurt+Harbach, Executive Director of the Central Texas Angel Network and a member of Austin’s Entrepreneurs Organization. Harbach also co-founded Texas Venture Labs in 2009, a University of Texas/Austin campus-wide initiative designed to accelerate start-ups looking to raise capital and bring their innovations to market, while transforming graduate students into future entrepreneurs and business leaders.

In addition, he has worked as COO of The Private Club Network, the largest reciprocal network of private country clubs in the world; Director of Residences & Concierge Services for The Markers Golfer’s Residence Club; and as an entrepreneur, since 2002, he has owned two 7-Eleven stores in Las Vegas.

Harbach also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for McCombs Venture Fellows, which provides select McCombs School of Business MBA students the opportunity to work with venture capital and private equity funds as part of their curriculum. He also maintains an Advisory Board Member post with Fat Tire Bike Tours, which provides English-speaking visitors guided tours of such destinations as Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and London. Additionally, Harbach is a Member of the Board of Trustees for The YCG Enhanced Fund (YCGEX).

A Kauffman Fellow, Harbach earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business, where he served as Director of its Venture Fellows program and Co-Founder of Texas Venture Labs. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management/Information Systems from Brigham Young University.


He is married with four daughters, and enjoys sports and outdoor activities, particularly golf and tennis. He also serves as an ecclesiastical leader in his church.

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