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Mark Fasciano (CEO, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Canrock Ventures)


According to Mark Fasciano, in the early years of getting a company off the ground both teams and ideas are important but you have t realize that both can change over time. The most important thing to remember is to create a collaborative environment based on a good idea and the best people you can attract and afford.

Mark Fasciano

CEO, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Canrock Ventures After his PhD from the University of Chicago's Artificial Intelligence Lab, Mark Fasciano decided to capitalize on the potential of the budding internet and launch his first business venture. He started FatWire Software with a graduate school friend, and it eventually grew to a $40 million business that got bought by Oracle. Inspired by FatWire's Mark has co-founded many other ventures. His latest venture, Clarapath, aims to automate and digitize the medical field of histopathology so that doctors can make critical diagnoses more accurately and efficiently.

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Mark Fasciano

CEO, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Canrock Ventures

After his PhD from the University of Chicago's Artificial Intelligence Lab, Mark Fasciano decided to capitalize on the potential of the budding internet and launch his first business venture. He started FatWire Software with a graduate school friend, and it eventually grew to a $40 million business that got bought by Oracle. Inspired by FatWire's Mark has co-founded many other ventures. His latest venture, Clarapath, aims to automate and digitize the medical field of histopathology so that doctors can make critical diagnoses more accurately and efficiently.

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