Five Questions for Mercury Fund Co-Founder Blair Garrou, was published in Xconomy and was written by Angela Shah.
Blair Garrou, Partner at Mercury Fund, talks with Angela Shah about Houston.
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Blair Garrou is the kind of guy who prefers juggling a lot of balls at once.
When oil prices cratered in the 1990s, business slowed down at his employer, a mergers and acquisitions firm.
“I had some time on my hands and there was this new organization called the Houston Technology Center so I started volunteering,” Garrou says. “They were looking for someone with financial analyst skills, who could help startups with business planning and financial modeling.”