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Co-founder and CEO G2, Godard Abel: Finding Opportunity in Challenging Times

Grit

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What Did Big Machines Do?

CNN's John Sutter is fascinated by the life of his father, who started a company selling big machines. His grandfather was an engineer before and during world war two in germany. He came up with a new pump design to help restart coal mines but had no capital. When he moved to america for business school, there were 40 or 50 start ups coming out of his 300-person class. The dot com boom made him want to be part of that too.

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