Investment Team

Joel Peterson

Joel is the Founding Partner of Peterson Partners. Joel has a long history of successful growth capital investments in a variety of industries. He currently teaches Entrepreneurial Management at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, serves as Director of the Stanford GSB Center for Leadership Development and Research, is Chairman of JetBlue Airways, and serves as a Director of Franklin Covey as well as Ladder Capital. He served formerly as Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

 

  • Proven business models and positive cash flow
  • Talented management
  • Straight-forward competitive strategies
  • High operating margins that derive from a superior brand value proposition or advantaged positioning in a growing industry
  • Prospects for rapid organic growth and expansion via acquisition
  • Potential for improvements in strategy, sales, competitive positioning, capitalization or operations 

Board Directorships

Bonobos

Franklin Covey

Integra Partners

JetBlue

Ladder Capital

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