case study · 1999 — 2002

Phoenix Networks

Director & Investor

Phoenix Networks — DSL

Invested in and served as a director of Phoenix Networks — a consumer and business DSL provider that grew into one of the top DSL providers in the world.

⊕ The mandate

  • Backed and guided a high-growth DSL provider as a director
  • Helped scale consumer and business high-speed Internet

⚔ The hard problem

Scaling DSL during the broadband land-grab, competing against far larger national carriers.

◆ Outcomes

  • Became one of the top DSL providers worldwide
  • Business lines sold to MegaPath; residential lines to EarthLink (2002)

⚙ Focus areas

  • DSL
  • Broadband
  • ISP