"If you want to start a company, really think about what you want your life to be like for the next five years," says Dan Berkenstock, co-founder of Skybox Imaging. According to Berkenstock, and fellow co-founder Julian Mann, this means thoughtfully considering how big an opportunity you are willing to pursue and how much control you are willing to share.

Co-Founder Dan Berkenstock describes the intoxicating early days of incorporating Skybox Imaging after finishing a technology venture formation course at Stanford. Berkenstock relates the maddening pace of making pitches and working to meet possible investors, before eventually securing initial funding.