Tom Mcgovern is a Managing Director and Early Stage Investing and Company Creation at Idealab. He possess expertise in start ups, e commerce, strategy, entrepreneurship, venture capital and 35 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Tom McGovern was one of the most dynamic business leaders I had the pleasure of serving as General Counsel of PetSmart.com. I worked with Tom during an extremely challenging economic environment for our industry; nevertheless, Tom successfully and creatively navigated the business through the challenges and ultimately created significant economic value for the shareholders of the company. Many CEOs can succeed when the rising tide is lifting all boats, but it takes rare talent to lead… Show more" and "While at Snap, I had the opportunity to work very closely with Tom through the entire process of invention surrounding the Snap.com search engine. Tom has a distinct vision for how he saw the product unfolding itself, yet at the same time he was very open to innovation and change. I have had the opportunity to meet and work with a number of CEOs of companies, but Tom was probably one of the most involved and hand on of them. Some may think of this as a bad thing, but due to his deep… Show more"