General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> August 13, 2001

Edwin Goodman – Milestone Venture Partners

EDWIN A. GOODMAN has been active in all phases of the venture capital business for more than 25 years, having worked for Patricof & Co., Hambros Bank, and most recently Investec Private Equity. He established his own firm, Milestone Venture Partners, with Mr. Todd Pietri in the fall of 1999. Mr. Goodman is a graduate of Yale College, receiving a BA in English Literature. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and reached the rank of Sergeant by the time he was honorably discharged. Mr. Goodman chairs the Board of Choate Rosemary Hall School in Wallingford, Connecticut, and is also Chairman of the Board of The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). He also serves as a trustee of the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado. Profile
TWST: Tell us about Milestone Venture Partners and your responsibilities

there.

Mr. Goodman: In 1997, 1998, after about 27 years in the venture capital

business, I saw the Internet as the huge