Jeff Nolan

Jeff Nolan is the CEO of Teqlo, Inc., a Silicon Valley company that makes it possible for the non-developers in small through large enterprises to assemble and publish their own applications, then invite others to use them. Jeff previously led the Apollo Strategy Group for SAP. Apollo is a competitive strategy, marketing, field engagement, and communication group within SAP with the sole mission of increasing SAP's competitive effectiveness against Oracle. Prior to his Apollo role, Jeff was with SAP Ventures from its founding more than 8 years ago and in that role led a broad portfolio of new venture capital investments for SAP. Jeff continues to serve as an advisor to SAP Ventures. Jeff writes a blog http://www.venturechronicles.com. Jeff is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, and serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Students Rising Above. He is also Chairman of the Board for board for KIPP Bayview Academy in San Francisco.

Recent Posts

Arguments against the Prop. 87 oil tax

When I first heard about oil tax Prop 87, I found it eerily reminiscent of the stem cell initiative, Prop 71, from a few years back.

Both involved big time Silicon Valley backers, both involved an emotional issue, and both involved the creation of a new state run agency that featured political appointees responsible for a lot of taxpayer money.

The other thing that Prop 87 and the stem cell initiative have in common is that… Continue Reading

The best of Office 2.0

The best of Office 2.0

[Editor's note. We attended the Office 2.0 conference this week, and noted a lot of interesting innovation happening with interactive applications for office workers. We asked Jeff Nolan, a former venture capitalist at SAP Ventures, to report about what he saw. Jeff, who this week announced he has become chief executive of a start-up called Teqlo, has been watching this area as closely as anyone.]

The Office 2.0 conference that was held this week was exciting… Continue Reading