We are a venture studio, founded and run by Michael Cline. We are currently building two major companies and have just launched Fitz, a premiere styling and closet organizing company. Our Founding teams are made up of members from Google, Apple, Square, Dropbox, Gilt, Vine, eBay, Glamsquad, Amazon, Yahoo, McKinsey, and Bridgewater and our advisory board includes senior executives from Google, Facebook, the White House, Spotify, Microsoft, Twitter, Square and Linkedin.
Michael Cline has co-founded a number of companies including Fandango, Exult, Xchanging, Accretive Health and Accolade, among others. Mr. Cline serves as the Chairman of Accolade and Insureon and is a director of Everspring. Before founding Eight, Mr. Cline founded Accretive, LLC where he continues to be active. Mr. Cline was a General Partner at General Atlantic and prior to that an associate at McKinsey & Company.
When building companies, we always adhere to the following Values and Principles. For a more detailed description, please follow the link below:
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BE EXCELLENT
+Add value
+Talent is everything
+Commit and deliver
+Maintain focus
+Make it simple
+Pragmatism
BE RIGOROUS AND TRANSPARENT
+Get your facts straight
+Raise your hand if something doesn’t make sense
+Have a point of view and debate openly
FAIL AND LEARN
+Take risks
+Measure
+Acknowledge failure
DO THE RIGHT THING
+Keep it human
+Be fair
ACT LIKE A FOUNDER
+Care and Get in the game
+Take pride
HAVE FUN
+Craftsmanship
+Enjoy yourself