Matthew McCall is a co-founder and managing director of Portage Venture Partners and the newer Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners. In recent years, when I am unable to figure out a complex business situation, I visit Matt. He talks. I listen. I write. I rely on his wisdom. I frequently read his popular venture blog called VC Confidential. He recently sold one of his companies, Feedburner, to Google.

Matt has served on the advisory board to the Mayor’s Council of Technology Advisors in Chicago as well as on numerous other regional high-technology advisory boards. He is a board member of the Illinois Venture Capital Association. He has been honored by Crain’s Chicago Business on its annual “40 under 40” list of leading Chicagoans under age 40. He has also been named as one of the 100 most prominent members of Chicago’s technology community. He has keynoted or been a panelist at over 50 area conferences and events nationwide.