Venture boost

Dieter Kondek comes as close as you can get to an entrepreneur who has done it all.

Kondek has been an executive for large corporations such as IBM and Dell in Europe, he's helped companies go public and has raised venture capital for a host of startups. The native of Germany is now CEO of InsulinNG, a Naples-based company that makes diabetes-testing kits that will soon be available in drugstores.

After years of funding startups in San Francisco, Kondek grew tired of the expense and time it takes to reach the West Coast. So he's setting up shop in an unlikely place for tech startups: the third floor of an old building on Hendry Street in downtown Fort Myers with a creaky elevator.