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My Bio

I’ve spent the last decade in corporate strategy, business development and growth operations on both the investor and innovator sides of the table.

At age 30, I was hired to run a corporate venture capital fund for a $1.4 billion company.

The biggest wins from our 6 investments:

• 2 portfolio companies were acquired at 9-figure valuations

• 1 received significant growth equity funding from a private equity firm and is still in operation

• 1 remains in operation at a 9-figure valuation

But in 2018, the Venture Capital industry had me feeling jaded and unfulfilled.

I found it very unfair to the startup community that VCs regularly chastised the very people we were supposed to be empowering… And as a VC, I was part of the problem.

So, I intentionally left the fund side to go work for and with the types of companies I would have invested in — and it has been a blessing.

Since 2018, I have:

• Established multi-million dollar business development partnerships with emerging companies

• Advised ambitious Founders whose companies are valued up to $975M

• Made early stage, on-and-off balance sheet investments

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Why I’m Doing This

1. There is a game behind the curtain in the world of venture capital.

   • I disclose the game to you because good companies deserve to get funded.

   
   

2. VCs don’t truly collaborate with startups.

   • We cast stones at the very people we’re supposed to be empowering which I find very unfair to the startup community. 

   • Having been on both sides of the table, I can educate and advise you with empathy.

   
   

3. There is a lot of misguided Startup / VC advice coming from unqualified sources.

   • You’re getting a lot of noise from online “experts” who have never been on a cap table.

   • There is so much more that goes into Startup / VC engagement than a great story and pitch deck.

So, I’m doing something about it.