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Serial exited founder/operator, 30+ pre/seed angel investments with top decile markups…
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SoftBank disrupts Venture Capital
SoftBank disrupts Venture Capital
At this point I’m sure you’ve heard of the $100B Softbank Vision Fund that’s been making headlines around the world…
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12 Predictions for Venture Capital in 2018
12 Predictions for Venture Capital in 2018
Well that was an interesting year! So lets wrap it up in style and start making some predictions for what to expect…
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Founder Friendly is not dead
Founder Friendly is not dead
As the Uber drama continues to unfold in front of us like tabloid news, it has finally escalated to an early investor…
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You have 12 months to prove yourself after your seed round
You have 12 months to prove yourself after your seed round
Angels and VCs are not trying to be Fortune Tellers who can predict the future, as much as we want to. Our immediate…
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What does “invest in founders first” mean?
What does “invest in founders first” mean?
I’ve met with hundreds of startup founders over the last two years, heard almost every idea possible and whenever they…
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Most of us are Polaroid investors
Most of us are Polaroid investors
Investing in a startup is easy but getting positive returns (hopefully money-over-money) is damn near impossible. At…
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Help the founders that are coachable
Help the founders that are coachable
Helping is hard. Through out the process of a startup there are so many times that someone can be helpful to you.
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How Fake is Fake News? We Need A Rating System
How Fake is Fake News? We Need A Rating System
Now that we’ve established fake news is a problem and are getting better at identifying it, we now need to rate or…
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We wont solve fake news right now but that’s not the problem ---
We wont solve fake news right now but that’s not the problem ---
The most common thing I’m seeing in all my feeds right now (because it’s bias and all I want to see obviously) is this…
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Jet being acquired is a win-win-win
Jet being acquired is a win-win-win
The ink is still drying on this deal but at face value, it’s not only the biggest e-commerce acquisition in history but…
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OpenAI Is Almost 10 Years Old. It Started with a Mission, Not a Product. Nearly a decade ago, OpenAI introduced itself with a simple blog post and a…
OpenAI Is Almost 10 Years Old. It Started with a Mission, Not a Product. Nearly a decade ago, OpenAI introduced itself with a simple blog post and a…
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Education
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Columbia Business School
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Activities and Societies: VP EMBA CEO Club VP EMBA VC Club
Completed my Executive MBA in 20 straight months, while working full-time as well.
EMBA Americas 20 is a unique program made up of 40 students mostly from around the world that fly in every month for a week of classes https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs/executive-mba/options-locations/emba-americas -
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Activities and Societies: Entrepreneurship Club, American Marketing Association, Creativity Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) learning community, Student Sand Box Incubator, Delta Sigma Pi professional fraternity
Recognized as one of the top 100 most innovative student start-ups in the country
Won 2nd Place in Annual Panasci Business Plan Competition with a $10,000 cash prize
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New York Advisory Board
BUILD
- Present 10 years 8 months
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BUILD is dedicated to proving the power of experiential learning through entrepreneurship, and igniting the potential of youth in under-resourced communities.
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