Bio
I’m a founder of several software companies, including most recently, Involver, an enterprise social media platform, which was acquired by Oracle and is now part of the Oracle Marketing Cloud. Post sale, I spent nearly three years as the senior director working with the global field, inside sales and product development organizations. Previously, I founded a cloud productivity apps platform, which I took public on the OTCBB, and a web hosting company while in high school. Its sale (for $1.5m!) was negotiated while writing my senior year exams. Because of life circumstances, I didn’t end up going to a four-year college, or receiving my bachelors. A few years back, I received an Empact 100 Award at the White House from Startup America and The Kauffman Foundation. I was also named one of the Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 in America by Inc. Magazine, one of the Top 40 Under 40 by the San Francisco Business Times, and one of the Top 25 Digital Thought-Leaders by iMedia. I love helping and learning from people who are charting their own course. I’m an investor or advisor to a number of start-ups, early-stage venture funds, and non-profit organizations. I’ve also been invited to speak at several cool places around the world like SXSW, President Obama's Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, MIT’s $100K Business Plan Competition, Imperial Bank in Kenya and Startup Weekend in Egypt.