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My personal investment vehicle that seeks interesting people and ideas with the passion, vision, commitment and execution skills to build great businesses primarily in the media, ecommerce and technology spaces.Current investments include: Inside.com, BootstrapLabs, Singularity University, BlueDot, Citymart, Urban.us, Centri Technology, Edyn (SoilIQ), Fond (AnyPerk), Rock Health, Wooshii (UK) and others.

Mobile Nations (acquired by Future plc) is a leading online consumer technology publisher and social commerce business whose motto is "Real Tech by Real People"​. We aim and often succeed in attracting every misfit that we can find.According to Quantcast, we operate the world's largest and most influential smartphone communities with over 40 million unique visitors per month. Our sites include AndroidCentral, iMore, WindowsCentral and CrackBerry.In 2007, our company ranked as the fastest growing online retailer (a business we have since exited) on the Inc. 500 list of private companies in America and 37th overall position on that list.We celebrated our 19th anniversary as a private company in 2018 never having raised any external funding or debt. Mobile Nations was acquired in 2019 and is now wholly owned by Future plc - a global media company publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange with a rich history in tech and gaming publishing having been founded by Chris Anderson now leading TED in 1985.

Even if we know that we have to eat more slowly, do more exercise, go to sleep early, and do 1001 things that are good for us, good habits are difficult to adopt and even more difficult to maintain over time. This is the purpose of HAPILABS and its current HAPIfork and HAPItrack products.HAPILABS was founded for people who want to take control of their HAPIness, health and fitness using mobile technology and devices that connect them to their life.Together with the world’s top inventors and manufacturers, HAPILABS creates state-of-the-art devices that will change people's lives because we believe good habits ensure good health and wellness!

Started as an experiment in digital entertainment convergence, the Treonauts.com "blog"​ quickly became one of the leading destinations for existing and prospective owners of Palm's smartphones. Treonauts was one of the earliest blogs able to generate substantial revenues and to integrate ecommerce. The site was quite possibly one of the earliest successful examples of "brand communities"​ and "social commerce".

Nürnberg, Bayern, De

Helped in ad pepper media's pre-IPO year and managed the UK business during one of the most turbulent times in online media just as the bubble burst (minutes after the company raised EUR 20 million) and our phones went from ringing non-stop to not ringing at all. Learned more than a few lessons in the process.

London, London, Gb

Led the digital strategy team and developed every new business proposal the London office presented. Successfully won the multi-million Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) account which was instrumental to the profitability of the London business in the following years.

An early attempt to fulfill Roberto Goizueta's vision to "have Coke dispensed from the tap in your kitchen" and disrupt the beverage category within the grocery business by creating a direct-to-home drinks delivery service. Waiting to restart this business when the time is right.

Count Zero was a promotional marketing company specialized in enhancing the value of brands via unique, innovative and extremely well designed promotional items. Our services were particularly sought after by both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage brands such as Seagram's (Chivas Regal, Cacique), Gatorade, IDV (Absolut) and Pepsi for whom we delivered high value continuity programs that significantly boosted both frequency of purchase and consumption.