Entrepreneur, angel investor, and startup advisor who loves "throwing stones at thrones" and destroying dogma. I have a knack for quickly understanding complex problems, figuring out how to fix them in ways other people don't see, then getting it done.Built three successful businesses before I was 25. Founder CEO of a Silicon Valley startup that created a new (now $10B/yr) market segment in online advertising and was acquired. Founder CEO of a publication/community that grew a niche market 400% in five years with huge worldwide influence and was acquired.Innovation advisor to the White House and Pentagon. Youngest entrepreneur in the world to raise a VC round in 2009. Awarded at the White House & US Chamber of Commerce as one of the top entrepreneurs under 30 in the US. Former athlete. Former software engineer. Still a nerd.I try to follow three principles as a founder and human: 1) Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes. 2) If your work doesn't make anyone mad then you're not doing something worthy enough. 3) It's possible to be ethical and not an asshole while still succeeding in business.We're lucky enough to work in an industry that rewards intellectual honesty, risk taking, stubbornness, and delusions masked as vision.
Listed skills include Entrepreneurship, Advertising, Online Advertising, Blogging, and 23 others.
