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New York, Ny, Us

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Us

Investor and Member of the Board of Directors for the most exciting company in the community multi-player gaming infrastructure space.

New York, Ny, Us

Papa Bear Ventures is an investment philosophy heavy, but vertical agnostic, early seed, B2B software-focused venture fund with an especially strong ability to support founders. We've created a unique new fund structure that makes true high end early-stage VC investment accessible to any accredited investor at a low entry point with lessened risk. Our revolutionary structure is designed to foster diversity, equity and inclusion in early stage investing and fund operation while generating higher, more consistent returns. We invest in stellar teams building software companies in the United States, Canada, the UK and Singapore that bring transformative joy or relief to their customers.Our current bear cubs include Otis.ai (meetotis.com), UptimeHealth.com, Mavity.co, Nodecraft.io and Remi (shopremi.com).

Provide impactful strategic and tactical consulting and international project guidance to individuals, start-ups, and small and mid-size companies by drawing on wealth of legal and business knowledge developed over many years as international executive, serial-entrepreneur and start-up mentor/advisor (U.S., Asia, and Europe) and 25 years as an attorney.

New York, Us

I founded the company with a crack team of startup veterans. ParkYou! enabled car owners in NYC to instantaneously find a great street parking spot whenever you need one.We're all New York City drivers ourselves, so we know how aggravating it is to spend precious time looking for a parking spot. Between us we've been stuck doing it for a total of 70 years, and we were adamant that the pain end.Unlike previous attempts to solve the street parking scourge, ParkYou! worked completely in alignment with the way you currently drive and look for spots. Our approach and app platform were designed to enable you and your neighbors to help each other. To do that, we built real-world street parking communities around small residential areas first and then throughout the city.The ParkYou! app was easier to use than your favorite map app and, dare we say, even fun.

Singapore, Sg

Provided intensive individual, team and cohort-level teaching and directed guidance to three cohorts of 40-50 student participants in NUS OC NYC as they ideated, researched, developed, pitched, and launched new ventures while competing for NUS OC development grants, engaging in 11 month paid start-up internships, and taking entrepreneurship courses through NUS and NYU.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

EFN (Enterprise Futures Network) is a non-profit organization that encourages entrepreneurship by supporting university business plan competitions and entrepreneurial programs. I serve as mentor to entrepreneurial cohorts at universities nationwide and strategic advisor to organization. Participating universities include NYU, USC, Michigan, Wisconsin, Princeton, Stanford and many others.

New York City, New York, Us

Techstars Connection accelerator was a partnership with AB InBev based in NYC. It's goal was to foster innovation and new enterprise through the creation of products, services and experiences that help connect people to people, to product and to place. Entrepreneurs worked directly with mentors from Techstars, AB InBev, and ZX Ventures, AB InBev’s global incubator and venture capital team. I held multiple office hours each week and worked with many of the teams at a strategic level, focusing on all non-technical aspects of their businesses. Several of my mentee companies have gone on to raise substantial capital and build fast growing businesses, including Analytical Flavor Systems and Paranoid Fan.

Oversaw all day-to-day operations, including budget management, for Hillary Clinton's 25 employee, 6000 volunteer 2016 California Primary Campaign.

International Skill Verification Services (“ISVS”) was a groundbreaking tech enabled services provider created to enable US companies and universities to truly know their applicants. Unlike traditional modes of candidate assessment, we used a highly sophisticated one-to-one interview process to look holistically at the applicant as an actual person, not just a score or a profile. Started in Singapore, the company was later based in Los Angeles and New York City. It was led by a top-notch global team with the support of US university leaders and leading experts, and worked to transform hiring and admissions to the betterment of companies, higher education institutions, and candidates worldwide.ISVS was primarily funded by KEC Ventures in NYC, and Spring Singapore and BAF Spectrum in Singapore.

Singapore, Singapore, Sg

Mentored twelve teams from project inception at start-up weekends through first Tech Stars affiliated 100-day start-up bootcamp in Southeast Asia. Guided newly minted tech entrepreneurs in areas including ideation, strategic planning, marketing, generating traction, business and partnership development, presentation creation, public speaking, and raising capital. Worked with visionary founders of incubator to lead groups to highly successful bootcamp-ending demo day attended by 75 investors who committed millions of dollars to a number of the ventures. Primary mentee TradeGecko expanded rapidly and sold in August 2020 for $150+ million to Intuit.

King Of Prussia, Pa, Us

* Launched Los Angeles and New York City markets and expanded DC market for publisher of high-end, individually customized marketing tool for real estate agents.* Conducted more than 200 presentations to groups of up to 100 agents, generating over 1200 sales and more than $8 million in revenue, with # 1 ranking out of over 150 sales professionals nationwide.* Built relationships with executives at Coldwell Banker, Prudential, Keller-Williams, Sotheby's, Century 21 and other major real estate companies.

Founded and ran sophisticated, subscription-based online marketing platform for restaurants seeking to significantly expand their takeout and delivery business. Built business to 600 subscribing restaurants in LA before the 2008 crash hit. Sold assets to PE fund that was rolling up restaurant related tech businesses.

* Transformed venerable Democratic association founded by Alan Cranston from completely volunteer operation to professional organization with staff and effective, hierarchical officer structure.* Increased affiliate membership from 70 to 120 in twelve month period through direct contact with club leaders and presentations to club membership.* Developed strategy blueprint for victorious campaign of organization's new president.* Enhanced institutional relationships with major trade unions through new partnership program.* Created Member-at-Large Division with marketing, phone bank, and canvass operation that more than doubled paid individual membership.* Oversaw design and development of sophisticated, new Website with robust backend database and management features.

Oversaw all day-to-day operations of tech enabled mortgage lender, including hiring, training, and supervising tech team, loan officers, telemarketers, processors and admins.• Built sophisticated website to manage inbound deal flow.• Developed successful print, Internet advertising, and telemarketing campaigns that generated hundreds of closed deals.• Underwrote more than $60 million in loans leading to $4+ million in gross revenues.

* Created and marketed Internet's most sophisticated new music platform after raising more than $1 million from initial investors.* Supervised eleven employees, including Web developers, advertising sales people, and music and publishing executives.* Developed more than twenty strategic partnerships with senior executives of major record labels and companies including Windows Media, Musicmatch, Rioport, Burly Bear Network and Net4Music.* Secured and negotiated recording and publishing contracts for eight artists/songwriters signed to music production and management company Actual Talent, generating over $2.5 million in revenue.* Supervised activities of all service providers, including music distributors, booking agents, public relations firms, marketing companies, and publishers.

* Sought and negotiated over $2 million in new business opportunities for New York-based record label King Biscuit Entertainment, including clearances, licensing deals, special products, sales promotions, and outside investment involving the Who, Allman Brothers Band, and Foghat. * Primary responsibility for initial contact with catalog artists and their representatives, generating 90 percent participation rate for releases of albums culled from archived live performances.

Us

Attorney with highly respected New York City music law firm.

Launched and ran recording studio and record production company, working with diverse artists including Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, Nice and Smooth, EPMD and Joyce Sims.

Served as manager and GM for hospitality company with acclaimed restaurants in NYC and Vail, CO and an award winning hotel in Vail, CO.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance / Marketing

Llm, Global Business Law

Post-Graduate Studies In International And Comparative Law

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

Ba, Government / Int'L Relations / Creative Writing

High School Diploma

Education record