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Consulting StartupAgents, a startup recruiting company, on their strategy, branding, business model, marketing, messaging and communication. Advised on website launch, logo, and social media presence. Evangelizing and driving startups and new "talent" to use and engage with the site.StartupAgents is a matching service dedicated to helping startups grow by connecting teams with talent.

Led and orchestrated business development efforts to grow a social internet television business. Initiated and managed discussions with investors and potential strategic partners. Constructed and honed fundraising materials to target specific venture capitalists, corporate investors, and angel groups. Proactively drove relationships withcontent producers and negotiated contracts to distribute their content on broadband-enabled devices. Evangelized the product to consumer electronic… Show more Led and orchestrated business development efforts to grow a social internet television business. Initiated and managed discussions with investors and potential strategic partners. Constructed and honed fundraising materials to target specific venture capitalists, corporate investors, and angel groups. Proactively drove relationships withcontent producers and negotiated contracts to distribute their content on broadband-enabled devices. Evangelized the product to consumer electronic manufacturers, investors, users and beta testers. Composed messaging and external communications. Initiated user experience and product enhancements with the development team. Assessed market opportunities and stayed current on competitor activity. Show less

As a part of Silicon Valley Bank's Venture Exchange team, I consulted entrepreneurs on raising capital by advising them on their fundraising strategy, providing feedback on their marketing and investment materials, and connecting them to investors. Prior to joining the Venture Exchange team, I was a part of Silicon Valley Bank's Emerging Technologies Group, where I assisted early stage, bootstrapped and angel-backed companies with their banking needs, in addition to helping them grow… Show more As a part of Silicon Valley Bank's Venture Exchange team, I consulted entrepreneurs on raising capital by advising them on their fundraising strategy, providing feedback on their marketing and investment materials, and connecting them to investors. Prior to joining the Venture Exchange team, I was a part of Silicon Valley Bank's Emerging Technologies Group, where I assisted early stage, bootstrapped and angel-backed companies with their banking needs, in addition to helping them grow their businesses. Show less

Managed National Semiconductor's worldwide foreign currency exposures through the use of hedging techniques to minimize currency fluctuation risk.

Assisted in the preparation of financial and retirement plans at this independent financial planning firm. In addition, I also aided in small business operations, maintained client accounts, worked on loan amortizations, cost basis projects, property refinancing, asset management, customer relations publicity, client survey, newsletter, and also contacted prospective clients to assess their business potential, and set-up initial meetings.