Melissa does analysis on physical product opportunities for The Fund. She sets the initial valuation through her due diligence, manages the incubator period / budget and then presents new valuation to Fund after her SOPs. Then typically negotiates exit at 3 yrs. If you have a CPG and want to know what it's worth, reach out. She'll do a work up for you.

Melissa spends her time helping lay the groundwork for American Tenet team. AT is in the Seed phase of funding and her primary role is get this thing funded so founder James Oleen can get into the field. This hive of drones will stay aloft indefinitely. With commercial and military applications, AT will circle this globe before it moves into Space to circle the planets nearby. Don't sleep on this opportunity! 🚀👨‍🚀

das Greenhaus is about growth. As an incubator and co-working space, it's something all founders and investors in the Hill Country need to be a part of. Melissa is excited to support the Founders as they enter the world of raising capital and garnering support for their businesses. She shares her experience on how to simply the pitch, present the numbers and work the deals. Come see what we're up to!

Serving the students of AHISD's Business Incubator is one of my favorite posts. I get to ideate, flush out, build and grow ideas from the best and brightest of our Community. 💙💛 I say this all the time - if you only knew the amount of crazy cool ideas that don't even make it to the stage, you'd know what we know - this planet will be alright as long as we keep pouring into these creative young minds. They make me so proud. They're truly inspirational.

Ops and Co-founder of Eating Primal. Starting as a healthy meal prep service in founder's home state of Colorado, E.P. added a consumer packaged goods arm and launched their own line of Healthy Meal Prep bento boxes.

Melissa is responsible for the consumer packaged goods in brand - Healthy Meal Preppers. She also loves to help build people's macro budgets and helps to demystify preparing healthy foods that match their goals.

Founders who go through the excellent programming at Geekdom can typically find Melissa at the Bootcamp. She loves hearing everyone's lean canvas and how they articulate their ideas + financial model. She also does workshops on:+ CGP branding+ Brand Building with "Community Building"+ Forecasting+ Strategic Financial Planning+ Physical Product Valuation + E-Comm Strategy for Physical ProductShe's always up for meeting and going over founder's deck. She's usually working with a team or two to raise money and is never far away. She'd love to connect if you're down at the Rand.

After working in her family's office in Houston, the Chalfants purchased the San Antonio Jostens office from an amazing local family, who had nurtured and grown the business for over 30 years. While outfitting High School and College Students with class rings and graduation regalia / stationary all over South Texas The Chalfants 3xd the already multi-million dollar business in less than 6 years.