Prodege was acquired by Great Hill Partners in 2021 by Great Hill Partners for over a billion dollars.Prodege LLC operates a number of consumer influence platforms and e-commerce websites including Swagbucks.com, MyPoints.com, Upromise.com & InboxDollars.com. Prodege's properties are ranked amont the top 150 most trafficked websites in the USA with over 100 million registered members. Prodege has been ranked among the fastest growing companies in the USA by Inc Magazine numerous times.

Contributing live concert and music photo journalist for the world's largest photo syndication agency. I've photographed over 5000 bands / musicians and my photos regularly appear on the covers and inside magazines and websites including New York Times, Rolling Stone, Time, Billboard, Vanity Fair, Spin, USA Today, Yahoo!, MSN.com, and thousands of other mainstream entertainment websites worldwide.

Propeller is a platform combines the power and reach of influencers together with the world’s leading nonprofits to engage people in creating positive social change.Founded in 2016, Propeller connects artists (we've run campaigns with Portugal. The Man, Bassnectar, Metallica, Coldplay, Zedd, Maroon 5 and many others) and their fans in support of important causes including climate change, gun violence, LGBTQ rights and more.

Markett is a for the people by the people marketing company, with the mission to put the billions of dollars brands spend on ads every year into the pockets of their greatest advocates.

The Social Entrepreneurship and Change masters program at Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education & Psychology provides support for graduate students who have the vision to effect social change at the local and global levels.

Startup UCLA was established in 2012 with the first Summer Accelerator for UCLA students/alumni to develop their tech-startups during a ten-week highly intensive program. The Summer Accelerator provides early-stage startups with a workspace and guidance by top entrepreneurs, investors and skill experts. The ten-week program incorporates best practices and knowledge in entrepreneurship, technology, and design. The teams travel to the Bay Area to visit venture capital firms and startup entrepreneurs, making valuable connections while getting constructive feedback on their pitches from industry professionals. The culminating event is Demo Day when the teams pitch to our growing network of local entrepreneurs and investors.

Founder of largest community of vinyl record fans on Instagram @alldayvinyl and host of "The Dudes Vinyl Lounge" podcast and IG Live show. Musicians who have appeared on 'The Dudes Vinyl Lounge" include Kathy Valentine of The Go Go's, Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum, Mike Peters of the Alarm and many more.

inMarket runs the world’s largest mobile shopper marketing platform and has built the world’s largest network of beacon-enhanced shopping apps. Clients such as Coca-Cola, Kraft, Levi’s, Nestlé, and Procter & Gamble have launched hundreds of in store campaigns with inMarket since its inception in 2010.

For over 15 years Musicians on Call has brought live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. MOC has offices in NYC, Nashville and Los Angeles. Thousands of artists including Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Clarkson, Darius Rucker have performed at children's hospitals. If you are a performer let me know if you want to do a bedside performance; If you work with an artist, let me know if i can help get a performance set up. Its powerful!

Purpose driven co-living spaces.

PawnGuru is a marketplace for pawnshops and consumers that allows consumers to get instant local cash offers to sell or pawn their stuff. PawnGuru has received funding from organizations such as Impact America, MuckerLabs and others.

Sensay connects humans in need with other humans for meaningful one-on-one, anonymous conversation in Facebook Messenger, Slack, Kik, Telegram, Line, WeChat, and WhatsApp

Canyon Creek is an opportunistic "Bridge to the A", series A venture fund, which invests in companies with large potential markets, capital efficient businesses and strong founding teams. Investments include: Amplify.LA, StrikeAds, Bridg, Gyft, Club W, Invested.In, AnyMeeting.

Contributing blogger to business periodicals including Entrepreneur.com, Inc Magazine (inc.com) & Loyalty360 and former Nightlife editor at Music Connection Magazine.

The Los Angeles Dodgers in partnership with global digital ad agency R/GA have created a first of its kind start-up accelerator to nurture sports, entertainment and tech investments. Our investments in cohort two include: Renegade Brands, Shottracker, Keemotion, Greenfly and WSC Technologies.

Sold to First Data in July 2014. Gyft is a digital gift card platform that enables you to manage your gift cards. Users can upload, send and redeem gift cards from their phones. For retailers, Gyft creates a meaningful new revenue channel and can help drive redemption. By using Gyft’s solution, merchants can drive customer acquisition, sales and social engagement.