I have worked as an entrepreneur, CEO and venture investor in the Los Angeles area for over thirty years. Since 2000 I have invested in and joined the boards and management teams of numerous startup and emerging growth companies.I am best known for my work with CorpHQ Inc., a publicly-traded venture incubator. Formerly an Internet destination for small business, I reacquired the company in 2000, then reorganized, recapitalized and built it into one of the most successful incubators in Los Angeles during the period. From 2001-2007 the company built seven companies, taking two public. During that period, CorpHQ generated seventeen consecutive quarters of revenue and earnings growth. After taking the company private, I continued my work in venture finance with the surviving entities until 2016.I originally co-founded CorpHQ in 1993, as the Internet’s first business-to-business destination for the small office-home office market. Under my leadership, the company grew rapidly, went public and consolidated into a larger publicly traded Internet company in late 1999. I have also played a leadership role in high profile small public company advocacy efforts. I was a member of the NASD's OTC-Bulletin Board Best Practices Committee in 1999; co-founded The CEO Council, a Washington DC-based advocacy organization in 2002; and testified before White House staff and Congressional Members on Small Business Capitalization in 2003-2004.