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Innovation Architect

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Duke in Silicon Valley 
Internship & Incubator Program

Duke in Silicon Valley 
Internship & Incubator Program

Duke in Silicon Valley 
Internship & Incubator Program

Initiated and orchestrated the Duke in Silicon Valley Internship & Incubator Program, an immersive internship and incubator summer experience for Duke University undergraduates. This initiative provides a unique blend of academic learning and practical startup experience in Silicon Valley, equipping students with essential skills and insights for a future in entrepreneurship and technology.

Initiated and orchestrated the Duke in Silicon Valley Internship & Incubator Program, an immersive internship and incubator summer experience for Duke University undergraduates. This initiative provides a unique blend of academic learning and practical startup experience in Silicon Valley, equipping students with essential skills and insights for a future in entrepreneurship and technology.

Product Leader

Product Leader

Product Leader

Transforming ideas into impactful solutions as a Product Leader across the startup, venture, and financial landscapes.

Created Capital Map for a leading tech bank to innovatively match clients with suitable lenders. This bespoke concierge service, built from the ground up, involves a meticulously crafted questionnaire to accurately gauge capital requirements. The unique matchmaking process, featuring a double-opt-in system, ensures tailored, vetted lender introductions. Capital Map stands as a testament to creative problem-solving in financial connectivity, simplifying the journey towards effective financial partnerships.

Capital Map

Created Capital Map for a leading tech bank to innovatively match clients with suitable lenders. This bespoke concierge service, built from the ground up, involves a meticulously crafted questionnaire to accurately gauge capital requirements. The unique matchmaking process, featuring a double-opt-in system, ensures tailored, vetted lender introductions. Capital Map stands as a testament to creative problem-solving in financial connectivity, simplifying the journey towards effective financial partnerships.

Capital Map

Created Capital Map for a leading tech bank to innovatively match clients with suitable lenders. This bespoke concierge service, built from the ground up, involves a meticulously crafted questionnaire to accurately gauge capital requirements. The unique matchmaking process, featuring a double-opt-in system, ensures tailored, vetted lender introductions. Capital Map stands as a testament to creative problem-solving in financial connectivity, simplifying the journey towards effective financial partnerships.

Capital Map

A sophisticated project that leverages a smart weighted matching algorithm, GP<>LP Connect seamlessly connects investors with opportunities. This platform intelligently aligns interests and connections, ensuring a precise and efficient pairing between General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs). It stands as a cutting-edge solution in the investment world, streamlining the investment process by facilitating connections and networking based on specific interests and investment profiles.

GP<>LP Connect

A sophisticated project that leverages a smart weighted matching algorithm, GP<>LP Connect seamlessly connects investors with opportunities. This platform intelligently aligns interests and connections, ensuring a precise and efficient pairing between General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs). It stands as a cutting-edge solution in the investment world, streamlining the investment process by facilitating connections and networking based on specific interests and investment profiles.

GP<>LP Connect

A sophisticated project that leverages a smart weighted matching algorithm, GP<>LP Connect seamlessly connects investors with opportunities. This platform intelligently aligns interests and connections, ensuring a precise and efficient pairing between General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs). It stands as a cutting-edge solution in the investment world, streamlining the investment process by facilitating connections and networking based on specific interests and investment profiles.

GP<>LP Connect

Created the 'Khan Academy for Entrepreneurs' online platform with Zana, which culminated in a strategic acquisition by Startups.com. This pioneering educational resource offers comprehensive, accessible learning tools for entrepreneurs, covering a wide range of startup-related topics, thereby democratizing entrepreneurial education and empowering a new generation of innovators and business leaders.

Zana, acquired by Startups.com

Created the 'Khan Academy for Entrepreneurs' online platform with Zana, which culminated in a strategic acquisition by Startups.com. This pioneering educational resource offers comprehensive, accessible learning tools for entrepreneurs, covering a wide range of startup-related topics, thereby democratizing entrepreneurial education and empowering a new generation of innovators and business leaders.

Zana, acquired by Startups.com

Created the 'Khan Academy for Entrepreneurs' online platform with Zana, which culminated in a strategic acquisition by Startups.com. This pioneering educational resource offers comprehensive, accessible learning tools for entrepreneurs, covering a wide range of startup-related topics, thereby democratizing entrepreneurial education and empowering a new generation of innovators and business leaders.

Zana, acquired by Startups.com

Portal Plus is a white-label solution designed for a large tech bank to solve a key client pain point, introduce customer delight, and enhance the founder service platform experience for venture fund clients. This innovative platform offers a customizable client content interface, streamlining the delivery and management of referrals, perks, connections, and resources for portfolio companies. It integrates seamlessly into client websites, offering a branded, user-friendly experience. Key features include a dynamic dashboard for perks, a community section for founder connections, referral management, event listings, curated news and blogs, and a welcome section for personalized fund communications. Portal Plus significantly reduces operational burdens, offering a scalable, efficient resource management tool for funds and firms.

Portal Plus

Portal Plus is a white-label solution designed for a large tech bank to solve a key client pain point, introduce customer delight, and enhance the founder service platform experience for venture fund clients. This innovative platform offers a customizable client content interface, streamlining the delivery and management of referrals, perks, connections, and resources for portfolio companies. It integrates seamlessly into client websites, offering a branded, user-friendly experience. Key features include a dynamic dashboard for perks, a community section for founder connections, referral management, event listings, curated news and blogs, and a welcome section for personalized fund communications. Portal Plus significantly reduces operational burdens, offering a scalable, efficient resource management tool for funds and firms.

Portal Plus

Portal Plus is a white-label solution designed for a large tech bank to solve a key client pain point, introduce customer delight, and enhance the founder service platform experience for venture fund clients. This innovative platform offers a customizable client content interface, streamlining the delivery and management of referrals, perks, connections, and resources for portfolio companies. It integrates seamlessly into client websites, offering a branded, user-friendly experience. Key features include a dynamic dashboard for perks, a community section for founder connections, referral management, event listings, curated news and blogs, and a welcome section for personalized fund communications. Portal Plus significantly reduces operational burdens, offering a scalable, efficient resource management tool for funds and firms.

Portal Plus

Value-Add Investor

Value-Add Investor

Value-Add Investor

Driving transformative growth and generating outstanding returns as a visionary Value-Add Investor.

As a core member of the founding team at True Ventures, I played a pivotal role in establishing the firm as a leading figure in early-stage venture capital. My contributions were instrumental in shaping the firm's strategic direction, building a robust portfolio of innovative companies, and creating founder-focused initiatives like True University and Founder Camp, which have become hallmarks of True Ventures' commitment to entrepreneur success.

True Ventures

As a core member of the founding team at True Ventures, I played a pivotal role in establishing the firm as a leading figure in early-stage venture capital. My contributions were instrumental in shaping the firm's strategic direction, building a robust portfolio of innovative companies, and creating founder-focused initiatives like True University and Founder Camp, which have become hallmarks of True Ventures' commitment to entrepreneur success.

True Ventures

As a core member of the founding team at True Ventures, I played a pivotal role in establishing the firm as a leading figure in early-stage venture capital. My contributions were instrumental in shaping the firm's strategic direction, building a robust portfolio of innovative companies, and creating founder-focused initiatives like True University and Founder Camp, which have become hallmarks of True Ventures' commitment to entrepreneur success.

True Ventures

Developed a comprehensive Venture Strategy for a renowned family office, focusing on identifying and leveraging emerging investment opportunities and leveraging systems change. This strategy encompassed a broad spectrum of sectors with an emphasis on sustainable and impactful investments, aligning the family office's values with market trends and potential high-growth areas. The approach included meticulous market analysis, risk assessment, and a tailored investment framework, setting a roadmap for long-term growth and profitability in the dynamic venture capital landscape.

Family Office Venture Strategy

Developed a comprehensive Venture Strategy for a renowned family office, focusing on identifying and leveraging emerging investment opportunities and leveraging systems change. This strategy encompassed a broad spectrum of sectors with an emphasis on sustainable and impactful investments, aligning the family office's values with market trends and potential high-growth areas. The approach included meticulous market analysis, risk assessment, and a tailored investment framework, setting a roadmap for long-term growth and profitability in the dynamic venture capital landscape.

Family Office Venture Strategy

Developed a comprehensive Venture Strategy for a renowned family office, focusing on identifying and leveraging emerging investment opportunities and leveraging systems change. This strategy encompassed a broad spectrum of sectors with an emphasis on sustainable and impactful investments, aligning the family office's values with market trends and potential high-growth areas. The approach included meticulous market analysis, risk assessment, and a tailored investment framework, setting a roadmap for long-term growth and profitability in the dynamic venture capital landscape.

Family Office Venture Strategy

As the original creator of the value-add 'platform' concept in venture capital, I established Founder Services at True Ventures. This initiative revolutionized value creation in the VC sector by providing comprehensive support services to entrepreneurs. It encompasses strategic guidance, operational assistance, and a range of resources tailored to empower founders, significantly enhancing their capacity to build successful, innovative businesses.

Creator of Founder Services

As the original creator of the value-add 'platform' concept in venture capital, I established Founder Services at True Ventures. This initiative revolutionized value creation in the VC sector by providing comprehensive support services to entrepreneurs. It encompasses strategic guidance, operational assistance, and a range of resources tailored to empower founders, significantly enhancing their capacity to build successful, innovative businesses.

Creator of Founder Services

As the original creator of the value-add 'platform' concept in venture capital, I established Founder Services at True Ventures. This initiative revolutionized value creation in the VC sector by providing comprehensive support services to entrepreneurs. It encompasses strategic guidance, operational assistance, and a range of resources tailored to empower founders, significantly enhancing their capacity to build successful, innovative businesses.

Creator of Founder Services

Led the groundbreaking AWS Active Venture Pilot at True Ventures, a strategic partnership leveraging Amazon Web Services to deliver to startups. This program was designed to offer extensive cloud resources, technical expertise, and business support, significantly accelerating the growth and scalability of innovative tech startups within the True Ventures portfolio.

AWS Venture Pilot

Led the groundbreaking AWS Active Venture Pilot at True Ventures, a strategic partnership leveraging Amazon Web Services to deliver to startups. This program was designed to offer extensive cloud resources, technical expertise, and business support, significantly accelerating the growth and scalability of innovative tech startups within the True Ventures portfolio.

AWS Venture Pilot

Led the groundbreaking AWS Active Venture Pilot at True Ventures, a strategic partnership leveraging Amazon Web Services to deliver to startups. This program was designed to offer extensive cloud resources, technical expertise, and business support, significantly accelerating the growth and scalability of innovative tech startups within the True Ventures portfolio.

AWS Venture Pilot

Orchestrated ephemeral Apple Venture Pilot, an exclusive deal with Apple to provide significant computer discounts for new startup founders at True Ventures. This initiative not only offered substantial cost savings but also equipped emerging entrepreneurs with cutting-edge technology, thereby enhancing their operational capabilities and fostering innovation within their startups.

Apple Venture Pilot

Orchestrated ephemeral Apple Venture Pilot, an exclusive deal with Apple to provide significant computer discounts for new startup founders at True Ventures. This initiative not only offered substantial cost savings but also equipped emerging entrepreneurs with cutting-edge technology, thereby enhancing their operational capabilities and fostering innovation within their startups.

Apple Venture Pilot

Orchestrated ephemeral Apple Venture Pilot, an exclusive deal with Apple to provide significant computer discounts for new startup founders at True Ventures. This initiative not only offered substantial cost savings but also equipped emerging entrepreneurs with cutting-edge technology, thereby enhancing their operational capabilities and fostering innovation within their startups.

Apple Venture Pilot

Conceived and built GP Forum, a collective for aspiring and emerging venture capital fund managers. This initiative fosters an environment of shared best practices, aiming to produce exceptional returns and drive impactful growth for VC firms. It is a platform emphasizing diversity of intellect and background, addressing challenges unique to emerging managers such as economies of scale, operational silos, and resource optimization. The GP Forum is a cornerstone in building durable, generational VC franchises.

GP Forum

Conceived and built GP Forum, a collective for aspiring and emerging venture capital fund managers. This initiative fosters an environment of shared best practices, aiming to produce exceptional returns and drive impactful growth for VC firms. It is a platform emphasizing diversity of intellect and background, addressing challenges unique to emerging managers such as economies of scale, operational silos, and resource optimization. The GP Forum is a cornerstone in building durable, generational VC franchises.

GP Forum

Conceived and built GP Forum, a collective for aspiring and emerging venture capital fund managers. This initiative fosters an environment of shared best practices, aiming to produce exceptional returns and drive impactful growth for VC firms. It is a platform emphasizing diversity of intellect and background, addressing challenges unique to emerging managers such as economies of scale, operational silos, and resource optimization. The GP Forum is a cornerstone in building durable, generational VC franchises.

GP Forum

Innovation Architect

Innovation Architect

Innovation Architect

Strengthening the foundation for future change-makers as an Innovation Architect, pioneering technological education experiences, and vibrant community connections.

Conceived and created True University at True Ventures, a pioneering educational platform for entrepreneurs and startup teams. This innovative program offers comprehensive workshops and leadership sessions, focusing on startup disciplines like marketing, design, and sales, fostering a vibrant community of learning and collaboration.

True University

Conceived and created True University at True Ventures, a pioneering educational platform for entrepreneurs and startup teams. This innovative program offers comprehensive workshops and leadership sessions, focusing on startup disciplines like marketing, design, and sales, fostering a vibrant community of learning and collaboration.

True University

Conceived and created True University at True Ventures, a pioneering educational platform for entrepreneurs and startup teams. This innovative program offers comprehensive workshops and leadership sessions, focusing on startup disciplines like marketing, design, and sales, fostering a vibrant community of learning and collaboration.

True University

Led Design Your Startup, at Stanford's d.School, a pop-up class offering a deep dive into the essentials of founding a startup. The class brought together top industry experts to mentor on crucial startup themes: Idea, Customer, Team, Product, Design, Story, aimed at empowering entrepreneurs to design and grow their startups effectively. This class harnessed my venture capital expertise to empower entrepreneurs to effectively conceive and scale their ventures and furthered new venture creation such as Zum and Rhumbix.

Stanford School pop-up class “Design Your Startup”

Led Design Your Startup, at Stanford's d.School, a pop-up class offering a deep dive into the essentials of founding a startup. The class brought together top industry experts to mentor on crucial startup themes: Idea, Customer, Team, Product, Design, Story, aimed at empowering entrepreneurs to design and grow their startups effectively. This class harnessed my venture capital expertise to empower entrepreneurs to effectively conceive and scale their ventures and furthered new venture creation such as Zum and Rhumbix.

Stanford School pop-up class “Design Your Startup”

Led Design Your Startup, at Stanford's d.School, a pop-up class offering a deep dive into the essentials of founding a startup. The class brought together top industry experts to mentor on crucial startup themes: Idea, Customer, Team, Product, Design, Story, aimed at empowering entrepreneurs to design and grow their startups effectively. This class harnessed my venture capital expertise to empower entrepreneurs to effectively conceive and scale their ventures and furthered new venture creation such as Zum and Rhumbix.

Stanford School pop-up class “Design Your Startup”

Initiated and orchestrated the Duke in Silicon Valley Internship & Incubator Program, an immersive internship and incubator summer experience for Duke University undergraduates. This initiative provides a unique blend of academic learning and practical startup experience in Silicon Valley, equipping students with essential skills and insights for a future in entrepreneurship and technology.

Duke in Silicon Valley 
Internship & Incubator Program

Initiated and orchestrated the Duke in Silicon Valley Internship & Incubator Program, an immersive internship and incubator summer experience for Duke University undergraduates. This initiative provides a unique blend of academic learning and practical startup experience in Silicon Valley, equipping students with essential skills and insights for a future in entrepreneurship and technology.

Duke in Silicon Valley 
Internship & Incubator Program

Initiated and orchestrated the Duke in Silicon Valley Internship & Incubator Program, an immersive internship and incubator summer experience for Duke University undergraduates. This initiative provides a unique blend of academic learning and practical startup experience in Silicon Valley, equipping students with essential skills and insights for a future in entrepreneurship and technology.

Duke in Silicon Valley 
Internship & Incubator Program

Launched TEC: The True Entrepreneur Corps at True Ventures, a dynamic program aimed at fostering the next generation of tech entrepreneurs. This initiative provides invaluable internships and hands-on experiences for undergraduate college students, connecting talented individuals with groundbreaking startups, thereby cultivating future industry leaders and innovators.

TEC: The True Entrepreneur Corps

Launched TEC: The True Entrepreneur Corps at True Ventures, a dynamic program aimed at fostering the next generation of tech entrepreneurs. This initiative provides invaluable internships and hands-on experiences for undergraduate college students, connecting talented individuals with groundbreaking startups, thereby cultivating future industry leaders and innovators.

TEC: The True Entrepreneur Corps

Launched TEC: The True Entrepreneur Corps at True Ventures, a dynamic program aimed at fostering the next generation of tech entrepreneurs. This initiative provides invaluable internships and hands-on experiences for undergraduate college students, connecting talented individuals with groundbreaking startups, thereby cultivating future industry leaders and innovators.

TEC: The True Entrepreneur Corps

Led and curated the Tuesday Speaker Series for college students, architecting a transformative experiential learning initiative for a university's entrepreneurship program. Collaboratively designed to spotlight startup and venture experts, the series broadened student interaction with the technology and startup ecosystem and cemented the university's status as an epicenter of entrepreneurial innovation.

EE Tuesday Speaker Series

Led and curated the Tuesday Speaker Series for college students, architecting a transformative experiential learning initiative for a university's entrepreneurship program. Collaboratively designed to spotlight startup and venture experts, the series broadened student interaction with the technology and startup ecosystem and cemented the university's status as an epicenter of entrepreneurial innovation.

EE Tuesday Speaker Series

Led and curated the Tuesday Speaker Series for college students, architecting a transformative experiential learning initiative for a university's entrepreneurship program. Collaboratively designed to spotlight startup and venture experts, the series broadened student interaction with the technology and startup ecosystem and cemented the university's status as an epicenter of entrepreneurial innovation.

EE Tuesday Speaker Series

Spearheaded the inaugural Start Summit: Hackathon for the Benefit of the Oakland Community at a predominant university’s Oakland campus, a pioneering event designed to solve local community issues through technology and innovation. This hackathon not only served as a platform for students to apply their coding and problem-solving skills to real-world challenges but also established the university as an incubator for entrepreneurial excellence, furthering student exposure to startup culture and expert mentorship. This initiative exemplified my leadership in fostering educational innovation and collaborative learning environments.

Start Summit

Spearheaded the inaugural Start Summit: Hackathon for the Benefit of the Oakland Community at a predominant university’s Oakland campus, a pioneering event designed to solve local community issues through technology and innovation. This hackathon not only served as a platform for students to apply their coding and problem-solving skills to real-world challenges but also established the university as an incubator for entrepreneurial excellence, furthering student exposure to startup culture and expert mentorship. This initiative exemplified my leadership in fostering educational innovation and collaborative learning environments.

Start Summit

Spearheaded the inaugural Start Summit: Hackathon for the Benefit of the Oakland Community at a predominant university’s Oakland campus, a pioneering event designed to solve local community issues through technology and innovation. This hackathon not only served as a platform for students to apply their coding and problem-solving skills to real-world challenges but also established the university as an incubator for entrepreneurial excellence, furthering student exposure to startup culture and expert mentorship. This initiative exemplified my leadership in fostering educational innovation and collaborative learning environments.

Start Summit

Conceptualized and executed Founder Camp at True Ventures, an exclusive retreat designed for startup founders. This event fosters a close-knit community, encouraging collaboration, idea exchange, and mutual support among pioneering entrepreneurs, thereby enhancing the collective success and innovation within the True Ventures ecosystem.

Founder Camp

Conceptualized and executed Founder Camp at True Ventures, an exclusive retreat designed for startup founders. This event fosters a close-knit community, encouraging collaboration, idea exchange, and mutual support among pioneering entrepreneurs, thereby enhancing the collective success and innovation within the True Ventures ecosystem.

Founder Camp

Conceptualized and executed Founder Camp at True Ventures, an exclusive retreat designed for startup founders. This event fosters a close-knit community, encouraging collaboration, idea exchange, and mutual support among pioneering entrepreneurs, thereby enhancing the collective success and innovation within the True Ventures ecosystem.

Founder Camp

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