Member Since 2012
Loop Returns
San Francisco Bay Area
Chief Business Officer at Loop Returns, the best returns solution for Shopify brands. 3x founder, now advising and investing in startups. Advising: Magoosh, Gabbi, Verto Education, ChannelApe, Brightflow, Goodbye Bread, Surge.ai, Builder.io, FanRally, Legitimate, GIST, Rally Investing: Clockwork, Documate, Placement, twine, Reflective, Bloom, Overflow, MarketerHire, Alloy, Biteable, Milo, EcoCart, Partnered.io, Enquire Labs Investing via syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/nps/zNcNw Served as Cofounder, Chairman and President at Passport (passportshipping.com). Still advising. I'm a generalist's generalist (if it's not eng, I'm pretty decent). My focus tends to be on all-things Go to Market; Fundraising; Strategy; and finally (and most importantly), helping founders navigate emotionally through the early stages of company building. Founder of Modify Watches (www.modifywatches.com), which was acquired in 2019 by Custom Ink, and Refill Revolution (acq. 2011). Also proud to serve as a Board Member for Larkin Street Youth Services, and an advisor for Magoosh, an ed-tech company (#186 on the Inc. 500) among a handful of other commerce infrastructure and EdTech companies. Previously earned my MBA from Berkeley-Haas, and was a management consultant with Deloitte for four years (2 in NYC, 2 in London). From Cleveland. Go Cavs (and other teams).
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from dierken via flickr A friend and I started Modify Watches last year when I was 28. I had just finished my MBA, and in the past had spent four years with Deloitte Consulting, a management consulting firm. I started in the company’s New York office after finishing my undergraduate studies [...]
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