About
I am an early-stage venture investor and startup advisor.
I have a passion for learning about and leveraging emerging technologies, building businesses from the earliest stages, and leading high-performance teams. I have 10+ years of experience across venture capital & growth equity investing, high-growth VC-backed startups, and professional services (investment research & management consulting).
I received my MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and BA in Psychology from Wake Forest University (Go Deacs!).
I currently reside in Brooklyn, New York with my lovely wife Sarah and nefarious cat Mario.
Advisory
I specialize in venture capital and growth equity due diligence, managing complex projects, and building high-performance teams. Contact me if you and your team need assistance with data-driven deal sourcing, thesis building, market research and analysis, data room review, etc. I have worked with multiple venture capital firms as a venture consultant and am happy to discuss how I might be able to help your team. I also work directly with founders of high-growth tech startups and small businesses with business planning, strategy work, recruiting, and product development.
I also enjoy working with early-career professionals navigate the formative years of their career. If you are interested in or need help with career pathing, MBA admissions, resume and cover letter writing, interview prep, etc., please do not hesitate to reach out.
Musings
Read what I'm writing on Notion.
Quotes
"We suffer more in imagination than in reality." - Seneca
"It takes more than just intelligence to act intelligently." - Dostoevsky
"Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship." - Benjamin Franklin
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway
"The higher the monkey climbs a tree, the more you can see his ass." - T. Boone Pickens
"The more we run from a problem, the more we're actually running into it." - Pico Iyer
"I'm always willing to learn but I'm not always willing to be taught." - Winston Churchill (maybe?)
"When you stop learning you start dying." - Albert Einstein
"Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." - Victor Frankl
Contact
Connect with me on LinkedIn.