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Aaron Samuels

Founder and Managing Partner @ Collide Capital | Co-Founder @ Blavity & AfroTech | Board Director | Poet

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Education

Work Experience

  • Founder and Managing Partner

    2022

    Collide Capital is ushering in a new era of venture capital where resources and opportunities are directed toward the most deserving by backing a high-performing portfolio led by a diverse array of founding teams who have the lived experiences, courage, and grit to create solutions for the next generation.

2014 - 2021

  • Co-Founder, COO

    2014 - 2021

    Blavity is a tech media startup and digital community that creates written, video, and social content for Black millennials

2014 - 2016

  • Product Manager

    2014 - 2016

    TeleSign provides account security, authentication, and analytics for the largest websites and mobile applications globally

2011 - 2014

  • Senior Associate Consultant

    2011 - 2014

    Worked with executive teams of Fortune 500 companies to resolve their most critical issues in strategy, operations, negotiations, and organizational structure. Designed financial models, coordinated a post-merger integration, and oversaw work-streams of junior associates.

  • Director of Operations

    2013 - 2014

    The Dialogue Arts Project is a non-profit that uses poetry as a catalyst to facilitate training experiences to help leaders communicate effectively across difference. Managed a team of 7 to create the 5-year growth plan, redesign organizational structure, develop annual training retreat, and initiate a full-time hiring protocol and internship program.

  • Associate Consultant Intern

    2010 - 2010

    Developed and refined strategic options for a Fortune 500 global chemical manufacturer; strategy recommendations were presented to Managing Director and were used as templates to be applied to 48 business divisions.

2009 - 2009

  • Policy Analyst Intern

    2009 - 2009

    Authored broadband and copyright policy proposals submitted to Executive Office of the U.S. President and FCC.