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Aaron Samuels

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

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Skills

Business Strategy
Creativity
Public Speaking
Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Policy
Proposal Writing
Economics
Consulting
Management Consulting
Data Analysis
Leadership
Strategic Consulting
Financial Modeling
Market Research
Financial Analysis
Economic Development
Start-ups
Corporate Development
Market Entry

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.