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Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Lists including SC
Work Experience
2017
Managing Partner
2017
Mighty Capital has established itself as the go-to venture capital firm for product-first companies raising a Series A. We give our portfolio companies exclusive access to >500,000 product managers globally, which helps them sell faster, hire top talent, and generate liquidity. One of them, Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL), calls us the “best value for the dollar invested." Because we have generated breakthrough performance, we are featured on most reputable alternative investment platforms including Cambridge Associates. One of our LPs, who runs the single family office practice at Morgan Stanley, says: "Your value proposition is truly unique: Product = Revenue = Liquidity." Learn more at Mighty.Capital.
2016
Founder & Board Chair
2016
Products that Count is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps everyone build great products. It celebrates product excellence through coveted Awards that inspire 500,000+ product managers and honor great products and the professionals responsible for their success. It accelerates the career and rise to the C-suite of >30% of all Product Managers globally by providing exceptional programming – including award-winning podcasts and popular newsletters – for free. It acts as a trusted advisor to all CPOs at Fortune 1000, and publishes key insights from innovative companies, like Capgemini, SoFi, and Amplitude, that turn product success into business success. Learn more at ProductsThatCount.com.
2020 - 2023
Lecturer
2020 - 2023
I teach product management to the executive MBA students. Product Management in the Age of Product Product Management is both an art and a science. It is also an apprenticeship that is constantly evolving. In this course, students will learn from the best practices of the most senior C/VP-level product minds at the most innovative global companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft and more. The curriculum is focused on first principles and key questions Product Managers should answer: what makes a great product; what makes a great product manager; leading teams, and products. It blends multiple styles of learning, through the combination of lectures, guest speakers and a group project. This course is available to executive MBA students and no pre-requisite is necessary.
2015 - 2023
Lecturer
2015 - 2023
I teach early stage investing for investors, and startup board governance. I also teach user acquisition / engagement / mobile. Early Stage Investing For Individual Investors What sets successful Silicon Valley investors apart? How do you increase the probability that your early-stage investments generate outsize returns? In this class, I cover critical pre-investment topics including generating deal flow, conducting due diligence and negotiating fairly and effectively, as well as post-investment topics including sound governance, fundraising lifecycle and path to exit. Raising Your Profile: the Board-Ready Executive How do you go from being an expert to becoming an effective board member? Many C-level executives feel under-prepared to adequately answer this question. In this class, I share a surprisingly simple way to increase your visibility for board positions, things to watch out for when choosing a first board seat, and best practices that will make you a thought-after board director.
2015 - 2019
Board Member
2015 - 2019
Opera Software is a global mobile discovery network that reaches 1Bn+ people around the world. It is publicly traded. I served on the board and on the compensation committee.
2012 - 2013
Product leader
2012 - 2013
Upon acquisition of my company, joined Facebook to run all notifications channels cross-platform, which drive 25% of user engagement. After 9 months, was promoted to lead team managing tools for Facebook Pages, which generates 10% of company revenue.
2010 - 2012
CEO & Founder
2010 - 2012
Conceived, launched and grew mobile social services with exceptional engagement, including Cherrypick which attracted 200,000+ people in open beta as covered in Forbes, 7x7, and more. Built team, raised seed funding, ran and ultimately sold the business.
2008 - 2010
General manager < Product management head
2008 - 2010
Hired to build and lead cross functional team of 70+ to create mobile commerce / search offering. Propelled service in top 1% of app store and received coveted industry awards, such as Emmy nomination and WSJ Innovation runner-up. Invited to join Nokia Executive Leader Program upon successfully launching service and subsequently promoted to be its General Manager. Directly responsible for all aspects of business and P&L. Orchestrated its acquisition by Nokia Search which led to having service pre-loaded on every Nokia smartphone.
2006 - 2007
Producer, Mobile & Casual Games
2006 - 2007
Awarded EA 2007 ACTION Award for leading team developing and launching EA’s casual game offering in new markets.