Three classes short of graduation, I dropped out of University my senior year after a lackadaisical pursuit of an English Literature degree. Bartending and a growing eBay business paid the bills and though I wasn’t sure what I’d do career-wise, I was certain that the traditional path wasn’t for me.
As luck would have it, my early eBay foray opened doors that eventually led me to San Francisco and into the startup world. In the ensuing years, I've worked for early-stage startups like Calm.com + Magic, while co-founding two of my own. My first startup was venture-backed, and I got to experience the good, bad, and ugly of that sector of finance, the other we bootstrapped and sold.
Today, I work at a Venture Equity Fund and spend my days working hand-in-hand with our portfolio companies, helping them build strong moats through talent strategy, operational efficiency, and company culture.
My other passions include gardening, reading a wide array of fiction and non, traveling, and the study of biomimicry. Oh and also… I love feeding birds.
*photo credit: Shoshana 💌, Tokyo circa 2015