I'm an entrepreneur, operator, and dealmaker. For 20+ years I've built, scaled, and sold companies by mastering one thing better than most: customer acquisition. I win by controlling demand, turning marketing, automation, and operations into an unfair advantage in real-world, often overlooked industries.

• Proven Track Record: Three separate clients I've worked with have exited for over $500M each, to Google, Oracle, and Rapyd. I've grown an apparel brand from six figures to eight figures in 24 months, helped a cybersecurity startup secure over 100 demos in a single month, and driven growth for giants like Hilton and Disney.
• First Man Ventures: I founded First Man Ventures, a venture studio and investment firm that builds, scales, and operates real-world businesses. The thesis is simple: as AI comes for software and information work, the durable moats are distribution, operations, and ownership of demand in the physical economy. That's where we build, and how we keep AI from coming for our lunch.
• Clyr: I co-founded Clyr, a fintech platform that automates expense and spend management for businesses built around field staff, turning a manual back-office grind into clean, automated software.
• How I Build: Find a fragmented industry, build a lead-generation engine, centralize customer acquisition, standardize fulfillment, layer in automation, and scale. The playbook repeats even when the industry changes. I think about businesses as a portfolio, not isolated bets.
• What I'm Best At: Customer acquisition, performance marketing (SEO, paid search, Meta), business model design, strategic partnerships, sales, and automation. I'm relentlessly focused on cash flow, unit economics, and recurring revenue over hype.
• Angel Investor: I make 2-4 angel investments annually, typically contributing $25,000 per investment in promising fields I'm familiar with. If you're in the process of raising funds and believe my experience could be beneficial, please reach out.
• Teaching & Giving Back: I've run digital marketing workshops for groups all over the world, including the US, France, Italy, Poland, Taiwan, Brazil, Czech Republic, Israel, and more, and I mentor at accelerators like TechStars, Cela, WEVE, Rise, and 8200 Impact, nurturing the next generation of founders.