I’m a venture capital investor with over 30 years of experience, 90+ backed companies, and more than $70 billion in exit enterprise value. I bring top investment experience, tactical scaling methodologies with top calibre performance coaching to my companies. My focus is on identifying bold, category-defining companies in consumer and emerging enterprise technologies, streamlining & focusing go to market while guiding leadership to grow personally — with notable exits including Dollar Shave Club, Coinbase, Facebook, Honest Company, TicketsNow, Performics (Google), SMS Assist, Mapbox, and Project44. As Founding Partner of FORGE Capital, I bring more than capital to the table. My model is designed to elevate not just businesses, but the leaders behind them, by integrating strategic offsets with world-class leadership coaching into our investment platform. Founders don’t just get a term sheet; they get a strategic partner committed to their growth as humans and CEOs. My background includes 10+ years and 400+ sessions of leadership and performance coaching with entrepreneurs and my portfolio CEO's, giving me a unique lens on both the art of the start as well as founder dynamics, decision-making, and sustainable performance under pressure. I also teach entrepreneurship and the Good Life at the University of Denver and CU Boulder, and I’m a proud father of three amazing adult kids. Extraordinary companies are built by uncommon people — I’m dedicated to building both.