Startups
I'm a Silicon Valley advisor with a track record in applied innovation and deep industry, GTM, executive, and technical expertise. I assess as well as advise/coach startups (from early seed to exit stage), and have advised investors, executives, corporate, academic, and government partners. I used to do this primarily in my role at Plug and Play as an EIR (an external advisor), and in limited amounts next to my day job at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Now it's pretty much what I do.
Here are a few of the startups I have gotten to know up close. As these were all very early stage, some have "evolved" or gone quiet, so apologies if links have gone dead unbeknownst to me. Contact me through LinkedIn if you want to be introduced to the founders or if you want to learn more about these companies, or how I work with startups, investors, incubators, accelerators, or government agencies that promote the startup ecosystem. In addition to the companies mentioned here, I have worked with a number of early-stage companies that don't have a visible web presence, either because they are in stealth mode or because they have moved on/pivoted/stalled. But that's all part of the game, I suppose.
Health / Wellness
FinTech
Troc Circle (resolves financial gridlocks in supply chains and streamlines accounts receivable and payable processes)
Sodacrew / Sodatransfer
LegalTech
[confidential engagements]
Information Technology
ProLion (active ransomware and data protection platform for any storage or clustered application)