Ambitious Labs

Building the #1 app idea accelerator in the world.

- Raised mid 6-figure angel round
- 7-figure annual revenue 
- Built a high performing enrollments department 
- 4.9 star google reviews
- Developed cutting edge ai powered learning platform

Founder + CEO

Closercademy

CEO, Founder

University of California, Berkeley

Guest lecturer for the Product Launch class under the Sutardja center for entrepreneurship & technology.

Teaching full-stack no-code AI development to business students interested in launching app startups.

Guest Lecturer

FlutterFlow

Championing the FlutterFlow product for the USA market.

Content Creator & Ambassador

First Check Ventures

- Syndicate member of First Check Ventures. I write $2k-$5k checks to a handful of promising companies every year. 

- Invested in Everything Green Organics, a farm to table startup out of Windsor, California.

Angel Investor

Yummy 

Venezuela’s super app. Doordash + Uber. Invested very early alongside FCV syndicate.

Angel Investor via First Check Ventures

PrizePicks

- #1 App for Sports in the iOS App Store
- #1 Daily Fantasy Sports App in the Country 2022
- Senior Mobile Engineer owning CI/CD, release management and user acquisition engineering

Head of Mobile & Growth Engineering

- Lead product engineering of top a 10 Sports App in iOS App Store
- Day to day: React, CapacitorJS, Swift/Java, Growth Marketing, App Analytics, AdTech, Product Marketing, Re-engagement
- Achieved industry leading engagement rates by developing new features against KPI goals. (CAC, virality co-efficient, etc) 
- Built a world class marketing tech stack in close collaboration with Marketing and Data Science.

Head Mobile Engineer

Season Share

Co founded and led product and engineering. Worked closely with VPs at major league teams to earn buy in for our products. Responsible for deploying 50+ products in market generating 10s of millions of dollars of revenue for our partners. Architected a distributed system capable of supporting 500k MAUs & high traffic on-sale windows.

Co-founder + CTO 

Hourglass Education Technology Solutions, LLC

Worked on cutting edge institutional education software. Mentored on ReactJS best practices. Individual contributor in a disciplined agile/scrum environment.

Senior Mobile App Engineer (React Native) 

San Jose State University

Instructional Assistant 

Grew up in a small town and had to work extra hard to get my foot in the door working on cool tech startups. My first job at age 15 was fixing iPhone screens in the mall. Then I scooped ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery and bussed tables at a local airport restaurant to pay for college. 

After football practice in high school I'd be learning how to code on CodeAcademy. People thought I was a nerd. 

Fast forward 10 years -- I've built multiple apps, b2b SaaS, internet businesses, websites, and e-commerce businesses that have generated over $100m collectively. 

I got to work remotely, travel to 12+ countries, invest in real estate and stocks and built a fruitful living for myself. 

Learning how to build apps changed my life. Now I’m on a mission to teach 10,000 people how to build apps.

Alim Charaniya

Vault Sports

Vault Sports is a network of sports betting creators, websites, and media outlets.  All of which drive affiliate traffic to top sports betting, DFS, and iGaming brands.  Our network reaches over 7 million sports fans and bettors across North America - and it's growing daily!

Co-Founder & CEO

SmartSetter

Director of Regional Partnerships

HomeCo Chicago

Client Care Specialist

Just the Bulb

The podcast and media platform, Just the Bulb, focuses on providing resources, guidance, and insight on how one can start to turn the idea in their head into a business. Caleb Dykema hosts the show and brings on guests including business coaches, startup success stories, and current startup founders who are in the process of developing their company.

Caleb Dykema coaches aspiring entrepreneurs and first-time founders and provides the guidance and resources to turn your idea into something significant. Clients experience tenacious motivation and take action on their idea with confidence!

Podcaster

Plexus Corp.

Product Engineer

Product Engineering Intern

University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Caleb Dykema invented 1Swipe which is a device that enables STEM professors to be more efficient in their classrooms by helping to erase whiteboards in a fraction of the time it would normally take with a handheld eraser. Working through the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, he led the design of the prototype, managing the engineering and marketing teams, and coordinating suppliers and resources throughout the duration of the project.

Lead Engineer, Manager - 1Swipe Prototyping

CNH Industrial

Stationed at the R&D facility in New Holland, PA, I worked with various teams in the Case IH flagship combine harvester group including Cab & Chassis, Engine Installation, and Crop Harvesting. A major accomplishment at Case was leading the Engine Installation Team in designing a test stand, testing, and later upgrading the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank. Other accomplishments were several sheet metal and bracket assembly redesign projects in which I reduced the overall cost, the part count, and the redesigns made it easier for production to install.

Product Development Engineer Intern - Case IH Combines

Rite-Hite

I worked at Rite-Hite Doors as a mechanical engineering co-op. My main duties included product research and development, cost reduction efforts, testing of new products, and design of new products. Although I worked mainly with mechanical engineers, I sought to learn the electrical side as well and had several tasks assisting electrical engineers. 

Notable accomplishments:
-Invention and product development of 'Forklift Tine Shovel,' a forklift attachment that eases the 
  movement of very large cargo. 
-Lead the effort for a redesign of a freezer door assembly station and manufacturing process.
-Lead a team in solving an issue involving door panels arriving to the customer damaged.
-Designed and built enclosures for electrical systems including a control box safety cover to protect 
  installers in the event of an explosion.
-Cost reduction of metal and plastic parts through different manufacturing processes that lead to extensive research and testing of different materials.
-Reverse engineering of a new freezer door sealing system.

Mechanical Engineer Intern

DACO Precision, Inc

Fabricated metal parts with punch presses, automatic presses and drill presses, confirmed tolerances using blueprints as a guide, trained new employees, and operated a forklift. Created drawing files of parts for laser cutting using Solidworks.

Manufacturing

Dominion Valley Farm, LLC

I have worked on my family’s pasture-based animal farm since I was young. I have taken care of the animals (pigs, cows, chickens, and turkeys) and have helped direct market our product to various restaurants, stores, and individual customers. Throughout my life I have learned how to run a small business, work on many mechanical systems, and have developed retail experience.

Farm Hand

I grew up on a small chicken farm in Wisconsin.

Turns out you can learn a lot about business managing livestock and milking the family cow by hand.

In college, I fell in love with building cool products to help people. A lot of failed ideas.  But I did patent an education product.

In 2020 I founded Vault Sports. What started as a consumer tech company later evolved into one of the fastest-growing sportsbook affiliate networks in North America. We have a network of websites, creators, and media outlets that promote fantasy and sports betting brands.  DraftKings and FanDuel are a couple of our clients.

A few years into the biz, my co-founder and I got on the Austin Forbes 30 Under 30 List (no, we didn’t pay for it).  We met some awesome people. Can throw the name on the ol’ LinkedIn bio. But nothing more.

My faith is the number one thing in my life. Followed by family. And somewhere after these remains my love for building cool stuff to help people.

I’m blessed. Big things are coming!

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