Arta Finance (formerly Arbo Works)

Joined Arta Finance via the acquisition of Money Minx to be part of the founding product team.

Founding Team | Product

Startup Beach

Hosting startup events in San Diego and enabling event hosts to use a matchmaking algorithm to make sure they attendees always come out with at least two new business connections.

Founder

Techstars

Mentor

GPT Hacks

GPT Hacks is my weekly newsletter, where I share tips, resources, and deep dives on how to leverage AI to grow and streamline your business. Over 9,400 startup founders and entrepreneurs get my AI tips, join them 👉 https://www.gpthacks.com/subscribe.

Money Minx

Founded Money Minx to help investors track all of their Investments, Alts, Crypto, and more in one place. Exited to Arta Finance

eCapital Corp.

eCapital is an industry leader in the freight factoring space. We service and help keep thousands of truckings companies stay on the road moving freight that makes our every day lives possible. 
As CIO and Head of Strategic Initiatives I am responsible for all things IT and Technology used by our employees, customers and partners.

CIO and Head of Strategic Initiatives

My team delivers the simplest factoring experience to the transportation industry, from owner operators to large fleets. We do this through the technology and products we build combined with customer-focused service.

Chief Experience Officer (CXO)

Responsible for the product and technology vision, roadmap and development of the company.

VP Product & Technology / CTO

appsplit

- Founded AppSplit: Positioned as one of the earliest crowdfunding platforms, timed to take advantage of the beginnings of the AppStore and Google Play.

- Innovative Mechanism: Created a network for developers to offer discounts, ownership, and rewards to investors interested in app ownership.

- Media Coverage: Featured in leading tech and fintech publications like TechCrunch and The Next Web.

- Successful Exit: Led the company to a successful acquisition by an investment group.

DiamPrice

- Launched DiamPrice: Developed the industry's first mobile app dedicated to the evaluation of loose diamonds, as well as gold, silver, and platinum jewelry.
- Target Audience: Primarily designed for industry professionals seeking accurate, real-time appraisals.
- Market Disruption: Introduced a first-of-its-kind tool that revolutionized the traditional appraisal process, offering a digital solution in a predominantly manual industry.
- Successful Exit: Sold the business to a private equity group.

OneRoof Energy, Inc.

LPL Financial

Managed team of project managers, established project management best practices and lead delivery of large projects.

Assistant Vice President Program Management

Developed test strategies and lead teams of QA engineers on projects.

Lead QA Engineer

Developed requirements and research for products.

Senior Product Analyst

Stuff I am currently focused on:

#1 Bring new financial advisory products to market at Arta Finance. 

#2 Build a startup ecosystem in San Diego via Startup Beach and mentoring for TechStars San Diego & Anywhere. 

#3 Help others with AI via GPT Hacks. 

#4 Help my youngest develop his soccer skills, my second work on her basketball game and my oldest shine like his sax.

#5 Spend more time with my awesome wife doing fun things in San Diego and around the world.

Hussein Yahfoufi

Stoked for two things... and a bonus!

First, my good friend Ryan Berman packed out Barnes & Noble, Inc. last night and sold out his new book Headamentals.

Second, this was the first book signing hosted on Eventship. Excited to see more authors, creators, and communities using the platform for events like this.

And on a personal note, my amazing wife Jessica Yahfoufi is getting close to releasing her new novel. Stay tuned for that launch party! 💃

Founder, Eventship • Helping event hosts grow everywhere • Host of San Diego’s Startup Mixer

What do you get when you have 200 incredible founders, investors and people working hard to help us all grow at the same place and at the same time?

Great connections, business deals, investments, new jobs and a great ol' time. Especially when you also add in our authentic tacos made by hand on site courtesy of Isaac Pollock, CFP® and Robert Goodyear.

See you there!

Emily Kramer's ecosystem strategy in today's Lenny's Newsletter is brilliant, but I have a different take on one point which is worth unpacking.


You don't get tired of events the same way you do as flooded email inboxes if the events are done right. The problem isn’t too many events, it’s too many of the wrong ones.

With over one thousand events behind me, I can tell you what makes a great event and how events are actually a growth node in your ecosystem flywheel not something people get tired from.

1. Events have to be from trusted hosts (think innovation hubs, accelerators, community leaders, founders, etc).

2. The right people have to be at the event, the attendee list must be curated and focused on the right groups for that event.

3. Sponsors of the event must be true ecosystem partners, not just logos on a wall. e.g. Isaac Pollock, CFP® is the taco guy for my mixer, not just our banker. He is part of the community and cares about it.

4. The event must be designed for connection, not attendance. This is what Neal Bloom🎩, Jonah Peake 🐺 and I talked about in our LinkedIn Live last week. It's also the reason why Eventship invests heavily in our matchmaking AI.

When you get those right, events aren’t fatiguing or tiring. They’re energizing. They are the ecosystem.

When you attend the right event, meet the right person, and the right sponsor supports it, that event becomes a node that strengthens the whole network.

Hussein Yahfoufi’s North County Startup Mixer — every month keeps getting better and better. 😎

Thank you to this month’s sponsors!!!
Isaac Pollock, CFP® 
Kimberly Drozdoff 
Emily D. 
Tyler Hastings 

See you next month 😎

A-Frame Venture Studio

Partner

UC San Diego

Mentor at Blackstone Launchpad

PEF Community

Member

Mirth Water

Co-Owner

Camp Social

Advisor

Good Wave

Good Wave is a manufacturing and lifestyle company for surf and watersports families. 1% for the Planet business member.

Founder & CEO

Muvv

Music for movement. Techstars Music finalists.

Co-founder & CEO

Tealium

Marketing technology lead for New Balance and City of Hope hospitals

Implementation Engineer

Classy.org

Grew from ~30 to 230 employees, from sales to leading API support and building a third party developer & partner community. Created B2B and B2C content, delivered conference talks, webinars, and partner education, supported enterprise sales pre/post close and launching our professional services channel.

API Support Engineer III

API Support Engineer

Account Executive

World Celebrations

Travel and events media company where I led sponsorships and content.

Co-founder

Consumer brand leader, entrepreneur, startup mentor at Blackstone Launchpad. Currently building at A-Frame Venture Studio.

After building and selling a few SaaS and consumer brands in San Diego, I co-founded A-Frame Venture Studio to drive positive change in health, well-being, and connection. 

I'm always interested in connecting with founders, investors, technologists and creatives who are building for a healthier people and planet.

Advisory & media inquiries: brad@afvs.vc

Bradley Harris

Feeling all the feels today. 

I had such a good cry this morning, first in a while thinking about all the people who've shown up this year and helped bring Mirth to life.

From the softest touches to the customer support ninjas, family and friends sharing a social post, investors and believers backing us and strangers buying pre-orders before we'd even squeezed the fruit.

Thank you. 

From the bottom of my heart, thank you 🥹

Big updates to share soon, for now a much needed down day with family.

Next week, we're flying to Phoenix to meet with Sprouts Farmers Market and some sales and sampling partners. Wish us luck! Five years ago this would have terrified me and I'm feeling so much love for this process. The whole journey. The nervousness. This highs. The lows. I've learned to love it all. 

Happy Thanksgiving for those celebrating! 

Amber Brandner Luke Tobin Arindam Basu Marco Torres Samantha Perry Nick Stoner Garrett Hughes Chris McKleroy Jr. William McGuire Pete Velez Brian Bar Sabatina de Freitas Will Stringer Emmanuel de Boucaud HAYTHEM HEDDA Tobin Capital Cameron Nazemi Jarenz Castillo Kurt Baehmann Joel Bravette Annie Brown Matthew C. Gough River Paige Jess Fryer Gavin Jocius Arnak Das Gupta Thomas Wang Buoy Matthew Wallace Laura King-Berry Tom Bates Tiegan Taylor Lauren Palmer Maninderjeet Deo Amber Taylor Whitley Mike Libby Perry Maricris Pajalla Convocar and so many more.........

Co-founder @ Mirth | Partner @ A-frame venture studio | Entrepreneur, investor & advisor

We'll be hosting office hours at UC San Diego tomorrow (11/13)!

Swing by the Design and Innovation Building if you’re on campus and want to jam. ⚡

Senior Manager for Strategic Innovation Alliances, Projects, and Data at UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization

UC San Diego Horizon is bringing together strategic advisors for exclusive office hours at the Design and Innovation Building (DIB) on November 13th, ahead of our Open House.

Whether you're navigating IP strategy, building a venture-backed startup, or translating your research into real-world impact, this is your chance to connect one-on-one with experienced practitioners who've been there.

Featured Advisors Available between 12-3 and pending availability. 
 • Didem Badaroglu, Ph.D-EE and M.Sc.-Industrial Management – Patent portfolio management & IP strategy for deep tech
 • Cy Bates – Patent law for startups across biotech, software & hardware
 • Amber Brandner – Venture studio operations, storytelling & founder support
 • Bradley Harris – Serial entrepreneur & co-founder
 • Keia James Atkinson, Esq. - Hiring deal structuring & negotiation
Employment law

These conversations are designed to help you move from discovery to deployment with clarity and momentum.

Coastal Patent, UC San Diego, A-Frame Venture Studio, & Fisher Phillips with special guests Ausel Cancer Innovation, JANUS Innovation Hub, and Greeshma Doppalapudi with Engineering Innovators and Entrepreneurs Club @ UC San Diego and UC San Diego Office of Research and Innovation

Location: Design and Innovation Building, UC San Diego
Date: November 13th (before Open House)

Spots are limited!! Comment below or DM to reserve your time.

Horizon is not a finish line, it's the starting point. Let's build together.

Don't forget to register for the Open House too! https://lnkd.in/gTtxvVqv

Ever wonder what was actually in the drinks we grew up with?


Us too. So we lined them up next to Mirth and took a look.

🎥 let us know what you think the comments 😉

Buoy (shoutout Kai!)  

#mirth #drinkmirth #feelallthelittlefeels

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