I moved to Los Angeles when I was 24 with $3,000 in the bank, was fired five and a half weeks after starting my career, and went through three jobs in eight months doing something I despised. I desperately wanted a change, so I created a plan to pursue my dreams: I wrote 300 cold letters to CEOs of major companies. Everyone told me I was crazy and that nobody would meet with me. I didn't listen. Those letters generated 80 meetings and ultimately led me to become Assistant to the Chairman of a Fortune 500 company, changing the trajectory of my life forever.

Three years later, I co-founded Akamai Technologies with three people at MIT. Akamai became one of the fastest-growing technology companies of its era and today has more than 11,000 employees, generates approximately $4.2 billion in annual revenue, and has a market capitalization of approximately $16 billion.

I founded JUMP Investors in 1999, and since then we have invested in more than 100 early-to-late-stage companies, including Google, Seagate, and Lyft. I've spent a lifetime betting on potential - and now I'm in the business of maximizing it. I exclusively coach driven founders, executives, business owners, investors, and ambitious professionals who are ready to transform their potential into meaningful results.