I want to help build better leaders and entrepreneurs.
I believe the more ownership the everyday person has, the better the world will be.
Brief Story
The High School Years
- Played football all 4 years. Defensive tackle.
- Was the frontman of a punk rock band. Played in bars and basements. Good times.
College Years
- Went to community college where I found a deep love of learning. The truth is, I valued the freedom of choice compared to high school.
- President of the environmental club.
- Started another band (pop-punk) with old bandmates and some new ones.
- Produced an album with a semi-famous producer named Colby Wedgeworth
- Played a couple sold-out shows in Sacramento. Got signed and was expecting to go on tour, but I left the band to pursue a bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley.
- Studied economics at UC Berkeley.
- Fell in love with mathematics and philosophy. Studied CS with a focus on Machine Learning.
- Was a junior data analyst for a research center on campus.
Airbnb
- After graduation, accepted a job at Airbnb. Coming from working retail during my community college days, I was in complete awe of working at a major tech company: free food, cool people. Needless to say, I was super inspired.
- But... about 9 months into the job, I got the calling to pursue my dream in music. So I left. But after a built a cool automation tool in Python for the Finance team. They kept using the tool for about 2 years after I left... impact.
Pursuing Music
- Moved to West Hollywood, obviously.
- Worked in Bill Wither's studio, the one he had in is house. Yes, I lived in Bill Wither's house and used his studio. The story is amazing. See my YouTube channel for the full story.
- Failed music, but learned a lot. Got more interested in business and founded a digital marketing agency.
Where Everything Change
- While pursuing music in LA, I met my fiancé and together we started building business. We currently run an Airbnb rental in Taiwan (remotely) and managed a few businesses in Sacramento, California.
Now
- Still running my agency and building a holding company.
- Building on social media to find my people.
- Follow me on X, LinkedIn, or YouTube.