What is your IMMEDIATE career objective?

Introduce the Gotta Mentor platform to as many people and organizations as possible that could benefit from it

Summary

Co-founder of an Internet start-up. Industry, company and stock analysis at Investment Banks and strategy consulting firms.

Education:

• Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) , Sep 1992 - Jun 1994
• Yale University
  • Bachelors of Arts (BA) , Sep 1985 - Jun 1989

Experience:

• President and Co-FounderGotta Mentor
  • 1-10 employees
  • Jan 2006 - Present
    Description: Online career mentoring platform targeting talented college and early career professionals.
• Director of Industry CollaborationStanford University Media X
  • 1-10 employees
  • Jan 2005 - Feb 2006
    Description: Media X is a campus-wide network at Stanford University that deals with the ideas having to do with people, technology & innovation. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of researchers, faculty and students, Media X influences the next generation of technology and builds bridges to relevant industry, government and "other" institutions who share same goal.
    
    Media X organizes partnerships with industry, foundations, and governments who collaborate with faculty and students in classrooms and laboratories.
    
    My role centered around work with industry partners to facilitate collaboration with the research community at Stanford.
• Managing Director - Internet ResearchDeutsche Bank AG
  • 10,001 or more employees
  • Jan 2000 - Jul 2001
    Description: Investment research covering the consumer Internet sector.
• Managing Director - Internet ResearchE-Offering
  • 11-50 employees
  • Jan 1999 - Jan 2000
    Description: Investment reserach covering the Internet sector for a start-up investment bank. E-Offering was acquired by E-Trade which was ultimately acquired by Schwab
• Managing Director - Internet ResearchVolpe Brown Whelan
  • 51-200 employees
  • Aug 1994 - Jan 1999
    Description: Responsible for covering consumer content and e-commerce Internet companies (1997-1999), and educational and entertainment software companies (1994-1997)
• Summer AssociateMcKinsey & Company
  • Jun 1993 - Aug 1993

What advice would you give to a student who wanted to follow in your footsteps

I tried something entrepreneurial a few years after college and again 16 years after college. I don`t know that there`s an ideal time to start a company, but I think the skills you can acquire working for someone else`s company and more importantly the relationships you build over time can be big assets for an entrepreneur who must tackle a lot of varied challenges.