Started Vergence Media (interactive merchandising for e-commerce platforms) in 2006. Successfully funded and exited to Flipside Studios in 2011. Started Boba Guys and Tea People (food & beverage company) in 2011. Board member for The Daily Californian and National ACE. Active Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise, and Business blogger for Huffington Post. Newly-minted author at Penguin Random House.Specialties: consumer behavior, brand management, product development, media strategy, CRM, and e-commerceCorporate experience: Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corporation, Clorox, LeapFrog, Timbuk2Investments: HomeCourt, Pared, Jubilee Media, Watcher Entertainment, Sanzo, Mascot, Viva Translate, Hyphen Media, Italic, Offsyte