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 😎

peel ai

Helping businesses engage with leads, customers, and ex-customers in a new way.

Founder & CEO

GTM Partners

Ambassador

Pavilion

Executive member 

Associate

Centercode

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Led a team of 15: 2 Directors, Account Executive, Account Management, Business Development, Support, and Sales Engineers
 
💰 Software and Services deals ranging from $25k - $1million in ACV
💰 Hired and ramped Account Executive, SDR, and Sales Engineering teams 
💰 Built a Sales Development team that 2x'd previous conversion rates on marketing sourced warm leads
💰 Built a Sales Outbound channel that consistently contribute $1 million in top of the funnel pipeline, each month

Vice President of Sales

Took on the Support and Sale Engineering teams in addition to the Account Management team

VP of Growth

Exceeded plan 2 years running with my team of 5 Account Managers

Director of Sales

Mavenlink

Led a group of 6 goal crushing Account Executives and SDR's

Sales Manager

+ Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of Mavenlink's new Sales Methodology 
+ Developed and delivered our new Mavenlink Sales Bootcamp
+ Lead our continual sales education & training to Mavenlinks global sales professionals
+ Organized our FY20 SKO with focus on sales & services skills development

Global Sales Enablement Manager

120% of plan FY20 Mid-year plan, before transitioning into enablement 
#1 FY 2019 Account Executive / Presidents Club Recipient 

I partner with Professional Services organizations to help them reach their desired business outcomes. This is achieved through a blend of best practice consulting and Mavenlink's robust delivery software.

Mavenlink supports improved:
-Collaboration
-Project Management
-Resource Management
-Project Accounting
-Business Intelligence

The result is a scalable and predictable environment that allows leaders to navigate their teams to greater operational efficiency and profitability.

Senior Account Executive & Team Leader

Blue Jeans Network

Helping business connect FACE-to-FACE

Partner with strategic business leaders/ executives, in an effort to enable their workforce with the leading enterprise class video communication and collaboration platform - i.e. BLUEJEANS

Driving efficiency across all LOB's, and in most cases, creating additional revenue channels while substantially reducing costs.

Mid-Market Account Manager - Team Lead

+ Quickest AE to be promoted to the Commerical Team from SMB sales
+ Q1: Largest ACV/ TCV Deal - 5 business day close
* Presidents Club

Prior to this role, I added 15 new logos / 150% of goal, Similar successes in Q2&3 - Culminating in #2 AE of the year

Commercial Account Executive- Team Lead

+ Added 15 new logos / 150% of goal - Culminating in #2 AE of the year

Prior to this role, as an SDR:

+ 1+ Million dollars in pipe created
+ After 1 month I was appointed to the Named Accounts Team and targeted Fortune 700 companies
+ Fastest SDR to AE transition in the history of BlueJeans

Account Executive

Time Flies Fly Fishing Outfitter and Guide Service

Owner: Time Flies Fly-Fishing Outfitter & Guide Service 		              
Successfully started my own business at the age of twenty and quickly became one of the most highly requested guides in a saturated market. The business continues to maintain a loyal base of clients, which is contributed to excellent customer service and a driving ambition to consistently exceed the customer’s expectations. 
•	Highly adaptable to different client personalities, expectations, and limitations.
•	Strategically aligned myself with other non-competing businesses for prosperous relationships.
•	Licensed, bonded, insured & Graduate of CWL Guide School with Top of Class honors.

Owner

From BDR to GTM Leader—now Co-Founder @ Peel

I share insights on AI, GTM, and our journey building Peel. Follow along as we accelerate buyer-led growth! 🚀

Brannon Santos

Your prospects are on your site, wallet in hand… and you’re making them wait.

As Alice said, they’re ready... so why make them wait?

They land on your page excited to experience your product right now…
but instead they get screenshots, a generic video, maybe a click-through tour.

It’s passive. It’s one-size-fits-all. It’s not their story.

In a perfect world, there’d be an agent on that page -
listening to their situation, asking smart questions, and curating a personalized walkthrough on the fly.

We built that world. And you can add it to your site in minutes.

Offer: The first 10 people who DM me a demo recording of your product + your sales deck; 
I’ll send you back an embed you can drop straight onto one of your landing pages.

Never make a prospect wait to experience your product again.

You said it beautifully, Alice Heiman

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