👋🏿 I’m a founder & operator investing in food & beverage and restaurant tech / food tech startups.
My angel investments so far:
- EatOkra: Discovering & growing Black owned restaurants
- Ghost Town Oats: Plant based milk CPG company founded by baristas
Other areas/industries of interest:
- Creator economyÂ
- Climate tech & sustainability
- Blockchain & crypto
What I’m looking for in founders & teams
- Deep & extensive research & knowledge about your target audience.
- How well do you know the industry? You should have extensive knowledge of this industry and should be keeping yourself up to date by creating your own content, interacting with other people’s content, going to conferences, etc.
- Providing flexibility to your team. I’m a huge advocate of remote work & flexible scheduling.
- Open to constructive feedback but has discernment and knows what feedback to take action on.
How I can help as an investor & advisor
- Full stack marketing (mix of growth, content & product marketing)
- Content creation & distribution to grow your audience and build a customer base
- UX Research & customer insights expertise
- Partner with your product team to determine what to build next
- Audit your website or app experience to eliminate friction for your customers