John is the Founder, CEO, & Product Architect of Enemy Tree, a California, USA based technology startup whose products are wide-reaching experiments in hardware, software, and services that positively impact peoples lives.
Previously, John spent nearly 6 years at Tesla Motors leading teams and internally innovating in areas like operations, sales, delivery, customer service, and marketing. This created an even deeper passion for startups that was already so strong it pulled JOhn to the West Coast. It gave him a profound appreciation for the incredible people who sacrifice so much to make a product and company great.
Prior to that, JOhn not only built a very strong business and operations foundation by working at BIC Consumer Products and learned the roots of quality, systems, process, and execution but also dove deep into the practical and theoretical details of business
In addition to building products now, John is also an active Angel Investor, as well as a mentor and advisor to several startups and entrepreneurs.
John was an early investor in Gimlet Media which sold to Spotify for $200m.
site: startuphandmedowns.co
Episode 36: Success = Reading More with Anthony Frasier from ABF Creative
Episode 35: Why VC's Aren't Racist with Mckeever Conwell II of TEDCO
Episode 34: The Art of Branding with Alain Sylvain CEO of Sylvain Labs
Episode 33: E-commerce Masterclass with Brian Berger CEO of Mack Weldon
Episode 32: I started Birchbox with tunnel vision with Katia Beauchamp
Episode 31: Why I wouldn't want to be a startup founder again - with Charles Hudson from Precursor Ventures
Episode 30: What founders of color can do to win - With Kai Bond (Part 2)
Episode 29: How I Sold My Startup to Samsung within 9 months- with Kai Bond from Catalyst Fund (Part 1)
Episode 28: How we get 12m readers per month with Derek Flanzraich Founder and CEO of Greatist
Episode 27: Raising money comes with strings attached with Victor Penev of Edamam
Episode 26: Facilitating the personal branding revolution with Brian Schechter of SelfMade
Episode 25: How I Judge Startups for Investment - With WeWork Labs Cofounder Jesse Middleton
Episode 24: Step by Step Guide to Raising Venture Capital - with VC Sumeet Shah from Brand Foundry VC
Episode 23: How I started the world's 1ST SOCIAL NETWORK, SixDegrees - with Andrew Weinreich
Episode 22: How I started Birchbox with tunnel vision and cold emails - with Co-founder Katia Beauchamp
Episode 21: How I got 700,000 Newsletter Subscribers- With Sam Parr founder of The Hustle
Episode 20: How to build amazing products - with Ian White of Business Insider and Co founder of Sailthru
Episode 19: Why I hate the word patience - With Tom Bilyeu Co-founder of Quest Nutrition and Impact Theory
Episode 18: Pushing retail fashion into the 21st century - With CTO Josh Builder from Rent the Runway
Episode 17: How we raised £1 million in 4 days via Crowdfunding- with JustPark's Alex Stefani
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