Shawn was one of my most energetic guests. He is the co-counder and CEO of Givsum, a startup helping charities and service clubs to embrace the digital age. He’s getting good traction and has an ambitious vision for the company, which we talked about in this episode.
Prior to Givsum, Shawn co-founded Future Leaders of Our Community here in Orange County, which he built into an organization that connected thousands of young professionals with each other and inspired them to get involved with many OC non-profits. This work was very important to uncovering the opportunity for Givsum.
Shawn has a Masters in Divinity & Theology and was a pastor for a number of years earlier in his career, before the entrepreneurial fire led him to start Givsum. He also has a background and undergraduate degree in radio broadcasting, so, in reality, he should be the one leading the discussion, instead of me. He also has a great podcast series called American Philanthropy that you should check out.
Shawn is living the mantra of doing well by doing good, and is also one of the scrappiest entrepreneurs I’ve ever met. We always have a lot to talk about! He is also committed to building his company here in Orange County and has tapped into some great local talent. I'm excited to be an investor in his company, and supporting his efforts to Accelerate OC.
Niall McSheffrey - Managing Partner of Elementz Ventures
Dean Kline - Senior Managing Director at USC Rossier EdVentures
Carson Lappetito - President of Sunwest Bank
Special Episode - with Bill Carpou, CEO of Octane
Mike Gentile - Founder, CEO of CISO Share
Matt Case - President of Bionatus
Special Episode - Non-profit leadership during a crisis with Dawn Reese of The Wooden Floor
Sinan Kanatsiz - Founder and CEO of KCOMM, Founder of Internet Marketing Association
Special Episode - Intro to OC4 Venture Studio with Kyle Kamrooz & Carey Ransom
Matt Hayden - Founder of Sea Purity Investments, Chairman of MZ Group
Hicham Semaan - President of Tech Coast Angels, Orange County Chapter
Jeff Bocan - Partner at Okapi Venture Capital
Doug Wilson - Founder & Chairman of CEO Leadership Alliance of Orange County
Toby Corey - Stanford Lecturer, Former President of Tesla
Marinela Gombosev - CEO of Evoke Neuroscience
Sergey Sundukovskiy - CTO & CPO of Certemy
Andy Fathollahi - Founder/CEO of The Kanvas Company; Founder/Chairman of Incipio Group
Tom Baine - President of Landsea Homes
Nick Smoot - Founder & CEO of Innovation Collective
Sue Parks - CEO of Orange County United Way
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