I am one of them

My name is Matt. I live in San Francisco, and I have a startup.

I am one of “them”- a guy with a powerpoint and a dream- plopped in an ocean of people of the same mind.

I came to San Francisco to study advertising, and through a series of twists and turns, found myself in possession of a seemingly credible startup idea. It was the strangest thing, being immersed in a journey towards a career that I was dead-positive was my calling only to discover something within that journey that turned me on even more…enough so that I decided to officially drop out of advertising school to pursue the startup dream full time.

Both pursuits have a relatively low success rate, but I realized that the potential to dynamically shape my destiny is much stronger in the startup world.

The purpose of this blog is to document my journey as I go from “idea to ipo”, to borrow a phrase from the title of a meetup group I came across.

I’ll share helpful resources I come across, people I meet, and anything else that might help out fellow up-and-coming entrepreneurs.