>> I went to Pomona for physics for undergrad.
And I sort of bounced around a little bit.
I lived in Boston for a little bit after that.
Moved back to Southern California.
Was sort of trying to figure out what career I was really most interested.
So I tried a few odd jobs in that time.
And I decided I liked computers, programming computers and stuff in that area.
So I started applying for CS computer science grad programs around the country.
I came to New York to go to NYU for grad school.
They have a program called the interactive telecommunications program.
It's sort of like the media lab.
It's very creative technology, creative applications of technology.
So I thought it was very interesting.
And I came here for that.
And I actually ended up, so I sort of, I dropped out of it halfway through.
No less euphemistic way of saying it.
So I left halfway because I started a company.
And that company started doing well as a sort of a more traditional startup.
And so I stayed out of NYU to focus on building that up.
And I was there for a few years.
It was called Outside In, and it did sort of aggregated news information from around the web
and tried to organize it by its location.
So it could tell you like news or things that people were finding interesting or writing
about in your specific neighborhood.
We were trying to pinpoint very, like hyperlocal was a big buzz word then.
And so I worked there for like three or four years and eventually got acquired by AOL.
And then since then I sort of, I continued to be involved in startups and technology,
and I moved more and more towards like working on my own freelancing.
And then a couple of years ago I started this consulting company with a buddy of mine.