I am a strategist, entrepreneur, and data scientist. I transform strategic and technical complexity into clarity and success for startups and solopreneurs.
Hi, I’m Shane.
I am an entrepreneur.
I have been an:
- executive in big tech
- world traveling relief worker
I have spent about a decade full time in startups, as a founder or early partner in lots of different industries.
Some interesting stats about my companies:
- The first was founded in 1998
- 6 made money
- I still operate 1
- 2 were sold
- 3 died to distraction
- 3 were with partners
- A few (beyond the 6) failed
I spent twenty years in big tech. When I started, most businesses didn’t have an Internet connection. I led teams that dealt with some of the toughest issues in the dot-com boom and the years following.
I have:
- lived outside of the US for 4 years
- spent time in 25+ countries
- done business in 40+ countries.
Most of my time outside of the US was in the Middle East and Europe. I did a lot of work to help in the refugee crisis but have also been involved in large global businesses and startups all over the world.
I write about who I want to be:
- innovative entrepreneur
- engaging creator
- loving husband (of best friend)
- supportive dad (of awesome people)
- understander of people
@khalenJG I have a really hard time with social media for many of the same reasons.
That said, I am glad our paths crossed. Even if they only crossed online through a broken algo.
I was encouraged and challenged.
@craciun_07 i would wrap some code around it to capture your requests and replies. then you can start to build in some memory and even be building a fine tuning dataset.
First week of advertising a new offering is frustrating.
I know it takes time to find the audience and learn, but my inner optimist is still expecting huge week-one results... every time.
The key is to look at just the ad impressions and hide the budget, clicks, and purchases.