Intro to Author: Top 4 Favorite Career Highlights
I share four of my favorite memories from my career! Including fundraising, traveling, and being on TV!
Hey, I’m Don! I’ve been building career memories for a decade. Over the last three years I’ve been reinvesting my own capital and time back it into my business. All the while learning and growing my net worth via public markets and crypto.
Over that same period, I also hosted 50+ virtual events with some of the world’s best VC investors and founders for our CEO group. Prior to all that, aside from my first job at Meta, I was lucky enough to raise $10 million in my twenties; doing my best to learn business, investor relations, and the startup mindset all at the same time. Maybe some of you can relate.
All that’s to say, I love business, I love money, I love to try and leverage my time.
This year, I set the goal to publish a thoughtful blog every Monday.. 52 of them! Don’ Daily is a recap of the entrepreneurship adventures I collect, as well as the new lessons I’m constantly learning from doing. My hope is that this entertains, inspires, and influences new creative ideas for you. Every Monday.
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[Career Highlight #1]
Raising $600K and getting on TV!
Getting invited to pitch on the TV show, Meet The Drapers, and raising my first $500K+ of crowdfunding as a result!
[Career Highlight #2]
Meeting Warren Buffett off of a cold email
I sent a cold email to Dan Gilbert! Next thing I knew, I was on a private jet flying to meet Mr. Buffett :)
[Career Highlight #3]
$1M investment commitment at age 25 from General Catalyst
The funding was to manage mixed reality scout fund! And a second time for my startup, Teooh, which raised $5M+!
[Career Highlight #4]
Not exactly business related.. but I also rap
I went up on stage in front of 200 people at a concert one time, and did this rap……… :)
Thank you for reading!
I just wanted to share a few of my favorite memories so you can get a feel for the adventures and accomplishments I’ve gone through! More to come!
p.s. I’d be so thankful if you’d share this publication with your founder friends! and cofounders!
Don Stein
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