hey, my name is alex.
I got started building internet companies when I was 16. Recently I was a solo founder in Y Combinator and dropped out to focus on making art.
Before that I was one of the earliest hires at Founders Inc. as a studio founder. In the last 2 years, we've incubated a handful of seed/Series A startups, and invested in nearly 100 founders.
Some things I've built -- useflux.ai (YC F24 drop-out), tryleap.ai ($2m raised), scenario.com ($6m raised), magicstory.ai, Headshot AI (sold), and many others.
Since I was 17, I've been coding but my superpower is viral growth + GTM.
I grew apps to 1M+ users with 100m+ organic social impressions and 2m+ monthly searches on Google.
I talk about the growth playbooks that made it happen here.
I invest my friends and advise startups on going 0-1. Here are a few:
I love words, art, and ideas in all forms. Here are some of my favorites and my own:
I care deeply about community + health. I want to live to 100 and enjoy it with my friends
- I was point guard for a USA Top 25 high school basketball team + played at Johns Hopkins University
- I started @marinaplungeclub, a weekly cold plunge club in SF with 500+ members
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I write about building things, living authentically, and content that has made me better
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