hey, my name is alex.
I got started building internet companies when I was 16. In October 2024 I was a solo founder in Y Combinator working on another company when I went through a major health scare.
I found God in a hospital room and dropped out of YC. Since then, I've been focused on reconnecting to my roots as an athlete and using my voice to help others -- primarily through music.
My tech journey started as 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.
I'd been coding since I was 17, but my I found my superpower doing viral growth.
I grew apps to 1M+ users with 100m+ organic social impressions and 2m+ monthly searches on Google in less than 16 months.
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I invest my friends and advise startups on going 0-1. Here are a few:
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