Innovator, Startup Founder, Advisor & Mentor, Accelerator Director, Doer of Many Things Full-time Exec Officer + Startup Community Participant; Part-time Art Lover/Artist Supporter + Community Bridge-builder. 👂Excited to Listen, Learn & Share Around Many Subjects. 💪 Proud Texan 🚖 Born NYC 🤠 Resident in Central Houston +🦞 Coastal Maine ✌️🌲 California Educated ⚓️ ✈️ USN Veteran 🎯 10+ Exits as Founder/ Advisor 🚊 Transit Cofounder (‘09) 🏢 Coworking Founder (‘13) 💻 Tech Cofounder (‘15) 🥤 CPG Cofounder (‘19) ❤️ Family + Community 🧠 Design Thinker ⛵️ Experienced Sailor 🏆 Super Connector 🤲 Servant Leader 🌿Conservationist + Gardener ✳️ Occasional Moderator 🌎 Global Citizen + Seasoned Traveler 🦾 Future Thinker + Sci-Fi Enthusiast 🪐 Aspiring Space Explorer ⚾️ Sports Fan 🐶 + 😺 LOVE Pets! 🤲 Happy to assist startup entrepreneurs & stakeholders. Open to meeting aspiring or experienced advisors & mentors, early-stage startup teams, early-stage Investors (Pre “A”), Family Office, VC, and other Stakeholders. Connect (Pls. make a note 🙏) via LinkedIn: linkedIn.com/in/jamesphelan2 📲 MD, Founder Institute Texas (Houston, DFW, ATX) New + Early Startup Accelerator (apply: fi.co/join), Experienced Startup Mentors Welcome: @founderhouston Check it out: fi.co/events 📲 Partnership Director, Startup Grind Houston, a “Give First” Community: @startupgrindhou • www.startupgrind.com/houston/ • Care to Join SG Houston? LMK! 😉 📲 Cofounder & CCO, Budapop Bottling Company, www.budapop.com • Delicious, All Natural Sodas • Patented Nano-infusion w/ Vitamins & Minerals + 0% THC Hemp • 🚀 in TX ‘22 🤠 • Open Early Investment Round ($1.5M) 📲 Cofounder & CCO, Village Insights, www.villageinsights.com • Seeking Global Sales Partners • Connects SDOs, Corporate Innovation, Research Universities, and Economic & Trade Agencies = Innovation Ecosystem at Scale. • Encourages Collaboration to Drive Impactful outcomes. • Closing $1M PreSeed (Q1 ‘22)