I’m Brett. I’ve run agencies, helped take startups from zero to one and worked in venture at 500 Startups and Moderne Ventures. Now I’m looking for my next full-time move in LA, bringing that mix to Sound and the companies you back and build.
How I’d help SoundThat’s the part of this role I like: helping the firm one day, working through a founder’s messaging the next, then getting a launch ready. I’m used to moving between the thinking and the doing.
Build presentations, support content and digital marketing, and coordinate creative partners. Bring people together through purposeful events that connect Sound’s founders with relevant customers, operators and partners.
I’ve run events and partnerships in venture, and managed campaigns and delivery at GRTR.Get into the website, deck and competitive landscape. Turn what’s unclear into sharper messaging and useful next steps, then help with the edits and introductions.
I’ve worked with hundreds of founders on their businesses and go-to-market.Work out the audience, positioning and first marketing assets with the incubation team. Coordinate design and PR partners through launch.
I’ve helped Old Pal, Houseplant and hundreds of companies backed by 500 Startups and Moderne Ventures get to market.A clearer story for a portfolio company. A go-to-market plan for something new. Purposeful connections across Sound’s founders, customers and partners. I’d pick the first project around what the team needs most.
Ideas to talk through with you, not programs Sound currently runs.
Fresh eyes.
Specific edits a founder can use.
I’d review a company’s website, deck and product messaging alongside its competitors. Who is it for? What makes it useful? Where does the language get vague? Then I’d bring the founder a short set of recommendations and actual edits to react to.
Start with one portfolio company preparing for an important customer meeting or launch. Compare its homepage and deck, look at how alternatives describe themselves and draft a clearer opening story. The same approach could support a brand review of a prospective investment.
The research, audit and first pass at the messaging, working with the founder and Sound’s marketing team. I’d turn the agreed direction into a clear brief for the designer or agency.
Can the intended customer explain what the company does and why it matters? I’d test the revised story with a few relevant people and use their feedback to improve it.
Alongside these projects, I’d help keep Sound’s day-to-day marketing moving: presentations, content, digital updates and event preparation. I’d coordinate designers, agencies and PR partners around clear briefs, approvals and deadlines. A useful introduction still matters, but so does getting the deck finished and the work out the door.
Informed by YC’s founder groups and launch support, Speedrun’s community programming and its product demo events. I’d start small and work out what makes sense for Sound.
I’ve worked inside venture funds, helped build startups and run a marketing agency. Across all of it, I’ve liked being close to founders, figuring things out together and turning an idea into something people actually see and use.
I’m a geek for campaigns and marketing, always studying what gets attention and why. Now I want to bring that curiosity and experience to one team in LA, building relationships and doing work I can stay close to over time.
At 500 Startups and Moderne Ventures, I worked on events, platform and partnerships. I helped connect founders with funders, enterprise customers and potential partners, and managed partnerships myself.
I also worked directly with founders on their businesses and go-to-market. I liked how hands-on that work could be on a small fund team: planning an event, making an introduction, working through a launch and staying involved to help move it forward.
A big part of my work at GRTR is helping talent build their own businesses. What should the brand be? Who is it for? How do we bring it to market? Old Pal and Houseplant are two brands I’ve helped build.
I’ve also run plenty of campaigns for other consumer and B2B companies. You can see a few examples below.
At Old Pal, I was the first employee and part of the founding team, helping launch the brand and expand into new markets. With Houseplant, I helped with pre-launch brand development and go-to-market in the US.
Creative strategy and special projects at Snap. Growth and partnerships connecting entertainment IP with digital experiences at Spaceport. I also helped build side.chat, an AI hosting tool.
AI is also part of how I work. I use Codex and other AI tools to build and iterate on pages like this one, working through the copy, layout and interactions until they feel right. This page is one example you can actually try.
I care a lot about who I work with. I want to be around people I can learn from and build something with.
I probably won’t wear the hat to the interview.
I’m based in Los Angeles and looking for my next full-time role. I want to be part of the team and community, in person, and I’m happy to travel. If this feels like a fit for Sound, I’d love to talk.
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