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My History with Inventions

When I was in the Army in the 90’s, I took the nozzle off a gas mask and hooked it up to my canteen so that I could drink water hands-free (I think it was for the 12-mile EIB ruck March) . Since then, I have filed about 100 patent applications and have over 90 different issued patents. My co-inventors include Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Oliver Graham. I also sold my first physical product called Puttmate.

My History with Investments

Even though I have invested greatly in patents, both as an inventor and as a patent attorney, I have spent the last decade working outside of patent law, including running Microsoft's startup accelerator where I invested in 20 different startups:

2012: MetricsHub (acquired), Staq.io (acquired), Appetas (acquired), BagsUp (folded), Embarke (acquired), Fanzo.me (now Ripl), Keebitz (folded), Mobilligy (acquired), RealtyMogul, and Socedo (acquired).

2013: 1Track (became AppSheet - acquired), Airpost (acquired), Azuqua (acquired), BeehiveID, Boxella (folded), BuildersCloud, Factor.io (folded), Heroic.ly, Ofunnel (folded), and Synch.bi (folded).