Hello, my name is

Jeff Solomon

Welcome to the personal website of Jeff Solomon; startup entrepreneur and 6x founder hailing from Los Angeles.

I offer advisory calls from 15 minutes to 1 hour; and monthly programs with 2-4 video calls per month. Learn more.

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About Me

I've been in the startup scene for most of my career and I've done just about every role. From CEO to Chief Janitor, Head of Product to Marketing Lead.

I have deep expertise in Saas, Mobile Apps, Startup Accelerators, Lead Generation, UX, Angel & Seed Funding, B2B Software, Enterprise Sales, ASO, Mobile Advertising and Bootstrapping.

I co-founded Amplify, Startup Accelerator (3 funds, $15MM raised) and Velocify (formerly Leads360) sold for $128MM. Raised $35MM+ in venture capital. And I've had a startup fail miserably. I've angel invested in a dozen companies. I've seen over 3,000 startups apply to Amplify and been pitched by hundreds of entrepreneurs. And have raised more than $50MM in aggregate seed and Angel funding for our portfolio companies.

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My Experience

I've been in the startup and tech game since 1997; here are highlights from my career.

Super Studios

2022 - Present

COO

Overseeing every aspect of growth from team building, product strategy, operations, finance, fundraising and scalability for the next generation of Web3 and Crypto tech.

Invelo

2021 - Present

Strategic Advisor

Running product and leading a team of designers and developers to build a SaaS application for real estate investors from the ground up.

Storied Media

2021 - Present

Strategic Advisor

Working with executive team on fundraising and product development. Also leading efforts to develop a suite of internal tools to increase sales and marketing performance.

Markup Hero

2020 - Present

Co-Founder

Built and launched next gen screenshot and annotation platform, heavy SEO focus, early days, grew domain rating from 0 - 42 in 3 months.

Brentwood

2015 - Present

Entrepreneurship Teacher

Developed first entrepreneurship course for high school, going into 6th year, taught over 80 students and counting.

Clarity.fm

2012 - Present

Expert Advisor

One of the first experts on Clarity. Over 475 consulting calls, 237 5-star reviews, advised and helped hundreds of entrepreneurs.

Vana

2018 - 2021

Strategic Advisor

Transformed product development, launched new platform, built engineering team, helped raise $7MM in venture funding.

Vana

2015 - 2020

Founder

Build wellness audio content from scratch, subscription mobile app business, grew to $45K MRR, 1.3 million users, sold in 2020 for 3.8x EBITDA.

Afty

2013 - 2019

Co-Founder

Built mobile chat community for geeks, native ad driven, grew to $60K MRR, cashflow positive for 6 years, 390 million messages sent.

Amplify.la

2011 - 2014

Co-Founder

Launched first accelerator in Los Angeles, 4x funds raised, over $30MM invested and $100MM in exits. Met with and analyzed over 3,000 startups.

Velocify

2004 - 2012

Co-Founder

Grew from zero to $40MM MRR, hired 100 employees, raised over $20 million in venture funding, sold in 2017 for $128MM.

Thinklogic

1999 - 2006

Founder

Dev shop started in living room after .com crash. Grew to $50K monthly revenue, profitable for over 20 years. Sold in 2006.

Xoop

1998 - 1999

Co-Founder

Very first startup. Learned more from this failure than any other. Raised $1.5MM seed funding. Crashed and burned.

Project Highlights

Amplify Startup Accelerator

Over 100 Investments

Joyus Video Commerce

Investor, Sold to Stack Commerce

Vana Cannabis

Over 5000 Curated Products

QuizUp

Investor, Sold to Glu Games

LA Central Office

Volunteer Web Team

Thinklogic Dev Shop

Profitable for 25+ Years

Cubcoats Innovative Kids Clothing

Advisor & Early Investor

Markup Hero Screenshot & Annotations

Early Stage, Founder

Brentwood School

Teaching Entrepreneurship for 6+ Years

Velocify

Board Member, Founder Sold to Ellie Mae

Umano Audio App

Investor, Sold to Dropbox

Audiojoy Wellness App

Over 1 Million Hours Played

Lulu & Georgia

Advisor

Heart of Los Angeles

Mentor, Entrepreneurship

Geeking Chat

Over 1 Billion Messages Sent

DailyBurst Wellness App

Over 100K Downloads

Online Courses

I've been advising and teaching entrepreneurs for nearly 20 years; now I'm producing online courses.

Customer Development 101

My first online course is a culmination of years of practice and teaching customer development to high school seniors for 6 years. Now available on Udemy.

SEO & Link Building 101

Learn proven SEO strategies for launching your startup using my step by step link building and keyword research strategy. In development. Estimated March 2021.

Content Marketing 101

Build your brand and reach more customers through SEO by implementing my tried and true content marketing strategies. Great for startups and mature companies. In development. Estimated September 2021.

Clarity Calls

Clarity is the largest community of experts and thought-leaders. I have over 200 five-star reviews from nearly 500 calls.

Mitchel van Duuren

Jeff's call was very helpful. At the end he gave me 5 actionable tips to go and do if he would own my business which were on point, and not what I thought about initially. Highly recommend if you want another point of view.

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Recent Podcasts

I regularly participate in startup and entrepreneur podcasts, here are some recent ones.