NOW Reviewing deal flow out of Newport Beach
200K+ investors in the network
GCN Investor Conferences — hosted in Newport Beach
$100B+ capital reach across the network
NEW Latest dispatch: Inside the Deal Flow Machine
60+ cities reached worldwide
NOW Reviewing deal flow out of Newport Beach
200K+ investors in the network
GCN Investor Conferences — hosted in Newport Beach
$100B+ capital reach across the network
NEW Latest dispatch: Inside the Deal Flow Machine
60+ cities reached worldwide

The Timeline

Started at 15. Never really stopped.

From a bedroom game-server business to a 200K+ investor network — the milestones in between, decade by decade.

22

Years Building

9+

Ventures Founded

15

Age At First Company

00s

The Beginning

2003

Joins The Boy Scouts Of America

Starts a 10-year journey that would shape how he leads teams and projects for the next two decades.

2004

Founds His First Company — At 15

JBServers & Affiliated Brands

A freshman in high school, builds a game-server hosting business and commissions a custom web platform for clients to manage their own servers.

Origin Story

2007

Earns The Rank Of Eagle Scout

Leads a project building a concrete compass rose above the Laguna Niguel YMCA with 20+ volunteers.

2007 – 2011

Studies At Santa Clara University

Operations Management Information Systems, Minor in Entrepreneurship

Applies lessons from venture capital professors directly to the businesses he'd already founded in high school.

10s

Building In Public

2010

Co-Founds Global Good Networks & GlobalGoodGroup.com

Launches 25+ web properties reaching 7M+ visitors in 200 countries, and secures a publicity partnership with Intel.

2013

Text For A Cause & SMS Text Alert

Co-founds a mobile marketing platform and builds its philanthropic arm, giving nonprofits access to text and voice broadcast tools.

2014

Founds 2030 Ventures & Emerging Media Partners

Launches the accelerator and digital marketing firm that would become the foundation for everything after — investor relations, startup acceleration, and brand strategy under one roof.

Turning Point

2015

Begins Angel & Seed Investing

National Capital Alliance

Co-founds a lending and capital connection platform for small and medium-sized businesses.

2016

Founds Global Capital Network

What starts as an investor network grows into live pitch events and conferences connecting entrepreneurs to angel investors, VCs, private equity, and family offices around the world.

Turning Point

20s

The Network Era

2018 – 2024

GCN Conferences Go National

Investor events expand across California, New York, D.C., and beyond — hosting hundreds of investors and founders per event.

2024 – 2025

Global Deal Flow Launches

GCN's investor-matching mobile platform goes live on iOS and Android, putting the network in people's pockets.

2026 — Now

200K+ Investors. Still Building.

GCN's network spans 60+ cities and $100B+ in capital reach. What started as one teenager's game-server business is now a global investor network — and it's still growing.

Present

What's next?

If you're building something, raising capital, or just want to talk shop — that's usually how the next chapter starts.

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