A hub for founders to collaborate, validate and build... with confidence.

The concept behind HubCoLabs came from experiencing the founder journey firsthand.

Bringing an idea to life isn't only about great engineering and sound product development. At some point, you realize that you also need to develop as your venture grows. The great thing is, you don't have to do it alone.

I've spent more than two decades working across startups, technology, business development, sales and fundraising. I've worked alongside founders and business owners, helped develop products and bring them to market, raised capital, coached people, and spent much of my career learning how to listen, ask better questions and understand what someone actually needs.

And I've made plenty of mistakes.

One of the hardest lessons for me as a founder was learning to really listen to other people—even when what they were telling me conflicted with what I wanted to believe. There were assumptions I held onto too long, things I thought I understood that I didn't, and moments when the venture forced me to confront something about myself rather than something about the product.

Do I actually want this to become a serious company?

Because there's a difference between wanting to have a startup and accepting the responsibility of building a company.

If you want an idea to become a real product, become profitable, serve clients and someday employ even ten people, the venture eventually asks more of you. You have to become better at making decisions, listening, communicating, managing yourself, understanding money, accepting uncertainty, leading people and recognizing when you're wrong.

We'll do our best to make smart decisions. We'll research. We'll ask questions. We'll test assumptions. We'll build. And when something doesn't work—and something eventually won't—we won't pretend otherwise. We'll learn from it, adjust and keep moving.

I'm also building my own technology startup and moving it toward initial revenue, continued iteration and investor readiness.

Experience I bring to the process

My experience coaching people and training at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) developed my passion for genuinely listening, asking the right questions and getting to the root of what someone needs.

I've applied that while working closely with startup founders and established business owners across concept development, commercialization, product marketing, user acquisition, client engagement, presentations and product development.

I helped design and execute a Kickstarter campaign for Ozmo that raised $38,000, surpassing its original $30,000 goal, with the capital supporting product development. I've also worked in major gifts and fundraising event leadership, contributing across all aspects of fundraising and personally raising more than $1.3 million over a 16-month period for mental health and recovery/housing causes.

My sales background includes technology with Verizon, banking with Wells Fargo, and real estate with Intero Real Estate Services, later acquired by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.

I earned my bachelor's degree in International Business Management from San Jose State University, participated in the Honors Program, was recognized among the Top 30 International Business students in 2011, and was selected for a highly selective inaugural international internship team with Crown Worldwide Inc. in Hong Kong.

Most recently, building Love to Connect from concept into a functioning technology product has deepened my experience in product strategy, prototyping, AI-assisted development, testing and the technical process behind bringing a technology product to life.