Author, publisher, content syndicator. Startup mentor, advisor, co-founder, board member, investor. I am the former founder & Executve Director of the Startup Hive Incubator (now suspended and seeking investors/joint venture partners), Founder & Chairman of Boardroom Advisory Group, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of CrowdPad, President & CEO of American Residential Appraisers (acquired by Coldwell Banker Commercial, CBC in 1996). I have advised 61 Startups over the past 4 years as listed on my Angel List at www.angel.co/sgbmedia. Lifetime Fellow at The Center For Progressive Leadership, Crowdfunding Commentator for Fox News, Former musical instrument designer, apprentice luthier and retailer (bass guitar) as well as Associate Editor at Bass Frontiers Magazine, Contributing Staff Writer at Basics Magazine, Exceutive Producer of The School of Bass, Operations Manager & Cellar Master at Sableridge Vineyards, Sonoma, CA. Twenty years as a real estate broker, appraiser and expert witness. Fifteen years as a real estate fix & flip, urban infill, and residential subdivision developer. USAF Honorably Discharged and Decorated Veteran having served in a top secret multinational military intelligence unit in the late 70's. Single by choice for 30 years, Father of one, grandfather to two. Born & raised in Rochester, NY currently residing in Palm Desert, CA.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Kid is grown, folks are gone, been single 30 years, been successful in multiple businesses, been there done that. Now contemplating life, looking to travel, see some new sites, meet some cool people and consider some new opportunities and or experinces rather than become a couch potato, remote control pilot while waiting to die.

Interests

Ski racing, bass guitar, writing, multi-media artforms, Taoisim, Tai Chi, Tantra, backpacking, fly fishing, vintage sports cars, casinos, mentoring others.

• writing
• design
• flying
• remote control
• news
• traveling
• cars
• guitar
• fishing
• backpacking
• skiing
• sports
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Morphine, Hayden, Cheap Trick, Michael Buble, Miles Davis, Ben Webster, 80's Hair Bands, Beatles, Stones, George Jones and more...

Movies: Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Carol Reed and Quentin Tarantino films mostly.

Books: Charles Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson, Seth Morgan, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burrough, Joseph Conrad, W. Somerset Maugham

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took 9 years out of my professional career and personal life to be the 24/7 live-in caregiver to my father who became paralyzed from a stroke at the age of 80.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share many tales of life and the lessons hard learned. I'm also very handy with household chores/remodeling.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States