Jeff (J.D.) Davids

Jeff (J.D.) Davids

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area
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Jeff (J.D.) Davids is a software company founder and startup executive who has raised…

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Volunteer Experience

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    Volunteer

    National Veterans Leadership Foundation

    - Present 1 year 7 months

    i18n_veterans

    The National Veterans Leadership Foundation supports universities in their efforts to successfully transition and support their student veterans to achieve their full leadership potential.

    Our vision is to be a national resource dedicated to developing leadership, fostering a spirit of service, and creating exceptional outcomes for service men and women and their connected families.

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    Volunteer

    Stockhands Horses for Healing TRC

    - Present 1 year 6 months

    Children

    Stockhands Horses for Healing is a non-profit organization providing equine facilitated activities to children, veterans and adults with developmental, mental, physical & emotional challenges and/or disabilities.

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    Board Member

    Make-A-Wish® San Diego

    - 1 year 6 months

    Children

    The Make-A-Wish Foundation provides hope, strength & joy to children with life-threatening medical conditions by granting them wishes. One of the finest examples is Miles, a 5 year-old boy with leukemia whose wish was to become the superhero BatKid. Thousands of volunteeers converted San Francisco into Gotham City for a day and granted Miles' wish to fight crime alongisde the caped crusader, culminating with the Mayor granting him a key to the city.

Publications

  • How to earn Amazing Returns on your Early Stage Portfolio Investments

    YouTube

    How does Dave Berkus get 101% return on his Early Stage Investment portfolio when so many other investors are losing all of their money?

    Dave Berkus and I are on a mission to destroy the 85% failure rate among startups. There is no reason for today's entrepreneurs and investors to repeat mistakes that others have already paid the price to learn,

    We teach best practices and rookie mistakes so that entrepreneurs and their investors can beat the odds and stay in the game much…

    How does Dave Berkus get 101% return on his Early Stage Investment portfolio when so many other investors are losing all of their money?

    Dave Berkus and I are on a mission to destroy the 85% failure rate among startups. There is no reason for today's entrepreneurs and investors to repeat mistakes that others have already paid the price to learn,

    We teach best practices and rookie mistakes so that entrepreneurs and their investors can beat the odds and stay in the game much longer and more productively.

    Dave Berkus is a legend in the world of entrepreneurship and early stage investing. He's been described by Inc Magazine as a super angel investor and he definitely is. As an entrepreneur, Dave started his first business at the age of 15 years old. He grew that to 50 employees and did an IPO and a sale of the company. Then he founded a software company and he went out and got 16% global market share for hotel automation systems and grew into an INC 500 fastest growing company twice.

    As an investor, Dave's personally made well over 162 investments in early stage technology companies. And he's produced a whopping 101% IRR.

    He is chairman emeritus of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). He serves as managing partner of two different private equity funds. He also manages the ACE Investment funds and they've had quite a track record with those funds alongside Tech Coast Angels. He is Co-Managing Partner for Wayfare Ventures, LLC.

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Honors & Awards

  • Best Advocate for Veteran Entrepreneurs

    San Diego Business Journal & The Rosie Network

    Awarded the coveted Trident Paddle as the Best Advocate for Veteran Entrepreneurs from the San Diego Business Journal and The Rosie Network. Honored to be chosen for this prestigious award along with past recipients.

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