“I reached out to Phil for a fireside chat for Startup World Cup and his delivery was phenomenal. He articulates his VC knowledge and experience in an approachable way that anyone listening can relate to. His energy is magnetic. He captivates an audience effortlessly and his charisma makes for an engaging panel. He also does not sugarcoat his founder's journey and emanates authenticity. I would highly recommend him as a speaker for VC, Tech, and community events.”
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💼 founder @ kamp - we throw dope startup…
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Proud to announce our Series A financing 💰 co-led by Varco Capital and Listen Ventures. Varco is the ideal partner to help us scale to the next…
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Well said Nishith Desai. As my 3 year old son starts school this year, these events create a constant state of worry. We shouldn’t have to feel this…
Well said Nishith Desai. As my 3 year old son starts school this year, these events create a constant state of worry. We shouldn’t have to feel this…
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Peace ✌️Love ❤️ & Purses 👛👜 is what it's all about. October 10th be ready to be transformed to the 70's. For tickets visit www.lovepurse.org and…
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Experience
Education
Honors & Awards
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Startup World Cup - Regional Finalist
Startup World Cup
Regional finalist at the Startup World Cup. BarPass was picked as top 10 companies out of 500 submitted for the Midwest region.
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Finalist - Ideas Week
Chicago Idea's Week
Finalist in Chicago Idea's Week lead by Brad Keywell and Lightbank.
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Young Leaders in Tech
General Assembly
General Assembly's Young Leaders in Tech and panel discussion.
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Venture Capital Investment Competition Finalist
Chicago Booth School of Business
Chicago Booth School of Business picked BarPass as one of the finalists for their pitch competition. Real life investors analyze the negotiation process between Booth students and promising local startup companies that were hand picked for the sought out competition.
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35 Under 35 Young Leaders Making an Impact Award
Chicago Scholars
Chicago scholars picked myself as a finalist to represent Chicago young entrepreneurs making an impact.
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Chase ATMs
Chase
Chase featured myself along with the other tech cohort members from IHCC to be displayed on all of their ATMs in the Chicago land area.
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Big Idea Awards Top Startup of Year
Redeye
Finalist for “Big Idea Awards” top startup of the year by Chicago’s premier newspaper publication, RedEye. They pick out who has the best idea out of hundreds of submissions. They also highlighted us in their print and digital that reaches half a million people.
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IHCC Accelerator Graduate
1871
IHCC cohort consisted of a vigorous 12 week business course with mentorship, educational programming, resources, technological support and guidance toward raising funding.
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1871 Scholarship
1871
Given a full scholarship from 1871 (Midwest entrepreneurial tech hub) to work out of their offices.
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1st Place @ Pitch Contest
VentureShot
Took first place in the pitch contest with "Funding Feeding Frenzy". The accredited panel of investors deemed all deemed my start-up fundable and myself most likely to execute my vision.
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Limited working proficiency
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Russian
Limited working proficiency
Organizations
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1871
Entrepreneur In Residence
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World Series of Entrepreneurship
Panel Speaker
-I was on the panel for "The World Series of Entrepreneurship" which is a venture pitch competition series open to any high school student. Students compete for venture and college scholarship dollars, and also access mentoring and internship opportunities, setting the stage for impact far beyond this event.
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IHCC Accelerator Program
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-Accepted to the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce accelerated program. IHCC connects entrepreneurs to resources, connections and capital.
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