CAREER: Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Management

I have been an entrepreneur, investor and served in management with a Fortune 100 company. I started my professional career as a pioneer on the Internet in 1995 as the Founder and CEO of Worldwide Angler, Inc. where I built the business plan and led the company from inception through three rounds of financing. Worldwide Angler was recognized as the leading recreational fishing interactive media (in Web 2.0 nomenclature, “social media” or “social networking” ) and e-commerce site on the internet by publications such USA Today and for its leading technology by PC Magazine.

As a venture capitalist I worked for two prominent venture capital firms in Northern Virginia investing in technology companies and worked in Marketing at America Online.

A cross section of my passion for interactive media and fishing has led me to run one of the largest recreational fishing social networking sites on the internet called TidalFish.com for the past ten years as what I would call a “super hobby” business. The site has over 61,300 registered anglers, logs over 100,000 unique visitors a month who stay over 12 minutes per visit.

I am currently working on a messaging cloud company with several fellow co-founders called Zuess. Zuess is bringing twenty years of needed innovation to the messaging inbox and collaboration ecosystem in hopes of upsetting the status quo with it’s paradigm shifting technology.

I am always looking for opportunities to work with new and exciting people/companies where I believe I can add value by applying my experience and sharing lessons I learned from being on the investor and entrepreneur side of the table.

PROFESSION: Chief Angler
I am a life long angler.  Besides fishing and exploring the many waters of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coast, I’ve traveled the world in search of many species. I especially seek out destinations where my second love (preceded by striped bass fishing) bonefish swim. I have fished many of the waters in South America, Latin America, most islands in the Bahamas, the Seychelles Islands, Turks and Cacios, and throughout the entire United States from Alaska to Maine.

Community and Industry Interests, Memberships
Entrepreneur Dinner Club
I co-founded this group while in business school with three other classmates. It is an invite only bi-monthly event where entrepreneurs get together and exchange ideas and experiences to help each others business and have some fun with like minded people.

Baltimore Angels Member
A great group of fun entrepreneurs who invest in Start-Ups in the Baltimore, MD area.

Maryland Sport Fish Advisory Commissioner (SFAC)
Appointed by the Governor of Maryland; the commission is tasked with advising the Director of Fisheries Service on all matters regarding freshwater and saltwater fisheries in Maryland.

Marine Ventures Foundation (MVF) Board Member
MVF seeks to improve and protect critical marine, coastal and river habitats in North America, South America and the Caribbean.

Outdoor Photographer
I volunteer for marine conservation and science projects where aerial photography is helpful to the project and/or research.

Annapolis Bike Racing Team
A group of obsessed road racing cyclists.

Education
MBA University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School (’05)
* Internationally studied at:
Erasmus, Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands)
Gdansk Foundation for Management Development (Poland)
EGADE (Monterrey, Mexico)
FGV-EAESP (San Paulo, Brazil)
Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)

BA (’94) and Masters (’03) – in Psychology from Washington College
Honors Thesis (BA)
President of the Psi Chi National Honor Society (BA)
Member Psi Chi National Honor Society (MA)

Additional Education
Persuasion Boot Camp ’12
Run by the Founder and Director of Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab Dr. BJ Fogg.

Business Related Speaking Engagements

• University of Maryland $75k Business Plan Competition (2012): Judge
• ‘Love and Money’ Symposium: The Growing Power and Influence of Global Movement in Social Entrepreneurship (’08): University of Baltimore
• UVA Batten Venture Capital Bootcamp(’05) – “Life as an Venture Capital Associate” panel
• George Mason University Business School(’03) -  Panel member for the “Entrepreneurship” MBA class
• American University Kogod School of Business(’02,’03, ‘04) – “Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital”
• Ernest and Young Accelerator Sessions(’02-05′) – Sessions held by the Venture Capital Advisory Group for promising companies in order to obtain feedback, suggestions, and coaching from panel members.
• Washington College (’01) -  “Technology Innovation, the Internet, and E-Commerce”

Fishing Speaking Engagements

• Light Tackle Fishing For Striped Bass (’10,’09,’08,’07,’99,’98,’97): Maryland Saltwater Fishing Association chapters, Maryland Outdoor Fishing and Hunting Show, Coastal Conservation Association
• Saltwater Fly Fishing for Striped Bass (’10,’09,’08, ’98): Maryland Saltwater Fishing Association chapters, Coastal Conservation Association Chapter
• Saltwater Fly Fishing for Bonefish (’08): Maryland Saltwater Fishing Association chapter

Personal
I’ve been together with my wife for just over fifteen years. Beyond our family and friends we share our lives with our three jack russell terriers, two cats and a horse.
I enjoy fly fishing, jeeps, flying, cycling and going fast.

Contact me
Email: Brandon at BrandonCWhite.com (replace the “at” with “@” )
Twitter: @BrandonCWhite
LinkedIn: Brandon C. White
Facebook: Brandon C. White
Text: 410-310-7051
Snail Mail: Brandon White, 8673 Commerce Dr., Suite 4, Easton, MD 21601

*Best way to contact me is email, text or twitter.