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27. Marco Thompson, Angel Mentor of EvoNexus + Wake Surfer & Instructor

April 30, 2024 • Kristen Revell

Along with a successful career in starting his own companies, selling them, running a venture firm and slowly retiring, Marco has also successfully taught over 1500 people to drop the rope and wake surf in San Diego, CA. Considered as one of the best in teaching wake surfing (If not the best!), I've had the privilege of surfing with and knowing Marco since 2017 when he taught me how to teach wake surfing and taught my kids how to surf. Marco shares his career and wake surf journey. Enjoy!

Angel Mentor at EvoNexus, Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Financing Junkie - Weekend Warrior & Watersports Czar

Former President, EvoNexus- Nurturing the next generation of San Diego Startup companies in Southern California's BEST INCUBATOR, Also Advising and Mentoring over a dozen EvoNexus Portfolio.

Founder at San Diego Sport Innovators - Serving Entrepreneurs and Innovators building great companies in Action Sports, Sporting Goods, and Apparel in Southern California

Managing Partner @ Express Ventures - assisting San Diego based "pre-Series A" entrepreneurs by providing funding and focused assistance in preparation for a successful Series A funding from a venture fund.

Founder, Fundraiser, Mentor, Advisor & Board Member to Action Sports and Technology companies

Express Ventures Fund I - Portfolio:

Certona - (Neural "recommendation engine" for etailers) www.certona.com

MaintenanceNet (IT Channel Services Sales & Renewal) www.maintenancenet.com

Genalyte - a next generation clinical and life science detection tools company www.genalyte.com

Benchmark Revenue Management - (sold to Avadyne Health)

Specialties: Action Sports, Sporting Goods, Lifestyle Apparel, Wakesurfing, Surfing, Snowboarding, Wakeboarding, Skiing, Sports Marketing, Sports Retail, Sporting Goods, Apparel & Fashion, Online Sports, Set top box, Semiconductor, Digital Video, Consumer Electronics, SAAS, Web based video, Wireless, Mobile, Engineering management, Embedded Software, Smart Grid Utility Electric, AMI, AMR, MDMS, Smart Meter, Company Formation, Angel Financing, Venture Financing

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcothompson/ (Marco's LinkedIn page)

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid028u3juTPauPnzMVSEpq3VL3be8rSj4y1ccZQf5aMW1m4NSDm9sAa43ikF5FEB5isvl&id=584230654&mibextid=CYgPv5 (Instructional 13 minute video to learn (and teach) wake surfing we created in 2018)

Find me on LinkedIn @ www.linkedin.com/in/krev/
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