Isaiah is currently Director of Business Development at Dori. Before Dori, Isaiah worked in business development at Carta, Microsoft and Silicon Valley Bank. Isaiah was also an operator at AngelList and helped build out Rolling Funds. Isaiah began his career as startup attorney at Fenwick & West LLP in Seattle and a corporate attorney at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Newport Beach, California. Isaiah earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, holds a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from USC and is currently finishing up an MBA program at the University of Washington’s Michael G. Foster School of Business.
Isaiah grew up in Moreno Valley, California and was raised solely by his mother for most of his life. Isaiah is multi-racial (black, latino, native american and white). He is also disabled and was diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy as a child.
Isaiah is passionate about mentoring and hopes that this blog will serve as a resource for underrepresented founders/operators/investors/talent in the startup and VC communities that do not have access to the same resources as their white counterparts.