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Dave Samuel

By the time I was nine years old, I was waking up at 4 AM to deliver the Waterville Morning Sentinel by 6:15 AM. I then launched Thriller Designs when I was in the fifth grade and Sounds Unlimited, a mobile DJ service, in the sixth grade. I’ve been a hustling entrepreneur at heart ever since. After graduating from MIT undergrad and working at Oracle for 1 year, I co-founded Spinner in 1995 (acquired by AOL for $320 million) and Grouper/Crackle in 2004 (acquired by Sony for $65 million). I discovered the beauty of the “shit business” and founded Brondell, a developer of innovative,  healthy home products that’s #1 in the #2 business. I also chair Toi Labs, which aims to harness data for health analysis before it’s flushed away.

When I’m OOO, I enjoy mountain biking, snowboarding, and wakeboarding. Being a dad is cool too.

More from Dave’s Companies

Daves’s Companies

Intercom

Dave and Josh are genuinely good people who are personally passionate about the people they back—exactly what you want in early stage investors.”

—Eoghan McCabe, Founder, Intercom

Daves’s Companies

Snapdocs

It’s great to have 3 partners at Freestyle, all of whom have their own talents, and all of whom work together to make a great team.”

—Aaron King, Founder, SnapDocs

Snapdocs Secures $25M

Snapdocs, an AI-powered platform aimed at streamlining the digital mortgage closing process, announced this morning it has closed on a $25 million Series B.

Autodesk to acquire BuildingConnected

Prior to starting BuildingConnected, I worked as a general contractor for 6 years. In 2012, I quit my job to start BuildingConnected. From my experience, I knew that the bidding process requires engagement with many different businesses on a constant basis. It seemed to me that if we could connect everyone on one network we could simplify the process for everyone.

Entrepreneurs: Find Your Yes

“Sorry, this isn’t a match.” “No, I like radio just as it is.” “I’m not a believer in streaming audio.” “I’m a pass.” This was what we heard, in one form or another, 43 times by the spring of 1997 after attempting to raise funding for TheDJ, the first Internet radio service.
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