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Venturing out on his own meant approaching venture capitalists (VCs) for funding—a daunting task by any measure, particularly for a guy without the typical Silicon Valley pedigree.
Wealthfront President and CEO Andy Rachleff typically only mentors & invests with former students, but with Erik, he made an exceedingly rare exception. “I was immediately impressed by the way he had embraced the lean startup methodology,” explains Rachleff. “He had a far greater appreciation of its nuances than the students I teach it to at Stanford Graduate School of Business. I was also in awe of how much he had accomplished with so little help; I couldn’t not help.”
Guitar Hero founder Charles Huang didn’t just appreciate Erik’s innovation. He also gravitated to him as an atypical founder with out-of-the-box ideas. “Most startup founders are white or Asian males who graduated from the same 15 universities,” admits Huang. “That's who the VCs back. Tech would do more good for the world if we had diverse founders with diverse ideas.”
These days Erik is laser-focused on securing funding to mass manufacture Audios speakers that he insists will revolutionize the wireless speaker industry. His years of hard work have not just resulted in technological innovation but have also garnered him the critical respect needed to attract heavyweight investors and ultimately grow a successful business. He’s a great example of the fact that success isn’t something that happens to us as much as it is something we create—if we’re determined.
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