Brian Ascher: Venture Capitalist and former Senior Product Manager at Intuit with experience in software-as-a-service, consumer, and financial services start-ups; a graduate of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and Princeton University, Magna Cum Laude. He possesses functional expertise in venture capital, investing, product management, marketing, and M&A. Ascher has industry expertise in SaaS, AI/ML, Big Data, Internet, FinTech, B2B, and consumer. Ascher firmly believes that synergy between domain expertise and data science is the new frontier in software solutions, hence his drive to find entrepreneurs that share the vision and help them achieve their goals. He spent time incubating ideas and nurturing young companies like SmartBiz Loans in the financial services sector, testing his passion for innovative ideas from conceptualization to growth, expansion, two pivots, and securing multiple rounds of financing. When he is not building start-ups, Ascher enjoys time with his family and surfing.