I'm first and foremost a passionate entrepreneur helping others develop and build innovative technology and internet companies. I'm in the business of investing in and advising entrepreneurs who are disrupting and redefining today's technology, e-commerce and digital media industries by leveraging the ubiquity of the internet and the power of social media. I work with innovators, mavericks and visionaries who are shaping the future of the consumer internet and building the next generation of technologies that will power it. I'm a tireless advocate for the people I choose to work with and the causes I believe in... Derek is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist with over 20 years of business building, operational, and investing experience in the technology, internet and digital media industries. Derek is the founder and Managing Partner of Watertower Group, an industry leading boutique investment bank, and the Managing General Partner of the Watertower Early Opportunity Fund, a seed and early stage venture capital fund. Prior to founding Watertower Group Derek was with Entertainment Media Ventures, a Michael Milken backed seed and early stage venture capital fund located in Los Angeles, California. Derek spent the first half of his career as an entrepreneur, founding and building two prominent southern California based internet technology companies.