Company Recommended By
Team Recommended By
For Betty Kayton
For Michael Buffington
For Crystal Schmelzer
For David Marino
For Farbood Nivi
Jon Bischke
I could say a lot more but I’ll stop at one word: Brilliant.
Andrew Katz
I am fortunate to know Farb. He has been extremely helpful to us as we seek our next round. He knows the ins and outs of the VC world and I am thankful he shares (TEACHES) his insights with others. Farb – you should launch a “How to Deal with VC’s” class on Grockit – I would sign up!
Naval Ravikant
I lost the bidding war to be an investor in Farbood’s company, and I’ll probably regret it. He’s smart, fearless, and does it with a smile. Every time I leveled a criticism at him, he smiled, nodded, disappeared for a week, and then nailed it.
Marc Hustvedt
I’ve worked with Farb and known him for over 10 years. He is a true visionary who doesn’t limit himself to the world the way it is, but rather imagines the world ahead of us.
Also a gifted teacher and mentor with an expert level depth of knowledge in numerous fields of knowledge from learning to wellness to macrobiotic cooking to the French Revolution.
One of the world’s genuine Thought Leaders.
Marc Hustvedt
A truly gifted teacher and master of standardized tests. Unique balance of left brain and right brain and perhaps even another brain in there too. It’s impossible not to be smarter after sitting down with Heather for a little while.
For Marc Hustvedt
For Mitch Lasky
Farbood Nivi
Mitch is an operator. He gets it.
Desi McAdam
Nivi is an extraordinary individual and a great guy to work with.
Naval Ravikant
Nivi is rational, honest, and fearless. If you are a road, get underneath him. If you are money, get in his pocket. If you are a wall, get out of his way. I saw him take Venture Hacks from a random idea to the site and blog you see today, through sheer relentlessness. I’d back him on any thing, any day.
Jon Bischke
Despite having what’s likely the fuzziest profile pic on VH, Brian’s incredibly sharp. He’s making stuff happen down here in LA and always willing to give of his time to help a fellow entrepreneur. Always a good guy to sip Modelos with.
Naval Ravikant
Brian is a young entrepreneur / investor with surprising sophistication. Too bad he’s serving time in LA, as he’d be a key part of the Silicon Valley entrepreneur network.
For Rob Lord
Babak Nivi
I started working with Rob and the Songbird team within 24 hours of meeting them. He is a friend who has supported me ever since then—whether or not he had the time to do it, whether or not I deserved it. He is on the very short list of people I introduce entrepreneurs to. He is also on the very short list of people I would bail out of jail at 4 in the morning.
Farbood Nivi
Rob is a Wizard. He lives backwards through time. He makes now, what he wants to be then.
Naval Ravikant
Rob is a cheerful, visionary founder. This guy will keep starting companies until they run out of companies to start.
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- Advisor
- Co-Founder/Lead Architect
- Angel
- Angel
- Investor
- Academic Manager
- Software Engineer
- Investor
- CFO
- Director of Academics
- Board Member
- CEO
- Director of Operations
- Investor (past)
About Us
Grockit is about questioning together.
To this end, we aim to utilize the awesome power of the internet to help the world learn. We’ve been alpha testing Live Online Classes, but now, we’ve locked ourselves in a room with whiteboard walls to develop our MMOL (Massive Multi-Player Online Learning) game.
We recently closed our Series A financing with Benchmark Capital and some great angels like Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Rob Lord (Songbird) and Mark Pincus (Tribe).
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Startup CFO who takes care of business. My go-to CFO for the initial stages. Her secret power is optimizing contracts.