Our Team

Brian Tsuchiya: Founder / CEO

Brian started his entrepreneurial journey 18 years ago and has since launched ten startups. Startup Guru is the culmination of this extraordinary journey. He has openly shared for the first 40 years of his life he primarily served himself and lived a life without purpose. Then in June of 2006 he read a book that would change his life forever. He embarked on a journey that connected his life purpose with his entrepreneurial career. Through this work he understood his patterns and defined his life in a way that revealed his purpose. Forged in him was the way of the entrepreneur. Now through the EZOG assessment he guides others to genius.

Michael Potts : Chief Learning Officer Now based in Boston.

Michael has diverse and international experiences working in Europe and US for large companies like Ford and running smaller operations. He now focuses on helping smaller companies succeed. He has started up companies in 4 different countries and launched new products globally. Michael likes adventure and would happily Sail all summer and Ski all winter if work didn’t get in the way! his favorite quote is - Whether you think you can or you think you can’t your right! H Ford.

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Our growing team also includes our supporters and advisors listed below

Larry Nelson- co-founder and producer of the w3w3® Media Network based in Denver. Larry is also executive director of the Institute for Change Research and the co-founder of ICR Web. He has lived in five foreign countries where he headed seminar and consulting companies. Larry has promoted seminars and conferences in 17 countries. Over the past 30 years, Larry & Pat have worked with the biggest of companies as well as start-ups and have focused on helping organizations get their message out, above all the noise of the crowd. Larry helps link people and organizations to unique and valuable resources! Always taking a very innovative approach to Business Development, the w3w3® philosophy is that… plans, execution and follow-through must be Powerful, Proven & People-Oriented.

Anne-Marie Marron: Conscious Business and Life Coach: www.revealingwisdom.com

Anne-Marie's background in business and leadership began as an undergraduate intern for a leadership consulting firm in San Diego. She eventually received a MBA and worked in leadership and consulting roles in Chicago.

Her life unfolded in a very conventional sense until her first spiritual awakening. From that point on she transitioned from business and the corporate world into a very solitary, quiet meditative mountain life.

She has lived both polarities of these journeys and understands the tension between awakening into a new way of being and the conventional practices of business that don’t always appear to support authenticity and integrity.

Rachel Lansky: Creative writing and editorials

Rachel’s background is in creative writing, poetry and journalism, with a degree from CU Denver in English Writing. She’s from a small town nestled in the cornfields and is passionate about knitting, textile design and poetics. She completed a poetic thesis and holds the creative process as her guiding light. Rachel aims to find balance and truth in her life as well as in the business world.

Jinesh Parekh: Chief Technical Officer

Jinesh’s primary background is in software development. He holds a Masters in Software Engineering from DePaul University, Chicago. He has worked as a software developer with several startup's & giant organizations in Chicago using open source technologies, primarily Java and Ruby. As startups got him excited and he saw a dire need of high quality software development done offshore, he moved back to India to form a niche team and named it idyllic Software in 2009. Idyllic Software primarily works with Startup’s (-a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Eric Ries), small businesses and creative agencies. Since then he has delivered 20+ applications thus far and his team comprises of some serious talent.

Helen Greene

Helen Greene: Sales & Marketing expert

Dedicated to conscious and sustainable business development, Helen has joined the Vim startups team of professionals to continue to help entrepreneurs realize their dreams. Her title is business development expert and she is leading the charge for connecting people who seek like-minded businesses and services.
Helen has consulted with a variety of businesses during the past 20 years including local and national real estate developers, advertising agencies, architects, startups, retail, banks, professional associations and media. She founded her consulting firm, Trafix Systems, in January 2000 and was a recognized industry leader in local housing and consumer marketing research. In fact, she was a regular speaker and organizer of professional educational seminars in the real estate development industry.
Prior to founding Trafix Systems, Inc. Helen helped launch a new software program known as New Home Search. She will be working with startups again focusing on software and web development that most entrepreneurs need to demonstrate and communicate their great ideas.
Helen is an active member of local technology and startup meetup groups. She also enjoys attending Colorado AMA, ULI and CWCC events.