JD

Joshua Dau

Investor at Willow Growth Partners

Malibu, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • Investor

    2024 - Current

  • Analyst

    2024 - 2024

    • Assisted in preparing pitches and presentations to potential clients • Identified and engaged emerging brands and fund managers as potential clients; three new relationships are in active discussions and diligence • Rebuilt Axcel’s brand and investor database in Affinity, populating data for 2800+ brands and investors

  • Tuck Business Bridge Program

    2023 - 2023

    An intensive, career-focused business certificate program for liberal arts, science, and engineering students, providing mastery of business essentials and the practical, marketable skills for successful early-stage professional careers including financial accounting, marketing strategy and tactics, managerial economics, business decision-making, and corporate finance.

  • Analyst

    2023 - 2023

    Evaluated potential investments through financial due diligence, market research, and competitive analysis and created new models to run EV, IRR, and MOIC calculations as well as the first-quarter 2023 quarterly update presentation for their investors.

  • VC Summer Intern at Victress Capital

    2022 - 2022

    Working closely with Victress Capital and investment portfolio companies on various research projects, content creation, brand promotion, and PR, while gaining insight on venture investing. Victress Capital is an early-stage venture firm investing in consumer companies with diverse management teams.

  • Marketing Analyst Intern

    2022 - 2022

    Working with the Marketing team to develop a full competitive analysis matrix; researching and evaluating potential influencer partnerships including ROI and business impact.

  • Operations/Logistics Analyst Intern

    2021 - 2021

    Resolved daily exception processing issues in order management system; completed research and analysis on overall company returns, identifying key problem areas around product issues, logistics, and packaging.

  • Founder

    2017 - 2020

    Founded and ran my own secondary market reseller of rare sneakers and high-end streetwear.

  • Customer Experience Intern

    2018 - 2018

    Trouble-shot and resolved BBB issues and worked with Apple app store to identify and remove fraudulent complaints; worked with customers to solve outstanding issues, and optimized warehouse set-up and planning.

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