×Erik Moore
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Erik is a recovering investment banker (bond trader and institutional salesman). To glean more insight into his past life, read Liars Poker—he worked for ‘the human piranha‘ at Lehman Brothers.
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He proudly grew up and unapologetically reps his home town – Richmond, CA. As a result, he is an avid mentor of inner city youth and very involved in his community.
He is also on the board of the East Bay College Fund – scholarships and 4 year mentors for kids from Oakland going to college.
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Dartmouth/Wharton, BA in French, MBA in finance, MA in French…(some people need to see that)…whatever.
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One of the very first investors in Zappos – the take away: he’s been doing this for a while.
Tony Hsieh is the largest LP in BASE.
Erik was also the co-founder of a tech startup “flicklaunch” that launched…and then crashed.
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Finally, he is passionate about everything Down Town Las Vegas and supporting the Down Town Project.