Veteran • Founder • Operator • MBA Candidate
Hey, I'm JaQuan 👋
I started as an Army cavalry scout, went on to raise venture capital for an AI startup, and today I run a remote business, study finance, and write about everything I’m learning along the way.
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As featured in
3 months
from hackathon to venture funding
5 years
of total entrepreneurial experience
$17k
total winnings from two pitch competitions
~$500k
total raised in venture capital
How can I help you?
Pick a thread. Each one is a running series in my writing.
Build a startup
What building and losing a company taught me, including the parts most founders skip.
Understand capital & venture
How money actually moves, and what that means for the people building businesses.
Use AI as an operator
Practical ways to put AI to work on real tasks. No hype, just leverage.
Lead with discipline
Showing up, making hard calls, and leading with conviction.
My story
A few wins. A hard ending. A lot of lessons.
I went from Army cavalry scout to raising venture capital for an AI startup fighting freight fraud. It didn't survive. What I learned from building it, and from losing it, is what I write about now.
Read my storyWhat I've built
See all my workFounder · 2023–2025
AizenFlow
An AI platform helping shippers and freight companies fight freight fraud through carrier transparency across the US, Mexico, and Canada. Started at a hackathon, venture-backed within three months, exited in November 2025.
Founder / Operator
Transaction Coordination Business
Contract-to-close coordination for real estate transactions, run on documented SOPs and AI-assisted workflows.
Legal Operations
Legal Operations Experience
High-volume, deadline-driven, document-intensive matters under strict compliance requirements. A training ground in process discipline.
Most popular
On building, thinking clearly, and doing the work.
A little hindsight, on the house
3 MBA Lessons I Wish I'd Known While Running My Startup
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