David Sievers

CEO, 4x Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Advisor, HUSBAND, Dad, Nebraskan

Currently Founder & CEO of Akira Coffee Co

Through my background in influencers, digital media, finance, specialty coffee, fulfillment, and ecommerce I've had quite a bit of fun over my career building companies. I enjoy the challenge of taking something from an idea to a fully realized operating & profitable company. Whether it's day one of a new venture or running an industry defining international digital media division inside the Walt Disney company I've gotten to see many different paths to success and have found myself always thinking about what's next.

Part of my experience building businesses across different industries has taught me that all businesses have a few things in common. I enjoy working through the problems the connect all entrepreneurs.

INVESTING IN NEBRASKA

If you're an entrepreneur in Nebraska looking to raise capital, I might be interested in a conversation. I'm investing $100k in Nebraska companies in 2020-2021. Financial investments can come in a number of forms and can be used as matching funds for NE programs like the State of Nebraska prototype grant or Invest Nebraska. Here's the bare minimum to be considered:

Based in Nebraska & Hiring in Nebraska
Product and Market Description
Financial model
- Validated assumptions
Operating KPIs
Social Responsibility Commitment

To learn a bit more about what I'm doing here go to my Investing in Nebraska page.

Why I Made A Coffee Company That Partners With Social Media InfluencersI wanted to take a minute to share about the coffee company I'm running. Its been more of a side hustle until recently and I've found myself taking it more seriously as we've made progress against our goals.

AKIRA COFFEE CO

If you found me because you're looking for more information about Akira Coffee Co, you made it. To learn more about what we're doing and why I started this company, check out this article I posted to LinkedIn.

In case you can't be bothered the tl:dr is I wanted to build real, meaningful businesses with the influencers I've met and come to respect over the years. Coffee is a great way to do that because it brings value to the influencer, their fans, and our business in a way that works out for everyone. By focusing on high quality products and an ethical supply chain, we're building long term businesses with people we like in a way we can be proud of.

Based in Lincoln, Nebraska Akira Coffee Co is my day job and I love it.

CONNECT WITH me via LinkedIN

I'm pretty good about checking my LinkedIn messages. I figure its easier on both of us to point you in that direction so we can connect and talk about whatever is on your mind.

I'm on Angel.List

If you'd like to connect on Angel List we can do that too. Say hi. (Honestly though I don't really use it, just hit me up on LinkedIn).

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