A son of entrepreneurs and a tech pioneer himself, Jon Maroney currently manages OAF outreach and entrepreneur partnership success. If you ask him, it’s a perfect fit, since he’s spent his lifetime in the startup world. Inspired by his first job as an assistant to a startup CEO, he quickly climbed and began founding companies of his own—including mobile internet successes StoryCode and FreeRange.

Fast forward to 2013, and Jon finds himself able to bring a unique perspective to eager entrepreneurs like him. “Startup CEOs are so busy building their product and getting customers that they sometimes don’t realize the story of the business is different. Having experience on both the investor and CEO side, I’m able to help them tell their story in a way that investors can quickly understand.”

Jon ran a technology accelerator called Amplify United, and upon meeting Eric (OAF co-founder), he realized they shared the same goal of growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem here in Oregon.

He’s the first to admit that going from nothing to something is really hard, so he’s an active champion of entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs to make the next generation’s experience a little bit easier.