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Investor, Managing Partner
Nov 2024
Welcome to Skillet’z Café 🍳, Fremont’s favorite spot for American-style breakfast and brunch with a Mexican twist!
We serve hearty classics, vibrant comfort food, and creative specials — all made fresh, fast, and full of flavor. Whether you’re craving a sizzling skillet, fluffy pancakes, or our signature chilaquiles, we’ve got something for everyone.
Located in the heart of Historic Niles, Skillet’z Café is a tech-forward, community-driven restaurant that blends old-school hospitality with modern convenience. We use Toast for POS & payroll, Slack for communication, and a dash of Silicon Valley spirit to keep things running smoothly.
☕ Come for breakfast. Stay for brunch.
🦖 And don’t forget to check out our sister shop next door — Tea-Rek’z by Skillet’z, serving premium teas, matcha, and boba drinks made with real fruit purées and fresh-brewed tea.
Investor
Sep 2018
Executive briefings of the news you need. Join the waitlist for product launch mid-2024: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeF3zupwgUiJ90O2dy5IXdCb6ZaYT28w7JCgpcUMi5z912tvA/viewform
Founder: Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis co-founded and was the CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a network of popular weblogs that was sold to AOL in November 2005. Upon joining AOL, he was appointed senior vice president. In addition, he was named general manager of AOL’s Netscape and was responsible for the July 2006 relaunch of the iconic browser as a social bookmarking news site.
Investors include: Sequoia Capital, CBS, Elon Musk, Matt Coffin, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus and Fred Wilson.
Founding Board Member
2017
Christian software for Bible study, worship, prayer, discipleship, and church life.
Investor
Jan 2013
Our Mission
To enable our members to maximize their career potential through personal branding and showcasing their expertise and accomplishments.
The old-fashioned resume is inadequate in today’s online world; Talentral represents The End of Resume as We Know It.
Our goals are to:
- Make our users stand out from the crowd
- Provide an unparalleled means for people to create and maintain a living portfolio of their career progression
We are a team of thinkers, designers and developers dedicated to providing a great product.
Please go to talentral.com and create your rich media profile.
We look forward to seeing your Talentral profile online soon!
Experience · 11 entries
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2025
2024
Investor, Managing Partner
Nov 2024
Welcome to Skillet’z Café 🍳, Fremont’s favorite spot for American-style breakfast and brunch with a Mexican twist!
We serve hearty classics, vibrant comfort food, and creative specials — all made fresh, fast, and full of flavor. Whether you’re craving a sizzling skillet, fluffy pancakes, or our signature chilaquiles, we’ve got something for everyone.
Located in the heart of Historic Niles, Skillet’z Café is a tech-forward, community-driven restaurant that blends old-school hospitality with modern convenience. We use Toast for POS & payroll, Slack for communication, and a dash of Silicon Valley spirit to keep things running smoothly.
☕ Come for breakfast. Stay for brunch.
🦖 And don’t forget to check out our sister shop next door — Tea-Rek’z by Skillet’z, serving premium teas, matcha, and boba drinks made with real fruit purées and fresh-brewed tea.
2018
Investor
Sep 2018
Executive briefings of the news you need. Join the waitlist for product launch mid-2024: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeF3zupwgUiJ90O2dy5IXdCb6ZaYT28w7JCgpcUMi5z912tvA/viewform
Founder: Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis co-founded and was the CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a network of popular weblogs that was sold to AOL in November 2005. Upon joining AOL, he was appointed senior vice president. In addition, he was named general manager of AOL’s Netscape and was responsible for the July 2006 relaunch of the iconic browser as a social bookmarking news site.
Investors include: Sequoia Capital, CBS, Elon Musk, Matt Coffin, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus and Fred Wilson.
2017
Founding Board Member
2017
Christian software for Bible study, worship, prayer, discipleship, and church life.
2014
Technical Advisor
Dec 2014
Our Mission
To enable our members to maximize their career potential through personal branding and showcasing their expertise and accomplishments.
The old-fashioned resume is inadequate in today’s online world; Talentral represents The End of Resume as We Know It.
Our goals are to:
- Make our users stand out from the crowd
- Provide an unparalleled means for people to create and maintain a living portfolio of their career progression
We are a team of thinkers, designers and developers dedicated to providing a great product.
Please go to talentral.com and create your rich media profile.
We look forward to seeing your Talentral profile online soon!
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