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Kelly Abbott

Chief Storyteller at The K-State Creative

πŸ“ San Diego, California, United StatesπŸ”„ Updated November 2026πŸ’Ό 3 investmentsπŸ“… 12 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Nov 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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2018
Defy Ventures mission is to shift mindsets to give people with criminal histories their best shot at a second chance through career readiness, personal development, and entrepreneurship training programs offered in prisons and in the community. With a vision to cut recidivism rates in half by leveraging entrepreneurship to increase economic opportunity and transform lives, Defy currently works in seven states and sixteen prisons nationwide.
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2026
Founder - Lead Instructor
Mar 2026
Most AI training for law firms sells slides and certificates. Six months later, your paralegals are running the same intake, the same records review, the same demand drafts. Here at LearnClaudeNow, we do the opposite: a 16-week, instructor-led cohort where your team builds working Claude workflows on your real matters, and owns them when we leave. What that looks like at firms weve worked with: Medical record summaries: 4 hours β†’ 12 minutes Demand letter first drafts: 3 hours β†’ 20 minutes Discovery search across 20,000 pages: 2 days β†’ 45 minutes (Your workflows and numbers will vary. But not by as much as youd think.) The question I hear most from managing partners: "Isnt this risky with client data and privilege?" It would be, if we taught your team to paste case files into consumer ChatGPT. We dont. Every workflow we install builds Rule 1.6 guardrails in from the start. Honestly, the bigger risk at most firms is the "shadow AI" already happening: staff quietly using free tools on client matters with no policy in place. We offer a free 30-minute AI Audit. You leave with a one-page scorecard: what to automate first, what to avoid, and whether shadow AI is already in your building. DM us or grab time at learnclaudenow.com. No slides. No pitch.
2025
2018
Board Member
Nov 2018
Saving lives since 1973! Lifesharing is the federally designated organ donation organization serving San Diego and Imperial Counties. We coordinate all organ and tissue donation in the San Diego area. We work tirelessly to find organs for the 113,000+ people on the transplant waiting list. To register as an organ donor, go to our website: www.lifesharing.org
Board Member
2018
Defy Ventures mission is to shift mindsets to give people with criminal histories their best shot at a second chance through career readiness, personal development, and entrepreneurship training programs offered in prisons and in the community. With a vision to cut recidivism rates in half by leveraging entrepreneurship to increase economic opportunity and transform lives, Defy currently works in seven states and sixteen prisons nationwide.
late stage
2014
CIE San Diego
Board Member
Oct 2014
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