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Hi, I'm Blake, I'm
an AI Product Builder

Startup Operator | Built & Launched Products with 2x YPO Founders

Rubik's Cube in 50s | Final Round Palantir Echo

About Me

Hi, I'm Blake, I'm a Product Manager

Blake Danielson
Finance grad leaving the dark side for the Product world

My Journey

I studied finance at the University of Denver and quickly realized my edge was transforming complex technical challenges into strategic business opportunities. While in college, I built a crypto arbitrage platform, wrote two weekly financial newsletters for 10,000+ paying subscribers, and became a top cannabis analyst on Seeking Alpha. I also interned in investment banking as well as at Snoop Dogg's VC fund, Casa Verde Capital.

While staying in finance would've been the comfortable path, I took the opportunity to work for a high-growth startup and reported directly to the CEO, a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO). I helped deploy $80 million to build what became California's largest indoor cannabis facility, acquired four LA based dispensaries, and launched brands in every cannabis product category.

After a few intense years in cannabis, I didn't want to be known as the "the weed guy." I'd learned a ton about scaling fast and navigating messy, unregulated markets, but I was ready for a new challenge. So I did a hard pivot and joined a family office in South Florida led by another YPO CEO. The portfolio was diverse, one company specialized in rescuing stranded backpackers, another protected foreign heads of state during political visits. There were operations in armored vehicle logistics, freight and cargo security. The industries were intense, the stakes were high, and so were the expectations.

I built AI Agents that helped overhaul operations to save over $100K annually by automating workflows. But the real win was spotting the silent friction points - closing the communication gaps that were jamming up entire teams and reshaping how the whole organization made decisions: faster, smarter, and more aligned.

More Than Just Finance

Been technical since I was 10 (started with Minecraft mods, now I build web apps), but business and communication have always been my strength. I can actually design, pitch, and build the stuff I'm talking about, not just PowerPoint it.

Good With People

I work well with both technical teams and business stakeholders. Good at taking vague "I'll know it when I see it" requirements and turning them into something everyone can understand and execute on.

What I Do for Startups

Execution & Capabilities

What I Do for Startups

Ship MVPs fast: clickable prototypes → production v1 with analytics, auth, and payments.
AI-native workflows: LLM agents, retrieval, automations that cut time/cost by 50-90%.
Ruthless focus: remove non‑essential features; launch, learn, iterate.
Full‑stack execution: product specs, design, code, infra, analytics, GTM handoff.
Growth loops: email onboarding, in‑product prompts, referral hooks, content pipelines.
Ops enablement: dashboards, alerts, ‘single source of truth’ for the team.

Signature Capabilities

AI Product: LLM agents, RAG, prompt systems, evals, instrumentation.
Full Stack: Next.js/TypeScript, Node, Python, Postgres/Prisma, serverless.
Scrappy GTM: landing pages, onboarding flows, lifecycle emails, CRM wiring.
Founder Ops: board‑ready updates, investor narrative, KPI dashboards.
Proof & Outcomes

Outcomes I Deliver

Real results from AI-native product and full‑stack execution.

Built and launched [X] MVPs; shipped production features used by [N] users.
Automated [process], saving $100K+/yr; reduced cycle time from [X] days → [Y] hours.
Closed partnerships using working demos and tight narrative decks.
How I Work

Fast, Focused, Ship-First

48h Diagnostic - 2-4 Week MVP Sprint - Iterate with Users

48h Diagnostic

Audit idea, stack, data, and risks; deliver a plan with the smallest shippable win.

Alignment on the bet, crisp scope, instrumentation from day one.

2-4 Week MVP Sprint

Ship a real product with analytics and basic GTM. Payments, auth, and onboarding wired.

Then iterate with users: instrument usage, run interviews, ship weekly improvements.

Featured Projects

My Best Work

A selection of projects that showcase my skills and expertise. Available for similar custom development work.

Mood2Song
Music

Mood2Song

A music discovery platform that helps users find songs based on their mood, persona, or specific vibe - combining my passion for music with intuitive UX design.

Music DiscoveryReactAPI Integration
View Project
Caren's Cookbook
AI

Caren's Cookbook

AI-Powered Recipe Management Platform that transforms how users collect, organize, and manage recipes with intelligent extraction from URLs and images.

AIRecipe ManagementComputer Vision
View Project
Mugshot Matcher
AI

Mugshot Matcher

Interactive criminal profiling game that challenges players to match mugshots with their corresponding crimes. Built as a Progressive Web App with 400+ real criminal records.

Criminal ProfilingInteractive GameEducational
View Project
Featured Articles

Financial Analysis & Insights

Top-performing articles from my time as a financial analyst on Seeking Alpha, covering cannabis, tech, and emerging markets

Biotech
BULLISH

Lexaria Bioscience: DehydraTECH Could Transform Oral Delivery In Cannabis, Nicotine, NSAIDs, And Vitamins

Deep dive into Lexaria's revolutionary DehydraTECH technology and its potential to transform drug delivery across multiple industries.

$LEXX10/18/2018
67
Read on Seeking Alpha
Cannabis
Editor's Pick
NEUTRAL

What Canadian Beer Taxation Can Tell Us About The Future Of Canadian Cannabis

Editor's Pick: Using beer taxation models to predict cannabis market dynamics in Canada.

8/30/2018
13
Read on Seeking Alpha
Cannabis
Editor's Pick
BULLISH

Green Thumb Industries: The Cannabis Stock No One Is Talking About

Editor's Pick: Uncovering the hidden gem in the cannabis sector with strong fundamentals and growth potential.

$GTBIF8/24/2018
44
Read on Seeking Alpha
Featured Tracks

My Music (BLVKE)

Been making music since I was 8. Started as just messing around and never saving anything, still messing around but hitting save sometimes.

Hold me Close
Hip-Hop

Hold me Close

Hip-Hop • 85 BPM • Amin

BLVKE • 2024

0:000:00
Hold me Close

Hold me Close

Hip-Hop • 85 BPM

GOLDEN GOD

GOLDEN GOD

Hip-Hop

GCP type beat

GCP type beat

Hip-Hop

Dark Vacation

Dark Vacation

Dark Trap • 140 BPM

Anthony's Drill Track

Anthony's Drill Track

Drill

She wont wait

She wont wait

Hip-Hop • 140 BPM