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Haim Dabah
FOUNDER, MANAGING PARTNER
Entrepreneur, brand builder, investor, tomato farmer
FOUNDER, MANAGING PARTNER
Entrepreneur, brand builder, investor, tomato farmer
Bio
Haim Dabah is the Founder and Managing Partner of HDS Capital. He is also the Co-Founder and Operating Manager of Kidbox, the first kids style box offering name brands, significant savings and a mission to clothe children in need. Previously, he was Executive Director, Group President of Li & Fung USA, the $20 billion Hong Kong based global supply chain provider of consumer goods. LF USA, now known as Global Brands Group, manages controlled brands that include Frye, Juicy Couture and Spyder. Haim has over 30 years of deep retail relationships and experience focused on fashion, brand building and marketing. His brand portfolio includes Regatta, Simply Vera Vera Wang, Daisy Fuentes, Ellen Tracy, Nicole Miller, Karl Karl Lagerfeld, Adrienne Vittadini, and Marchesa; as well as Keds and Skechers. He led designer collaborations with retailers such as Macy’s, including Matthew Williamson and Giambattista Valli; and Kohl’s, including Narciso Rodriguez, Derek Lam, Catherine Malandrino, Peter Som, and Elie Tahari. He also led the Oxford team, which produced Target’s collaborations, including Missoni, Proenza Schouler, Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung, Zac Posen, Rodarte, Alexander McQueen, Thakoon, and Jean Paul Gaultier. An expert in the brand management field, he is considered a pioneer of the proprietary brand business model.
In 2007, Haim sold his company, Regatta USA LLC, to Li & Fung and stayed on to run its women’s business. Prior to Regatta, he co-founded Gitano, an apparel and accessory retail brand that was sold to Fruit of the Loom. Haim was an early investor in Isaac Mizrahi. He later sold his equity to Chanel. The Dabah family investment interests also extend to retail, real estate and technology.
Haim is on the advisory boards of Metamorphic Ventures, Brayola, Stylitics, Linc Global and Firstime Ventures. He is also a Disruptor Foundation fellow, and serves on the board of K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers.
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In 2007, Haim sold his company, Regatta USA LLC, to Li & Fung and stayed on to run its women’s business. Prior to Regatta, he co-founded Gitano, an apparel and accessory retail brand that was sold to Fruit of the Loom. Haim was an early investor in Isaac Mizrahi. He later sold his equity to Chanel. The Dabah family investment interests also extend to retail, real estate and technology.
Haim is on the advisory boards of Metamorphic Ventures, Brayola, Stylitics, Linc Global and Firstime Ventures. He is also a Disruptor Foundation fellow, and serves on the board of K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers.
Read more on AngelList and CrunchBase.
Mac Dabah
CO-FOUNDER, PARTNER
Deal Maker, Investor, Hockey Player, Golfer
CO-FOUNDER, PARTNER
Deal Maker, Investor, Hockey Player, Golfer
Bio
Currently, Mac Dabah spends most of his time investing in industrial real estate with a focus on secondary and tertiary markets throughout the United States. Mac is a Co-Founder & Partner of HDS Capital and in addition, he serves as board director for Stylitics & Kidbox.
Prior to that, Mac was at Regatta USA (acquired by Li & Fung), where he oversaw business development and operations. He has over 10 years of experience in the retail and apparel industry.
Mac graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2002.
Prior to that, Mac was at Regatta USA (acquired by Li & Fung), where he oversaw business development and operations. He has over 10 years of experience in the retail and apparel industry.
Mac graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2002.
David Hirsch
ADVISOR
Senior Partner, Compound Ventures
ADVISOR
Senior Partner, Compound Ventures
BIO
Prior to Co-founding Compound, David spent his entire career leading sales and BD teams for tech companies working alongside engineering and product functions to commercialize the company's products and spearheading monetization.
Google brought on David as their second employee in the New York headquarters in 2000 at a time when the company was doing just under $3M in revenue. David then spearheaded the company’s monetization strategy by co-founding Google’s Vertical Markets Group and wiring the regional sales team structure. For eight years, he oversaw cross-functional and cross-business responsibilities, all of which helped him to lead both Google’s culture committee and its recruiting initiative and subsequently hire many of the people who lead Google’s sales and business teams today.
Google brought on David as their second employee in the New York headquarters in 2000 at a time when the company was doing just under $3M in revenue. David then spearheaded the company’s monetization strategy by co-founding Google’s Vertical Markets Group and wiring the regional sales team structure. For eight years, he oversaw cross-functional and cross-business responsibilities, all of which helped him to lead both Google’s culture committee and its recruiting initiative and subsequently hire many of the people who lead Google’s sales and business teams today.
Michael Goldstein
ADVISOR
Non-Executive Board Director Bank Leumi, Teladoc
ADVISOR
Non-Executive Board Director Bank Leumi, Teladoc
BIO
Michael Goldstein is a businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies is Chairman of Northside Center for Child Development, Inc. and Director & Vice President at Rosie's Theater Kids and on the board of 7 other companies including Bank Leumi, Pacsun, & Teladoc.
In his past career he occupied the position of Chairman for 4Licensing Corp., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Toys "R" Us, Inc., Senior Executive VP-Operations & Finance at Lerner Stores Corp., Non-Executive Chairman at Charming Shoppes, Inc., Senior Executive VP-Operations & Finance at Lerner New York, Inc. and Audit Partner at Ernst & Young LLP.
Michael Goldstein received an undergraduate degree from Queens College.
In his past career he occupied the position of Chairman for 4Licensing Corp., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Toys "R" Us, Inc., Senior Executive VP-Operations & Finance at Lerner Stores Corp., Non-Executive Chairman at Charming Shoppes, Inc., Senior Executive VP-Operations & Finance at Lerner New York, Inc. and Audit Partner at Ernst & Young LLP.
Michael Goldstein received an undergraduate degree from Queens College.
Henry Birdseye Weil
ADVISOR
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan IDEO Fellow
ADVISOR
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan IDEO Fellow
BIO
Henry Birdseye Weil is Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, President of Weil & Company, Inc., and an IDEO Fellow. He is a widely recognized expert in corporate strategy and market dynamics.
At the MIT Sloan Mr. Weil is part of the Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy faculty group. His research focuses on competition in technology-based service industries. It illuminates the effects of management policies, technology developments, social factors, industry structure, and regulation on corporate competitiveness and the behavior of markets. He has studied innovation, commoditization, and value chain dynamics in many industries. Mr. Weil teaches Competitive Dynamics and Strategy which addresses this topic from the perspective of senior corporate executives and Strategic Opportunities in Energy which analyzes the landscape for energy ventures.
Weil & Company, Inc. is an international management consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy for technology-intensive industries, particularly, financial services, energy, media, telecommunications, IT, and transportation. The firm creates competitive strategies to contend with disruptive innovations, new social phenomena, market liberalization, and changes in industry structure. Weil & Company uses computer simulation modelling to analyze the dynamics of markets, competition, profitability, and business value. It advises senior executives of some of the world’s leading corporations.
Mr. Weil specializes in e-business across a range of products, services, and markets. He has been deeply involved in shaping the e-business strategies and Board-level thinking of a number of major corporations. Mr. Weil co-founded an e-media company and has worked with several other e-business start-ups.
His co-authored publication “The Road from Dependency to Empowerment” describes how effective information management drives the value of customer relationships. Another publication “Dynamics of Social Factors in Technological Substitutions,” analyzes the critical effects of lead users, social networks, and customer perceptions on the adoption of innovative technologies. His recent publication, “Why Markets Make Mistakes,” explains why markets routinely and repeatedly misestimate demand growth, allow financial discipline to lapse, engage in unrealistic business planning, and misinterpret technology trajectories.
At the MIT Sloan Mr. Weil is part of the Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy faculty group. His research focuses on competition in technology-based service industries. It illuminates the effects of management policies, technology developments, social factors, industry structure, and regulation on corporate competitiveness and the behavior of markets. He has studied innovation, commoditization, and value chain dynamics in many industries. Mr. Weil teaches Competitive Dynamics and Strategy which addresses this topic from the perspective of senior corporate executives and Strategic Opportunities in Energy which analyzes the landscape for energy ventures.
Weil & Company, Inc. is an international management consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy for technology-intensive industries, particularly, financial services, energy, media, telecommunications, IT, and transportation. The firm creates competitive strategies to contend with disruptive innovations, new social phenomena, market liberalization, and changes in industry structure. Weil & Company uses computer simulation modelling to analyze the dynamics of markets, competition, profitability, and business value. It advises senior executives of some of the world’s leading corporations.
Mr. Weil specializes in e-business across a range of products, services, and markets. He has been deeply involved in shaping the e-business strategies and Board-level thinking of a number of major corporations. Mr. Weil co-founded an e-media company and has worked with several other e-business start-ups.
His co-authored publication “The Road from Dependency to Empowerment” describes how effective information management drives the value of customer relationships. Another publication “Dynamics of Social Factors in Technological Substitutions,” analyzes the critical effects of lead users, social networks, and customer perceptions on the adoption of innovative technologies. His recent publication, “Why Markets Make Mistakes,” explains why markets routinely and repeatedly misestimate demand growth, allow financial discipline to lapse, engage in unrealistic business planning, and misinterpret technology trajectories.