Founder · Analyst · Builder
I combine entrepreneurial creativity with rigorous analysis—following the wave from a one-million-view experiment to products, partnerships, investment work, and new ventures.
TutorZed · Founder & CEO · 2021–Present
The observation
After seeing a high-school math creator earn millions of followers with unscripted, sometimes inaccurate content, I saw a quality gap: clearer teaching, tighter scripting, and more intentional execution could win.
test videos to discover a repeatable format
views on the first post of the new account
views and sustained multi-platform growth
Across TikTok, Instagram & Facebook
Built through 300+ original videos
Across media, partnerships & products
From a four-product e-commerce line
Audience engine
I turned 300+ original videos—and constant experimentation with clarity and pacing—into a durable content system, then expanded it across platforms to capture different audiences and economics.
Turning points
Numerade forced me to make an early commercial decision: flat fee, affiliate economics, or a hybrid. Learning to price my influence became the foundation for 16 ed-tech partnerships and four repeat partners.
Viewers kept asking which pencil appeared in my videos. I converted that signal into a Shopify store, negotiated with a Chinese factory, switched suppliers as the operation matured, and promoted the product through my own content.
Facebook’s stronger revenue-share economics created a fresh growth surface for me. Consistent posting took my page from roughly 100 to 16K followers and 5M views in its first week.
The business model
Sponsored integrations with education-technology companies.
Individual TutorZed pencils, bundles, shipping, and optional insurance.
Monetization tied directly to content performance.
Platform advertising economics, now expanding through Facebook.
Professional experience
Across investing, AI strategy, and business development, I carry the same instinct forward: find the signal, structure the problem, and turn analysis into action.
I built analytical infrastructure that made a fragmented universe of company-reported REIT metrics comparable and decision-ready.
I turned emerging AI capabilities into practical recommendations, clearer positioning, and an actionable partnership pipeline.
I built an early foundation in commercial judgment by evaluating SaaS businesses through the lens of markets, competition, and management quality.
Internship Opportunity Dashboard
I built an MVP that scans hundreds of company sites and job boards, filters opportunities to my profile, and turns a scattered recruiting process into one daily decision system.
About me
I’m an Economics student at UC Santa Barbara pursuing consulting, strategy, and business-development opportunities. My work connects entrepreneurial initiative with precise communication and rigorous problem solving—from growing TutorZed to structuring investment analytics.
The next wave
I’m open to consulting, strategy, and business-development conversations.
braunfeld@ucsb.edu ↗610-608-2410 ↗LinkedIn ↗Download résumé ↓