FernandoZepeda

Hey, I’m Fernando. I like to live life as an experiment.

At seventeen I started an automotive detailing business in Tracy, California. I grew it to 500+ clients over two and a half years and sold the catalog in January 2025. I tried a marketing agency next. It failed. Cold calling is hard.

Then I spent three months building an investment thesis on how Coinbase would push 100 million users onto its new blockchain. I pushed my chips in, watched $50K become $500K, and lost all of it over the next eight months. I turned 20 owing $50K. I took the last of my money backpacking through Asia, came home, and flipped sectional couches to start paying it back.

I was selected as 1 of 12 for the inaugural Poseidon Fellows cohort, which pulled me into startups and venture capital. I am building a private venture summit in San Diego.

I’m drawn to problems of the physical world: climate, hardware, the unglamorous corners of engineering. Something built well stays with people. It is why I write, why I make short films, why I create. I want people to feel something personal and be moved by it.