Brandon Hoffman is founder of Emerging LA & General Partner of Sunset Ventures. In the past, he was a Principal at Samsung Next Ventures and led research for the Chief Innovation Officer of Samsung. He was also an Internet Equity Research Analyst at Morgan Stanley. Earlier in his finance career, he was a financial advisor at JPMorgan Chase after starting as a bank teller. He began his career as a music creator. He got his MBA from Wharton, MPA from Harvard, and undergrad from CSU Fullerton.