Alex Grand
Entrepreneur In Residence at Way of Being
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Grand is a social entrepreneur and program leader with nine years of experience building inclusive startup ecosystems and sustainable consumer ventures in the Portland metro area. As Entrepreneur in Residence at Latino Founders and co-founder/CSO of Way of Being, Alex designs and runs accelerator curricula, mentors BIPOC founders, and scales low-waste retail and e-commerce operations. An MBA with a graduate certificate in Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, they bridge program strategy, partnership development, and hands-on ops—from financial forecasting and grant navigation to inventory and storefront management. Alex also teaches entrepreneurship and sustainable development at Portland State, bringing classroom frameworks into community-facing programs and demonstrating a rare blend of academic rigor and practical, boots-on-the-ground execution. Off-hours, they balance “coffee to code” curiosity with community storytelling and a knack for recruiting diverse mentors and partners that strengthen local impact.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Graduate Certificate in Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Graduate Certificate in Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Portland State UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Screenwriting, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Screenwriting at Loyola Marymount University
Github Skills (24)
obs9
operator9
rule8
rest-api8
kubernetes7
react7
oauth7
speech6
vscode6
nodejs6
api6
movie6
wireguard5
vpn5
electron5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
alexgQQ/wallflower
Aug 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 branches, 12 tags in 1 year 7 months
alexgQQ/led
Feb 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:54 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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