Morgan MercerFounder

United States - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

I thrive on the grind.

You are what you do, not what you say you will do. High EQ meets unparalleled passion. On a relentless pursuit to change the world one project at a time. When people ask me, "What do you do?" I say, "Whatever it takes." Tenacity fuels and ignites every fire in my life. Entrepreneurship & tech are my preferred cup of caffeine, and my hunger to learn is insatiable. Product enthusiast. Idealist.


BIO:
Morgan is product-enthusiast and idealist who founded the Virtual Reality immersive training company Vantage Point in 2017. Prior to founding Vantage Point, she concurrently served as the Head of Digital for an e-commerce startup and an Analyst for a digital agency where she has worked on high-profile contracts focused on attitude change and behavior change within the domain of complex social issues.

During her time leading all digital marketing efforts and managing internal cross-department communications for the 5-year-old e-commerce startup, LePrix, she led the company to its 3 highest grossing months back-to-back directly after her date of hire.

Featured in over 150+ Publications, Podcasts, and TV including:
Fox News (live), British Vogue, BBC, Bloomberg, The Guardian, WIRED, FastCompany, VentureBeat, CNET, La Stampa, Technical.ly, Fortune, The Economist, NPR, CNN (4x), BBC (2x), Forbes (6x)

Guest Lecturer - University of Maryland Social Entrepreneurship course
Guest Lecturer - London Business School (Spring 2021)
Instructor - Oxford School of Business Course on Blockchain Technology + Designing with Emerging Mediums

Panelist - General Assembly Tech + Innovation, Fortune, ASU GSV, UN Women, ReFrame (Women in Film) + When Women Thrive Conference, AWE 2018, Anita Hill IDEAS Summit, keynote for VRLA & NGVR Meetups, AthenaHacks, HR Tech, CA HR, Workhuman, 30+ more

Winner - "2nd Place" - BIG VR EcoHack 2017, "Best Presenter and Pitch" - BIG VR EcoHack 2017, "Most Social Impact Hack Award" - ByteHacks + Spotify Hackathon

Keynote Speaker - SAP Sapphire, Athenahacks, more

Paid Speaker - Anita B, Facebook, more

Network Advisor and Judge - Headstream Accelerator

Upcoming Guest Lecturer at London Business School and Oxford

Mercer served as a mentor to inner-city children through CSF, traveled to over 40 countries, is proficient in Italian and Russian and is a self-proclaimed coffee-aficionado.

Angel investor in Quinn (founded by Caroline Spiegel) and Puzzle.io (founded by Sasha Orloff, 2x serial entrepreneur).

Angel.co: https://angel.co/morgan-r-mercer
Bio: bit.ly/3HxiccW

One of the .006% Black Women to raise VC funding.