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Blake Stewart

I help early-stage founders access the resources they need to grow their startups.

Santa Monica, California

Overview 

Blake Stewart is a Santa Monica-based professional with a background in startup development and entrepreneurship. Currently serving as the Partnerships Lead at Founding Journey, he specializes in helping early-stage founders access resources to grow their startups. With experience in roles such as Head of Community at Kernal and Marketing and Sales Manager at SOCCER.COM, Blake has a proven track record of driving business development and fostering partnerships to support startup growth.

Work Experience 

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Founding Journey

  • Partnerships Lead

    2025 - Current

    - Content designed to help you build, grow, and raise capital for your startup. - Read by 75,000+ founders. - Learn more here: https://foundingjourney.com/

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Riddle Oil Corp

  • Account Manager

    2020

    - A rapidly growing eCommerce brand with a lovable product - Account Management and Creative B2B Marketing - Using Hubspot to grow in-store sales

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Ocean Park Connections

  • Founder

    2020

    - Business Development Consultancy - Connecting with people through a shared passion for entrepreneurship - Avenue to tinker with No Code and AI Tools

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Kernal

  • Head of Community

    2022 - 2025

    - A platform for startups to access resources and connections to launch. Join here: https://kern.al - We host wildly successful demo days. RSVP here: https://kern.al/events - Learn more about our all-in-one startup platform: https://newsletter.kern.al/

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PPI Tech Investments

  • Account Executive

    2020 - 2023

    - Venture Studio - Ideation to creation, affordably - Advising nontechnical founders

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SOCCER.COM

  • Marketing and Sales Manager

    2016 - 2020

    - In-house marketing with Sports Promotions Group - Operated 50+ event activations per year for large brands like Nike, Adidas, Puma across the country - Learned to hire, manage, and grow by creating replicable systems

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