Investors in Public and Private Equity, Real Estate and Private Mortgage Funds
Freedom and Independence LLC
The company is a private investor in public and private equity, convertible notes, real estate (especially single family residences), private mortgage funds and a few private mortgage notes. The manager, Cary Rosenzweig, invests only with ethical people and ethical businesses, and he prefers long-term relationships for mutual advantage.
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Cary has been fortunate to invest in private companies that later became public. These include: 1) Workiva (NYSE: WK); 2) Grove Collaborative (NYSE: GROV); and 3) Complete Solaria (NASDAQ: CSLR). Other private investments exited happily via acquisition. Sadly, a few simply died. The rest continue to pursue their dreams.
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Cary Rosenzweig
Cary Rosenzweig is the Manager of Freedom and Independence LLC. He has over 35 years of experience as an investor in public company stock, private company stock, real estate and, more recently, mortgage notes. Cary's rental real estate experience includes ownership of eight single family homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area of Texas and a vacation rental near Lake Tahoe, California (see VRBO.com, #935910).
Cary has a deep business background, with over 35 years experience leading business growth in small and large companies.
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Cary is currently the independent Board Member at Tabulera Inc., which automates and aggregates benefits administration. Cary served for two years as the company's Chief Revenue Officer. Cary also serves on the Executive Committee and as Treasurer of the Board of the Stanford University Hillel Foundation.
As CEO of IMVU Inc., birthplace of the “Lean Startup” movement, from 2007-2012, Cary led explosive growth to $50 million in annual revenue, earning recognition among the Inc. 500, AlwaysOn Global 250, Red Herring North America 100 and more.
At IMVU, Cary experienced many typical CEO challenges, including raising capital, reorganizing senior leadership, executing layoffs, fighting criminal fraud, developing new revenue streams, reigniting morale, hiring rapidly, leading board transitions and publicizing successes. Been there.
At IMVU, Cary was named the "Most Admired CEO" in the emerging growth category by the San Francisco Business Times in 2010. In 2011, Cary was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Semifinalist. Cary is also proud that IMVU was recognized as a "Best Place to Work" in the Bay Area for four straight years. Previously, Cary served in startups as CEO of Visible Path and VP of Marketing at mySimon.com (acquired by CNET), Autoweb.com (acquired by Autobytel) and Cariocas Inc.
Cary also served as General Manager (GM) of $100 to $500 million business divisions within larger companies, including QuickBooks Payroll at Intuit in Mountain View, California, where he earned the “CEO Excellence in Leadership Business” award for doubling revenue to $200 million. In addition, Cary was GM for Clover at First Data (headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia and New York City) and GM for Clorox Pet Products at Clorox in Oakland, California. Earlier in his career, Cary rose up the marketing ranks and earned marketing awards at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio (Tide, Cheer, Cascade) and Clorox (Kingsford, Armor All, Combat, Black Flag, Fresh Step).
Prior to founding Reflect Partners, www.ReflectPartners.com, his CEO mentor/coach consulting practice, Cary helped mentor a number of startup CEOs as Executive in Residence at Plug and Play Tech Center in Santa Clara, California and as Mentor at StartX, an accelerator in Palo Alto, California of Stanford University's top entrepreneurs. Independently, Cary has coached startup CEOs in fields including residential solar installation, mobile field service software, and natural-product home delivery.
Cary lives in Palo Alto, California, and he has been married for over 39 years to his college sweetheart, and they have a married son, wonderful daughter-in-law and the world's most precious grandchildren.
Cary holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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