Blaine Vess
Founder
at Immeasurable
Blaine is the founder of Immeasurable, an investment team based in Los Angeles. Blaine uses his twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur to support fellow entrepreneurs in their journeys.
Prior to focusing on Immeasurable full-time, Blaine was the CEO and chairman of Student Brands, an edtech holding company that he co-founded as a college freshman in 1999. He and his co-founders bootstrapped Student Brands for eighteen years and it was acquired for $58.5 million by Barnes and Noble Education (NYSE: BNED) in August 2017. Blaine was also the CEO and co-founder of Solve, a service that helped people quickly get through immigration and customs when traveling overseas. Solve was in Y Combinator’s summer 2017 batch and it was acquired by Blacklane later that year.
Outside of work, Blaine helps North Korean defectors build new lives alongside Liberty in North Korea. He also helps founders and venture capitalists build meaningful and accountable commitments to philanthropy.
Content & Articles by Blaine Vess
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for Early Stage Companies
In our latest session from the Mucker Growth Series featuring Ethan Smith from Graphite, we explored AEO, a significant new approach for optimizing visibility in AI-driven search, particularly relevant as...
Startup Guide to AI Visibility: Be the Brand ChatGPT Recommends
Introduction Today, users aren’t just searching on Google. They’re asking ChatGPT, Claude, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI systems for advice. AI visibility is the new frontier of brand awareness....
Practical Uses of AI & Automation for Startup Operations
In a recent Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Rock Vitale, Founder & CEO of Easie, to share how he’s helped early-stage teams move from manual, fragmented workflows to streamlined,...
2025 New York Tech Week Recap Of Mucker Sessions
Last week during New York Tech Week 2025, we joined more than 1,000 events hosted by founders, investors, and VCs. This post is a full Mucker recap of the three...
How to Build a Customer Support Function for Startups Using AI Tools with Alex Velinov
Delivering high-quality customer support can be one of the most resource-draining parts of a startup. The good news: we’re at a turning point where founders can use AI tools to...
Zero → 100: The Exact Steps We Took to Close Our First 100 Paying Customers
Going from zero customers to 100 in just four months sounds impossible—unless you’re a founder willing to roll up your sleeves and hustle relentlessly. I’m Gaurav Bhattacharya, co-founder of Jeeva.ai,...