Entry 000 — Mitchell Moos

Operator. Writer.
Athlete.

Seven years operating startups. Wharton MBA.
Sometimes I publish my writing here.

Location San Francisco, CA (relocating)
Status Wharton MBA '26 — open to ops roles
Writing Fixed Overhead
§ 01 About

I get handed things when they're breaking. A board appointed me CEO of a near-insolvent media company; I rebuilt it to profitability. A YC AI-data startup brought me in for an urgent frontier-lab contract; we placed 200 experts in six weeks and the client renewed. Before that, seven years in crypto as an editor, CEO, governance delegate, and federal expert witness taught me to operate under uncertainty. Now moving to San Francisco to do this at an early-stage AI company.

§ 02 Fixed Overhead

A serial about high pressure professional life.

Was a Wharton MBA Worth It? → Investment Banking: Day in the Life → How to Recruit for MBB Consulting → We Require One Letter of Recommendation → Running the Family Business →

New entries publish here first. Some will cross-post to LinkedIn. Some won't.

§ 03 Experience
2024–2026
The Wharton School
MBA; Goldman Sachs Fellow
Custom concentration in Market Infrastructure & Governance. Rugby captain. Governance Director at FranklinDAO, managing a multi-million dollar delegated token portfolio across top DeFi protocols.
2025
Sepal AI
Data Operations Program Manager
Built a hiring pipeline from scratch for a frontier AI lab — 200 expert placements in six weeks across 36 occupations. Contract renewed into a new business line; company acquired by Mercor in 2026.
2021–2024
Crypto Briefing
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed by the board to run the publication through a difficult period. Restructured the team, launched a subscription product, and got the business to profitability.
2019–2021
Crypto Briefing
Editor-in-Chief
Edited and published daily coverage of crypto markets, protocols, and policy. Managed the editorial team through the 2020–2021 cycle.
2018–2019
CryptoSlate
Journalist
First full-time hire. Started as a journalist and worked my way up. Built the news team from scratch and set the editorial direction for a blockchain data and analytics publication.
2016-2017
Inbound LLC
Wildland Firefighter
§ 04 Stay Connected

Open to conversations about operations roles at early-stage AI companies in San Francisco. Also happy to talk craft.

LinkedIn /in/mitchellmoos Journalism Muck Rack