I am currently the founder of Namesake, an early stage industry network. We're trying to answer the simple question: What are you working on?

Previously, I founded Newroo (acquired by FOX Interactive Media) & Ad.ly. Everyday I look for brilliant, curious and earnest people that are not afraid to challenge the status quo. I believe entrepreneurship is the single most important lever society has to offer.

My passions outside of work are wide ranging; surfing, fishing, gardening, collecting, tomfoolery, exploring Baja with my Dad and futurism to name a few. I grew up in a small beach community called Del Mar. I graduated from institutions like Montessori and Brown University, where I won a National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance grant.

I currently live in Hollywood, CA with my wife. Life has been good to me, I'd like to reciprocate. My heroes in life are my parents.

Some people I wish I could have met:
Frederick Douglas, Bill Bowerman, Ted Williams, Sam Walton, Ray Cannon, Walt Disney, Thomas Jefferson, Bob Marley, "Teddy" Roosevelt and Howard Hughes.

You can contact me at norgard@gmail.com.

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