# gary marx | Startup School - The Best Resource for Founders - URL: <https://www.startupschool.org/cofounder-matching/candidate/fjwv0XRDG> - Description: - Type: #link - Highlights - Rocket Scientist turned Entrepreneur. Didn't get off the ground with my first startup ( in aerospace ) and moved to tech to discover why it failed. Landed at Optimizely and discovered Customer Development was the answer, fell in love with it and have been using it to drive website optimization, ecommerce management, and how I build/grow teams & businesses since. I love hiking, motorcycle riding, & woodworking. A life goal is to get an old car and electrify it - something like a Karman Ghia or an Aston Martin db4 ( cue the James Bond theme ). Oh, and I seem to meet strangers wherever I go. I met my wife at an Airport a decade ago. - Garden - recently tore out half a dozen trees, repotted them & bonsai'd an older Loquat tree ( it sprouted a few weeks ago! ) and transforming the yard for the birds and squirrels to have one corner and the rest split for the kid, dog, and us. I'm building wooden cabinets and tables/furniture around the house - will have to do another dining table soon, raising my son/family time, train my dog, travel, & lots of reading split between personal growth, business, science fiction, & fantasy. - Garden - recently tore out half a dozen trees, repotted them & bonsai'd an older Loquat tree ( it sprouted a few weeks ago! ) and transforming the yard for the birds and squirrels to have one corner and the rest split for the kid, dog, and us.