I'm the kind of guy who your Mom would be proud that you're dating.

I'm a goal oriented (United States Naval Academy bachelor's degree, Harvard MBA, M.A. in history, commercial pilot's license) former Navy officer who is starting his own investment management business.

I've traveled the world and lived in many places, but now San Francisco is my permanent home, and I'm looking forward to finding the right girl for me and settling down.

One theme of my life is building...building relationships (and maintaining them), building skills (flying, public speaking, investing), building a business, and hopefully in the next few years building a family.

Right now (March 2013), I'm working on my own investment partnership. I absolutely love what I do including the intellectual, professional, and personal freedom that comes with it.

I do feel like mentioning that because I'm starting my own business, I live on a very tight budget and probably will be for the next year and a half so you'd need to be OK with that. Dates for us will be coffee shops, walks in the park, and whatever looks good on funcheapsf.com. :)

-- Before my current life, I spent seven years as a Navy officer. From interviews to cocktail parties to dates, the most common questions I get asked are “why did you go in” and "why did you leave?" I served in the Navy because I felt it was the most meaningful and challenging thing I could do at that stage in my life. I believed in all the slogans, “let the journey begin,” “a global force for good,” “don’t read history, make it” and I will always have the satisfaction of knowing that I served. And the Navy delivered on all its promises (you’ll get more details on that if we go on a date).

Listening....while keeping advice to myself (unless it's solicited).

You tell me.....on our first date.

Some of my favorite thinkers include Viktor Frankl (on choosing a meaning for one’s life), Stephen Covey (on prioritizing important, but not urgent, matters), and Warren Buffett (on saving and investing).

I like movies about overcoming obstacles (Moneyball, Morning Glory), maturing individuals (Stand By Me, Knocked Up), or that show historical perspective and insight (Munich, Saving Private Ryan, Too Big To Fail.

I find most television incredibly boring with the exception of How I Met Your Mother, The Daily Show, and sometimes Saturday Night Live.

I like all types of food, but in general I'd rather cook than eat out, and I do love to cook for friends.

My family
Public Libraries
The stock market
Toastmaster's (public speaking club)
Internet/e-mail
Economist subscription

....how to balance my career and personal goals.

....how to build the next Berkshire-Hathaway (Warren Buffett's holding company.)

....at home reading books about the financial crisis.

I've read a few relationship books. My favorites include the classics, "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," and "You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation."

You're introspective, know what you're doing with your life (and why), and have passions you can share with me.

At this stage in my life, I look at dating (the reason I'm on this site) as the period to figure out if I want to get married.

I feel that after a year or so of exclusively dating I would know, and then we would either get married, or go our separate ways. No living together without commitment, no three year dead-end relationships, no interminable "where is this going?" debates.

I'm normally attracted to educated, intelligent women who are passionate about something.

(On religion, I was raised as a Jew, but since I don't believe in God, organized religion makes me feel uncomfortable.)

(I'm a low-risk, go-to-bed-early, get-up-early kind of guy, so turnoffs include any type of current drug use, tattoos, smoking, heavy drinking or heavy partying.)

If that sounds like you (and you live in the SF Bay Area), e-mail me! :)