I am Tim Kashani, CEO of Apples and Oranges Arts, a nonprofit which focuses on the future of musical theater. Through the organization, my team and I created THEatre ACCELERATOR, which seeks to apply the methods, processes, and the “fail early and often” mindset of the startup world to the performing arts. I am also a producer who has collaborated on Tony-award winning musicals like Hair and An American in Paris, and a hardcore tech geek whose computer services company, IT Mentors, has contracted with tech giants like UBS and Microsoft.