Ira is an active investor in start-up companies through RK Ventures and Hyde Park Angels, where he serves as the managing director of both. He also teaches accounting and taxes at the Business School at the University of Chicago. Ira previously taught at Columbia Business School, and in his academic work, he has published on valuation issues of earnings and on tax and accounting regulation. Ira has also worked as an economic consultant specializing in tax and corporate financial strategies for Coopers and Lybrand. Ira received both a Master of Business Administration and a Doctorate from the University of Chicago. In his free time, he enjoys mountain biking, watching college basketball, and reading.