Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Seattle.
12+ years working with early-stage companies, 5 years VC and 10 years Seed/Angel. 13 companies, 5 exits (so far).
Works at @instacart • Co-founder of @mental-mojo • Worked at @stanley-black-decker • Studied at @arizona-state-university
Founder Tenacity Health • Worked at @chicago-title-ticor-heritage-fnt-lawyers-fnf • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @university-of-oregon
Founder @symcat • Worked at @redstone-strategy-group • Studied at @harvard-university
... stealth ... 15 years taking to market Web services platforms. Product Planning, Product Management & Product Marketing with @microsoft, @altavista, @aol.
Founder & CEO @PlayFab. Sold @SproutGames to @popcap-games. Founded PopCap Asia. Led #HourOfCode for @CodeOrg. A.B. Harvard CS. 15 yrs game industry experience.
Brand Marketing @google. 8+ years CPG Intl @starbucks. Founding Team, Growth Hacker @Tatcha Beauty. Founder @airbrush-genie @Geminievents & @bittybcosmetics.
Seasoned marketing, operations and strategy-focused biz dev exec @publicis-groupe, Previously @switchcam & @mopix - @500-startups-2012
Business Development Manager @moz. Passionate and determined individual and lover of all things new and interesting.
Worked at @kiva-systems, @amazon
Co-Founder @boxtiq; founded @gopixel; ex @microsoft Bing PM; 7yrs owning ecommerce, international trade, and retail businesses. @university-of-chicago-1 alum
20+ years startup/VC experience in USA, EU and Australia: co-founder; biz dev, advisor, angel, Boards and legal counsel. Duke J.D., M.A.; Univ of Washington
http://www.termsheetbattle.com
French I can pronounce/spell Entrepreneur properly. Startups @salesforce ☁ @startupweekend fan & xMSFT - Gastro-aholic, gadget-junkie & ski bum.
Marketing Manager at Squarehub
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
I build strategic partnerships and consumer facing technology companies.
Cofounder at TrustLeaf. Biz Dev. Growth Hacking. Experience in both soul-crushing & non-soul-crushing sales. International Econ. Standup comedy. Ice cream.
http://blog.trustleaf.com
INSEAD MBA and UC San Diego-CS graduate; 12+ yrs global relationship management up to CxO; 10+ yrs of technical experience at large companies and startups
JD/MBA- @university-of-california-berkeley Grad-Startup Development @crowdclock Founder @amendment-m @punchkeeper Biz Dev, Marketing, Partnerships & Investment
VP Sales Consultant at LIFFFT. Worked at Credit Suisse, PitchBook Data and ran my own quantitative trading search firm for 3 years.
Elsen Trading, Finance at Northeastern University #whatsyourbacktest
Acting Director, Creativity and Leadership @ Oberlin College and Conservatory. Business Development. Strategy.
V.P. Bus. Dev. at Gratci. Co-Founder @gratci,@fernet-francisco-inc • Studied at @university-of-arizona, @university-of-california-davis
http://www.benflajnik.com
Cornell MBA. Technology Evangelist. eCommerce business professional. Worked at Amazon, Google, IBM. Entrepreneur.
Dr. Lee has over 7 years of experience in healthcare including patient-care, clinical research, and health insurance, and 14 years in business development in small and corporate business
Supply Chain Sustainability and Business Development Specialist with experience creating and leading ventures in the US, China, Middle East, and Africa.
Founder @DeepThought, Inc. @Social Media Chimps. Bootstrapped 2 startups to 6-7 figures in yearly revenue. Strong biz dev, marketing & PM skills. Studied @UW.
Accelerator, Hedge Fund, VC, and Startup Experience (Razoo.com, Ability Dynamics). 3rd Place Washington Post BBQ Sauce Competition. MBA from Thunderbird 2014.
Worked at @yale-school-of-management. Studies at @yale-university. Pursuing B.A. in Cognitive Science, Judgment & Decision-Making focus.
Co-Founder Search Vertical• Worked at @deloitte-consulting, @ubs-investment-bank, Khidmah (Dubai) • Studied at @harvard-business-school, EE @california-state-university-northridge
http://yvetteromero.me
Leading the team responsible for planning and managing the expansion of AWS datacenter portfolio in Existing Regions (EMEA, US and Japan).
CEO & Founder Tacii & @Take5 • Worked at @apple @microsoft @google @qualcomm @amazon • BSEE @university-of-massachusetts-amherst
Angel, Los Angeles technology policy adviser, team execution.
UCLA Anderson School of Management.
12 years Microsoft.
Two startup exits.
New Product Development at @microsoft, @electronic-arts • Studied Marketing and Ops at @wharton-school, Digital Media & Design @sarah-lawrence-college
Successful Entrepreneur, Full stack generalist; spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield NYC, Worked at Procter & Gamble and the Kroger Corporation
http://www.pablojr.co
Advisor and mentor with yrs of experience in building teams and selling products to the global market. Expertise in Cloud, Big Data and Large scale operations