JT

James Tamplin

I start things & help others start things.

United States

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $400,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Product Management
Public Speaking
HTML 5
Software Development
Community Sites
Social Software
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Partnerships
Comedic Timing
Social Media Strategist
Business Development
CRM
Strategy
Management
Consulting
HTML5
Mobile Applications
Leadership
Product Development

Work Experience

  • Board Member

    2018

    Our mission is to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm. We sequester carbon for millennia by taking biomass, turning it into bio-oil, and pumping it underground into old oil wells.

2020 - 2023

  • Co-Founder

    2020 - 2023

    501c3 that made COVID understandable with dashboards. Helped save X0,000s of lives by improving individual, business, and government decision-making.

2014 - 2017

  • Group Product Manager

    2014 - 2017

    Firebase was acquired by Google. I worked on making Firebase better using Google's resources.

Firebase

2011 - 2017

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2011 - 2017

    Tools and infrastructure powering >3,000,000 iOS, Android, and Web apps.

Various Startups

2008 - 2011

  • Co-Founder

    2008 - 2011

    I co-founded several startups before Firebase (all with the same co-founder) doing design, development, bizdev, marketing, taking out the trash, and everything in-between. Envolve: - Facebook-style chat for any website - Used by artists like Ricky Martin and startups like Genius.com - Shut down to focus on Firebase SendMeHome: - The world's first free lost and found tracking service - Voted #64 in PC Magazine's top 100 products of 2009 - Acquired by a larger competitor Keep Security: - We built a fingerprint sensor for the iPhone that authorized payments in 2008 - Failed; hardware is difficult