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(1985 - 1991)
2023
2023
Expert corporate communication & legal compliance, powered by experts & AI. Compliance is costly, time-consuming and stressful. Helping General Counsels to dramatically reduce spending on outside counsel.
2018 - 2023
2018 - 2023
Coinforge by POQ: Supercharge retention across game portfolios Imagine Roblox LTV (eg 20% payers, 2.5 years lifetime), by connecting your portfolio of individual titles into an end-to-end arcade to supercharge retention. Our patented SDK is a Verified Solution on Unity. Learn more: https://pocketfulofquarters.com
2015 - 2023
2015 - 2023
I invest in early stage tech companies (10+ companies, $100-250k each). Current portfolio: Covariant.ai Knock, Stream, YDY, Giphy (acquired by Facebook), BabyQuip, Tundra. Learn more at www.RostrumCapital.com.
1999 - 2017
1999 - 2017
e-thePeople connects citizens to their elected officials through partnerships with over a hundred newspaper and TV station web sites. I contribute to product development, with a few fingers in business development too. e-thePeople is a self-sustaining 501c3 nonpartisan, nonprofit. I co-founded e-thePeople and now am a volunteer Trustee. e-thePeople has reached tens of millions of voters over the past 10+ years. In June 2017, e-thePeople merged with the League of Women Voters.
2009 - 2015
2009 - 2015
I raised over $2.5mm. Recruited and led a six-person for five years, launching three critically-acclaimed products. The team had deep expertise in mobile, commerce and engineering, including Mike Weiksner (Princeton CS / Stanford PhD) and Nathaniel McNamara (PrivacyBank sold to InfoSpace, Wharton MBA, HIG Ventures) and three engineers with 10+ years experience. Projects include: 1) LAUNCHED ENDLESSTV (Aug 2013-January 2015) EndlessTV is the best way to watch video on mobile. Helping video publishers enter the era of taps and swipes. > Featured by Apple > Featured by Google > Picked by Time as one of the top 50 Apps of 2014 > Over 3 million downloads Find us in the App Store and Google Play: http://www.endlesstv.com 2) LAUNCHED TIP OR SKIP (Nov '11 - Aug '13) Tip or Skip was "hot or not" for products. Tip products you like, skip what you don't. > Registered users evaluate 57 products on average in their first visit. > Over 3 million product evaluations > 17% of users click “buy now” link on one or more products, up from < 1% at launch > Infer desires, preferences, and even dislikes of users Praise for Tip or Skip "The most addictive way to get your friends to shop, ever!" -- The Next Web "Anna Wintour, watch out!" -- The New York Daily News Fox News interview about sway and gamification: http://t.tips.by/fox-sway And also featured in USA Today, Washington Post, CNET, PandoDaily, GigaOm & Wired 3) LAUNCHED SOCIALFEET (Apr '09 - Oct '11) A single-line of javascript that enables web sites to share the social actions happening on their site on Facebook and across the web. Responsible for product development, fund raising and general management.
2005 - 2010
2005 - 2010
I successfully defended my dissertation, "Complicating the Ideal of an Informed Citizenry" in May 2010. In 2008, I wrote a research paper called "Six Patterns of Persuasion in Online Social Networks" that is a foundation of Tip or Skip.
1998 - 1999
1998 - 1999
Responsible for writing analyst reports about consumer financial services on the Internet. Responsible for strategic partnerships with financial services companies like Chase, Charles Schwab, Webster Bank. My first taste of a startup life.
1995 - 1998
1995 - 1998
My first "real" job. Developed a Monte Carlo risk model for the CFO of the World Bank. Ran a team of three consultants to analyze the credit portfolio of Bancomer. Worked on a mortgage strategy project for JP Morgan Chase. Learned to be an Excel and Powerpoint wiz.