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Benjamin Gadbaw

Product strategy leader. Author & Editor. Angel. Leadership Coach.

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

2014

  • Investor

    2014

    Opendoor (IPO 2020)

  • General Partner

    2018

    Pioneering mixed methods strategic product research and investment firm defining the emerging field of applied research system design. We train teams and instrument systems to provide continuous answers to fundamental customer questions affecting large businesses and startups: • How should we prioritize our roadmap? • What are actionable insights for improving customer retention? • Who are our customers? • How do we mitigate the risk of new ventures and validate new feature development?

2020 - 2022

  • Staff Researcher

    2020 - 2022

  • Senior Researcher, R&D

    2019 - 2020

2017 - 2018

  • Founder and Section Editor

    2017 - 2018

    • The best articles from The Economist magazine, delivered weekly.

2016 - 2018

  • Director of Experience Strategy, Head of Measurement Systems

    2016 - 2018

  • Service Designer

    2016 - 2016

2016 - 2016

  • Editor

    2016 - 2016

    • Content edited Validating Product Ideas by Tomer Sharon.

2012 - 2015

  • Designer / Project Lead

    2012 - 2015

2013 - 2014

  • General Partner

    2013 - 2014

    An investment fund whose mission is to make positive, sustainable, impact on the world—impact not just for customers, but for the entire ecosystem that makes those products and experiences exist. This balances exponential business growth with positive local and global impact.

2009 - 2010

  • Designer

    2009 - 2010