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Marko Gargenta

Founder at PlusPlus. Previously built Twitter University. Passionate about the intersection of Learning & Development and Software.

Burlingame, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $25,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $50,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2016

2019

  • Member

    2019

    F19

  • Member

    2015

    Angel investor and member.

  • Board Of Directors

    2016 - 2019

  • Member

    2016 - 2018

2015 - 2017

  • Academic Advisor

    2015 - 2017

    Helping UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering with the creation of the Innovation and Leadership through Positive Psychology leadership development program.

2013 - 2015

  • Director of Twitter University

    2013 - 2015

    Built Twitter University and created a culture of learning where engineers learn from one another.

  • Board Member - Learning Chair

    2011 - 2014

    Responsible for organizing learning events for the San Francisco chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization.

2001 - 2013

  • CEO and Cofounder

    2001 - 2013

    Marko Gargenta has started Marakana in 2001 and built it into a global organization. Marakana provides Fortune 500 clients and governments with information technology training services focusing on open technologies.

1997 - 2000

  • Cofounder

    1997 - 2000

    Built a Java enterprise software company at the peak of the dotcom. Crashed it just as hard. Had fun and learned a lot.

1996 - 1997

  • Software Developer

    1996 - 1997

    Built a prototype of a Java-based real-time training system so brokers can see the status of each order in their browser as it gets executed on the exchange.