RK

Ryan Kuder

Managing Director, Techstars San Diego powered by San Diego State University

Encinitas, California

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $20,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $120,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $120,000.00

Skills

Online Advertising
Product Management
Product Marketing
Early-stage Startups
Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Innovation Management
Local Marketing
Customer Development
Lean Startup
Social Media
Social Networking
Entrepreneurship
Integrated Marketing
CRM
Management
Strategy
Start-ups
Marketing Management
Online Marketing

Education

  • BS, Business Administration

    (1992 - 1996)

  • San Dieguito High School

    (1989 - 1994)

  • Preschool

Work Experience

  • Managing Director, Techstars San Diego powered by San Diego State University

    2023

  • Managing Director, Techstars Anywhere

    2016 - 2024

    At Techstars, we believe that great founders can come from Anywhere. That's why we've built Techstars Anywhere. A full Techstars mentor driven accelerator program delivered (mostly) virtually.

  • Managing Director, Virgin Media Accelerator

    2015 - 2016

    A startup accelerator for companies using connectivity to impact the lives of millions and make good things happen. Over three months, ten companies will work in the heart of London with an extensive group of mentors from the Techstars, Virgin Media, and Liberty Global networks.

  • Managing Director, Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator

    2014 - 2015

    The Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator, powered by Techstars, invests in and supports early stage robotics startups through an intense four month mentor driven accelerator program at Qualcomm's headquarters in San Diego, CA. http://qualcommaccelerator.com/

  • First Movers Fellow

    2011

    The First Movers Fellowship is offered by the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program whose mission is to equip business leaders for the 21st century with a new management paradigm – the vision and knowledge to integrate corporate profitability and social value.

2012 - 2014

  • VP of Marketing and Communications

    2012 - 2014

    ecoATM's automated ewaste recycling kiosks make it easy for consumers to recycle their old cell phones and other electronic devices for cash, creating the right mix of convenience and motivation necessary to drive mass consumer adoption of ewaste recycling. I was the founders first marketing hire and steered the marketing organization through a 6x increase in revenue and a $350MM acquisition in less than two years.

2010 - 2012

  • VP Marketing

    2010 - 2012

    We built Bizzy because we believed there was a better way to share your opinion about a business than reviewing it on Yelp. Responsible for marketing, product strategy, community and making sure the coffee is fresh for the engineers. Led the team through two pivots to build an app our users loved. Named one of Mashable’s Apps to Watch in 2011. INFINITE percentage increase in users from 0 to tens of thousands.

2010 - 2010

  • VP Marketing

    2010 - 2010

    Biz360 is a social media monitoring and analytics company acquired by Attensity Group in April of 2010.

Koombea Interactive

2008 - 2009

  • VP Marketing and Product

    2008 - 2009

    Koombea is a Silicon Valley and Colombia based interactive agency that builds awesome web 2.0 software and iPhone apps for our clients. We specialize in Agile Ruby on Rails development, design, new product development, marketing and social media. Our sweet spot is helping startups get up and running quickly and affordably. I manage our marketing and PR, our business development, and our consulting businesses as well as our internal product initiatives such as The Purple People Collective and Neighborsville. I work with our startup clients to help them develop their business, product and marketing strategies. We understand how startups work and how startups get built. This understanding has helped us grow our business from a small handful of clients to a full portfolio of startups that are doing awesome things.

The Purple People Collective

2008 - 2009

  • Founder

    2008 - 2009

    The Purple People Collective is a place for laid off Yahoos and other tech workers to band together and find some work in a really crappy economy. Job listings are totally free for hiring companies.

Neighborsville, Inc.

2008 - 2008

  • CEO & Founder

    2008 - 2008

    Neighborsville is the easiest way for neighbors to share and discover information about what's going on in their neighborhood. Alpha re-launched in July 2009 at http://neighborsville.com.

2005 - 2008

  • Sr. Manager, Integrated Campaign Strategy

    2005 - 2008

    Created multichannel integrated marketing campaigns for the Yahoo! Network Division. Set campaign strategy for key corporate marketing initiatives across product and audience priorities. Managed overall brief as well as crossfunctional campaign implementation including online and offline advertising, promotion, PR, integration.

  • Sr Global Marketing Manager

    2005 - 2007

    Manage key global marketing and advertising programs for the Yahoo! brand, Yahoo! Answers and Yahoo! communications properties.

2003 - 2005

  • Product Manager, Global Content Management Systems

    2003 - 2005