Matt Flannery began developing Kiva.org (Kiva) in late 2004 as a side-project while working as a computer programmer at TiVo Inc. In December 2005, Matt left TiVo to devote himself to Kiva full-time. As CEO, Matt has led Kiva’s growth from a pilot project
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Jeremy co-founded Yelp Inc. in July 2004 with former colleague and friend Russel Simmons.Prior to Yelp, Jeremy was the VP of engineering at PayPal. He left PayPal in the summer of 2003 to attend the Harvard Business School. Upon completing his first year
Continue reading >>Touted as the woman behind New York's digital vision, New York City's first Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot has a lot on her plate. A typical day at work for Haot via The Verge:
Continue reading >>Paul Graham is a computer programmer who built early ecommerce software Viaweb in 1995 and sold to Yahoo for an estimated $49 million, whereupon it became Yahoo Stores.
Continue reading >>Alain Chuard runs product while Victoria Ransom manages the business of Wildfire, their second startup, which was sold to Google earlier this year. A B2B social media firm, Wildfire was rumored to have sold for around $250 million. The couple’s first comp
Continue reading >>Although she’s most well-known as Facebook’s second in command (she joined as COO in 2008), Sheryl Sandberg previously worked as an executive at Google, for the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank after attending Harvard Business School.
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