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 >>Fred and Joanne Wilson met in college. Both are prolific bloggers (his and hers) and NYC investors. Fred is managing partner at Union Square Ventures and Flatiron Ventures, while Joanne is an angel investor who started her career in retail and as a depart
Continue reading >>Rashmi Sinha and Jon Boutelle both attended Brown University and founded SlideShare along with Rashmi's brother, Amit. They wanted to create a kind of YouTube for PowerPoint presentations—a central place where anyone could upload and share them.
Continue reading >>Jenn Deering Davis and Hayes Davis conceived of their startup when they were eating some breakfast in Austin, Texas, restaurant wondering how many people were reached by a single tweet.
Continue reading >>Duck Duck Moose was founded in 2008 when Caroline Hu Flexer and Michael Flexer noticed how much their 2-year-old daughter liked to play with the iPhone.
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