Aaron Batalion

Experience

ThinAir

Board Member

Exit

LivingSocial

Co-founder & 1st CTO 2007 - 2013 (about 6 years)

LendingHome

Advisor

Brilliant.org

Advisor

Exit

Omni

Advisor

Merchbar

Advisor

Exit

Contactually

Advisor

Founder

LivingSocial

Employee

Microsoft, LivingSocial, Hewlett-Packard, Revolution Health, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Advisor

FounderDating, 500 FinTech, 500 Global, Contactually, Merchbar, Brilliant.org, LendingHome, Omni, Social Mobile Sports, CloudCoreo, Course Report

Board Member

ThinAir

Mentor

500 Global, Maven Ventures, Highway1

About

Achievements

LivingSocial

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Ruby Performance Marketing Scaling Web Applications Facebook Platform Analytics Social Commerce Consumer Internet Culture Product Development Viral Loops Mobile Application Design Strategy Small and Medium Businesses Execution Bitcoin

Locations

Silicon Valley San Francisco

Q&A

What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

Influence by Cialdini

What's your favorite non-business book?

Dogs and Demons

If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

Turning a wooden bowl on a lathe.

What words of advice would you give your younger self?

trust your gut more on people and opportunities.

What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?

a thoughtful, but short, email with a specific request.

Aaron Batalion

Partner, @Lightspeed Venture Partners. Founder/ CTO, @LivingSocial. Investor: @r2air, @LendingHome, @Walker & Company Brands, @Clark, @Sourceress, more.

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