Brendan Weinstein

Experience

Gizer

Product Analyst & Insights Lead 2018 - 2019 (over 1 year)

Head of Data Engineering infrastructure as well as all data analysis. This included internally facing metrics using Dashboards for our team to visualize KPI's relevant to... more

University Beyond

Founder, Director of Product & Operations 2015 - 2019 (about 4 years)

After wanting to be much more hands-on, I transitioned into CTO-esque role owning the product as my core responsibility alongside the implementation, analysis, and iteration... more

Founder, CEO 2013 - 2015 (over 1 year)

University Beyond provides collegiate students with a diverse range of on-campus professional career development opportunities from some of the most sought after employers.

Early... more

Employee

Paintzen, University Beyond, Gizer

Board Member

University Beyond

About

Achievements

914INC / Westchester Magazine: Westchester Wunderkind Award Winner 2014 (Westchester Magazine's recognition of its top 30 business-men and women under 30 years old)
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Awards while leading University Beyond:
- Rated the #1 Platform for building a successful internship program by Recuriter.com
- Three-time Job placement Technology Award winner by NYBB
- Wharton Reimagine Education Award Finalist for improving employability
- Finalist of the Forbes Under 30 One Million Dollar Change The World Competition
- Nominated Forbes30U30 Education
- US Finalist of the Global Edtech Startup Awards

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Product Development Innovation & Growth Business Strategy Analytics & Reporting Business Finance Microsoft Office Suite Microsoft Office/Google Apps for Work Chrome Extensions Google Drive: Sheets/Docs/Slides Zapier JSON / XML / HTML / Javascript / JQuery HTML/CSS/Javascript Startups Wireframes and prototyping SaaS Accounting Business Development Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Cloud Computing CSS Entrepreneurship HTML Javascript Leadership Management Market Research Microsoft Microsoft Office Research Social Media Software SQL WEB Web Development Web Technologies Data Science Product Roadmaps Business Analysis compensation Data Analysis Financial Financial Modeling Go-to-market Strategy Google Analytics Product Management Product Strategy Project Management Sales Start up Support Teamwork Test Node.js REST APIs No-Code Development Software Development Bubble.Io Webflow Airtable Zapier Automation Nocode Agile Software Development Product and Technology Roadmaps Product Product Marketing

Locations

Westchester County San Francisco Los Angeles Boston Denver Washington DC San Mateo Menlo Park New York São Paulo Brisbane Colorado Remote Austin

Q&A

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

Helping to improve the lives of others in ways such as building technologies to correct global climate change + world hunger.

Which founders or startups do you most admire?

Drew Houston (Founder: Dropbox),
Rahul Vohra (Founder: Superhuman, Rapportive)
Ryan Hoover: (Founder: ProductHunt, Investor: Weekend.Fund)
Jeff Weiner (CEO: LinkedIn)
Hiten Shah (FYI, Kissmetrics, Product Habits)
Patrick Campbell (Profitwell)

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

Email, LinkedIn, AngelList, Telegram, Phone

What words of wisdom do you live by?

Pay it Forward.

What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?

Community Operations and User Research is very engaging and insightful for me.

NoCode Movement (GTM and Product/Market validation) enables more Indie Makers and Bootstrapped product owners to succeed and build innovate solutions.

What was the most impactful class you took in school?

Business Law & Ethics.

What's an obstacle you've overcome?

I am alive and well now - through several years of debilitatingly painful outbreaks of Chrons Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Education

Brendan Weinstein

Investing @InsightVentureGroup -- Past: Product and Data @gizer | Founder & Product Lead (Former CEO) @university-beyond

Investing @InsightVentureGroup
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Past: Product and Data @gizer | Founder & Product Lead (Former CEO) @university-beyond