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    Jacob Colker

    Jacob Colker

    (Recruiting startup cofounders! CTOs and CEOs) Managing Director @ Allen Institute for A.I., Startup Incubator (incubator.allenai.org)

    Investor Seattle Johns Hopkins University
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    Experience
    Lighter Capital
    Lighter Capital
    Chief Marketing Officer 2016 - 2017 (over 1 year)
    Lighter Capital is a $120M FinTech company revolutionizing startup finance. An alternative to venture capital or bank loans, Lighter Capital uses a startup's revenue history... more to determine funding eligibility and does not take an equity stake — allowing entrepreneurs to keep control of their companies and avoid dilution. To-date, Lighter's revenue-based financing product (RBF) has helped 200+ companies keep $500M worth of equity in the hands of founders.
    Buildium
    Buildium
    General Manager 2013 - 2016 (over 2 years)
    (ACQUIRED BY SUMERU EQUITY PARTNERS) -- Based in Boston with 150 employees, Buildium is SaaS-based online property management software with products that serve the residential,... more commercial, and HOA/COA real estate industries. Used by 13,000+ customers to manage nearly 1M+ rental units in 40+ countries, representing $250 billion dollars in real estate assets. In addition to the core CRM Buildium processes tens of millions of dollars in rent payments, screens thousands of tenants, and more.
    CEO, APM 2013 - 2015 (over 1 year)
    (ACQUIRED BY BUILDIUM) -- Headquartered in Seattle, APM is a media platform that generates online leads for small businesses in the residential, commercial, and HOA/COA real... more estate industries. Annually, APM is the intermediary between 1.5 million consumer property owners and 2,000 SMB property management companies in North America. Those connections translate into $50 million dollars of new business growth for APM customers each year.
    Impact Hub
    Impact Hub
    Founder 2012 - 2013 (about 1 year)
    Impact Hub Seattle is a 70,000 sq.ft. coworking space, event venue, and innovation launchpad. Each month, 2,000+ freelancers, consultants, early-stage startups, nonprofits,... more small businesses, and remote teams work out of the Hub or attend events. In addition to core programming, Hub directly incubated over 50 social impact startups to-date working to solve a wide array of global problems including housing, health, food spoilage, poverty, textiles, water, and clean energy.
    Sparked
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    Sparked
    Founder, CEO 2008 - 2012 (about 4 years)
    (ACQUIHIRED BY DIRECTLY.COM) -- Sparked developed a sophisticated predictive analytics platform to help companies use machine learning and statistical techniques to discover... more factors that are highly correlated with customer churn. This big data analysis helped businesses develop deep customer intelligence regarding the behaviors, attributes, and characteristics that are driving successful (and unsuccessful) customer experiences. Sparked was initially founded in 2008 as a crowdsourcing platform.
    Allen Institute for AI—Startup Incubator
    Allen Institute for AI—Startup Incubator
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    Sparked, Impact Hub
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    Buildium, Allen Institute for AI—Startup Incubator, Lighter Capital
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    Customer Development Innovation & Growth Product Management Product Strategy Business Strategy Disruptive Innovation
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    Washington Seattle Bellevue Kirkland
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