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    Marty Ringlein

    Marty Ringlein

    Corporate Strategy/Innovation via Venture Studio. Adventure Fund GP; founder w/ 5x exits: Twitter, $EB, Brex, Invision, WPP. Prev. Innovation at The Whitehouse.

    Entrepreneur New York City University of Marylan...
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    Experience
    Adventure Fund
    Adventure Fund
    Founder, Investor & Founder 2010 - Present (over 16 years)
    Investing and incubating early-stage founders and late-stage disruptors. Relevant #FinTech investments include: Chime, PayTM, Stripe, Transferwise, Plaid, Coinbase
    Brex
    Brex
    Interim Senior Director of Product 2020 - 2021 (7 months)
    Joined Brex as a part of an M&A transaction from a portfolio company (Gather) - focusing primarily on new monetization initiatives launching SaaS based business banking... more products on top of the Brex core platform: Expense Management, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable.
    Eventbrite
    Exit
    Eventbrite
    Global Head of R&D 2016 - 2019 (over 2 years)
    Acquired, pre-IPO, to help build Eventbrite's Innovation division. Responsible for helping set and ultimately ensuring that the organization meets its objectives to research... more emerging technologies and collaborate in the development of new or existing product innovation.
    nvite
    Exit
    nvite
    Founder, Founder & CEO 2013 - 2016 (over 3 years)
    nvite was successfully acquired by Eventbrite in November 2016. We built the world’s most sophisticated, #social and seamless event ticketing, RSVP and guest management platform.... more Focused on all aspects of developing and growing the business from product validation, management, and design to customer acquisition as well as fundraising.
    Macaw
    Exit
    Macaw
    Board Member 2013 - 2016 (about 3 years)
    The White House
    The White House
    Presidential Innovation Fellow 2013 - 2016 (over 3 years)
    Working directly with the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Obama Administration, I was a part of a competitive fellowship program that pairs top innovators... more from the private sector, non-profits, and academia with top innovators in government to collaborate on solutions that aim to deliver significant results.
    Twitter
    Exit
    Twitter
    Twitter's First Design Manager 2012 - 2013 (about 1 year)
    Acquired, pre-IPO, to be Twitter’s first Design Manager. Tasked with designing the design team. During my tenure, I got to experience the brand redesigned, profiles re-imagined,... more events discovered, in-Tweet media, filtered photos, Twitter Music and Vine.
    nclud
    Exit
    nclud
    Founder, Co-Founder & CEO 2007 - 2012 (over 5 years)
    nclud was successfully acquired by Twitter in May of 2012. nclud was an industry-leading research and design agency, working with some of the most prominent and innovative... more brands in the world on high-growth technology product development. Lead the significant growth of revenue, client-base and reputation of the agnecy; focused on all aspects of the company's business development efforts and acted as a senior consultant for brand-experience management and innovation.
    Motley Fool
    Motley Fool
    Art Director 2006 - 2007 (almost 2 years)
    Venture Studio
    Venture Studio
    General Partner 2019 - Present (over 7 years)
    Helping lead corporate strategy and innovation by working on the front-lines of foresight building and investing in the future of #web3, #FinTech, #InsurTech, and Health &... more Wellness as a collaborative partner between start-ups and the Fortune 500.
    Gather
    Gather
    Investor & Interim Chief Product Officer 2019 - 2020 (about 1 year)
    Helping support the product, operations, and growth of a seed-stage collaborative personal financial management startup focused on disrupting traditional joint bank accounts... more for couples. Gather was acquired by Brex in 2020.
    Founder
    nvite, Adventure Fund, nclud
    Employee
    Motley Fool, The White House, Gather, Venture Studio, Twitter, Eventbrite, Brex
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    Incubator
     
    Advisor
     
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    Macaw
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    Mo.Money
    The one-and-only link for all your social-payment options.
    The one-and-only link for all your social-payment options.There's so many different ways to pay and get paid, we've just organized them all into one… · More place ... it's that simple.
    Promoted
    The Ultimate Employee Advocacy and Amplification Platform
    It’s like a Frequent Flyer program but for Employee Engagement: We've built the next generation Employee Advocacy platform that effectively recruits more… · More candidates, strengthens company cultures, and develops stronger affinities between your brand and the communities + consumers you serve.
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    The best experience I've ever had is being a part of a great team. Over the past two decades I’ve had the unique opportunity to help build, grow, and invest in product teams and companies; working with some of the world's best talent, biggest brands, and most amazing customers.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Product Design Product Management HTML5 & CSS3 Business Development Innovation & Growth Research
    Locations
    San Francisco New York City
     
    Q&A
    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    The Power of Little Ideas

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

    Building the world's first Guacamole Farm.

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Go forward as though you're right, prepare as though you're wrong.

    What's the most creative thing you've ever done?

    Easy, this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mringlein/6289210422/

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