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    Mia Lewin

    Mia Lewin (She/Her)

    Start-Up Advisor, Tech Executive, Serial Entrepreneur.

    Founder Seattle Stanford Graduate Sch...
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    Experience
    eBay
    eBay
    Director Product Management 2013 - 2014 (over 1 year)
    Head of eBay's global product team for Retail Promotions Platform leading and executing strategy for vertical curated, merchandised, retail-like shopping for eBay. Grew the... more platform to power all eBay's vertical experiences, deals and events and $1.5Bn+ of GMV in 18 months. PProduct lines include: eBay Deals, Sales & Events, Designer Collective, Authorized Sellers, Vertical Browse (Ebay Fashion, Home & Garden, Collectibles, Electronics), eBay stores.
    Eye-Fi
    Eye-Fi
    Advisor
    alex+von
    alex+von
    Advisor
    Zazzle
    Zazzle
    Director Business Development 2006 - 2009 (over 2 years)
    Key member of the management team creating new distributed, vertical growth strategy, building the sales and marketing teams, managing strategic partnerships and a team of... more 12 people building and accelerating content and customer acquisition programs. Signed and oversaw 100+ content and distribution partners in music & entertainment, arts & design, sports, politics, social and online media (e.g. Facebook, Hallmark, Signature Networks) as well as community management programs.
    EveryTrail
    Exit
    EveryTrail
    Advisor
    Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Product Manager 2005 (2 months)
    Office 2007 US Launch Lead
    TLcom Capital Partners
    TLcom Capital Partners
    Investment Director 2001 - 2004 (over 2 years)
    Venture Capitalist in mobile and internet. Board Observer.
    KONTOR, Office
    KONTOR, Office
    Founder
    RippleWorks
    RippleWorks
    Advisor
    Wescover
    Wescover
    Board Member
    Wayfair
    Wayfair
    GM, Head of Product for Personalization 2021 - 2023 (over 1 year)
    After being acquired by Wayfair, as the General Manager, Head of Product for Personalization at Wayfair, I led a team of product managers, data scientists, engineers and analytics... more on our quest to build 100% personalized shopping experiences e2e leveraging industry-leading proprietary ML models and methodologies, driving significant revenue ($5bn+) and incremental growth ($200M p.a.) across all Wayfair sites, GEOs and platforms. Our personalization framework allows Wayfair customers to discover and buy the products they love by serving the right items to every customer on every touchpoint
    Spruce Up
    Spruce Up
    Founder & CEO 2018 - 2021 (over 3 years)
    Spruce Up offers one-to-one personal shopping for all things home & design powered by AI and ML. Spruce Up is a place not just to scroll endless options but to discover... more JUST THE RIGHT THING. Personalized shopping brings the curation, selection and service of a specialty boutique to modern digital experience, tailored to each customer and your home.
    Jefferies
    Jefferies
    Senior Analyst 1999 - 2001 (about 2 years)
    M&A and Private Placements at Broadview (acquired by Jefferies) in internet and mobile for $1.5Bn transaction value
    Founder
    KONTOR, Office
    Employee
    Microsoft, Zazzle, eBay, TLcom Capital Partners, Jefferies, Spruce Up, Wayfair
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    alex+von, Eye-Fi, EveryTrail, RippleWorks
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    Wescover
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    20+ years of experience as Tech Exec, Advisor and Investor
    - Board Director and Advisor to various start-ups
    - Founder CEO, Board Director - CoFounded 3 start-ups, with 2 exits and raised $18M+ of VC and Angel Funding
    - Head of Product - applied my start-up experience at scale at Wayfair, leading personalization team and its vision generating $220M of growth and at eBay scaling their curated commerce platform across all its browse experiences and scaling the initiative from $40M to $1.5Bn GMV in 18 months
    - Head of Business Development and Sales - managed hundreds of partners from industry largest to the unique and hard to find
    - VC Investor - 9 investments in mobile, board observer in 2 companies
    - M&A Advisor - 9 mobile and internet M&A and private placements for over $1.5Bn of shareholder value

    I have worked and lived in Seattle, New York, Silicon Valley, London, Paris, Geneva and Helsinki

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Product and Marketing Strategy Entrepreneurship Deal Execution New Business Development Start-Ups Venture Capital E-Commerce Consumer Internet Artificial Intelligence Personalization
    Locations
    Silicon Valley San Francisco Oakland New York City Westchester County London Helsinki Paris
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