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    Shane Walker

    Shane Walker

    tech, growth, and Stanford football.

    Entrepreneur San Francisco Stanford University
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    Experience
    SIZZLE
    SIZZLE
    Founder
    Stanford-StartX Fund
    Stanford-StartX Fund
    Advisor
    Great Oaks Venture Capital
    Great Oaks Venture Capital
    Advisor
    DOWN Dating & Hookups
    Exit
    DOWN Dating & Hookups
    Advisor
    Open Me (acquired by Rowl)
    Open Me (acquired by Rowl)
    Advisor
    Wonder
    Wonder
    Advisor
    Adknowledge
    Adknowledge
    Employee
    SocialWeekend
    SocialWeekend
    Employee
    SpeedDate.com
    SpeedDate.com
    Employee
    Founder
    SIZZLE, SocialWeekend
    Employee
    4INFO, Adknowledge, SocialWeekend, SpeedDate.com
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    DOWN Dating & Hookups, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Stanford-StartX Fund, Open Me (acquired by Rowl), Wonder
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    SIZZLE
    Search All the Dank & Funny Memes
    CEO · SIZZLE Search millions of the newest, funniest, most hilarious memes. Find cat memes, pokemon memes, Drake memes, gym memes and more from any… · More meme generator or meme creator.
    Jim Hefner
    Fariz Chowdhury
    With Fariz Chowdhury, Jim Hefner
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    SIZZLE is growing fast and seems to be accelerating. The most interesting and reliably growing product I've ever built.
    tl;dr lotsa search stuff.

    Previously
    Built Doublie, the mobile remix app. Virally exploded, but faded after snapchat and vine integrations went away.
    tl;dr lotsa mobile app stuff.

    Cofounded SocialWeekend in 2010. 150m email newsletter subscribers. Acquired by the top email ad network, Adknowledge, Inc.
    tl;dr lotsa email & ad network stuff.

    Cofounded social lead-gen platform Crowdspeak in 2008. Acquired by SpeedDate and led resulting unit to 7 figure run rate. Acquired by IAC in 2013.
    tl;dr lots online dating and ad stuff.

    Created first viral Facebook quiz and gift platforms in 2007 reaching 100M+ users world wide. Acquired by private equity in 2008.
    tl;dr lotsa viral app stuff.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Product Development Product Management Product Marketing Product Strategy Growth Hacking Revenue Growth Growth Strategy and Execution
    Locations
    San Francisco Silicon Valley
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