Derek Dukes
CPO of Jetpac, Co-Founder & CEO of Dipity, Strong experience in product design and online advertising background. 6th employee at Yahoo! Lover of cured meats.
I invest in
5 startups
@ 10-25K a year
How I like to add value
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What I'm looking for
I like people & businesses that take unconventional approaches to big market problems. I love the 'a ha' moment of finding the key insight someone has discovered and is the cornerstone of their approach.
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What I've done
As the 6th employee at Yahoo! launched and grew the first large scale display online advertising platform at in 1996. Developed streaming advertising media products and built a donation system for Sept. 11th that processed ~$50MM in donations in 2 weeks. Incubated Y! Digital TV efforts (now Y! TV Widgets). Founded and grew Dipity to over 9MM unique monthly users in under 18 months making it the largest social timeline platform.
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An accredited U.S. investor
