James Hong
Founder of HOTorNOT.com, Angel Investor.
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A venture capitalist that invests in who we are and who we are becoming.
Co-founder/CTO PayPal; Founder/CEO Slide; Founder/CEO HVF; angel, tinkerer, cyclist, spy.
Founder HotOrNot; I/O Ventures
Founder/CTO at Joyent. Constant talent scout. I specialize in revenue generation, and all activities required to make it happen.
Quora CTO. Investor in Elation EMR, Wikinvest, Art.sy. Worked at Facebook, Amazon. Harvard CS.
Founder Shopzilla ($562MM exit), Founder BizRate.com (top 100 website), Founder Cheers
Sweat - AngelList, Venture Hacks, Vast, Epinions; Money - Twitter, Heyzap, SnapLogic
Personal Landing Pages for the Modern Web
60M Uniques & 1.7B Pageviews - Fun Sharing Community
Price comparison meets automatic replenishment on the items you buy over and over again.
CEO Friendsheet, 64px, Free Gifts, LikeButton, early SGN, early @ Tapulous. FB Fund advisor, 500 Startups mentor. Notable FB Platform developer.
Co-founder @ Achex (sold to First Data). Product Director @ Google (AdWords, Video/TV). Partner @ InterWest. Angel investor. Mentor @ AngelPad
Monetization platform for direct navigation
Group Video Chat
Travel booking platform for Russia
Helping billions without credit cards buy real things online.
Priority Inbox for your Twitter.
Simple Online Publishing
Delivering personalized parenting content & services based on real baby data
Direct-deals mobile advertising marketplace
10-yr CEO, founder, BoD @ eBags (34% CAGR, 9.4M bags sold, 1.4M reviews, profits, $30M raised); CEO @ UsingMiles; Advisor Runa; Facilitator Founder Institute CO
Gamification of customer advocacy
Freemium classroom management software for teachers, parents, students, and administrators
Advanced Electric Powertrains for the EV Revolution
Helping paraplegics walk again
Big data for eCommerce
codecademy for well-being
The GPS for Social TV
Local Deals for Moms
online marketplace with virtual currency
Tencent since 2000. Naspers since 1999. Social networking, communications, online gaming, online lifestyle, biotech/networking convergence, something new.
The People Meeting Platform
CTO / Founder at The Reflector Network
Founder/CEO Clickthebutton and others. Used partnerships and behavioral marketing to grow from 0 to 30 million users. Vassar CS. Programming since age 8.
Amex, pre-IPO at PayPal, Dir of Ops at Eventbrite, Founder of Pricetack
Visual Twitter with fashion & beauty items
- Private investor since 2001
- Founding chairman/CEO, MyPoints.com; led $46MM IPO & $211MM secondary offering
- Grew consumer membership from zero to 16MM
K2 & Associates Investment Management Inc. & Angel Investor
