Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Writer, designer. Previously product designer for @flipboard. Advisor for @medium, @955dreams. Mentor at @500startups & @designer-fund. Investor in @oyster, @editorially, @tokyo-otaku-mode, @timbuktu-labs. 2011 TechFellow. 2012 MacDowell fellow.
http://craigmod.com/journal/
Founder, @luxr-co. Leader in the Lean Startup world. Entrepreneur. Co-founder and former CEO of @adaptive-path.
http://blog.luxr.co
Startup investor and product designer. Formerly @facebook
http://bobbyg.me
Partner @homebrew. Formerly VP Product at @twitter, ex-Google PM, ex-Partner at @battery-ventures. Penn educated. Vegas raised.
http://www.venturegeneratedcontent.com/
Founder Chief Designer fuseproject, CCO @jawbone, Co-Founder Kease, Creative Co-Founder OUYA
Partner at @science Studio. Specialize in User Experience, Design, Brand and Identity. Product and UX Advisor, Co-Founder @urbandig, Founder @twiistup
Designer @angellist · UX/Design @adobe-1 Lightroom mobile · Previously @google · Founder @cheers · Owner @hingeheads
Design @angellist · @university-of-chicago '12
Current Co-founder and Head of Design of @betterworks. Co-founder of @geni.com and @yammer. Pre-IPO @paypal, software engineer Adobe, @kiva Fellow.
Current: @sparked-1. Past: President, LeaseStar and SMB Division at @realpage, Founder @propertyware to @realpage, CRM @Oracle and early team @salesforce.com
Co-Founder & Former CEO of @youtube; Founder & CEO of @MixBitApp.
Founder @coffee-power, @linden-lab • Worked at @real-networks, @realnetworks • Studied at University of California, San Diego
http://www.lovemachineinc.com/blog/
CEO at Frontback. Previously founded a leading belgian digital agency and a social network for creative people. PhD in graffiti.
http://frontback.me/fredd
Partner at @y-combinator. Founded @wufoo (Acquired by @surveymonkey).
http://roundedbygravity.com
Director Everlane
Founder/CEO POPSUGAR
VP/GM @2wire (sold AT&T)
Founder/CEO @SugarMedia (sold 2Wire)
Chief Web Officer @bluelight-com
VP eCommerce at @j-crew
CEO of @rapportive. Computer Scientist, Gamer, Entrepreneur.
http://blog.rapportive.com
Product, Design, COO @angellist
http://grahamjenkin.com/blog
VP of Design at @brigade • Co-founder of @votizen • Designer-in-Residence at @bessemer-venture-partners • Lead Designer at @mint
http://jasonputorti.com/rss
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
Designer / Entrepreneur; Co-founder @gowalla; Former PM @facebook;
Maker of the finest margarita in Noe Valley.
Co-founder, VP Design @seesaw-decisions-corp. Previously of @cotweet. Entrepreneuring, Advising, and generally working on things.
http://kylesollenberger.com
Entrepreneur, designer, & developer. Co-founder of Cluster. Creator of @onesheet (acquired), TipList, MorningPics, PhotoPile, @artistdata (acquired).
http://www.startingup.me
EIR at @500startups. Founded @postrocket. Tech Entrepreneurship and Design at @babson-college College. Lifetime student in building companies.
http://www.timchae.com
Founder / Inventor - Dipity.com
Investor at STAG - Provisions for Men
Founder - @base-fine-art-gallery
Founder - @verde-camp
Board Member - Texas Sculpture Group
Designer at Twitter.
http://paulstamatiou.com
Co-founder @diagram. Advisor @expa. Former @Twitter’s first Designer.
Chief Product Officer at @hightail-2. Formerly VP of Consumer Experience at @aol & Sr. Dir. UED for Communications & Communities at @yahoo.
Co-founder and CEO at @buffer. Took idea to revenue in 7 weeks. Now used to share 500K posts/day, with $4.3m ARR. Blogger, speaker, advisor. @angelpad alum.
http://joel.is
Founder CreativeMarket + COLOURlovers
Founder & Board of Hands.org
MSFT / YC Alum. Advisor + Investor.
http://www.Bubs.co
Currently at @gobbler • Worked at @apple, @line-6 • Studied at @berklee-college-of-music, @azusa-pacific-university
Co-founder and CEO @chartboost
http://blog.chartboost.com/
PM @nicira @vmware, Early Engg. @vmware, Founding Member @openstack-1 Quantum. Broad '1.0' Engg. & Biz exp. @stanford-university MS&E @university-of-texas-at-austin-1 CS
Software designer, programmer, former owner of rare book auction house, private pilot, active in K-12 educational technology.
Founder, CTO: @140-proof, advisor to startups. Coder / designer since forever.
Have raised money from @bluerun-ventures , @founders-fund, and @sv-angel.
http://blog.jm3.net/
Founder / CEO of @ark (YC W12) @university-of-california-berkeley Ph.D. in CS focused on search. Previously worked at leading search and social media companies as Product & UX Director.
@uwaterloo Alum. CEO & Founder @flinja. General Partner @X-Fund, Engineer by trade, built largest insurance eApp and CRM, hired over 500 people, Grew ARR to 50M
Founding team card.io (sold to PayPal). Founding team Sifteo. Also MIT Media Lab, Stanford SymSys.
CEO and Co-Founder of Shots.
Join Shots today! shots.com/app
Passionate internet entrepreneur. Relentlessly pragmatic and solution focused. Passionate about data-informed design, lean thinking, and agile development.
http://jeffreywescott.tumblr.com/
Invented the #hashtag. Previously designer at Google. Advisor to @tagboard, @neonmob, @urban-airship, @tonx-coffee, @get-satisfaction, @babylist.
http://chrismessina.me/b
Lead Designer @everest. Previously: Founder of 16HOURS Magazine and 365q. Adventure Photographer, Designer & Explorer.
http://exposure.co/julian
Designer at @dropbox. Previously at @instagram and @gowalla.
http://maxvoltar.com/
Veteran creative director and entrepreneur, holding extensive experience building and managing creative teams within start-ups, in-house and agency cultures.
Cofounder of @foodspotting-part-of-opentable. Formerly a UX consultant at @adaptive-path & Lextant.
Partner at Greenstart
Co-founder of @sqwiggle. Previously Lead UI Designer at @tapjoy and Head of Product at @urthecast. I make web things.
http://www.ericbieller.com
@500Startups Mentor, Founder at @assistant-to, Marketing Machine, Product Enthusiast, User Experience Designer
Set genius world record for Tetris at 13. Collegiate soccer for @brigham-young-university at 20. Now going to try this startup thing.
http://garrettgee.me/blog/
Founder @crave , @incoqnito • Worked at @trek-bicycle-corp @zeo • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology, @Royal College of Art
B.A. University of California Los Angeles School of Design | Media-Arts. Former Entrepreneur at Startup Chile.
Currently UX/UI Designer and Co-founder at URX
Designer & Developer · Made things at @dropbox, @facebook, @gowalla, @new-york-times, etc.
Co-founder @neighborland. Product Designer. Former Director of User Experience @yahoo.
http://www.danparham.com
CEO and Co-founder at Hot5. User Experience and Product @airbnb, @pandora, @google, @adobe
Founder of @nuji. Previously worked at @yahoo, @havas and various digital agencies in @london and abroad in @strategy and @user Experience Design
http://blog.nuji.com
Co-founder & VP of Product @radius-4 and Advisor @better-voice
Co-founder @shyp. Dev & design background. Previous: Lead product & UX designer at @attachments-me, @ibm, startup founder.
http://joshuascott.quora.com/
Founder of @boatbound & avid boater. @university of Arizona. 3 previous exits.
http://thehalltruth.co
Community @greylock-partners. Founded @startupdigest @grouptie. Mentor @thiel-fellowship-20-under-20
I design products and create brands. Creative Director @ Rewarder. Former Creative Director @yammer. Mentor @ Startup Monthly. Advisor @ Soldsie and @ringadoc.
http://www.theprettyui.com
Worked at @union-square-ventures, @cisco • Investor @union-square-ventures • Studied at @princeton-university
http://blog.garychou.com
Co-founder & CEO of Cozy. Previously founded Seabright Studios, led UX at @flickr, @splunk, and @kosmix.
http://cozy.co/blog
Founder @healthcarelove , @doctory • Worked at @the-climate-corporation, @paypal • Strong design and product background
CEO of @intercom
Co-Founder & Director of Product @womply; Formerly @mixpanel, @apple, and @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Founder @finicity-1 , @nordmark-group • Worked at @3com, @USRobotics, @Megahertz • Investor @visually, @circa, @myrooms • Studied at @BYU, @UofU
http://nicholasthomas.wordpress.com
Co-Founder @complex-polygon @tag
VP of Biz Dev @buildingconnected, Founder of @vektr-io, Studied at @berkeley, started @rock-to-relief at 16 that generated $100K for non-profits.
CEO - @mitoo - Serial entrepreneur and UX Designer. Loosely a Mentor at Tech Stars London, 500, Seecamp and others.
https://medium.com/@Andycru_mp
Designer and Co-founder at Hothouse Labs leading design and research. Passionate about all things User Experience.
http://stitchapp.com
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
Founder @avocado • Worked at @youtube, @google • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Lead product teams at Adobe, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Openwave. Mobile, Web, Developer Platforms guru. 3 jobs in 1: CEO, UI Designer, Front End Engineer
UX Designer who worked at Netflix, redesigned their web search; Worked at Yahoo! and prototyped an AR mobile app; UC Berkeley I School Masters; UPenn Undergrad.
http://bit.ly/ZA0V71
VP of Product & Tech - StaffRanker, multichannel commerce, retail & Internet Media. Strong product background(PayPal/eBay, Yahoo!), MBA Pepperdine
Cofounder + Product Lead @sprig . Designer @Catapult Design, @tellme-networks (via @microsoft). Stanford Symbolic Systems, Fulbright.
Co-founder @human. Founded @usabilla. Product guy, designer, and data junky. Avid cyclist.
http://pave4.com
CEO. Background in Big Data and various behavioral psychologies as applied to sports. Worked at @nortel-networks. Went to @university-of-limerick.
Head of Product Design & Front End Development. I love building great products with incredible user experiences. I have successfully managed teams and grown startups into thriving companies with world class products.
Founder & iCEO @crowdmob, @thrivesmart • Worked at @google, interned at @ibm Extreme Blue • BS in CSE from @university-of-california-san-diego
Currently a tech activist. Co-Founder at @opensignal and @repeaterstore.
Designer of things. Husband. Total weirdo. Avid fan: scary movies, loud music, lists. Helping Authors be awesome at @blurb . Past life: @threadless
http://www.callmejeffrey.com
Just a dude making it happen.
Previously Principal Designer @twitter, Director of UX @socialcast. Advisor/mentor at The Designer Fund.
@angellist, @greylock-partners, @rockyou when it was #1, @athenahealth at IPO. @brandeis-university CS Masters 2 years early.
http://blog.benmathes.net
founder & designer at stealth startup. formerly @readyforzero. mentor at @designer-fund .
Director at HireVue, ex-founder @codeeval (Acquired 2012), @textbo (Acquired 2011)
Currently @rothenberg-ventures. Previously @bessemer-venture-partners and @downtime. Studied Biology/CS @harvard-university.
Software Architect, Designer and Leader at heart. For a decade developed, games, frameworks and SDKs. A true polymath that loves to learn and solve problems.
http://jdavid.net
Co-Founder of @blockboard (acquired by Klout), Consulting Professor at @stanford-university dschool, mobile product designer
Founder @edyn. Founder re:char. Forbes 30 under 30. Ashoka Fellow. Echoing Green Fellow. Gates Foundation Grantee. Studied Ecology @princeton-university
http://decarbonize.tumblr.com
Founder Assembly, Minefold • Worked at @opera-software • Studied at @university-of-sydney
UI Designer & Fullstack developer, previously at Punchtab and Pulse; recently launched PvshApp.com
http://hollandaise.me
(Apple, LEGO, Samsung, eBay/PayPal, CMU)
Founding Partner @untangle (CMEA, Rustic Canyon Partners)
Founder StuCo (@carnegie-mellon-university)
MS BS Computer Science BS Economics @carnegie-mellon-university
Eng/prod designer+leader+coder. Deep in consumer internet/mobile, social, u/x, 2d/3d, games. Founder @plaxo Worked @egroups-com @yahoo! @silicon-graphics
Visual Designer at 23andMe. Past: Gilt, Bonobos, HowAboutWe, Chloe & Isabel, Beauty Army, JewelMint.
Worked at @path, @digg
Founder | CEO | Product Lead // @ Atmospheir
Entrepreneur, product manager, designer, front-end dev. Founder at @lawpal and @socialgo. 10 years experience in startups, SaaS, community, marketing.
CEO & co-founder at @binpress, @500startups, Formerly @lionite, @octabox. Animation at Minshar School of Arts. Strong UI/UX & Design. Sales & Marketing drone.
http://www.binpress.com/blog
Founder & CEO @portable-boutique-inc, Advisor @thiel-fellowship. Formerly - CSO @donornation , Co-Founder @rally, Investor @Oha.na (Acquired by Facebook).
http://naveedl.tumblr.com
CEO @printmo-by-keen // CEO @europe Venture Summit // Mentor @500startups @happy-farm @innovation-nest // Award-winning designer // Speaker
EdTech entrepreneur - @edsurge Founder & President, former VP Products at @uversity-1, Stanford MBA/MA Education.
Advisor. Creative thinker. Accomplished designer. Former head of UX @flip-video. Led teams at @cisco @yahoo, @vuze, @razorfish. Passion for all things simple.
http://mstrehlow.posterous.com/
Founder/CEO @fanpop • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-pennsylvania
Designer at Stripe. Lead Designer straight out of High School. Had a #1 trending topic on @twitter with Tweet O'Clock.
http://gre.gs
Co-Founder at @intercom-1. Co-founder of Exceptional (acquired). Director at Contrast (design consultancy). Popular writer & regular conference speaker.
http://insideintercom.io
Co-founder at @m-dot, CEO, interface designer. Focusing on post-PC era UX. Previously co-founded @powerybase-1, also worked at McCann-Erickson as art director.
http://dominikbalogh.com
UX designer, JavaScript/Ruby developer. Worked at Path, now at @twitter.
Founder @honeybadgr • Bitcoin • Previously @google, @Coderwall, @appdynamics, @virool • Studied at @point-loma-nazarene-university
http://honeybadgr.com/blog
Design extraordinaire with a passion for product and business
I design, build and ship products. All the time.
http://breakthebit.org
Worked at @edmodo, @yahoo, @raptr, @trialpay, @razorfish.
Designer @thoughtbot, co-creator @hack-design, alumni @500startups @techstars
Berkeley EECS Undergraduate. Software engineer & designer @synack. Former Founder, Chief of Product @outline . Lead Designer & CTO at Politify.
Founder @whereberry • Worked at @youtube, @google • Studied at @dartmouth-college
Designer, product manager, coder. Co-founder of Emu. EIR at CrunchFund. Alumnus of @yahoo and @aol. @harvard-university CS 1998. Lover of food, drink, and travel.
UX Designer at Aol, Inc
Product Designer @taskrabbit. Working on Billie Labs. Formerly @mozilla and @amazon.
https://medium.com/@whoischrislam
Co-founder of Simpler. Formerly, COO @tinyco. Designer at MailChimp. Parsons @the-new-school School for Design.
Worked at @lyft, @square • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university • chrismgrant.com
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com