Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Current Co-founder and Head of Design of @betterworks. Co-founder of @geni.com and @yammer. Pre-IPO @paypal, software engineer Adobe, @kiva Fellow.
Founder, @luxr-co. Leader in the Lean Startup world. Entrepreneur. Co-founder and former CEO of @adaptive-path.
http://blog.luxr.co
Design @angellist · @university-of-chicago '12
VP of Design at @brigade • Co-founder of @votizen • Designer-in-Residence at @bessemer-venture-partners • Lead Designer at @mint
http://jasonputorti.com/rss
Co-founder, VP Design @seesaw-decisions-corp. Previously of @cotweet. Entrepreneuring, Advising, and generally working on things.
http://kylesollenberger.com
Designer / Entrepreneur; Co-founder @gowalla; Former PM @facebook;
Maker of the finest margarita in Noe Valley.
Startup investor and product designer. Formerly @facebook
http://bobbyg.me
Partner at @science Studio. Specialize in User Experience, Design, Brand and Identity. Product and UX Advisor, Co-Founder @urbandig, Founder @twiistup
Partner at @y-combinator. Founded @wufoo (Acquired by @surveymonkey).
http://roundedbygravity.com
CEO at Frontback. Previously founded a leading belgian digital agency and a social network for creative people. PhD in graffiti.
http://frontback.me/fredd
Co-Founder & Former CEO of @youtube; Founder & CEO of @MixBitApp.
Product, Design, COO @angellist
http://grahamjenkin.com/blog
Designer @angellist · UX/Design @adobe-1 Lightroom mobile · Previously @google · Founder @cheers · Owner @hingeheads
CEO of @rapportive. Computer Scientist, Gamer, Entrepreneur.
http://blog.rapportive.com
Current: @sparked-1. Past: President, LeaseStar and SMB Division at @realpage, Founder @propertyware to @realpage, CRM @Oracle and early team @salesforce.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
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/
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
Founder @coffee-power, @linden-lab • Worked at @real-networks, @realnetworks • Studied at University of California, San Diego
http://www.lovemachineinc.com/blog/
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
Lead Designer @everest. Previously: Founder of 16HOURS Magazine and 365q. Adventure Photographer, Designer & Explorer.
http://exposure.co/julian
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
Currently at @gobbler • Worked at @apple, @line-6 • Studied at @berklee-college-of-music, @azusa-pacific-university
EIR at @500startups. Founded @postrocket. Tech Entrepreneurship and Design at @babson-college College. Lifetime student in building companies.
http://www.timchae.com
Software designer, programmer, former owner of rare book auction house, private pilot, active in K-12 educational technology.
Designer at Twitter.
http://paulstamatiou.com
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/
Passionate internet entrepreneur. Relentlessly pragmatic and solution focused. Passionate about data-informed design, lean thinking, and agile development.
http://jeffreywescott.tumblr.com/
CEO and Co-Founder of Shots.
Join Shots today! shots.com/app
Entrepreneur, designer, & developer. Co-founder of Cluster. Creator of @onesheet (acquired), TipList, MorningPics, PhotoPile, @artistdata (acquired).
http://www.startingup.me
Co-founder and CEO @chartboost
http://blog.chartboost.com/
Invented the #hashtag. Previously designer at Google. Advisor to @tagboard, @neonmob, @urban-airship, @tonx-coffee, @get-satisfaction, @babylist.
http://chrismessina.me/b
Co-founder @diagram. Advisor @expa. Former @Twitter’s first Designer.
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
Founder / Inventor - Dipity.com
Investor at STAG - Provisions for Men
Founder - @base-fine-art-gallery
Founder - @verde-camp
Board Member - Texas Sculpture Group
@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.
Chief Product Officer at @hightail-2. Formerly VP of Consumer Experience at @aol & Sr. Dir. UED for Communications & Communities at @yahoo.
Founder CreativeMarket + COLOURlovers
Founder & Board of Hands.org
MSFT / YC Alum. Advisor + Investor.
http://www.Bubs.co
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.
I design products and create brands. Creative Director @ Rewarder. Former Creative Director @yammer. Mentor @ Startup Monthly. Advisor @ Soldsie and @ringadoc.
http://www.theprettyui.com
Co-founder @neighborland. Product Designer. Former Director of User Experience @yahoo.
http://www.danparham.com
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
@500Startups Mentor, Founder at @assistant-to, Marketing Machine, Product Enthusiast, User Experience Designer
Founder @crave , @incoqnito • Worked at @trek-bicycle-corp @zeo • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology, @Royal College of Art
Worked at @union-square-ventures, @cisco • Investor @union-square-ventures • Studied at @princeton-university
http://blog.garychou.com
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
Veteran creative director and entrepreneur, holding extensive experience building and managing creative teams within start-ups, in-house and agency cultures.
Co-founder @shyp. Dev & design background. Previous: Lead product & UX designer at @attachments-me, @ibm, startup founder.
http://joshuascott.quora.com/
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/
Co-founder & CEO of Cozy. Previously founded Seabright Studios, led UX at @flickr, @splunk, and @kosmix.
http://cozy.co/blog
Community @greylock-partners. Founded @startupdigest @grouptie. Mentor @thiel-fellowship-20-under-20
Partner at Greenstart
Founder of @boatbound & avid boater. @university of Arizona. 3 previous exits.
http://thehalltruth.co
Co-founder & VP of Product @radius-4 and Advisor @better-voice
Designer & Developer · Made things at @dropbox, @facebook, @gowalla, @new-york-times, etc.
CEO and Co-founder at Hot5. User Experience and Product @airbnb, @pandora, @google, @adobe
Designer at @dropbox. Previously at @instagram and @gowalla.
http://maxvoltar.com/
Cofounder of @foodspotting-part-of-opentable. Formerly a UX consultant at @adaptive-path & Lextant.
Co-founder of @sqwiggle. Previously Lead UI Designer at @tapjoy and Head of Product at @urthecast. I make web things.
http://www.ericbieller.com
CEO. Background in Big Data and various behavioral psychologies as applied to sports. Worked at @nortel-networks. Went to @university-of-limerick.
Founder & iCEO @crowdmob, @thrivesmart • Worked at @google, interned at @ibm Extreme Blue • BS in CSE from @university-of-california-san-diego
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.
CEO - @mitoo - Serial entrepreneur and UX Designer. Loosely a Mentor at Tech Stars London, 500, Seecamp and others.
https://medium.com/@Andycru_mp
Currently a tech activist. Co-Founder at @opensignal and @repeaterstore.
Cofounder + Product Lead @sprig . Designer @Catapult Design, @tellme-networks (via @microsoft). Stanford Symbolic Systems, Fulbright.
Co-Founder @complex-polygon @tag
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
Founder @finicity-1 , @nordmark-group • Worked at @3com, @USRobotics, @Megahertz • Investor @visually, @circa, @myrooms • Studied at @BYU, @UofU
http://nicholasthomas.wordpress.com
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
Lead product teams at Adobe, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Openwave. Mobile, Web, Developer Platforms guru. 3 jobs in 1: CEO, UI Designer, Front End Engineer
VP of Biz Dev @buildingconnected, Founder of @vektr-io, Studied at @berkeley, started @rock-to-relief at 16 that generated $100K for non-profits.
Founder @healthcarelove , @doctory • Worked at @the-climate-corporation, @paypal • Strong design and product background
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
Designer and Co-founder at Hothouse Labs leading design and research. Passionate about all things User Experience.
http://stitchapp.com
VP of Product & Tech - StaffRanker, multichannel commerce, retail & Internet Media. Strong product background(PayPal/eBay, Yahoo!), MBA Pepperdine
Co-Founder & Director of Product @womply; Formerly @mixpanel, @apple, and @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Co-founder @human. Founded @usabilla. Product guy, designer, and data junky. Avid cyclist.
http://pave4.com
CEO of @intercom
Founder @avocado • Worked at @youtube, @google • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Just a dude making it happen.
Co-Founder of @blockboard (acquired by Klout), Consulting Professor at @stanford-university dschool, mobile product designer
(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
@angellist, @greylock-partners, @rockyou when it was #1, @athenahealth at IPO. @brandeis-university CS Masters 2 years early.
http://blog.benmathes.net
Entrepreneur, product manager, designer, front-end dev. Founder at @lawpal and @socialgo. 10 years experience in startups, SaaS, community, marketing.
Founder | CEO | Product Lead // @ Atmospheir
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
Previously Principal Designer @twitter, Director of UX @socialcast. Advisor/mentor at The Designer Fund.
Director at HireVue, ex-founder @codeeval (Acquired 2012), @textbo (Acquired 2011)
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
CEO @printmo-by-keen // CEO @europe Venture Summit // Mentor @500startups @happy-farm @innovation-nest // Award-winning designer // Speaker
founder & designer at stealth startup. formerly @readyforzero. mentor at @designer-fund .
Worked at @path, @digg
Founder & CEO @portable-boutique-inc, Advisor @thiel-fellowship. Formerly - CSO @donornation , Co-Founder @rally, Investor @Oha.na (Acquired by Facebook).
http://naveedl.tumblr.com
Eng/prod designer+leader+coder. Deep in consumer internet/mobile, social, u/x, 2d/3d, games. Founder @plaxo Worked @egroups-com @yahoo! @silicon-graphics
Currently @rothenberg-ventures. Previously @bessemer-venture-partners and @downtime. Studied Biology/CS @harvard-university.
Visual Designer at 23andMe. Past: Gilt, Bonobos, HowAboutWe, Chloe & Isabel, Beauty Army, JewelMint.
Founder Assembly, Minefold • Worked at @opera-software • Studied at @university-of-sydney
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
UI Designer & Fullstack developer, previously at Punchtab and Pulse; recently launched PvshApp.com
http://hollandaise.me
Worked at @edmodo, @yahoo, @raptr, @trialpay, @razorfish.
Founder/CEO @fanpop • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-pennsylvania
EdTech entrepreneur - @edsurge Founder & President, former VP Products at @uversity-1, Stanford MBA/MA Education.
I design, build and ship products. All the time.
http://breakthebit.org
Co-founder of Simpler. Formerly, COO @tinyco. Designer at MailChimp. Parsons @the-new-school School for Design.
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Co-Founder at @intercom-1. Co-founder of Exceptional (acquired). Director at Contrast (design consultancy). Popular writer & regular conference speaker.
http://insideintercom.io
Worked at @lyft, @square • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university • chrismgrant.com
Designer at Stripe. Lead Designer straight out of High School. Had a #1 trending topic on @twitter with Tweet O'Clock.
http://gre.gs
UX designer, JavaScript/Ruby developer. Worked at Path, now at @twitter.
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
Product Designer @taskrabbit. Working on Billie Labs. Formerly @mozilla and @amazon.
https://medium.com/@whoischrislam
Founder @whereberry • Worked at @youtube, @google • Studied at @dartmouth-college
Design extraordinaire with a passion for product and business
Founder @honeybadgr • Bitcoin • Previously @google, @Coderwall, @appdynamics, @virool • Studied at @point-loma-nazarene-university
http://honeybadgr.com/blog
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/
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.
UX Designer at Aol, Inc
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.