With an economics degree from Stanford, and a successful career as a trader and portfolio manager under his belt, Dan understands what makes markets work. A passionate practitioner of the lean startup process, Dan is building a customer-centric culture in which our team works closely with users every day. This ensures our business is built on clear, actionable evidence, not assumptions. Dan is an ideal leader for building our marketplace.

Making stuff grow since 1999, Mike is a natural on the people side of the business from sales & marketing to training and team building. At Bark Busters USA, Mike bought a low-performing franchise territory, turned it around and sold it at a profit in 18 months. Recruited to become Director of Franchise Operations, Mike rebuilt all training, support and marketing programs, helping make Bark Busters one of the fastest growing franchises in the US.

An experienced CTO, Derek has been doing startups for over 20 years and has had a hand in practically all aspects of business, including a successful exit. His role at SurveyGizmo is a perfect example of his broad-based skills: as the fifth employee and third partner, Derek handled sales, helped raised angel capital, wrote a new billing system, and managed technology and marketing partnerships.

A Cornell MBA, Shriniwas has taken products from concept to market at six companies. At EMC, he was the founding product manager for the SaaS division, helping grow it from two to over 50 employees, bringing to market the product, Mozy, which today is a market leader in online backups. At Trilliant, Shriniwas worked with the UK's largest utility to help deploy the first smart metering solutions in the UK, establishing new industry standards.