Sarah Yoo

Sarah Yoo

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Co-Founder & CEO
New York, United States

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  • Blueland
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Blueland
    Mar 2018 - Current (8 years 5 months)
    Blueland is revolutionizing conventional cleaning and personal care products to eliminate the need for single-use plastic packaging. We believe that we should be able to have a clean home without sacrificing a clean planet and that sustainable choices should be effective, convenient, and affordable.
  • Launch
    Founding Partner
    Launch
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2018 (4 years 1 month)
    LAUNCH is a startup studio that builds and operates new DTC brands. Since founding LAUNCH in 2014, we have launched 4 businesses to date – M.Gemi (2015), Rockets of Awesome (2016), Follain (2017), Trade (2018). I have held operating roles across the portfolio including Chief Marketing Officer for M.Gemi and Rockets of Awesome, and President at Follain.
  • S
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Snapette Inc
    Jan 2010 - Dec 2014 (5 years)
    Snapette was acquired by leading e-commerce platform PriceGrabber in July 2013. ----- Snapette is the largest mobile platform for local fashion shopping. Snapette helps shoppers search and discover fashion products available in nearby stores, as well as enables retailers to market to shoppers and drive foot traffic into their stores. For retailers, we offer an easy and effective platform to engage with nearby shoppers, including ability to easily upload real time local inventory and easily send out mobile notifications to nearby shoppers. At the time of its sale, Snapette had over 2 million active users and had over 300 top fashion customers including Nordstrom, UNIQLO, Theory, Ann Taylor and Rebecca Minkoff. Snapette was funded by top V
  • Berkshire Partners
    Private Equity Associate
    Berkshire Partners
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2010 (3 years)
    Evaluated and executed on new investment opportunities for a top quartile private equity firm with $8 billion of committed capital.
  • McKinsey Company
    Business Analyst
    McKinsey Company
    Sep 2006 - Jun 2008 (1 year 10 months)
    Received highest tier rating and youngest tenure analyst to begin leading projects as an Engagement Manager in the history of the New York Office.
  • Goldman Sachs
    Private Equity Group Analyst
    Goldman Sachs
    Jun 2005 - Aug 2005 (3 months)
  • Goldman Sachs
    Investment Banking Analyst, Tech Media Telecom Group
    Goldman Sachs
    Jun 2004 - Aug 2004 (3 months)
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  • Harvard Business School
    Master of Business Administration - MBA
    Harvard Business School
    Jan 2010 - Jan 2012 (2 years 1 month)
    Arthur Rock Fellow of Entrepreneurship
  • Harvard University
    AB, Economics, Economics
    Harvard University
    Jan 2002 - Jan 2006 (4 years 1 month)
    Phi Beta Kappa (top 5% of Harvard class of 2006), Magna Cum Laude, Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for top senior thesis work, Detur Award, John Harvard Scholarship, Dean's List all semesters
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  • S
    Snapette
    Snapette is the perfect, easy-to-use shopping tool to find designer fashion based on your location. Worked on 3 month, part time contract to support version 2.0 iOS client development.
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