Konstantin Guericke

Konstantin Guericke

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Co-Founder
California, United States

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  • Ekata a Mastercard company
    Board Member
    Ekata a Mastercard company
    Oct 2012 - Nov 2016 (4 years 2 months)
    Ekata provides risk scoring to merchants, marketplaces and financial firms and was acquired by MasterCard for $850 mil. While I served on the board, the team started this business, and we also spun out Hiya, which serves more than 150 million users worldwide and powers services like AT&T Call Protect and Samsung Smart Call. Ekata also spun out Whitepages.com, a profitable people search site with over 50 million unique users per month.
  • Earlybird Venture Capital
    Partner
    Earlybird Venture Capital
    Apr 2012 - Oct 2015 (3 years 7 months)
    As a Partner in Earlybird's fifth fund, I was fortunate to meet (and sometimes counsel) many top European entrepreneurs--both those who pitched and those who we funded. The $200 mil fund was based in Berlin and focused on Series A for software startups in continental Europe (Germany, Spain, Finland, etc.).
  • Doximity
    Independent Director
    Doximity
    Mar 2012 - Mar 2018 (6 years 1 month)
    With more than 80% of U.S. physicians as members, Doximity is the largest medical network on the Internet. Doctors use Doximity to collaborate with their colleagues, securely coordinate patient care, conduct virtual patient visits, stay up-to-date with the latest medical news and research and manage their careers. Doximity went public in June '21 and is valued over 10 bil.
  • StartX
    Mentor
    StartX
    Sep 2011 - Sep 2015 (4 years 1 month)
    Mentor founders in this student-led startup accelerator. Over 12% of Stanford students have applied to be accepted into the program, so StartX picks the best from the best.
  • Stanford University
    Student Mentor
    Stanford University
    Sep 2010 - Current (16 years 1 month)
    Helping students at the engineering school develop viable startup concepts, learn about about entrepreneurship and get better at leveraging their network of contacts. I have served has a formal industry mentor at MS&E 272, MS&E 273, Engineering 145 and Engineering 245. I also do office hours, speak at student conferences/events and give guest lectures in engineering classes that teach entrepreneurship or the LinkedIn case study.
    As an engineering alumnus, I'm happy to help any and all current Stanford engineering students with feedback on their own venture or even just figuring out if they are ready to start a company as long as it fits into my areas of interest, they reach me through an introduction and are willing to join me on one o
  • jaxtr
    CEO
    jaxtr
    Dec 2006 - Oct 2008 (1 year 11 months)
    Jaxtr provides cheap international calling from mobile phones and a network where members socialize around the question "What do you want to talk about?". We grew the user base to over 10 million within the first year and launched both transaction and subscriptions revenue streams in 2008. Our backers included August Capital, Tenaya, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mayfield, Draper Richards, Baseline, Reid Hoffman, Rajeev Motwani and others. I served as Chairman of the Board through Jun 09 when Sabse acquired jaxtr.
  • LinkedIn
    Co-Founder
    LinkedIn
    Nov 2002 - Current (23 years 11 months)
    I co-founded LinkedIn with Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Jean-Luc Vaillant and Eric Ly. LinkedIn went public in 2011 for $4 bil and was purchased five years later by Microsoft for $26 bil. Since its acquisitioin by Microsoft in 2016, LinkedIn revenue has more than quintupled from $3 to $16 bil, and the value of Microsoft has grown more than eight-fold from $400 bil to $3.2 trillion. LinkedIn now has over 1 bil professionals as members.
  • LinkedIn
    VP Marketing
    LinkedIn
    Nov 2002 - Dec 2006 (4 years 2 months)
    I led the company’s marketing from the pre-product phase to profitability in 2006. For the first few years, I focused on positioning/branding, viral marketing, user engagement emails and media relations. Later, I also managed LinkedIn Groups, international expansion and the initial corporate sales team.
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    VP Marketing
    Presenter Inc
    Jan 2001 - Dec 2001 (1 year)
    Presenter's SaaS solution offered easy authoring of online presentations, comprehensive presentation management, and the ability view and participate in online presentations anywhere, anytime and on any device. As VP of Marketing, I led product management, product marketing, direct marketing and corporate marketing. Presenter was acquired by WebEx.
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    Principal
    Beresford Partners
    Apr 1997 - Dec 2000 (3 years 9 months)
    Helped over a dozen startup software, consumer and SaaS CEO's define a clear target market, a unique and powerful positioning and a high-impact market entry plan. Crafted effective competitive strategies and refined product plans to match customer needs.
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    VP Marketing and Sales
    Black Sun Interactive
    Mar 1996 - Apr 1997 (1 year 2 months)
    Black Sun's vision was for people to work and play as naturally online as they do in the real world. Our products enabled our members to chat and interact with each other in the metaverse through standard Web browsers. I started the US office, and as VP Marketing and Sales developed the company's marketing strategy and positioning. Black Sun filed to go public, but did not manage to do an IPO. It later went out of business.
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  • Stanford University
    B.S, Engineering: Organizations, Technology and Innovation
    Stanford University
  • Stanford University
    M.S, Engineering
    Stanford University
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    Technology Entrepreneurship (Engineering 145)
    Jan 2012 - Current (14 years 9 months)
    The class examines the fundamentals of technology entrepreneurship. How do you create a successful start-up? What are the differences between an idea and true opportunity? How does an entrepreneur form a team and gather the resources necessary to create a great enterprise?
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    Startup Boards (MS&E 272)
    Jan 2012 - Current (14 years 9 months)
    Startup Boards provides professional guidance to student teams launching startups through hands-on assistance from a “board of directors” comprised of venture capitalists, professional advisors, and experienced entrepreneurs.
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    StartX
    Jan 2011 - Current (15 years 9 months)
    StartX is the Stanford student start-up accelerator designed and developed to provide a place for the best Stanford founders to quickly develop. StartX's mission is to accelerate the development of the highest-potential Stanford founders through experiential education, enabling them to create serious impact.
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    The Lean LaunchPad (Engineering 245)
    Jan 2011 - Current (15 years 9 months)
    Provide an experiential learning opportunity showing how engineers, together with scientists and other professionals, really build companies.
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    Technology Venture Formation (MS&E 273)
    Jan 2010 - Current (16 years 9 months)
    This course provides a learning experience that simulates the process of starting a high-tech company. Students work in teams on a business plan for a start-up and present it to a panel of experienced Venture Capitalists.
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    Startup Boards
    Startup Boards provides professional guidance to student teams launching startups through hands-on assistance from a “board of directors” comprised of venture capitalists, professional advisors, and experienced entrepreneurs.
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    Open Business: Introduction in the LinkedIn-API
    Phpmagazine
    Jan 2010
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