Sean Black
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Co-Founder & CEO at Knock.com - We're hiring!
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Member, Board Of DirectorsFrench International School of PhiladelphiaJun 2018 - Current (8 years 4 months)- Co-Founder & CEOKnock.comSep 2015 - Current (11 years 1 month)Knock is on a mission to make it as easy to trade-in your house as it is to trade-in your car.
To quote Amy Feldman at Forbes:
"The deal that New York-based Knock offers homeowners is this: If you want to sell your home and buy a new one, it will set up a trade for you so that you can move into the new house before the old one goes up for sale. Knock will pay for the new home with cash, then sell the old one, and do a swap with the homeowner once it sells. Knock gets the standard 3% commission on each of those transactions, and any costs that Knock incurs to buy and maintain the new house until the old one sells can be rolled into the homeowner’s new mortgage. "
We have help from top-tier investors RRE, Redpoint, - InvestorNerdWalletApr 2015 - Current (11 years 6 months)Nerdwallet's marketplace empowers consumers with transparency into their personal finances.
- TInvestor & AdvisorTransparent VenturesMar 2013 - Current (13 years 7 months)This is the vehicle through which I invest my own money and time in tech companies that bring radical transparency, convenience, and savings
to consumers. Investments include Knock.com, NerdWallet, SeatGeek, Paintzen, Zeel, Peach, Smith (acquired by Porch.com) and NFX Guild. Advisory board roles include ClearSlide, Breezy, Handwriting.io, Nestio and Source3 (acquired by Facebook). I was a mentor at Techstars and 500 Startups for 3 years where I was a humble helper t - Founder & CEOSalesCrunchApr 2010 - Jun 2013 (3 years 3 months)SalesCrunch (aka Crunched) was a sales analytics platform that provided companies with deep insights into their customers. Investors included Accel, First Round, Nextview and AOL Ventures.
- Founding Team, Head of Sales & OperationsTruliaDec 2005 - Apr 2010 (4 years 5 months)As part of Trulia’s founding team, I was involved in Trulia's overall business strategy, growth and development from inception. On a day to day basis, I oversaw all aspects of revenue, including the development and implementation of sales strategy, operations, recruitment, training and leadership of the sales organization that grew to several hundred people.
Trulia went public on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2012 (NYSE: TRLA) and was acquired by Zillow 2 years later for $3.5B. The Zillow Group is now the largest consumer real estate marketplace with over 180M monthly unique visitors. - Vice PresidentThe Corcoran GroupMay 2003 - Dec 2005 (2 years 8 months)Learned the real estate industry from the front lines of New York City's largest real estate company as "homework" for Trulia.
- Consultant/ Project ManagerCircles North AmericaAug 2002 - Jan 2003 (6 months)Worked with the Co-founder & CEO to evaluate European market opportunities for Circles' leading customer and employee loyalty solutions. The CEO was the first investor and a board member at SalesCrunch and now I am investor in her new company Peach.
- EFounder & CEOEverymile.comOne of the first online consumer automotive insurance marketplaces. Failed miserably!
- Director, International DevelopmentThe VaticanManaged investment portfolios and developed new business and investment opportunities for the Franciscans from their Vatican headquarters.
- EFounder & PresidentEuropro InternationalFounded import/export distributor of nutrition supplements between U.S. and Europe. Bootstrapped sales from $0 to $3.5M and expanded distribution to 180 outlets in 9 European countries with offices in Paris, Brussels and Rome with no outside financing. Successfully sold the company to European partner in 1999.
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- MBA, EntrepreneurshipBabson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
- BS, International Business ManagementPenn State University