Ariel Poler

Current

• Chairman at LOLapps
• Board Member at SpeedDate
• CEO at TextMarks

• Board Member at Freedom Financial Network

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Past

• Board Member at Papilia Inc.
• Chairman at StumbleUpon (now an EBay company)
• Board Member at Odeo Inc.

• Founder, CEO at Topica Inc.
• Board Member at Kana Software [Nasdaq: KANA]
• Chairman of the Board at LinkExchange (now Microsoft bCentral)
• Board Member at Silicon Investor (now part of InfoSpace)
• Founder, CEO at I/PRO

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Education

• Stanford Business School
• MIT

Recommended

3 people have recommended Ariel

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Ariel Poler’s Summary

Since 1994 I have started and ran three Internet companies (I/PRO, Topica & TextMarks) and I have helped (as an active board member) start and run several others (Kana Software, LinkExchange, Silicon Investor, StumbleUpon).

I am currently the CEO of TextMarks, and on the boards of Freedom Financial, SpeedDate & LOLapps.

I am an active angel investor. My investments include RockYou, Flixster, AdMob, Kongregate, Brightroll, Slideshare, OutRight, Instructables, Xobni, Experience Project, StumbleUpon, WeGame, Mashery, Causes, Digital Impact, Aptimus and NexTag.

Ariel Poler’s Experience

• Chairman

  LOLapps

  (Internet industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Board Member

  SpeedDate

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years)

• CEO

  TextMarks

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

• Board Member

  Freedom Financial Network

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

  November 2003 — Present (5 years 9 months)

• Board Member

  Papilia Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 2002 — June 2008 (6 years)

• Chairman

  StumbleUpon (now an EBay company)

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 5 months)

• Board Member

  Odeo Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 6 months)

• Founder, CEO

  Topica Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1998 — December 2003 (6 years)

• Board Member

  Kana Software [Nasdaq: KANA]

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  November 1996 — April 2000 (3 years 6 months)

• Chairman of the Board

  LinkExchange (now Microsoft bCentral)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  December 1996 — November 1998 (2 years)

• Board Member

  Silicon Investor (now part of InfoSpace)

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  December 1996 — September 1997 (10 months)

• Founder, CEO

  I/PRO

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  June 1994 — February 1997 (2 years 9 months)

Ariel Poler’s Education

• Stanford Business School

  MBA , September 1992 — June 1994

• MIT

  BS , Math & Computer Science , September 1984 — May 1988

Additional Information

Ariel Poler’s Websites:

• My Website

Ariel Poler’s Groups:

•    TEDx San Francisco Bay Area

Ariel Poler’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch