Internet Entrepreneur & Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Chairman at LOLapps
- Board Member at SpeedDate.com
- CEO at TextMarks
- Board Member at Freedom Financial Network
- Past
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- Board Member at Papilia Inc.
- Chairman at StumbleUpon
- 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
- Education
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- Stanford Business School
- MIT
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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
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Chairman
LOLapps
(Internet industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
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Board Member
SpeedDate.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
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CEO
TextMarks
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)
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Board Member
Freedom Financial Network
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)
November 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)
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Board Member
Papilia Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2002 — June 2008 (6 years )
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Chairman
StumbleUpon
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
January 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 5 months)
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Board Member
Odeo Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 6 months)
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Founder, CEO
Topica Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 1998 — December 2003 (6 years )
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Board Member
Kana Software [Nasdaq: KANA]
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
November 1996 — April 2000 (3 years 6 months)
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Chairman of the Board
LinkExchange (now Microsoft bCentral)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
December 1996 — November 1998 (2 years )
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Board Member
Silicon Investor (now part of InfoSpace)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
December 1996 — September 1997 (10 months)
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Founder, CEO
I/PRO
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
June 1994 — February 1997 (2 years 9 months)
Ariel Poler’s Education
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Stanford Business School
MBA , September 1992 — June 1994
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MIT
BS , Math & Computer Science , September 1984 — May 1988
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Ariel Poler’s Groups:
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TEDx San Francisco Bay Area
Ariel Poler’s Contact Settings
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