San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- CEO at Bloguin
- Columnist at Bucknuts Media Network
- Past
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- Lead Generation Consultant at GroundWork Open Source
- Product Manager Consultant at Watercooler Inc.
- Business Development Manager at Yardbarker, Inc.
- Product Marketing Manager at SugarCRM
- Site Marketing Intern at E*Trade Financial
- Product Marketing Intern at Acopia Networks
- STARS Intern at Time Inc
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Ben Koo’s Experience
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CEO
Bloguin
(Online Media industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Manage network growth, explore strategic partnerships, community management, marketing, and ad operations/optimization.
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Columnist
Bucknuts Media Network
(Sports industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Team, conference, and national coverage of college football and basketball.
Interviews include:
Santonio Holmes, Troy Smith, Mike Conley, Mike Brewster, Lamar Thomas, Quinn Pitcock, and many others. -
Lead Generation Consultant
GroundWork Open Source
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
April 2009 — September 2009 (6 months)
Developed content for lead generation programs. Educating the public on GroundWork Open Source value proposition.
Documenting and leveraging customer success for GroundWork Open Source -
Product Manager Consultant
Watercooler Inc.
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
February 2009 — September 2009 (8 months)
Utilize knowledge and connections within sports and entertainment web space to develop technology distribution partnerships for Watercooler technologies.
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Business Development Manager
Yardbarker, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2008 — January 2009 (9 months)
- Grow the Yardbarker Network
- Keep an eye on what's going on in the sports 2.0 space
- Elevate employee morale with sense of humor
- Work with sales and editorial team's to ensure a healthy, diverse, vibrant, and commercially attractive network -
Product Marketing Manager
SugarCRM
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 9 months)
If its a marketing function, you name it and I probably did it at some point.
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Site Marketing Intern
E*Trade Financial
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ET; Financial Services industry)
June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)
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Product Marketing Intern
Acopia Networks
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
June 2005 — September 2005 (4 months)
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STARS Intern
Time Inc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)
