Jacob Mullins

Current

• Partner Development Manager, US Startups at Microsoft
• Co-Founder at Beverly Mullins Memorial Scholarship

Past

• Director, Sales and Business Development at VentureBeat
• CEO and Co-Founder at Hoodia Products LLC

Education

• Yale University

Recommended

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Connections

261 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• VentureBeat

Jacob Mullins’s Experience

• Partner Development Manager, US Startups

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  Driving the U.S. marketing strategy for the Microsoft BizSpark initiative. BizSpark is a new program specifically targeted to startup companies which offers them nearly all of Microsoft's design, development and production tools for no cost for 3 years. For more info contact me, or check out www.microsoft.com/bizspark.

• Co-Founder

  Beverly Mullins Memorial Scholarship

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Philanthropy industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years)

  The Mullins family and the UC Berkeley California Re-entry Alumni Chapter have come together to create a needs-based scholarship for Single parent re-entry students, doing full-time study at UC Berkeley. The Beverly Mullins Memorial Scholarship is in memory of Beverly Mullins, a 1998 Graduate from the Department of Sociology. More details on the scholarship can be found at www.lafpdl.com

• Director, Sales and Business Development

  VentureBeat

  (Online Media industry)

  December 2007 — September 2008 (10 months)

  I headed all facets of the business side of this tech-business news blog. Everything from advertising and sponsorship sales, event/conference planning, to partner development and content syndication negotiations. www.venturebeat.com

• CEO and Co-Founder

  Hoodia Products LLC

  (Consumer Goods industry)

  February 2003 — December 2007 (4 years 11 months)

Jacob Mullins’s Education

• Yale University

  2001 — 2005

Additional Information

Jacob Mullins’s Websites:

• VentureBeat

Jacob Mullins’s Groups:

Sigma Phi Epsilon, DEMO

•    Microsoft Employees
•    Yale University Alumni
•    VentureBeat
•    Microsoft BizSpark

Jacob Mullins’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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• business deals
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