CEO, Blue Dot, Inc (Faves.com)
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Investor at RescueTime
- Investor at Geospiza
- Launch Director at StartPad.org
- Past
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- Investor at Sampa
- Investor at Home Technologies
- Chairman, President's Circle Council at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Member at Alliance of Angels
- President at MIT Alumni Club of Puget Sound
- Instructor at Overlake High School
- Development Manager at Microsoft
- Education
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- Seattle Academy of Fine Art
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Mike Koss’s Summary
Development of high-scale web applications and rich-client development. I work primarily in JavaScript and Python. Since 2008 I've been focused on developing AppEngine-based services.
Mike Koss’s Experience
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Investor
RescueTime
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
RescueTime is a StartPad.org tenant. They create personal-productivity analytics software to help professionals understand and maximize the value of their time.
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Investor
Geospiza
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Geospiza's FinchLab software line is a complete system for genetic sequencing laboratories for data collection, management, and analysis.
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Launch Director
StartPad.org
(Computer Software industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
StartPad is a software development co-working office in Seattle. We also produce several web application products:
http://Go2.me - Link Discussion Service
http://PageForest.com - JavaScript Application Service
http://Quip-Art.com - Personalized Link Sharing Service -
Investor
mPoria
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)
March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)
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CEO
Faves.com
(Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
Started as an investor, then advisor, now working part time at Faves.com doing product design, marketing and PR strategy, business development and fund raising.
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Investor
Entomo
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)
Entomo builds supply chain and revenue recognition software, provided as a service delivered over the internet.
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Investor
Escapia
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
Escapia provides back-office software over the web to the vacation-rental management industry.
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Technology Committee Chair
Museum of Flight
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
March 2003 — Present (6 years 9 months)
Active volunteer, working on educational software and business development. Education Committee since 2003. Joined Board as Trustee in 2005.
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Investor
FileOnQ
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)
FileOnQ is a records management company. Working with them to advise on development priorities, marketing, business planning and financing.
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Investor
Sampa
(Internet industry)
February 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Sampa.com is the place for families to share stories, pictures, videos, and plan events online in a personal private space.
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Investor
Home Technologies
(Privately Held; Consumer Electronics industry)
September 2004 — July 2009 (4 years 11 months)
Home Technologies was the leading Home Theater and Automation Integrator in the Seattle Area - now filed for bankruptcy.
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Chairman, President's Circle Council
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
(Non-Profit; Research industry)
July 2007 — June 2009 (2 years )
As a long-time supporter of the Hutch, I am active in helping develop the community of committed sustaining supporters, that enable the Hutch to initiate ground-breaking early-stage research programs.
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Member
Alliance of Angels
(Non-Profit; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
April 2005 — June 2009 (4 years 3 months)
The Alliance of Angels (AoA) is an angel investor club in the Seattle Area raising $1M - $2M in seed investments each year.
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President
MIT Alumni Club of Puget Sound
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
July 2002 — May 2009 (6 years 11 months)
Organize the activities of the Seattle Area MIT Alumni Club, providing events, programs, and community service opportunites for members of the MIT Community.
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Instructor
Overlake High School
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
April 2003 — April 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Part-time (volunteer). Created two separate one-week (30 hour) courses in computer game programming and Flash Animation for High School "Project Week".
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Development Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
1983 — 2002 (19 years )
2002: Group Manager, MSN Messenger
2000-2001: General Manager, NetDocs Web Services
1997-2000: Founder, Architect - SharePoint Team Services
1992-1997: Outlook Development Manager (Founding Developer)
1984-1992: Excel Development Lead (Excel 1.0 through 4.0)
1983-1984: Mac Chart
Mike Koss’s Education
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Seattle Academy of Fine Art
Drawing September 2003 — May 2004
- The Art of Pen and Ink
- Color Theory in Drawing (colored pencil)
- Beginning Portrait Drawing (charcoal, conte crayon)
- Foundation Drawing I & II (graphite, charcoal) -
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS , Computer Science , September 1978 — June 1983
Additional Information
Mike Koss’s Websites:
Mike Koss’s Interests:
Web development, App Engine, Python, JavaScript, AJAX, wakesurfing.
Mike Koss’s Groups:
MIT Alumni Club of Puget Sound, Alliance of Angels (investment club)
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Northwest Founders Club -
Django Seattle
Mike Koss’s Honors:
Patents issued:
7,573,843 (August 11, 2009): Location-based web browsing
6,731,612 (May 4, 2004): Location Based Web Browsing
5,272,628 (December 21, 1993): Method and System for Aggregating Tables Having Dissimilar Formats
5,231,577 (July 27, 1993): Method and System for Processing Formatting Information in a Spreadsheet
Mike Koss’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- job inquiries
- business deals
- reference requests
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