Ben Silbermann

Current

• Founder at Cold Brew Labs

Past

• Product Specialist at Google
• Tinkering at Personal Projects
• Consultant at Corporate Executive Board

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Education

• Yale University
• Roosevelt High School

Recommended

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Connections

416 connections

Industry

Online Media

Ben Silbermann’s Experience

• Founder

  Cold Brew Labs

  (Internet industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  We are building a mobile shopping platform for smartphones. (www.hellotote.com)

• Product Specialist

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  December 2006 — September 2008 (1 year 10 months)

  I developed the business requirements and helped launch new display advertising products for AdSense. Managed global roll-out of several releases. Built business cases for expanding, modifying, and (occasionally) killing products.
  
  Products / Focus Areas: AdSense Display Ads, Google Ad Manager, Reservation Pricing and Network Yield Management.

• Tinkering

  Personal Projects

  (Internet industry)

  January 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 7 months)

  I designed MightyQuiz, a site that powers trivia games for social networks such as CyWorld. Received seed funding from Y-Combinator and later SKT Ventures. I learned many random facts. My partner now runs MightyQuiz full time. (http://mightyquiz.com).

• Consultant

  Corporate Executive Board

  (Public Company; EXBD; Management Consulting industry)

  December 2003 — December 2006 (3 years 1 month)

  I was a consultant for CIOs and Infrastructure Executives at Fortune 1000 companies. Worked on-site with c-level executives at numerous companies like McDonald's, Hallmark, and Chevron.

Ben Silbermann’s Education

• Yale University

  B.A. , 1999 — 2003

• Roosevelt High School

Additional Information

Ben Silbermann’s Interests:

photography, bowling, startups, entrepreneurship, movies

Ben Silbermann’s Groups:

Research Science Institute, Y-Combinator Alum, Googlers, Light Speed Venture Partners Summer Grant Program

•    Googlers & Xooglers
•    Association of Yale Alumni
•    Corporate Executive Board Alumni
•    Research Science Institute (RSI)
•    Y Combinator Alumni
•    Software Product Managers Group

Ben Silbermann’s Honors:

Winner of Yale 50K Business Plan Competition, Tenyck Award

Ben Silbermann’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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