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Brian Park

Founder

Founder at Foreword

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedForeword · YC

About

Brian Park is co-founder and CEO of Foreword, a platform that connects instructors and professionals through live online workshops.

Founder at ForewordYC S20

Intro paths

YC

Brian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Brian can intro founders to Foreword's investors below.

Foreword's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Foreword

MGMalea Gadoury
Malea GadouryFounder

Experience

  1. Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeProductcurrent2025 — present
  2. StealthFounder2024 — 2025
  3. HandshakeProduct2022 — 2024
  4. forewordCo-founder, CEO2019 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
  5. WonderschoolSenior Product Manager2018 — 2019
  6. NotionGrowth2017 — 2018
  7. WeTransferProduct Growth Lead2015 — 2017Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  8. Present Plus (Acquired by WeTransfer)Product / Investment Manager2015Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  9. PhilipsLegal Counsel2013 — 2015Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Skills & more

Financial Modeling2Entrepreneurship7Analysis9Spanish1Research10Microsoft Excel2Statistics2Econometrics4Program Management1Economics11Investments5Finance4
+2 moreValuationMergers & Acquisitions

Languages English · Japanese

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Brian Park?
Brian Park is co-founder and CEO of Foreword, a platform that connects instructors and professionals through live online workshops.
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Brian Park is Founder of Foreword.
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Brian Park founded Foreword.
Where did Brian Park go to school?
Brian Park studied at Y Combinator (S20); Occidental College (Bachelor of Arts, Economics); Hamilton College (Bachelor of Arts - BA).

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Handshake mafia8

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San Francisco University High School mafia7

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Hamilton College mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jared CarverEconomicsFounded TracksmithThomas SparicoEconomics & PhilosophyFounded FuturestayOliver KehBAFounded GleamRahul Roy-ChowdhuryBAFounded GrammarlyMarc RandolphBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded InterPositive

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Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital

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Also attended Occidental College28

Loren AlhadeffVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupIshan PherwaniAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersStewart AlsopInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersJason PrestonInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersChris HowardFounder at Ritual CapitalMirja HitzemannScaleup Success Manager at Partech Ventures

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Also attended Hamilton College35

Dan BartusPartner, Head of Research at Felicis VenturesSarah SommerCo-Founder and Partner at Level EquityJosh LabonteSenior Associate at Level EquityGeoff OblakGeneral Partner at Data Point CapitalPax AnthosChief Technology Officer at XRCSteve SadoveFormer Chairman and CEO at Saks, former chair of NRF, advisor to Mastercard at XRC

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Also attended San Francisco University High School13

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Shared employers

Also worked at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative12

Rachel PhilbinVice President at Long Ridge Equity PartnersJasmine JordanEvents Manager at Playground GlobalAlicia SeigerAdvisor at AvilaJessica PhanDesign at iFly.vcDan ZigmondVenture Partner - Data Science & AI at CompoundYun-Fang JuanGeneral Partner at Brighter Capital

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Also worked at Handshake29

Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsWill ReedInvestor at Spark CapitalMadeline MinshewInvestor at True VenturesJeff RichardsInvestor at GGV CapitalGrace IsfordPartner at Lux CapitalStephan GoupilleGeneral Partner at Data Tech

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Also worked at foreword1

Malea GadouryFounder at Foreword

Also worked at Wonderschool7

James LeeVP of Finance & Operations at Asymmetric Capital PartnersStephanie PalmeriPartner at NextView VenturesJeff JordanGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzUeli FriedliHead of Finance at Fifty YearsChrista WilliamsPrincipal at Cherryrock CapitalMitchell MomPrincipal at iSeed Ventures

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