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Chris Williams

Founder

Founder/CTO at Creative Market

Boise Metropolitan Area

FoundedCreative Market · YC

Founder/CTO at Creative MarketYC W10

Intro paths

YC

Chris went through Y Combinator (Winter 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Chris can intro founders to Creative Market's investors below.

Creative Market's investors · 5

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2017Ludlow VenturesOak Park · $50K – $1M checks · since 2018SV AngelSan Francisco · since 2018Tiny CapitalVictoria · since 2018Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2010

Co-founders at Creative Market

D"Darius "Bubs" Monsef
Darius "Bubs" MonsefFounder/CEO
AEAaron Epstein
Aaron EpsteinFounder

Experience

  1. Lively, Inc.Head of Securitycurrent2020 — presentBoise Metropolitan Area
  2. Lively, Inc.Head of Infrastructure and Security2019 — 2020
  3. Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2017 — presentPortland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
  4. City of Maywood ParkCity Councilman2019 — 2020Maywood Park, OR
  5. Creative Market – The World's Marketplace for DesignCofounder & CTO2012 — 2017San Francisco, CA
  6. AutodeskSenior Principal Engineer2014 — 2017San Fracisco, CA
  7. COLOURloversCofounder & CTO2006 — 2016Portland, Oregon
  8. Pure Form Solutions, LLCOwner2002 — 2010
  9. Marcus & MillichapCommercial Real Estate Broker2006

Skills & more

REST11LAMP3HTML 51PHP11CSS7jQuery2MySQL10JavaScript9Linux5HTML2XHTML2HTML51
+12 moreSecurity ManagementSecurity OperationsSecurity EngineeringCompliance ManagementMemcachedWeb StandardsOOPImageMagickSphinxArchitectureWeb DevelopmentScalability

Languages English · Vacation Spanish

From Chris's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Chris Williams?
Founder/CTO at Creative Market
Where does Chris Williams work?
Chris Williams is Founder/CTO of Creative Market.
What companies did Chris Williams found?
Chris Williams founded Creative Market.
Where did Chris Williams go to school?
Chris Williams studied at Y Combinator; Portland Community College (Computer Science).

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Portland Community College6

Ia BalbuenaOffice Manager at Reach CapitalJessica CarrilloAssistant Vice President, Compliance & Accounting at Greenline Community Ventures, LlcRenné DevasiaChief Compliance, Security, and Data Protection Officer at InCountryJosh WylieVenture Capital Professional at IdeashipTricia ClemansDirector at IdeashipKyle GalbraithFounder at Depot

Shared employers

Also worked at Lively, Inc.5

Robert MittendorffGeneral Partner at B4 CapitalMatt HayesGeneral Partner at PJCMark SelcowPartner at Costanoa VenturesSaad SiddiquiGeneral Partner at Titanium VenturesShobin UralilFounder/COO at Lively, Inc.

Also worked at Creative Market – The World's Marketplace for Design4

Aaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorDrew CoffmanSocial Media Lead at a16z cryptoDarius "Bubs" MonsefFounder/CEO at Creative MarketMaryam TaheriFounder at Brave Care

Also worked at Autodesk92

Aaron AthanasPeople Operations Associate at GreycroftAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorJesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalDavid OppenheimerPartner, CFO at Verissimo VenturesJesse DevitteCo-founder and General Partner at Building VenturesAllen PregerPartner at Building Ventures

+ 86 more

Also worked at COLOURlovers2

Aaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorMaryam TaheriFounder at Brave Care