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Dan Shapiro

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Founder at Glowforge

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Tom MunrounlockedDan: together at Ontela (2009)
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×4Dan: together at Harvey Mudd College

About

Dan Shapiro is the CEO and cofounder of Glowforge, a company that produces desktop laser technology, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Wharton Generative AI Lab. He previously served as CEO of Google Comparison Inc. following Google's acquisition of his startup Sparkbuy, founded Photobucket Inc. (formerly Ontela), and created the board game Robot Turtles. He holds over 100 patents, authored "Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook" (O'Reilly), and earned a B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.

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Glowforge's investors · 6

Anthos CapitalSanta Monica · $500K – $10M checks · since 2015Foundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2015FoundryBoulder · $250K – $15M checks · since 2015Lauder PartnersLos Altos · since 2015RevolutionWashington, D.C. · $100K – $1M checks · since 2015True VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Glowforge

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MARK GOSSELINExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
TWTONY WRIGHT
TONY WRIGHTExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

  1. GlowforgeCEOcurrent2014 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  2. The Wharton SchoolSenior Research Fellowcurrent2025 — present
  3. Robot TurtlesFoundercurrent2013 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  4. GoogleCEO, Google Comparison Inc2011 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
  5. Photobucket.comBoard of directors2009 — 2011
  6. Sparkbuy, Inc.CEO2010 — 2011
  7. OntelaCEO2005 — 2009Greater Seattle Area
  8. RealNetworksGroup Manager, RealArcade2005Greater Seattle Area
  9. WildseedSenior Program Manager2002 — 2005
  10. MicrosoftLead Program Manager1997 — 2002

Skills & more

Start-ups99Strategic Partnerships61Entrepreneurship71Product Management49Venture Capital23Mobile Technology19E-commerce19Fundraising12Mobile Devices82Photos11Mobile Applications34

From Dan's professional profile.

Network6

Andy SackScout
Advisor at One Way Ventures
Geoff EntressScout
Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs
Spencer RascoffScout
General Partner at 75 & Sunny
Chris DeVore
Managing Partner at Founders' Co-op
Dave Schappell
Angel investor
Dharmesh Shah
Angel investor

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Who is Dan Shapiro?
Dan Shapiro is the CEO and cofounder of Glowforge, a company that produces desktop laser technology, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Wharton Generative AI Lab. He previously served as CEO of Google Comparison Inc. following Google's acquisition of his startup Sparkbuy, founded Photobucket Inc. (formerly Ontela), and created the board game Robot Turtles. He holds over 100 patents, authored "Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook" (O'Reilly), and earned a B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.
Where does Dan Shapiro work?
Dan Shapiro is Founder of Glowforge.
What companies did Dan Shapiro found?
Dan Shapiro founded Glowforge.
Where did Dan Shapiro go to school?
Dan Shapiro studied at Harvey Mudd College (B.S., Engineering).

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