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Derrick Wolbert

Founder

Founder at The New Money Company

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedThe New Money Company · YC

About

Derrick Wolbert is CEO of The New Money Company. He previously served as head of revenue at Hologram.com, where he contributed to building the company to $20M ARR and closing a $65M Series B, and earlier developed embedded car computing technology for autonomous vehicles.

Founder at The New Money CompanyYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Derrick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran The New Money Company's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Derrick can intro founders to The New Money Company's investors below.

The New Money Company's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at The New Money Company

RBReuben Balik
Reuben BalikFounder
QCQ Carlson
Q CarlsonFounder

Experience

  1. The New Money Company (YC W24)Co-founder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. ConsultingFractional COO2022 — 2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
  3. Hologram Inc.VP of Revenue (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Business Operations)2019 — 2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
  4. Hologram Inc.Director of Operations2016 — 2019Chicago, Illinois, United States
  5. Digital IntentProduct Strategy - MBA Intern2016Greater Chicago Area
  6. DrivinStrategy - MBA Intern2015Greater Chicago Area
  7. EmersonProduct Management - MBA Intern2015Greater St. Louis
  8. ChryslerProduct Development Engineer2011 — 2014Detroit Metropolitan Area
  9. Lutron ElectronicsProject Electrical Engineer (RF)2010 — 2011

Skills & more

SalesMarketingCustomer SuccessBusiness OperationsRevenue & Profit GrowthProduct Development16Project Management14Embedded Systems3Microsoft Excel11Research5PowerPoint3Systems Engineering2
+12 moreEngineeringMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordWindowsOutlookTeachingBudgetsPublic SpeakingRF EngineeringHuman-centered DesignLean StartupMarketing Analytics

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Derrick Wolbert?
Derrick Wolbert is CEO of The New Money Company. He previously served as head of revenue at Hologram.com, where he contributed to building the company to $20M ARR and closing a $65M Series B, and earlier developed embedded car computing technology for autonomous vehicles.
Where does Derrick Wolbert work?
Derrick Wolbert is Founder of The New Money Company.
What companies did Derrick Wolbert found?
Derrick Wolbert founded The New Money Company.
Where did Derrick Wolbert go to school?
Derrick Wolbert studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing); Northwestern University (Master’s Degree, Design Innovation from the McCormick School of Engineering); University of Michigan (Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering).

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Shared employers

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Reuben BalikFounder at The New Money CompanyQ CarlsonFounder at The New Money Company

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