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Diane Hessan

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Special Advisor at Data Point Capital · Board Member at MassChallenge · Board director at CoachUp · Board director at Brightcove

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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338 people in our graph share verified history with Diane — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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Diane: together at Harvard Business School

About

Special Advisor, founder and former CEO of Communispace (now C Space), a customer community and social networking company.

Board director at CoachUp

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CoachUp's investors · 5

Breakaway VenturesWaltham · $3M – $8M checks · since 2017Data Point CapitalBoston · since 2017General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2017PJCProvidence · $500K – $1.5M checks · since 2017TechstarsBoulder · $220K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at CoachUp

JFJordan Fliegel
Jordan FliegelDirector
AR
Arian RadmandCofounder

Board director at Brightcove

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Brightcove's investors · 2

Maverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checksWestRiver GroupIssaquah

Co-founders at Brightcove

JAJeremy Allaire
Jeremy AllaireDirector

Experience

  1. Salient VenturesCEOcurrent2016 — present
  2. Panera BreadBoard Membercurrent2012 — present
  3. Eastern BankBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  4. Tufts UniversityMember Board Of Trusteescurrent2012 — present
  5. BrightcoveBoard Membercurrent2017 — present
  6. SagoBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  7. MassChallengeBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  8. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterVice Chair, Trustee Advisory Boardcurrent2015 — present
  9. The Norma FundPartnercurrent2014 — present
  10. C SpaceChairman2014 — 2026Greater Boston Area
  11. C SpacePresident & CEO1999 — 2014
  12. Startup InstituteCEO2014 — 2016Boston, Massachusetts
  13. The Forum CorporationEVP1980 — 1999Boston

Skills & more

Leadership35Motivational Speaking2Strategy37Marketing Strategy99Marketing Research44Entrepreneurship99Market Research99Customer Insight99Social Networking49Analytics43Social Media85Segmentation21
+10 moreConsumer BehaviourAdvertising ResearchDigital StrategyHuman CapitalIntegrated MarketingLife TransitionsMarketingStart-upsStrategic PartnershipsDigital Marketing

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Colleagues at Data Point Capital

Alan Phillips
Special Advisor at Data Point Capital
Bruce Revzin
CFO at Data Point Capital
Colin Angle
Special Advisor at Data Point Capital
Desh Deshpande
Special Advisor at Data Point Capital
Fred Bertino
Special Advisor at Data Point Capital
Gail Goodman
Special Advisor at Data Point Capital
Geoff Oblak
General Partner at Data Point Capital
Haley Farnsworth
Principal at Data Point Capital

Network8

Blake MycoskieScout
Angel
Brian ShinScout
Managing Partner, VitalStage Ventures at VitalStage Ventures
Mike VolpeScout
Investor at Impellent Ventures
Brian Halligan
Co-Founder & Partner at Propeller VC
Gail Hoffman
Managing Director at Constant Therapy
Liz Whitman
Founder & CEO, Exponent Beauty at xfactor ventures
Rick Desai
Managing Partner, Investments at Listen Ventures
Roger Krakoff
General Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Diane Hessan?
Special Advisor, founder and former CEO of Communispace (now C Space), a customer community and social networking company.
Where does Diane Hessan work?
Diane Hessan is Special Advisor at Data Point Capital and Board director at CoachUp and Board director at Brightcove.
What companies has Diane Hessan invested in?
Investments tracked here include Acenna Data, ArtLifting, Attn: Grace, Grapevine, Own Up, Renoviso, Tettra, VisitDays.
Where did Diane Hessan go to school?
Diane Hessan studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Tufts University (BA, Economics).

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