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Franklyn Chien

Investor

Founding Capital Partner at ITERATIVE

Menlo Park, California, United States

About

CEO and co-founder of PrizePool and founder of LearnSprout (acquired by Apple in 2015). Early Facebook employee. Holds degrees from the University of Washington.

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Experience

  1. Iterative CapitalVisiting Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. PRIZEPOOLCo-Founder and CEO2019 — 2024
  3. AppleSenior Manager, Product2015 — 2019
  4. LearnSproutCo-Founder & CEO2011 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  5. FacebookPM2007 — 2011
  6. Deloitte ConsultingConsultant2006 — 2007
  7. MicrosoftProduct Manager2005 — 2006

Education

  1. UW Foster School of BusinessDouble Degrees, BA in Business Administration (concentration in IS) and BS in Economics2002 — 2006

Skills & more

Management9SaaS6Product Management17Mobile Devices5Start-ups45Integration9Online Advertising7Entrepreneurship14Sales7Education2Advertising1Business Strategy7
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From Franklyn's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended UW Foster School of Business49

Mike FridgenVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaAbby StrongMarketing & Operations Manager at Scale Venture PartnersZachary CefarattiVenture Partner at Draper AssociatesMinda BrusseFounding Partner at First Row PartnersMoshe ZilbersteinGeneral Partner at Next47

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Shared employers

Also worked at Iterative Capital21

Ka Kay LumAssociate at Cento VenturesJessica ChaoInvestor at Endurance28Zaizhuang ChengCo-founder, Spin (Ford Mobility) at Good AI CapitalMelissa TaingSenior Program Manager, Recruiting at ITERATIVEYi Jun PhungSenior Content Strategist, Recruiting at ITERATIVEMartha CabaeroContent Manager, Recruiting at ITERATIVE

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Also worked at Apple303

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at DaphniTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applications

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Also worked at Deloitte Consulting1,120

Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesPatrick KartevollInvestor at InvestinorØysteinInvestor at InvestinorMinh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate Ventures

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Also worked at Microsoft761

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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Colleagues at ITERATIVE

Aaron Yip
Founder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVE
Bill Achariyasoonthorn
Senior Associate, Investments at ITERATIVE
Brian
Founder, General Partner at ITERATIVE
Brian Ma
Founder, General Partner at ITERATIVE
Claire Chan
Operations Manager at ITERATIVE
Dayana Yermolayeva
Founder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVE
Derry Sakti
Founder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVE
Elpizo Choi
Founding Capital Partner at ITERATIVE