Hillary Bush
Former Associate at Founder Collective
New York City
Writes $10K – $100K checks · typically $50K
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Experience
- OpenAIStrategic Initiativescurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- OpenAIStartups2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- PollenFounder & CEO2022 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
- Founder CollectiveAssociate2021 — 2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- BungalowSenior Product Manager2020San Francisco Bay Area
- BungalowProduct Manager2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- MasterClassProduct Manager2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- MasterClassGrowth Lead2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Kiva.orgCommunity Associate2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- TechnoServeEast African Coffee Initiative Fellow2012Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Skills & more
Product Development4Start-ups5Search Engine Optimization (SEO)3International Development2Social Media Marketing8Non-profits4Writing3Editing2Nonprofits1Volunteering1Data Analysis1Strategic Planning2
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Requirements GatheringProduct ManagementAgile MethodologiesProject ManagementAnalyticsE-commerceSEOFacebookLeadershipTeamworkCommunicationDesign ThinkingFrom Hillary's professional profile.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hillary Bush?
- Angel
- What check size does Hillary Bush write?
- Hillary Bush typically writes checks of $10K – $100K.
- Where did Hillary Bush go to school?
- Hillary Bush studied at NYU Stern School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Political Economy); Corona del Mar High School.
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Also attended NYU Stern School of Business909
Luna SchmidInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Kaz TeradaVenture Advisor at Monta Vista CapitalNeil FongManaging Director Asia at Burda Principal InvestmentsAlex TosoliniAdvisor at CincyTechMax WechterSenior Director of AI at Lerer HippeauTom MonahanFormer Chairman & CEO, CEB at MissionOG
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel Capital
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Also attended Corona del Mar High School9
Brooke KenersonAssociate, Marketing & Community at StripesJake PearsonSenior Associate at Endeavour CapitalChris KingSenior Associate at FinTech CollectiveTim ChiFormer CEO, TheKnot Worldwide at Bull City Venture PartnersJames CottonInvestment Operations Associate at Manhattan WestJack GorabInvestor at M13
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Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI209
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
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Also worked at Founder Collective40
Chris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAmanda HersonGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveDavid FrankelSeed Stage Venture Capital in the United StatesEric PaleyEntrepreneur and Seed Investor in Cambridge, MADave BiscegliaVenture Partner at Founder Collective
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Also worked at Bungalow9
Chester NgGeneral Partner at AtomicBrett BrowmanInvestor at Khosla VenturesKurt RamirezGeneral Partner at Nine Four VenturesBryan KimPartner at Andreessen HorowitzJohnny WolffFounder at HomeRoomAlex HallidayCo-Founder & CEO at AirOps
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Also worked at MasterClass24
Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordEric LiawInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Roseanne WincekCo-founder at Renegade PartnersLars LeckieInvestor at AspenwoodAlex GurevichManaging Director at Javelin Venture PartnersMusa TariqInvestor at FELIX CAPITAL
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