About
Hong Hu directed engineering and led Flexport's China operations before founding 500Friends, which was later acquired by Merkle.
Founder at 500FriendsYC W10
Intro paths
YC
Hong went through Y Combinator (Winter 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Hong can intro founders to 500Friends's investors below.
500Friends's investors · 2
Co-founders at 500Friends
JY
Justin YoshimuraFounder
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JUSTIN YOSHIMURAExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- FlexportDirector of Engineering, Site Leader - China2021 — 2022Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- FlexportSenior Engineering Manager & Site Leader2019 — 2021Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- 500friends (acquired by Merkle)VP2014 — 2017Shanghai, China
- 500friends (YC)Founder2009 — 2014San Francisco, California, United States
- FotoFlexerDeveloper2007 — 2009Berkeley, California, United States
- Goldman SachsTechnology Summer Analyst2007New York, United States
Skills & more
Ruby on Rails20Ruby14MySQL7JavaScript12Mobile Applications8Git10jQuery3Django1Python6Amazon Web Services (AWS)2PHP1Product Management1
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CSSStart-upsJavaFrom Hong's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hong Hu?
- Hong Hu directed engineering and led Flexport's China operations before founding 500Friends, which was later acquired by Merkle.
- Where does Hong Hu work?
- Hong Hu is Founder of 500Friends.
- What companies did Hong Hu found?
- Hong Hu founded 500Friends.
- Where did Hong Hu go to school?
- Hong Hu studied at University of California, Berkeley (BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Mathematics).
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