About
Jake Seaton is Chairman of the Board at Column, a software platform for public notices that he launched out of his family's newspaper business. He earlier helped start Quorum, a software platform for public affairs, after leaving college. Before founding companies, he taught himself to code and built neural networks to support computational research in Harvard's linguistics department.
Founder at Column
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Founder at Column
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In turn, Jake can intro founders to Column's investors below.
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Experience
- ColumnChairman of the Boardcurrent2026 — presentNew York, United States
- ColumnFounder & CEO2019 — 2026New York, New York, United States
- Various StartupsAngelcurrent2018 — presentNew York
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
- QuorumFounding Engineer2015 — 2017Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- The Manhattan MercuryPaper Boy2003 — 2007Manhattan, KS
Skills & more
Public Speaking4Leadership2WritingManagementDebateComputer Science8EntrepreneurshipStart-ups2Design1Research6Cooking1Journalism
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Venture CapitalTechnical LeadershipApplication DevelopmentReact.jsDjangoGoogle Cloud PlatformLanguages English · Italian · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jake Seaton?
- Jake Seaton is Chairman of the Board at Column, a software platform for public notices that he launched out of his family's newspaper business. He earlier helped start Quorum, a software platform for public affairs, after leaving college. Before founding companies, he taught himself to code and built neural networks to support computational research in Harvard's linguistics department.
- Where does Jake Seaton work?
- Jake Seaton is Founder of Column.
- What companies did Jake Seaton found?
- Jake Seaton founded Column, Column.
- Where did Jake Seaton go to school?
- Jake Seaton studied at Harvard University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
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