About
James Lin co-founded Crunchyroll where he led product and engineering teams before the company was acquired by Sony. He founded CSPA, an education technology platform that is now part of AngelList Talent, where he currently works on candidate data.
Founder at CSPAYC S18
Intro paths
YC
James went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, James can intro founders to CSPA's investors below.
CSPA's investors · 2
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Co-founders at CSPA
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Experience
- Nexus MotorsFoundercurrent2023 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- AngelListHead of Candidate Data2020 — 2022San Francisco
- CSPACo-Founder and CEO2017 — 2020San Francisco
- CrunchyrollCo-Founder and Chief Product Officer2007 — 2015San Francisco
- HOT or NOTFront End Software Engineer2007San Francisco
- Slide, IncWeb Developer2006 — 2007San Francisco
- Frappr.comWeb Developer2005 — 2006
Skills & more
Python18Java10PHP14C3ECMAScript2JavaScript17jQuery3Prototype1CSS4Flash3ActionScript2MySQL5
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LinuxApacheNginxOAuthwxPythonEclipseNode.jsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)COMHTTPUPnPFacebook API- CSPA Core Exam™ — CSPA
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Lin?
- James Lin co-founded Crunchyroll where he led product and engineering teams before the company was acquired by Sony. He founded CSPA, an education technology platform that is now part of AngelList Talent, where he currently works on candidate data.
- Where does James Lin work?
- James Lin is Founder of CSPA.
- What companies did James Lin found?
- James Lin founded CSPA.
- Where did James Lin go to school?
- James Lin studied at University of California, Berkeley (BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PhD, Computer Science); John A. Rowland High School.
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