Joe Flaherty
InvestorDirector, Content & Community at Founder Collective
Windham, New Hampshire, United States
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About
Joe Flaherty is Director of Content & Community at Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital firm that has backed more than twenty companies valued at $1 billion or more. Previously, he authored over 500 articles for WIRED covering design, technology, and culture, and served as the first designer at AgaMatrix, where he later led marketing and product efforts on FDA-cleared medical devices that achieved over 3 million units in sales.
Experience
- Founder CollectiveDirector, Content & Communitycurrent2014 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts
- WiredStaff Writer2012 — 2015
- AgaMatrixSenior Manager, Strategic Marketing2010 — 2014
- AgaMatrixSenior Manager, Product Design2008 — 2010
- AgaMatrixManager, Product Design2004 — 2008
- NASADesign Fellow2004
Skills & more
Solidworks3Illustrator2Product Development33Product Management19Medical Devices24Start-ups29Rapid Prototyping6Product Design29Project Management3Design Strategy5R&D3Experience Design4
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User-centered DesignSocial MediaUser ExperienceIndustrial DesignWeb DesignDesign for ManufacturingMarketing StrategyAdvertisingGraphic DesignMarketing CommunicationsDesign ThinkingStrategic PlanningFrom Joe's professional profile.
Colleagues at Founder Collective
Amanda Herson
General Partner at Founder Collective
Dan Sommer
Partner at Founder Collective
Dave Bisceglia
Venture Partner at Founder Collective
David Frankel
Seed Stage Venture Capital in the United States
Emily Jenkins
Operations Manager at Founder Collective
Eric Paley
Entrepreneur and Seed Investor in Cambridge, MA
Jack Arenas
Principal at Founder Collective
Jack Groetzinger
Venture Partner at Teamworthy Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joe Flaherty?
- Joe Flaherty is Director of Content & Community at Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital firm that has backed more than twenty companies valued at $1 billion or more. Previously, he authored over 500 articles for WIRED covering design, technology, and culture, and served as the first designer at AgaMatrix, where he later led marketing and product efforts on FDA-cleared medical devices that achieved over 3 million units in sales.
- Where does Joe Flaherty work?
- Joe Flaherty is Director, Content & Community at Founder Collective.
- Where did Joe Flaherty go to school?
- Joe Flaherty studied at Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, Industrial Design); Westford Academy.
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Also worked at Wired18
Jeff VeenDesigner and investor in London, United KingdomSamuel ArbesmanVenture Partner at Lux CapitalKat MañalacPartner at Convective CapitalAmanda NiuGeneral Partner and CFO at Shine CapitalNick ThompsonInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesJason PontinGeneral Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
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Also worked at AgaMatrix4
Also worked at NASA179
Sai SenthilkumarPartner at Redpoint VenturesJim BridenstineManaging Partner, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesGabe ShermanPresident, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesLinda CuretonBoard Member at Maryland TEDCOOmar PimentelDirector of Frontier Strategy at Type One VenturesJayden BaiInvestor at Dorm Room
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