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Joe Flaherty

Investor

Director, Content & Community at Founder Collective

Windham, New Hampshire, United States

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

  1. Founder CollectiveDirector, Content & Communitycurrent2014 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts
  2. WiredStaff Writer2012 — 2015
  3. AgaMatrixSenior Manager, Strategic Marketing2010 — 2014
  4. AgaMatrixSenior Manager, Product Design2008 — 2010
  5. AgaMatrixManager, Product Design2004 — 2008
  6. NASADesign Fellow2004

Skills & more

Solidworks3Illustrator2Product Development33Product Management19Medical Devices24Start-ups29Rapid Prototyping6Product Design29Project Management3Design Strategy5R&D3Experience Design4
+12 moreUser-centered DesignSocial MediaUser ExperienceIndustrial DesignWeb DesignDesign for ManufacturingMarketing StrategyAdvertisingGraphic DesignMarketing CommunicationsDesign ThinkingStrategic Planning

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Colleagues at Founder Collective

Amanda Herson
General Partner at Founder Collective
Brent Willess
Principal 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

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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Shared employers

Also worked at Wired10

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 AgaMatrix3

Paul KellyFounding Partner and Director at OneVenturesSridhar IyengarVenture Partner at Breakout VenturesSonny VuManaging Partner at Alabaster

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