Fundraising Fox

Joel Spolsky

Founder

Founder at Stack Overflow

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $5M checks Β· typically $1.5M

FoundedStack Overflow

About

Joel Spolsky is co-founder of HASH and previously co-founded and served as CEO of Stack Overflow, a network of Q&A sites. He founded Fog Creek Software (now Glitch), where he created FogBugz and Trello, and earlier worked at Microsoft, where he designed VBA on the Excel team, and at Juno Online Services. He has authored four books on software and technical hiring, writes the blog Joel on Software, and holds a BS in Computer Science from Yale.

Founder at Stack Overflow

Intro paths

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In turn, Joel can intro founders to Stack Overflow's investors below.

Experience

  1. HASHCo-Foundercurrent2019 β€” presentNew York, New York
  2. Fog Creek SoftwareCo-Founder2000 β€” 2022New York
  3. Stack OverflowChairman2019 β€” 2021
  4. Stack OverflowCEO and Co-founder2008 β€” 2019
  5. TrelloChairman and Co-founder2014 β€” 2017
  6. JunoSoftware Team Lead1996 β€” 1999
  7. Viacom Interactive ServicesConsultant1995 β€” 1997
  8. MicrosoftProgram Manager1991 β€” 1993

Education

  1. Yale UniversityBS, Computer Science1988 β€” 1991

Skills & more

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Joel Spolsky work?
Joel Spolsky is Founder at Stack Overflow.
What check size does Joel Spolsky write?
Joel Spolsky typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Joel Spolsky found?
Joel Spolsky founded Stack Overflow.

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