Where does Joel Spolsky work?

Joel Spolsky is Founder of Stack Overflow and Founder at Trello.

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, Trello.

Where did Joel Spolsky go to school?

Joel Spolsky studied at Yale University (BS, Computer Science).

Joel Spolsky

Founder

Founder at Stack Overflow · Founder at Trello

New York, New York

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

FoundedStack Overflow Trello

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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.

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Stack Overflow's investors · 11

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Bezos Expeditions Elevation CapitalGurugram Foster VenturesFoster City · $100K – $500K checks HeavybitSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks India QuotientBengaluru MarketX Ventures Prosus VenturesAmsterdam Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2011 Union Square Ventures (USV)New York · $1M – $8M checks · since 2010

Co-founders at Stack Overflow

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Founder at Trello

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Trello's investors · 4

BoxGroupNew York · $250K – $1M checks · since 2014 Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2014 LAUNCHSan Francisco · $25K – $250K checks · since 2014 Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Trello

Michael Howard PryorExecutive Officer, Director

Avram Joel SpolskyExecutive Officer, Director

Michael PryorFounder

Experience

HASHCo-Foundercurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York
Fog Creek SoftwareCo-Founder2000 — 2022New York
Stack OverflowChairman2019 — 2021
Stack OverflowCEO and Co-founder2008 — 2019
TrelloChairman and Co-founder2014 — 2017
JunoSoftware Team Lead1996 — 1999
Viacom Interactive ServicesConsultant1995 — 1997
MicrosoftProgram Manager1991 — 1993

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Joel Spolsky?: 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.
Where does Joel Spolsky work?: Joel Spolsky is Founder of Stack Overflow and Founder at Trello.
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, Trello.
Where did Joel Spolsky go to school?: Joel Spolsky studied at Yale University (BS, Computer Science).