About
Paul Katsen is cofounder of Gym Class and previously cofounded Blockspring, which was acquired by Coinbase. He led product work on Twitter's Home feed and shipped multiple consumer cryptocurrency products at Coinbase.
Founder at Gym ClassYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Paul went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Gym Class's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Paul can intro founders to Gym Class's investors below.
Gym Class's investors · 4
Co-founders at Gym Class
JH
Justin HubertFounder
Experience
- Gym ClassCo-Foundercurrent2022 — present
- TwitterGroup Product Manager, Home2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- CoinbaseProduct, Consumer2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- CoinbaseProduct, Developer Platform2019San Francisco, CA
- BlockspringCofounder, CEO2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Outpost KitchensCofounder2016 — 2017Chicago, IL
- Mission MeasurementEngagement Manager2011 — 2013Greater Chicago Area
- ZS AssociatesAnalyst2010 — 2011
Skills & more
Magics
Languages English · Russian · Spanish
- Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree — Udacity
From Paul's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paul Katsen?
- Paul Katsen is cofounder of Gym Class and previously cofounded Blockspring, which was acquired by Coinbase. He led product work on Twitter's Home feed and shipped multiple consumer cryptocurrency products at Coinbase.
- Where does Paul Katsen work?
- Paul Katsen is Founder of Gym Class.
- What companies did Paul Katsen found?
- Paul Katsen founded Gym Class.
- Where did Paul Katsen go to school?
- Paul Katsen studied at Y Combinator (W22); Y Combinator (S14); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Dual Degree in, B.S. Systems Integration & Design Engineering).
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