About
PJ Murray is a software engineer with over a decade of development experience, primarily in Ruby on Rails and working with early-stage startups. He previously founded and sold Elto, and is now CTO and founder of Great Question.
Founder at Great QuestionYC W21
Intro paths
YC
PJ went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Great Question's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, PJ can intro founders to Great Question's investors below.
Great Question's investors · 7
FCVCSan FranciscoFundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksImmeasurableLos Angeles · $25K – $100K checksInovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checksNOMO VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $750K checksTwenty Two VenturesPalo Alto · $50K – $250K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
Co-founders at Great Question
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Ned DwyerFounder / CEO
Experience
- Great QuestionCTO and Cofoundercurrent2020 — presentBoulder, Colorado, United States
- TripwellCTO & Founding Team2020Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- FlaunterAdvisor and Interim CTO2019 — 2020Sydney, Australia
- SpritzFounding Engineer2019Melbourne, Australia
- EliizaIndependent Contractor2018Melbourne, Australia
- CodelingoHead of Commercialization2018Melbourne, Australia
- Self EmployedIndependent Contractor2017 — 2018
- GoDaddySenior Software Engineer2015 — 2017Sunnyvale
- Elto.comCofounder and CTO2012 — 2015Melbourne
- Inspire9Contracting Developer2012Melbourne, Australia
- ThoughtWorksConsultant Developer2011 — 2012Melbourne
- NRW Pty LtdSite Engineer2010 — 2011Western Australia
- Water Solutions Pty LtdGraduate Engineer2010
- SharpShooter ImagingPortait Photographer2008 — 2009
- Queensland RailStudent Engineer2007 — 2008
Skills & more
AgileSoftware Development16Civil Engineering2Ruby26Ruby on Rails32JavaScript15Agile Methodologies22Backbone.js2Lean Startup3CSS9Java4MongoDB3
+12 more
HTMLWeb DevelopmentPHPMySQLSQLjQueryBDDMicrosoft SQL ServerWeb ApplicationsRSpecTestingTest Driven DevelopmentFrom PJ's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is PJ Murray?
- PJ Murray is a software engineer with over a decade of development experience, primarily in Ruby on Rails and working with early-stage startups. He previously founded and sold Elto, and is now CTO and founder of Great Question.
- Where does PJ Murray work?
- PJ Murray is Founder of Great Question.
- What companies did PJ Murray found?
- PJ Murray founded Great Question.
- Where did PJ Murray go to school?
- PJ Murray studied at University of Canterbury (BE (Hons), Civil Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1
+ 8,766 more
University of Canterbury mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jeff Wilson aka Professor DumpsterDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded No Cap +1Francesco PomponiPostgraduate certificateFounded PreoptimaPaul CopplestoneBComFounded SupabasePaul ConynghamBachelor of Engineering (B.E.) honsFounded GamgeeCampbell Mercer-ButcherBachelor of Science with Honours - BSc(Hons)Founded Avoca SystemsLeighton TurnerDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Juno Bio
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