About
Rafi Sands is co-founder and CEO of Tandem. He completed research on post-COVID office market trends during a two-year period at Stanford under Professor Nick Bloom.
Founder at TandemYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Rafi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Tandem's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Rafi can intro founders to Tandem's investors below.
Tandem's investors · 4
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Co-founders at Tandem
SM
Sean MillerFounder
BS
Brendan SuhFounder
Experience
- TandemCEO + co-foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PanoBusiness Development2020 — 2022
- Bain & CompanyConsultant2018 — 2021
- University of CaliforniaStudent Advisor to the Board of Regents2017 — 2018
- QuriAssociate2013 — 2016San Francisco, California
- Marqeta, IncIntern2013Emeryville, CA
Skills & more
Editing42Social Media59Blogging15Creative Writing13Start-ups16Marketing Communications11Marketing Strategy13Market Research8Marketing15Data Analysis9Microsoft Excel22Microsoft Word24
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PowerPointMicrosoft OfficeAdobe Creative SuitePostgreSQLDatabasesMicrosoft PowerPointTeamworkPublic SpeakingWritingCommunicationManagementTeam LeadershipLanguages English · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rafi Sands?
- Rafi Sands is co-founder and CEO of Tandem. He completed research on post-COVID office market trends during a two-year period at Stanford under Professor Nick Bloom.
- Where does Rafi Sands work?
- Rafi Sands is Founder of Tandem.
- What companies did Rafi Sands found?
- Rafi Sands founded Tandem.
- Where did Rafi Sands go to school?
- Rafi Sands studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Y Combinator; Oakland Technical High School.
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Marqeta mafia6
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