Rod Ebrahimi
FounderFounder/CEO at Ready For Zero
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
FoundedReady For Zero · YC
About
Rod Ebrahimi studied at UC San Diego and MIT. He founded Ready For Zero, a financial technology company that participated in Y Combinator's 2010 cohort.
Founder/CEO at Ready For ZeroYC S10
Intro paths
YC
Rod went through Y Combinator (Summer 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Rod can intro founders to Ready For Zero's investors below.
Ready For Zero's investors · 2
Co-founders at Ready For Zero
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Ignacio ThayerFounder/CTO
Experience
- MeshStrategic Advisor & Corporate Developmentcurrent2024 — present
- KedifyInterim CEO2024
- BrainKeyInterim COO & Advisor / Investor2021 — 2022
- BBVAEntrepreneur-in-Residence & Founder CEO @ Upturn Credit2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- AvantHead of Corporate Development2015 — 2016Greater Los Angeles Area
- AvantNew Products & Technology2015Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- ReadyForZero (acquired by Avant)CEO & Co-founder / Board Member2010 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Y CombinatorEntrepreneur2010San Francisco Bay Area
- Couchbase (formerly Membase/NorthScale)Product Manager2009 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
- Breakthrough Innovation GroupFounding Partner2006 — 2008
- NextLabs, Inc.Business Analyst2005 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area
- Various CompaniesInternet Infrastructure1998 — 2004
Skills & more
Start-ups53Product Management37Business Strategy15Entrepreneurship47FundraisingLeadership12Operations ManagementCorporate AdvisoryStart-up LeadershipStart-up VenturesCEOsUser Experience29
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Technical LeadershipProduct DevelopmentInteraction DesignProduct StrategySEMOnline AdvertisingSoftware DevelopmentE-commerceFinancePress RelationsMobile ApplicationsEarly-stage Startups- MCSE — Microsoft
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rod Ebrahimi?
- Rod Ebrahimi studied at UC San Diego and MIT. He founded Ready For Zero, a financial technology company that participated in Y Combinator's 2010 cohort.
- Where does Rod Ebrahimi work?
- Rod Ebrahimi is Founder/CEO of Ready For Zero.
- What companies did Rod Ebrahimi found?
- Rod Ebrahimi founded Ready For Zero.
- Where did Rod Ebrahimi go to school?
- Rod Ebrahimi studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Business Administration - MBA); UC San Diego (Bachelor of Science - BS, Cognitive Science with a Specialization in Human-Computer Interaction); Y Combinator (Summer 2010 Batch).
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