Konstantin Guericke Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, CA, US

I co-founded LinkedIn with Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Jean-Luc Vaillant and Eric Ly. LinkedIn went public in 2011 for $4 bil and was purchased five years later by Microsoft for $26 bil. Since 2016, LinkedIn revenue has more than quintupled from $3 to $16 bil, and the value of Microsoft has grown more than eight-fold from $400 bil to $3.2 trillion. LinkedIn.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

I led the company’s marketing from the pre-product phase to profitability in 2006. For the first few years, I focused on positioning/branding, viral marketing, user engagement emails and media relations. Later, I also managed LinkedIn Groups, international expansion and the initial corporate sales team.

Stanford, CA, US

Helping students at the engineering school develop viable startup concepts, learn about about entrepreneurship and get better at leveraging their network of contacts. I have served has a formal industry mentor at MS&E 272, MS&E 273, Engineering 145 and Engineering 245. I also do office hours, speak at student conferences/events and give guest lectures in.

San Francisco, CA, US

With more than 80% of U.S. physicians as members, Doximity is the largest medical network on the Internet. Doctors use Doximity to collaborate with their colleagues, securely coordinate patient care, conduct virtual patient visits, stay up-to-date with the latest medical news and research and manage their careers. Doximity went public in June '21 and is.

Seattle, Washington, US

Ekata provides risk scoring to merchants, marketplaces and financial firms and was acquired by MasterCard for $850 mil. While I served on the board, the team started this business, and we also spun out Hiya, which serves more than 150 million users worldwide and powers services like AT&T Call Protect and Samsung Smart Call. Ekata also spun out.

Berlin, DE

As a Partner in Earlybird's fifth fund, I was fortunate to meet (and sometimes counsel) many top European entrepreneurs--both those who pitched and those who we funded. The $200 mil fund was based in Berlin and focused on Series A for software startups in continental Europe (Germany, Spain, Finland, etc.).

Mentor founders in this student-led startup accelerator. Over 12% of Stanford students have applied to be accepted into the program, so StartX picks the best from the best.

Menlo Park, CA, US

Jaxtr provides cheap international calling from mobile phones and a network where members socialize around the question "What do you want to talk about?". We grew the user base to over 10 million within the first year and launched both transaction and subscriptions revenue streams in 2008. Our backers included August Capital, Tenaya, Draper Fisher.

Presenter's SaaS solution offered easy authoring of online presentations, comprehensive presentation management, and the ability view and participate in online presentations anywhere, anytime and on any device. As VP of Marketing, I led product management, product marketing, direct marketing and corporate marketing. Presenter was acquired by WebEx.

Helped over a dozen startup software, consumer and SaaS CEO's define a clear target market, a unique and powerful positioning and a high-impact market entry plan. Crafted effective competitive strategies and refined product plans to match customer needs.

Black Sun's vision was for people to work and play as naturally online as they do in the real world. Our products enabled our members to chat and interact with each other in the metaverse through standard Web browsers. I started the US office, and as VP Marketing and Sales developed the company's marketing strategy and positioning. Black Sun filed to go.

B.S., Engineering: Organizations, Technology And Innovation

M.S., Engineering