Leonard Speiser

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Founder and Managing Partner @ Horizon 3
Los Altos, CA, US
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Leonard Speiser's Current Company Details
Horizon 3

Horizon 3

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Founder and Managing Partner
Los Altos, CA, US
Website:
horizon3.net
Employees:
12
Leonard Speiser Work Experience Details
  • Horizon 3
    Founder And Managing Partner
    Horizon 3
    Los Altos, Ca, Us
  • Horizon 3
    Founder & Managing Partner
    Horizon 3 Dec 2020 - Present
    Los Altos, Ca, Us
    Horizon 3 is a Corporate Venture Studio. Just as Amazon jumpstarted AWS by being it's first customer, we believe that within every large, successful company is the opportunity to jumpstart a billion dollar startup. Instead of building inside the company, Horizon 3 works with entrepreneurs to found companies outside, but gives them insider access to the company's formidable resources. Two of our partners in this journey are Jones Lang Lasalle, an $18B, 100K person property/real estate company and Prudential, a global insurer managing >$1T in retirement and insurance assets.
  • Level
    Board Director & Co-Founder
    Level Feb 2017 - Nov 2020
    Palo Alto, Us
    Level developed a commercial oven with RF steering, RGB/Thermal Cameras, closed loop AI algos to steer heat to multiple foods at the same time and automate cooking.
  • Neuron.Vc
    Investor
    Neuron.Vc Mar 2016 - Mar 2019
    The world's first Deep Learning fund. Specifically, I'm excited by the ability of this technology to tackle problems that previously would have taken traditional programmers far too long. From medical diagnostics to construction, there are going to be a lot of exciting opportunities for this tool in the future. The fund is now closed and not making new investments.
  • Clover
    Co-Founder
    Clover Nov 2010 - Jan 2017
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    - Sold company to First Data/KKR- Clover has shipped over 1 million hardware devices, processes over $300B in credit cards, and supports over 150 third party apps on our platform. - Clover opens the counter top of the brick and mortar merchant to a world of innovative developers. We bring a combination of outstanding hardware, reliable services, and developer friendly software to the stale world of point of sale. - We are the fastest growing POS in all of history. We are fanatical about quality. We inspire our merchants to dream bigger than they ever could before. - To make it possible to marry the world of Silicon Valley with the traditional banking style payments business, we worked with KKR to create a unique structure that I hope many other companies follow in the future. It's called a "Founder's Provision"​. If the autonomy of the Founder is altered in any way, there is a extremely large financial payout to the team. This enables a company to run as an independent entity based on Silicon Valley rules, while binding them with the channel power of an established market leader in a vertical.
  • Society
    Co-Founder
    Society May 2009 - Oct 2010
    Ran an incubator of about 20 products.
  • Trinity Ventures
    Entrepreneur-In-Residence
    Trinity Ventures Feb 2009 - May 2009
    Menlo Park, Ca, Us
    Worked with the great team at Trinity. Helped evaluate companies and made connections to entrepreneurs.
  • Yahoo
    Senior Director, Product
    Yahoo Feb 2007 - Feb 2009
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Yahoo Groups had not be touched for 10 years (same code from the original acquisition). We started work on a complete rebuild of the product but it became clear that the company needed a lot more help than a new Yahoo Groups to survive.
  • Bix.Com, Inc.
    Co-Founder & Director, Product
    Bix.Com, Inc. Feb 2006 - Feb 2009
    Us
    - Acquired by Yahoo!- We built a killer voting engine that allowed anyone to vote even without registering and detected fraud with great precision. Our voting algorithm brought the best singing, photography and acting talent to the top. - Eight months after fund raising, two months after launch we were acquired by Yahoo! (in February 2007) to help them build a global brand like 19 Entertainment. Enough has been written about Yahoo! that you probably figured out what happened.
  • Ebay
    Group Product Manager
    Ebay Dec 2000 - Apr 2005
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    - Added Fixed Price to the core marketplace, accounted for 25% of items 4 weeks after launch. I am most proud of this project and we did it as a skunkworks project that surprised everyone.- Launched the API program at eBay in 2000, 40% of items listed through it within 6 months of launch. Worked with some fantastic developers and learned a lot about building platforms.- You wouldn't believe it, but no one wanted to work on search at eBay in 2001. I ask for it and was able to work with some world class engineers to find all of the dead ends with search and start fixing them. Stemming, Transliteration, Too Few Items, Too Many, and a new search engine that still serves the company today.- Last role before I left I created a team focused on retaining and engaging buyers on eBay. Products included My eBay, View Item, Toolbar, Registration, Home Page, and Favorites.
  • Pinacus
    Founder, Ceo
    Pinacus Dec 1999 - Dec 2000
    Vision was to enable users to upload text, photos, video and share online. I didn't execute this one the right way, but the team was awesome and went on to build great companies.
  • Intuit
    Manager, Business Development
    Intuit Aug 1998 - Nov 1999
    Mountain View, California, Us
    Responsible for entry into new products/markets via a combination of partnerships and internal product development.
  • Csfb Technology Group
    Associate/Analyst
    Csfb Technology Group Jul 1996 - Aug 1998
    Responsible for Corporate Finance and M&A for a variety of technology companies.
  • Screenfire
    Founder, Ceo
    Screenfire Apr 1996 - Jul 1998
    Founded first internet-based client/server instant messaging system.

Leonard Speiser Skills

Product Management Entrepreneurship Strategic Partnerships Start Ups Payments Management Mobile Applications Leadership E Commerce Strategy Saas Analytics Mergers And Acquisitions User Experience Cloud Computing Go To Market Strategy Digital Marketing Online Marketing Scalability Digital Strategy Sem Business Strategy Cross Functional Team Leadership Lead Generation Venture Capital Digital Media Mobile Marketing Enterprise Software Seo Mobile Payments Executive Management Consumer Internet Email Marketing Social Media Public Speaking Salesforce.com

Leonard Speiser Education Details

  • Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
    Course 11 - Urban Planning
  • Chaparral High School
    Chaparral High School
  • Phoenix Country Day School
    Phoenix Country Day School

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