CJ Cornell
Managing Director at Kauffman Foundation
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolCJ Cornell is a serial entrepreneur, investor and educator who has founded nine startups that together raised over $250M and helped launch products generating more than $3B in revenue. As Managing Director of Propel Ventures he seeds micro-ventures across digital media, health and energy tech and has guided 80+ launches and 200+ founders to traction, exits and profitability. A former Kauffman Professor and co-director of ASU’s Knight Center, he blends academic rigor (Ph.D. in marketing and strategy) with hands-on product and go-to-market experience, advising firms from Disney to Microsoft. He’s a bestselling author on the future of entrepreneurship, a prolific speaker and ecosystem builder in Arizona, and often serves as an expert witness and board member for high-tech companies. Less obvious: he started one of the first large-scale cable VOD networks and built a crowdfunding platform that was the market leader prior to acquisition, demonstrating repeated ability to create category-defining businesses.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business Marketing Strategy, MBA Business Marketing Strategy at New York Institute of TechnologyPh.D. Marketing Strategy Game Theory, Ph.D. Marketing Strategy Game Theory at Columbus University/Stanford@SUN BS EE ME, BS EE ME at Stony Brook University
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Github Skills (15)
electron7
typescript7
git6
github-desktop6
github6
google-apps2
footnotes2
apps-script1
wordpress1
chromeos1
google-apps-script1
google1
wordpress-plugin1
dropbox1
vfs1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PropelVentures/GenericPlatform
Nov 2018 - Sep 2020
Contributions:91 commits, 1 PR, 51 pushes in 1 year 10 months
PropelVentures/Cyrano
Jun 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 year 3 months
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