Saul Fleischman
Chief Executive Officer at MentionFox
Osaka, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolSaul Fleischman is a seasoned entrepreneur and CEO with 12 years leading product-focused startups from Osaka, Japan, most notably founding RiteKit and launching MentionFox, GetFoxChat and FoxAPIs. He combines hands-on organizational development and strategy with deep international marketing experience, having built new business units and export channels across Japan, the U.S., and China. His background ranges from founding retail and tech ventures to directing international sales for industrial and consumer brands, giving him rare fluency in product, go-to-market, and cross-cultural partnerships. An early adopter of in-house creative and web technologies, Saul consistently leverages practical tech adoption to cut costs and scale visibility—an approach honed since the 1990s. He pairs a liberal arts film degree and language studies with real-world startup training (Lean Launchpad, Startup Weekend), making him a founder who values storytelling as much as metrics-driven growth.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Japanese Communication Course, Japanese, Advanced Japanese Communication Course, Japanese at Universal Foreign Language Institute (Osaka)B.A., Film (Communications), B.A., Film (Communications) at Penn State UniversityH.S., Computer Science, English, H.S., Computer Science, English at Carver High School of Engineering & Science Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaLean Startup Founder, Lean Startup Founder at Startup WeekendStartup Founder, Startup Founder at Lean LaunchpadAround the world in 100 days - 12 countries, 12 credits of Univ. Study Abroad, Semester at Sea (a University of Pittsburgh-accredited program), Around the world in 100 days - 12 countries, 12 credits of Univ. Study Abroad, Semester at Sea (a University of Pittsburgh-accredited program) at University of Pittsburgh
Japanese, English
Github Skills (22)
git10
github10
pinterest-api10
patch9
feedly9
pushpin9
rest-api8
wrapper8
api8
subversion8
pinterest8
api-client8
google-api7
rest7
php7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
RiteKit/feedly-api
Aug 2017 - Mar 2021
PHP wrapper around Feedly's REST API
Contributions:6 pushes, 10 branches in 3 years 7 months
api-clientapifeedlyapi-wrapperphp
pavelhouzva/codebird-php
Nov 2020 - Jul 2023
Easy access to the Twitter REST API, Direct Messages API, Account Activity API, TON (Object Nest) API and Twitter Ads API — all from one PHP library.
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
apiadsnest-apiphpaccount
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