Bob Goodson
British, working in San Francisco on startup YouNoodle. Runaway Oxford medievalist. Former Yelpee.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Education, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Design, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Graphic design, Guerrilla marketing, HTML / CSS, Human-Computer Interaction, Languages, Leadership, Management, Product design, Public speaking, Recruitment, Sales, Viral marketing, Web design, Writing |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA |
| Groups: | Building a Business, Global Entrepreneurship Week , Imperial Entrepreneurs, MIT GSW 2007, Oxford Entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley Comes To Oxford, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], South Park Portfolio Competition, SV Factor, UEA Entrepreneurs, Univ Entrepreneurs, WebMission 09, [OLD] Social e-challenge Competition 2008 [INACTIVE] |
| Visas: | U.S. green card holder. |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding hot stories, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects |
| Tags: | bouldering, cento, game theory, geocaching, GettingThingsDone system, gymnastics, hipster PDA, human movement (biomechanics), italian, learning, Literary Theory, medieval architecture, memory, micromotives, people, technology, torque, tunnels, typography |
| Schools: | University of East Anglia, University of Oxford |
FEATURED STARTUP
YouNoodle
YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Beta
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Oxford Entrepreneurs |
| Position: | Founder and Chairman |
| Time period: | October 2002 - Present |
| Description: | Founder and Chairman of Oxford University’s first organisation for student entrepreneurs. Showcased nationally by the Department of Trade and Industry at Living Innovation 2003 as ‘one of the top three organisations in the UK for supporting innovation and enterprise’.
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| Employer: | Prana Publications |
| Position: | Founder |
| Time period: | September 2002 - Present |
| Description: | Relying on a visual guide (DVD or book) to practice yoga is flawed because yoga is all about looking inward, and spinal alignment is key. So after craning my neck to read a headstand description I decided to produce the best audio yoga guide ever made. The guide, Yoga Retreat, is written and narrated by a leading UK instructor, Joan Stonehouse, who learned not to rely on visual communication when teaching yoga to blind students. |
| Employer: | Yelp.com |
| Position: | Product Manager, Sales Director |
| Time period: | September 2004 - September 2007 |
| Description: | I was the first product manager and subsequently started the sales team. Yelp is a website where people read and write reviews about their favorite local businesses. 2.3 million reviews and more than 8M unique visitors per month (Feb 2008). Funding from Max Levchin ($1M), Bessemer ($5M), Benchmark ($10M) and DAG Ventures ($15M). |
| Employer: | Inspired |
| Position: | Sole proprietor |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2002 |
| Description: | For three years I freelanced part-time in advertising under the business name Inspired. Clients included a tree surgeon, dramatic group, florist, academic department and a careers centre. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 2002 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Medieval English Literature 1100-1500, MPhil |
| University: | University of East Anglia |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2002 |
| Degree: | English Literature and Philosophy, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/technology/18vc.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/20... |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Cycling |
| Awards: | AHRB Scholar
Norfolk Scholar UEA 'Outstanding Performance in Finals' Award |
Bob's Startups (1)
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YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
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SecondMarket
New York-based SecondMarket is a centralized marketplace for illiquid assets, such as auction-rate securities, bankruptcy claims, CDOs, limited partnership interests, MBS, PRIVATE COMPANY SECURITIES and restricted securities in public companies.
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MyMiniLife
MyMiniLife allows users to express their physical life on the web by creating virtual homes. Acquired in June 2009 by Zynga Game Networks, Inc.
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CLARA
CLARA is an innovative online marketing research tool which applies highly developed and optimized artificial intelligence to automatically analyze attitudes, emotions and user behavior on the entire Internet.
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COLOURlovers
COLOURlovers is the biggest color resource on the web. Rated as one of the top communities, COLOURlovers allows creative individuals to share color ideas and inspiration for hobby interests as well as commercial projects.
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Magnús Már Einarsson
Industrial engineering graduate from University of Iceland. Currently working as Project manager at Innovit.
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Mikkel Christiansen
Danish industrial engineer with South African MBA who wants to change the world
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Mark Fletcher
British, graduated from Loughborough University in 2007 and foundered Pitchero.com. Online sports community for semi pro and amateur sport.