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Sam Purtill

Product manager by day, software engineer by night. Living in San Francisco and working on YouNoodle around the clock.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://sampurtill.com/
Industries: Education, Entertainment, Financial, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Sports, Travel
Skills: AJAX, Business, Databases, Design, Django, Engineering, English, Facebook platform, Flash, HTML / CSS, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, PHP, Product design, Python, Rails, Software Engineering, Spanish, SQL, Web design, Web Development
Groups: BASES, Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford University, ST@B: Startup @ Berkeley, Stanford Innovation Tournament 2008, The SF JavaScript Meetup, WebMission 09
Interested in: Advising startups, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Investing in projects, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company, Supporting my investments

FEATURED STARTUP

YouNoodle

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YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.

  • Startup type: Company
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Beta

FULL BIO

Living in San Francisco and working on YouNoodle.

Looking to do something in a 3rd world country soon, particularly somewhere in Africa.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: YouNoodle
Position: Engineer
Time period: July 2007 - Present
Description: PHP developer and Product Manager

Employer: ClassOwl
Position: Founder
Time period: August 2006 - Present
Description: Took the idea to a product in under 6 months, put it on hold to join YouNoodle. Wrote the application in Python using the Django framework.

Employer: Okapi Studio
Position: Managing Partner
Time period: February 2005 - Present
Description: Okapi is a design studio based in Bucharest, Romania. I was responsible for getting some of our first clients in North America. We have gone from 3 people to over 12 now, with an office in Bucharest, Romania.

Employer: MonVia
Position: Product
Time period: July 2006 - January 2007
Description: Wrote product specs and managed designers in Romania to build products.

INFORMATION

Sports: skiing, climbing, sailing
Hobbies: reading, coding

Sam's Startups (3)

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  • ClassOwl

    A nice place for schools.

  • Okapi Studio

    Okapi Studio is a multidisciplinary creative shop, encompassing talents that excel in full advertising services, brand strategy, graphic, web and motion design.

  • YouNoodle

    YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.

Sam is Following (144)

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  • Teens in Tech

    To provide a media outlet for teenagers to access, and submit content.

  • Digg

    Digg is a user driven social content website

  • Damp Flame Design

    Small design firm, specializing in website, print, apparel, and other design.

  • blockr

    blockr | find posts

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