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Joe Kraus is a Partner at Google Ventures.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/jkraus Linkedin]</ref>Previously, he has worked as the Director of Product Management at Google.

Joe is also on the Board of Directors at Electronic Frontier Foundation<ref>[http://www.eff.org/about/board eff.org]</ref> and OpenCandy.<ref>[http://www.opencandy.com/buzz/opencandy-appoints-serial-entrepreneur-joe-kraus-to-board-of-directors/ opencandy.com]</ref>

Joe was an early starter in the field of Internet and has vast experience in that field. He was the Co-founder of a few startups.

==Startups==
* Co-founder at Excite.com, a search engine. Excite was later sold to @Home for $7.2 Billion in 1999 <ref>[http://images.businessweek.com/ss/10/02/0225_google_angel_investors/10.htm businessweek.com]</ref>
* Co-founder at DigitalConsumer.org<ref>[http://public.gspencer.net/digital-consumer gspencer.net]</ref>
* Co-founder and CEO at JotSpot. In 2006, Joe sold JotSpot to Google and moved to Google.<ref>[http://kara.allthingsd.com/20091103/silicon-valley-entrepreneur-and-google-exec-joe-kraus-moves-to-google-ventures/ allthingsd.com]</ref>

==Interviews and Presentations==
* Lessons from Silicon Valley, interview to Peter Day <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4118770.stm bbc.co.uk]</ref>
* Speaker at TechCrunch Disrupt.<ref>[http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/2010/content/2010-sf/speakers/ techcrunch.com]</ref>
* Speaker at Emerging Technology Conference<ref>[http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2005/view/e_spkr/1492 oreillynet.com]</ref>
* Confessions of a Startup Addict<ref>[http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2006/04/30/joe-kraus-confessions-of-a-startup-addict/ brendonwilson.com]</ref>
* Explains the social Web at Supernova 2008 conference<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-9970250-80.html cnet.com]</ref>
* VV Show #4<ref>[http://www.venturevoice.com/2005/06/vv_show_4_joe_kraus_of_jotspot.html venturevoice.com]</ref>
* No. 1 mistake: Not being persistent enough and not hiring well and/or hiring too fast<ref>[http://vator.tv/news/2011-01-07-todays-entrepreneur-joe-kraus vator.tv]</ref>
* The Joe Kraus Q&A<ref>[http://susanitsa.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/the-joe-kraus-qa-better-late/ susanitsa.wordpress.com]</ref>
* An interview with Google's Joe Kraus on How to Make the Web More Social<ref>[http://www.crazyengineers.com/forum/ce-labs/3048-interview-googles-joe-kraus-how-make-web-more-social.html crazyengineers.com]</ref>
* How Exciting!<ref>[http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/93/wikn.html fastcompany.com]</ref>
* Joe Kraus at Web 2.0 Conference<ref>[http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail308.html# conversationsnetwork.org]</ref>

==References==
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