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| |portrait = JoeKrausPortrait.jpg | | |portrait = JoeKrausPortrait.jpg |
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| |country = USA | | |country = USA |
| |email = joe [at] eff.org | | |email = joe [at] eff.org |
− | |website = [https://sites.google.com/a/altostrat.com/jkraus/ sites.google.com] | + | |website = https://sites.google.com/a/altostrat.com/jkraus/ |
| |twitter = jkraus | | |twitter = jkraus |
− | |linkedin = [http://www.linkedin.com/in/jkraus jkraus] | + | |linkedin = http://www.linkedin.com/in/jkraus |
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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 Kraus''' is a Partner at [[Google]] Ventures.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/jkraus Linkedin]</ref>Previously, he worked as the Director of Product Management at [[Google]]. |
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− | Joe is also on the Board of Directors at the [[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 is also on the Board of Directors at the [[EFF|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> |
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− | Joe Kraus was an early starter in the Internet and has vast experience in that field. He was the Co-founder of a few startups. | + | Joe Kraus was an early starter in the Internet and has extensive experience therein. He was the Co-founder of a few startups. |
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| + | One of Joe's earliest job was duplicating microfiche. The next summer he started a T-shirt design company and made $25,000 in one summer. In 1993, Joe Kraus went on to start [[Excite]] (a search engine) with four of his friends, with $3 million in funding from [[Vinod Khosla]] and [[Kleiner Perkins]]. Excite had its IPO in 1996, and Joe Kraus's shares in Excite were worth $12 million. He was just 24 at that time. |
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| + | Mr. Kraus has also invested in startups such as HomeAway, ngmoco, RelayRides, OpenCandy and gomiso. |
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| ==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 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> |
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