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Rick Marini
Founder & CEO, BranchOut
www.branchout.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Business owner, Investor
Member since July 03, 2012
VEQ: What is this?
I love building products that can transform millions of lives in a positive way.
Investor interests
| Type of investor | Angel |
| Typical investment size | $25,000 - $50,000 |
| Typical investments in a year | 5 |
| Investments made | Wavii, Stipple, UrbanTag, Miko, BlakJet, Rumpus, Lumos Labs, Radius Intelligence, PlayVuu |
| Categories of interest | |
| Credentials | Accredited Investor |
I am a(n):
Entrepreneur
Companies I've founded or co-founded:
BranchOut, SuperFan, Tickle
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to change the world.
My favorite startups:
BranchOut
What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
It's a roller coaster. Hang on tight.
What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Under-estimate how tough this job is. But when it works, it's great!
What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
1. Go big (big ideas, not just features)
2. Go fast (test, iterate, evolve quickly)
3. Hire the best
Full bio
Rick has over a decade of deep experience in the consumer internet including founding 3 successful companies. In his career, he raised $58 million in VC funding from Accel Partners, Redpoint, Mayfield, August Capital, Norwest, Floodgate Fund and a dozen top tier angels.
Founder of BranchOut - the largest professional network on Facebook. Raised $49mm from Accel, Redpoint, Mayfield, Norwest and a dozen of the top angels in SV.
Prior, founded SuperFan - a profitable developer of social games and Facebook apps for top media companies like CBS, MTV, Sony, Universal, etc.
Prior, co-founded Tickle.com - the largest online personality testing site. Raised $9 million from August Capital. Grew it to be a top 20 site with 200 million registered users and almost $40 million in revenue. Sold Tickle to Monster in 2004 for over $100 million.
Education: Harvard MBA (1999) and Univ of NH (1994).
