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I am a(n):
Entrepreneur
Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Piazza
Startups I worked for:
Facebook, Kosmix
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to change the world.
My favorite startups:
Piazza, Palantir, Redfin, RelateIQ, PhenomList
What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Frustrating: sometimes you're the only one in the world who cares about what you're doing. Rewarding: you care more than anyone else in the world about what you're doing.
What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
They don't ask enough questions.
What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
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Woman of many skills: Database System Engineer; SplashX event producer; Author of Startup Teams
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Founded in 2009 and publicly launched in 2011, Piazza is a free online gathering place where students can ask and answer questions 24/7, under the guidance of their instructor. Anyone can create a class at Piazza.com to initiate class discussion. Students spend on average four hours a night on Piazza working together in real time with classmates and instructors to find the answers they need at the time they need them. Piazza is FERPA-compliant and used in hundreds of colleges and universities.
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Pooja Sankar is the founder and CEO of Piazza, on online gathering place for students and instructors. She has worked at Facebook, Kosmix, and Oracle, and has degrees from IIT, UMD, and Stanford.