Evan Tann

Evan Tann is an entrepreneur and the CEO of Cloudwear. By age 24, Evan had earned multiple contracts with Fortune companies across the US, Europe, and LatAm; built secure cloud software for Harvard and MIT; and filed for more than a dozen patents.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/egtann
Twitter: @egtann
Los Angeles, California, United States
Member since December 18, 2014

Entrepreneur and Computer Scientist Quote_down

About

Education

2013 University of Southern California , BS , Business Administration

I am a(n):

Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

Cloudwear

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:

Tesla, Palantir, Github

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

Don't be trapped by an idea.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

1. Make people into heroes. Whether you're selling into a Fortune company, working with a programmer, or communicating with your investor, you want the people on the other side of the table to look brilliant to everyone around them. Find ways for the people around you to take the credit for good ideas, and help shield them from the bad.
2. Learn to tell a story. Programmers often fall into this trap: you may have a better solution, but if you can't communicate it, you won't be able to sell it. People are emotional, and as often as they make purchase decisions on facts, they're even more likely to decide on a gut feeling.
3. Be incredibly humble and grateful. Thank people frequently. Pay it forward two fold.

Full bio

Evan Tann is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist, best known as the co-founder and CEO of Cloudwear.

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With more than 17 years of experience programming, Tann has invented several algorithms in the field of robotics and licensed software to a Fortune 200 company. He's worked with academics, building a secure, cloud-based document storage system for Harvard and MIT's professors and faculty. General Electric and OMD (the world's largest marketing agency) previously moved Tann to New York City to work independently on special projects out of their offices next to the CEO.

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Tann is also experienced in sales, having earned contracts with Blue-Chip companies including CBS, Samsung, and Telefonica as well as startups in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York.

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Tann spoke recently at Founders Forum in London on the future of wearable devices. Other speakers and participants at the event included Google's Chairman Eric Schmidt, Prime Minister David Cameron, and Ben Horowitz. Tann's op-eds have been published in Fox News and The Huffington Post.