Eric Sung
VP of Product and Principal at Goodwater Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
VP of Product and Principal
2022 - Current
Goodwater Genesis seeks out exceptional entrepreneurs and helps them cultivate the success they deserve.
Product Lead
2016 - 2022
Launched the Today Tab to showcase the best ways to use Pinterest through daily editorial recommendations - https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en/post/introducing-the-today-tab-for-daily-inspiration Launched the More Ideas tab, a place to plan projects on Pinterest - https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en/post/a-new-way-to-discover-more-ideas-for-your-boards Launched seven tools to help organize your content - https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en/post/new-tools-for-organizing-pins-boards-and-sections-on-pinterest Launched Pinterest Lens, a new visual discovery product - https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en/post/and-you-get-lens-and-you-get-lens-and-you-get-lens Launched food features for search - https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en/post/whats-for-dinner-we-got-you-covered-with-new-food-features Launched Samsung visual search partnership - https://newsroom.pinterest.com/en/post/pinterest-visual-discovery-across-the-samsung-galaxy-s8 Doing work everyday to make Pinterest a source of inspiration for people to create a life they love.
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
Raised $1,486,100,000.00 from Elliott Investment Management and Elliott Investment Management.
Investment Team Partner
2014 - 2016
Invested in 25 fantastic startups. Backed by the good people at First Round Capital.
Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation.
Product Marketing MBA Intern
2015 - 2015
Weaved some crafty stories about Facebook Search. Hacked on a side project that ended up shipping during my MBA summer.
Stay N' Alive Productions, LLC is a social media marketing firm that provides clients with measurable profits.
Consulting Intern
2014 - 2014
Advised an enterprise technology company's growth strategy for a summer.
Co-founder
2008 - 2013
Founded and led operations for a leading local search / discovery company that was acquired by Groupon in 2013. We raised $2.2m in capital from 500 Startups and other angels. Had some nice people write about us in TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, CNET, GigaOm, AllThingsD, The Next Web, Technorati, and more. Learned how to survive on ramen and little sleep.