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Jack Herrick
Founder of wikiHow
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Jack Herrick is the founder of wikiHow and an angel investor in over 100 companies, including 10+ unicorns. He has invested in a wide range of sectors and stages, such as Impact, Web3/Blockchain, and Series A, and has been involved in successful ventures like eHow and Luminescent Technologies.
Herrick's career highlights include founding wikiHow, a widely-used platform, and making strategic investments in numerous successful startups, positioning him as a key figure in the entrepreneurial and investment landscape.
Work Experience
Founder
2005 - Current
wikiHow is the world's most popular how-to website. It teaches over 100 million people a month how to do anything in 17 different languages.
wikiHow is a web- and wiki-based community that provides its users with a database of how-to guides.
Owner, co-CEO
2004 - 2006
Helped eHow become the most popular how-to site on the web. Sold company to Demand Media in 2006.
Co-Founder
2002 - 2006
A semiconductor technology company acquired by KLA-Tencor. If you own a mobile phone, our technology is likely sitting in your pocket right now.
Co-founder and CEO
1999 - 2001
A sequoia funded e-commerce company in the restaurant supply industry. Acquired by TriMark.
Associate
1998 - 1999
I made pretty charts and graphs when I was told do so.
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