Chris Yeh

Current

• Partner at Wasabi Media Group
• Co-Founder at AthenaWork
• VP Enterprise Marketing at PBwiki

• Managing Partner at Rapidfire Partners
• Startup Advisor at Various (Sole Proprietorship)
• Partner at Porthos Consulting, LLC

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Past

• CEO at Ustream.TV
• Director of Marketing at Symphoniq
• Chief Marketing Officer at TargetFirst, Inc.

• Designer, Project Manager at FarSight Financial Services
• Product Manager at D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
• Designer, Business Development, Project Manager at FarSight Financial

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Education

• Harvard Business School
• Stanford University

Recommended

11 people have recommended Chris

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Company

Chris Yeh’s Summary

I've spent my entire career working at high-tech startups, and don't plan on making any changes now!

Chris Yeh’s Specialties:

Online advertising, online marketing, sales management, lead generation, product management, market research, product marketing, entrepreneurship, general management

Chris Yeh’s Experience

• Partner

  Wasabi Media Group

  (Internet industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years)

• Co-Founder

  AthenaWork

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

  Co-founder of AthenaWork, a company that helps professional women find project, part, and full-time work that fits with their lives. AthenaWork helps employers find top talent, and helps women get a life that works.

• VP Enterprise Marketing

  PBwiki

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years)

  PBworks (https://pbworks.com) is the world’s leading provider of hosted collaboration solutions for businesses and education. Leading companies and organizations like FedEx, DePaul University, and the FDA choose PBworks to collaborate across geographic and organizational boundaries with employees, customers, partners, and vendors.
  
  Over 50,000 businesses have chosen PBworks to implement knowledge management, extranets, project management, and a host of other business processes and workflows. We host over 800,000 workspaces, serve millions of users per month, and 96% of users would recommend PBworks to a friend. PBworks' investors include Mohr Davidow Ventures, Seraph Group, Sippl Investments, and Ron Conway.

• Managing Partner

  Rapidfire Partners

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

  Independent angel investor and advisor to companies such as Ustream.TV and PBwiki.

• Startup Advisor

  Various (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  June 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)

  Work with a wide variety of startups and entrepreneurs. Special focus on working with younger entrepreneurs (to help me stave off dinosaur-like irrelevance as I get old).

• Partner

  Porthos Consulting, LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  September 2001 — Present (7 years 11 months)

  Partner at a boutique consultancy focusing on strategy and strategic sales management.

• CEO

  Ustream.TV

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2007 — October 2007 (5 months)

  Ustream is an open platform that lets anyone create and broadcast compelling live video experiences to a global audience. Ustreamers from businesses to Buddhist monks are using our platform to build stronger relationships and communities. Each day, people ustream talk shows, concerts, sporting events, even weddings and graduations. Ustream is a privately held company whose backers include Jeff Clavier and Chris Yeh.

• Director of Marketing

  Symphoniq

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2003 — June 2007 (4 years 6 months)

  Oversee all marketing functions for an early-stage systems management software startup.

• Chief Marketing Officer

  TargetFirst, Inc.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  September 1999 — September 2001 (2 years 1 month)

  Founder and Chief Marketing Officer for a maker of online marketing tools for small and medium-sized businesses. We didn't get rich, but we gave it a heck of a try.

• Designer, Project Manager

  FarSight Financial Services

  (Internet industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years)

• Product Manager

  D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

  October 1995 — August 1998 (2 years 11 months)

  Joined the founding teams of Juno Online Services and FarSight Financial Services. Managed FarSight's (later D. E. Shaw Financial Technologies) online brokerage software product. Left to attend Harvard Business School.

• Designer, Business Development, Project Manager

  FarSight Financial

  (Internet industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years)

Chris Yeh’s Education

• Harvard Business School

  MBA , Entrepreneurship , September 1998 — June 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  President, High Tech & New Media Club. Graduated with high distinction (Baker Scholar).

• Stanford University

  BS, BA , Product Design, Creative Writing , September 1990 — June 1994

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Graduated with highest distinction.

Additional Information

Chris Yeh’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Company

Chris Yeh’s Interests:

Advising startup companies. Blogging (https://chrisyeh.blogspot.com). Consumer-Generated Media. Virtual worlds and massively multiplayer online games.

Chris Yeh’s Contact Settings

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