Jim Barnett - CEO and Co-founder @ Wisq - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Primary Job Title CEO and Co-founder
Primary Organization
Wisq

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Jim Barnett is based out of San Francisco, California and is the CEO and co-founder of Wisq. Jim previously worked at LinkedIn as a co-founder and head of Glint and VP of product. Jim Barnett attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Jim Barnett

invested in

Pulpo Media

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Pulpo Media	No	Seed Round - Pulpo Media	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Needle	Shasta Ventures	Yes	Series B - Needle	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Turn	Shasta Ventures	—	Series B - Turn	obfuscated obfuscation

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Pulpo Media

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Pulpo Media

Pulpo Media Pulpo Media, a Hispanic media solutions provider, offers technology solutions for advertisers to better reach online Hispanic consumers.

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Jim Barnett

is the

CEO and Co-founder

Wisq

. Additionally,

Jim Barnett

has had

past jobs including

Co-founder and Head of Glint and VP of Product

Wisq CEO and Co-founderMar 2021

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
LinkedIn	Co-founder and Head of Glint and VP of Product	Nov 2018	Oct 2020
Glint	CEO, Chairman, and co-founder	Sep 2013	Nov 2018
Shasta Ventures	General Partner	Nov 2011	Oct 2013
AltaVista	CEO	Aug 2001	Nov 2003
Ancestry	President	1999	2001
Accolade	CEO	1994	1999
Xilinx	Founder	—	—
Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions	President & CEO	—	—
Inc.com	COO	—	—
Atari	President and CEO	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

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Jim Barnett

holds

board and advisor roles as

Member of the Board of Directors

Needle

and

Member of the Advisory Board

Pulpo Media

Needle Member of the Board of Directors
Pulpo Media Member of the Advisory Board

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Turn	Chairman & Co-Founder	Oct 2004	Apr 2017
SideStep	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
Petco	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
Accolade	Chairman of the Board of Directors	—	—

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Education

Jim Barnett

studied at

Stanford University

Stanford Graduate School of Business

, and

Stanford Law School

Stanford University BAPolitical Science1980
Stanford Graduate School of Business MBAunknown1984
Stanford Law School JDunknown1984

Events

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Jim Barnett

has participated in

event,

SVOD - Silicon Valley Open Doors Technology Investment Conference 2018

May 30, 2018

SVOD - Silicon Valley Open Doors Technology Investment Conference 2018 Speaker Mountain View, California, United States, North AmericaMay 30, 2018