Ross Buhrdorf - Co-Founder and CEO @ ZenBusiness

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Primary Job Title Co-Founder and CEO
Primary Organization
ZenBusiness

Location Austin, Texas, United States
Regions Southern US
Gender Male

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Ross is the CEO and co-founder of ZenBusiness, a Public Benefit Corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas. Since 2017, Ross has led ZenBusiness, an all-in-one platform that empowers small business owners to start, run, and grow their companies with confidence. As the strategic leader of ZenBusiness, Ross has helped more than 800,000 entrepreneurs

form legal business entities, stay compliant, and access AI-powered tools and support to scale.

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Ross Buhrdorf

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Workleap Pingboard

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Workleap Pingboard

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Workleap Pingboard	No	Seed Round - Workleap Pingboard	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	LookNook	—	Seed Round - LookNook	obfuscated obfuscation

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Ross Buhrdorf

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Workleap Pingboard

Workleap Pingboard Workleap Pingboard is the dynamic org chart and employee directory solution that transforms how your company connects.

Jobs

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Ross Buhrdorf

has

current jobs as

Co-Founder and CEO

ZenBusiness

and

Partner ,Mentor & Investor

Capital Factory

. Additionally,

Ross Buhrdorf

has had

past jobs including

CTO

HomeAway

ZenBusiness Co-Founder and CEOOct 2016
Capital Factory Partner ,Mentor & InvestorJan 2012

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
HomeAway	CTO	2005	Dec 2015
Salion	CTO/ VP Development	Sep 2000	Feb 2004
Excite	VP of Engineering	1997	Sep 1, 2000
HaL Computer	Software Engineer Manager	Jun 1991	Oct 1996
Tandem Computers	Software Engineer	Dec 1987	Jun 1991
Data General	Software Engineer	1985	Dec 1, 1987

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Ross Buhrdorf

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

American National Bank of Texas

Member of the Board of Trustees

Santa Fe Institute

, and

Advisor

TasteBud (Azul Mobile, Inc.)

American National Bank of Texas Board MemberApr 2015
Santa Fe Institute Member of the Board of TrusteesJan 2012
TasteBud (Azul Mobile, Inc.) Advisor

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