David Rose
David Rose is a serial entrepreneur, an Inc 500 CEO, and one of the world’s most active angel investors. Rose is the Founder and Chairman of Gust, which operates the world's largest online platform and community for entrepreneurs and early-stage investors. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling books The Startup Checklist and Angel Investing, which has become a definitive how-to guide for anyone considering making or receiving angel investments. He also founded the Finance, Entrepreneurship & Economics track at Singularity University, and is a keynote speaker on the future of business and technology. Rose is one of the world's leading theorists on the future of business in a world of exponential technology growth. He has been described as "the Father of Angel Investing in New York" by Crain's New York Business and "New York Archangel" by Forbes.
David Rose Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Executive Chairman
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Associate Founder and Founding Track Chair, Finance and Entrepreneurship
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Academic History
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Doctor of Engineering
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MBA in Finance
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BA in Urban Affairs
Rose has been described as "the Father of Angel Investing in New York" by Crain's New York Business and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek.
He has also been dubbed as "New York Archangel" by Forbes and "patriarch of Silicon Alley" by Red Herring.
He chairs the New York Angels, one of the most active angel investment groups in the country, which has invested over $60 million into nearly 70 companies.
TECH COMPANIES
Gust was named the world's most innovative financial technology company by SWIFT, and has won the CODiE Award for Best Collaboration Solution for three years in a row.
Gust is used by over a million entrepreneurs in 193 countries to connect with over 85,000 early-stage investors.
Through his early stage technology venture capital firm Rose Tech Ventures, he has helped to fund over 110 early stage companies, with exits to companies including Facebook, Google, Intel, Amazon, and other industry leaders.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Managing Partner, Rose Tech Ventures
Chairman, Thinkable
Chairman, Bookit N Go
Founding Track Chair, Singularity University
Board Member, 92nd Street Y
Board Member, KoolSpan
Chairman, Pinkdata
Board Member, Waywire
Board Member, Social Bicycles
Board Member, TekServe
EARLY CAREER
Rose was the initial investor and Chairman of the Board of each of JUMP Bikes, acquired by Uber; Comixology, acquired by Amazon; Pond5, acquired by Accel; and Panjiva, acquired by S&P Global.
Earlier in his career, he was co-founder of one of the world’s first computer training firms, and spent a decade developing technology-enhanced real estate.
Prior to that, he served as Deputy Director of the New York office of US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
His writings have been featured in Inc. magazine, Huffington Post, Slate, the Wall Street Journal and Forbes.
He is a regular speaker at the TED conferences, and his TEDtalk on How to Pitch a VC has been viewed over a million times.
He is a frequent lecturer at business schools including Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Cambridge, Stanford, UVA, CUNY, and Stevens, and he was named Mentor of the Year by NYU's Stern School of Business.