Jessica Livingston
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Jessica Livingston
Jessica Livingston
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Jessica Livingston (born February 5, 1972)[1] is an American author and a founding partner of the seed stage venture firm Y Combinator.[2][3] She also organizes Startup School.[4] Previously, she was the VP of marketing at Adams Harkness Financial Group.[5] She has a B.A. in English from Bucknell University.[6]
In early 2007, Livingston released Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (published by Apress), a collection of interviews with famous startup founders, including Steve Wozniak, Mitch Kapor, Ray Ozzie, and Max Levchin.[7]
In December 2015, it was announced that Livingston is one of the financial backers of OpenAI, a for profit company aimed at the safe development of artificial general intelligence.[10]
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Citation Linkwww.inc.com"The Start-up Guru: Y Combinator's Paul Graham, Page 2". Inc.com. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
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Citation Linkwww.startupschool.org"2011 Startup School". Startupschool.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
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Citation Linkinvesting.businessweek.com"Jessica Livingston: Executive Profile". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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Citation Linkwww.fool.comTaulli, Tom. "Foolish Book Review: "Founders at Work"". The Motley Fool.
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Citation Linkarclanguage.org"Where are we going?". arclanguage.org. 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
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Citation Linknews.ycombinator.com"Congrats to PG on getting hitched". news.ycombinator.com. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
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Citation Linkwww.forbes.comPriestly, Theo (December 11, 2015). "Elon Musk And Peter Thiel Launch OpenAI, A Non-Profit Artificial Intelligence Research Company". Forbes. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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Citation Linkwww.inc.com"The Start-up Guru: Y Combinator's Paul Graham, Page 2"
Sep 29, 2019, 8:28 AM
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Citation Linkwww.forbes.com"Elon Musk And Peter Thiel Launch OpenAI, A Non-Profit Artificial Intelligence Research Company"
Sep 29, 2019, 8:28 AM