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Jonathan_Nelson

Jonathan Nelson

Hacking Silicon Valley

Founder of the largest community of technical founders in Silicon Valley, Hackers & Founders

Question I'm trying to answer: How do you help hundreds of founders build successful companies and become serial entrepreneurs?

Based in: San Jose, CA

Experience

  • Founder at Hackers and Founders

    H&F is the largest community of technical founders in Silicon Valley.

    We also have 10 H&F chapters world wide, totaling over 10,000 members.

    Hackers & Founders does:

    Startup incubation: The Co-op
    Education: Hackers & Founders University
    Networking: Meetup events
    Speaker presentations: Naval, Jason Purtorti, Vinod Khosla, etc...

    Fields: startup, Social entrepreneurship

  • Trauma, ER, ICU, Research, Cardiac Cath Lab at 35 Hospitals

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    • I've worked 3 days a week as a ER/Trauma/ICU/Research/Cath Lab nurse for the better part of two decades. Most of it was working as a contractor. The gig sucks, but it's given me a ton of freedom to explore, think, experience and hack.

      • 1994 - Present
      • 5 States

  • Founder at Newsley.com

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    • Founder of Newsley.com, a search engine for economic and financial news.

      Fields: Financial, News, Search

  • Founder at Cuuute.com

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    • Social News site devoted to cute things. Now defunct... I got really tired of looking at pictures of kittens all day long.

      Fields: Internet, Social News, Cute

      • 2009 - 2009
      • San Jose

  • ER Trauma nurse at Various

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    • I've worked as a contract nurse for years in 5 states, in 35 hospitals around the country.

      Working 3 nights a week pays the bills well enough to fund my hacking and entrepreneurial activities.

      • 35 hospitals around the country

Education

  • University of Maryland, University College

    Fields: CS

    • 2004 - 2008
    • Maryland
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