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Daniel Doyon
Founder and Managing Principal based in Philadelphia
Daniel Doyon is the co-founder of Readwise, a platform designed to enhance memory retention from reading by allowing users to aggregate and revisit highlights from various reading sources, such as Kindle, iBooks, and Instapaper. He has been in this role since September 2018, and he also serves as the Managing Principal at Workplace Hospitality Management, which he has held since the same year.13
Doyon has been actively involved in developing tools that cater to "elite non-fiction readers," aiming to streamline the reading experience by consolidating content from different platforms into one application. This includes features for highlighting, annotating, and utilizing AI to improve the reading process. One of the notable products from Readwise is the Readwise Reader, which allows users to manage diverse content types, including web articles, newsletters, and PDFs, all in one place.245
In addition to his work at Readwise, Doyon is known for engaging with the community through interviews and discussions about reading technologies and personal knowledge management, showcasing his commitment to improving how people interact with written content.35
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