Joshua Baer ⚙️

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Carnegie Mellon University

Austinpreneur - I help people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs.

Austin, Texas Area

Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, the number one startup state in the U.S. Thousands of entrepreneurs, programmers and designers gather day and night, in-person and online for meetups, classes and coworking. With boots on the ground in Austin, Dallas and Houston, we meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to their first investors, employees, mentors and customers. According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active investor in Texas since 2010. <a href="http://www.capitalfactory.com">http://www.capitalfactory.com</a>

Capital Factory

Founder & CEO

Texas Health Catalyst is a program at The University of Texas at Austin to more effectively and efficiently translate the best faculty research into health impact as a therapeutic, diagnostic, device or digital health product. Through the program, the Dell Medical School in collaboration with the Cockrell School of Engineering, College of Natural Sciences, School of Pharmacy and the Office of Technology Commercialization will develop a vetted pipeline of translational research from across the university and make this rich resource easily accessible to downstream developers, partners and funders.

The University of Texas at Austin

Texas Health Catalyst Advisory Panel, Dell Medical School

Eisenhower Fellowships is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization seeking to foster international understanding and leadership through the exchange of information, ideas and perspectives among leaders throughout the world. Established in 1953 as a birthday tribute to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the organization has sponsored more than 2,000 Fellows from 108 countries. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.efworld.org">www.efworld.org</a>

Eisenhower Fellowships

Eisenhower Fellow

Startup Games unites high-growth tech companies in friendly competition to build great cultures while giving back to their local communities. Our vision is to have the top 20 startup communities in the world compete in an Olympics-style event crowning an annual world champion, with the goal of raising $1,000,000 per year for charity.The Games: 16 tech startups compete in ten events for a day of networking, fun and philanthropy. Each company plays for the charity of their choice, and at the end of the event, every charity walks away with money for their organization, with the largest portion of the pot going to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams.Find out how to bring the Startup Games to your city at <a href="http://startupgames.com">http://startupgames.com</a>

Startup Games

Board of Directors

Pingboard is a modern, social company directory. We make heroes out of Office Managers and provide a simple, extendable API to your employees.I helped Bill Boebel found this company and spin it out of Capital Thought.

Pingboard

The Henry Crown Fellowship Program, established in 1997, seeks to develop the next generation of community-spirited leaders, providing them with the tools necessary to meet the challenges of business and civic leadership in the 21st century. The program is a unique mix of seminars designed to broaden the perspectives of the participants and hone their skills in values-centered leadership. It honors the memory of Chicago industrialist Henry Crown (1896-1990), whose legendary career was marked by a lifelong commitment to honor, integrity, industry and philanthropy.I'm in the 2013 (XVII) class.

The Aspen Institute

Henry Crown Fellow

Started in 2011, Austin Startup Week is five days of events celebrating Austin startups, the organizations and meetups that support them and all the awesome people that make them happen!Each year, organizations and startups open their doors, put on events and roll out the red carpet for both locals and visitors alike who are interested in learning more about the startup scene in Austin.

Austin Startup Week

Founder & Organizer

I teach the Longhorn Startup Seminar and Lab along with Bob Metcalfe and Ben Dyer. Our students get credit for graduation for working on their own startups along with help from mentors in the Austin <a href="http://community.http://longhornstartup.com">community.http://longhornstartup.com</a>

Entrepreneur in Residence, Computer Science Department

5 minutes. 20 slides. What would you say?Ignite Austin brings together an inspiring and unexpected blend of thinkers from business, art, technology, government and academia. All with ideas. And all willing to share them.I'm fortunate to work with Whurley, Josh Jones-Dilworth, John Rodriguez and my wife Amy Baer as co-organizers on <a href="http://this.http://www.igniteaustin.org">this.http://www.igniteaustin.org</a>

Ignite Austin

The Grove is a wine bar and restaurant opened by Reed Clemons and Beth Lasita over on Bee Cave Road, just west of 360 and across from The County Line. Reed has been doing restaurants in Austin for years, such as Mezzaluna, The Bitter End, The Granite Cafe, Hangtown Grill, Reed's Supper Club, etc. I was fortunate to get involved as an investor!From the get go our goal has been to provide a casual place where Austinites and visitors could enjoy great wine and food. When we first opened, we called ourselves a wine bar. However, since our inception, we have had a full kitchen. The menu is simply fantastic. Does this make us a restaurant, people wonder? It definitely makes us more than a wine bar, we are the grove wine bar  -  kitchen.We hope our customers appreciate and enjoy what we do. It truly is a labor of love.We also opened up Lola Savannah Coffee Shop next door, and then additional locations in Lakeway and on 6th Street <a href="http://downtown.http://www.grovewinebar.com/http://www.lolasavannah.com/">downtown.http://www.grovewinebar.com/http://www.lolasavannah.com/</a>

The Grove Wine Bar

Investor

Lean customer and product development for startups.We thrive on uncertainty. We excel at establishing product/market fit, and we find growing a seedling of an idea into a real company -- fun!At Capital Thought, your project is sponsored by a founder—Jason Cohen or Joshua Baer. Both have started three tech companies each—writing the software, devising the marketing, leading them to millions of dollars in annual revenue, and negotiating successful exits.We are not just consultants. We are partners.  Read case studies about our work with Bazaarvoice, Rackspace Mosso, OtherInbox, Return Path Sender Score Reputation Network, and UnsubCentral at <a href="http://www.capitalthought.com/case-studies.htmlRight">http://www.capitalthought.com/case-studies.htmlRight</a> now Jason Cohen runs Capital Thought and I'm focused on OtherInbox full-time. <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncohen">http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncohen</a>

Capital Thought

Partner

The Texas Tribune is the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

Texas Tribune

The Young Leaders Forum (YLF), now in its second decade, provides opportunities that will enhance the dialogue between our countries and build lasting ties between our peoples. Each year, YLF holds a 3½-day retreat to which a select group of exceptional American and Chinese young professionals are invited. Together, participants explore substantive issues and develop enduring friendships in a casual, intimate environment.

National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Young Leaders Forum

I'm a member of the 2014 Leadership Austin Essentials Class, connecting me with 60 other Austin leaders and guiding us through an exploration of how the City of Austin works and what challenges lie ahead.

Leadership Austin

2014 Essentials Class

We deliver email. Lots of it.Formerly known as SKYLIST, PulseConnect, and PostUp. Sold to Upland Software in 2019.

PostUp

Founder & Board of Directors

Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

Return Path helps generate actionable data from email. I founded OtherInbox, the app store for your Inbox. I led the acquisition of Context.io, the missing API for email.

Return Path

Fellow

A one day conference focused on the Future of Email. Must-know tactics and latest updates on email platforms & tech innovation solutions. Proven techniques for rocking customer acquisition, retention & deliverability, as well as deal flow for partnership and acquisition channels.New email productivity & workflow solutions for the busy professional.

Inbox Love

WP Engine provides the fastest, most secure Wordpress hosting along with the best customer service. Plus custom tools you won't find anywhere else like a staging server, backups to github, and more.If your Wordpress site is important, it should be hosted on WP Engine.http://wpengine.comI helped Jason Cohen found this company and spin it out of Capital Thought.

WP Engine

I founded OtherInbox in 2008 with Mike Subelsky. We launched at TechCrunch50 and then at the SXSW Accelerator. At the end of 2011 we joined Return Path and I continue as CEO of OtherInbox.OtherInbox saves you time and cuts down on unwanted emails. You don't have to learn anything new or change your email address - we work with what you've got. More than 2 million people think that their Aol, Gmail or Yahoo Mail inbox is better with OtherInbox. Automatic Organizer cleans up your inbox by putting receipts, newsletters, and Facebook messages into folders. Every morning you get a daily summary to make sure that you don't miss anything important. When you get a shipping notice, it automatically shows up on your calendar in Outlook or Google Calendar. Unsubscriber is the simplest way to stop emails you don't want. Just put the messages that you don't want into the Unsubscribe folder and forget about them. Unsubscriber will make sure that you don't ever see any messages from them again, plus it will actually try to click the links and get you off the list. OtherInbox, Inc. is proudly based in Austin, Texas and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Return Path, Inc.

OtherInbox

I work with emerging media, press and corporate development.

Datran Media

Chief Evangelist

Hoop-A-Paluza (HAPI) is a charity, a fundraiser and a big party all rolled into one. We hold an annual carnival each year. People register for the event online.  Before the event, participants obtain pledges from donors who "sponsor" them to shoot 20 free throws. At the event, participants shoot their baskets to raise money for worthy children’s causes, after which they and their families enjoy rides, free refreshments, entertainment and fun contests.  All proceeds benefit a select group of children's charities each year – and participants and their families enjoy a fun-filled carnival-style event free of charge. With an all-volunteer organization since its founding in 2002, HAPI has raised more than $1,000,000 to aid children’s causes in New Jersey and spawned sister events around the country.

Hoop-a-paluza

Board of Advisors

Greenling Organic Delivery provides home delivery of local and organic grocery items directly to your home. For the same price as whole foods, you can have high quality organic goodies brought to your door. This award winning startup is currently servicing the Austin and San Antonio markets and expanding rapidly.As an investor and board member, I help Greenling with their eCommerce website and online marketing strategy, as well as fundraising and corporate strategy.

Greenling Organic Delivery

Massage Envy® is a Scottsdale-based national franchise of massage clinics dedicated to bringing professional, affordable therapeutic massage services to consumers at convenient times and locations that fit busy lifestyles.I was one of the partners and investors for a handful of MassageEnvy franchises in Austin. I was not involved with MassageEnvy corporate.

MassageEnvy

The Electronic Frontier Foundation Austin advocates establishment and protection of digital rights and defense of the wealth of digital information, innovation, and technology. We promote the right of all citizens to communicate and share information without unreasonable constraint. We also advocate the fundamental right to explore, tinker, create, and innovate along the frontier of emerging <a href="http://technologies.http://www.effaustin.org/">technologies.http://www.effaustin.org/</a>

EFF Austin

CPA was founded in 2005 by a group of local philanthropists with the objective of giving back to our community, while producing fun and entertaining events for families and friends. We focus on providing funding support for nonprofit organizations that have a direct and meaningful impact on kids, families, and the <a href="http://arts.http://www.charitypartnersofaustin.org/">arts.http://www.charitypartnersofaustin.org/</a>

Charity Partners of Austin

ME, “Music and Entertainment” Television, is a 24- hour regional network dedicated to showcasing and providing television exposure for regional artists as well as the hundreds of touring groups that make up the vibrant Texas live music scene. Supporting established artists and promoting and discovering new talent is a priority. ME is the entertainment resource, with venue schedules, artist information, interviews and local live music shows every night at 7pm on ME Live! ME Television launched October 1, 2005 and is currently broadcast to Austin and the 40 surrounding cities. ME Television is a national prototype for a series of regional music and entertainment networks around the country. Besides hanging around the TV studio every chance I get, I also help out with the Internet <a href="http://strategy.http://www.metelevision.com/">strategy.http://www.metelevision.com/</a>

ME Television

Datran served optimized, relevant and custom created advertisements into your email inbox, like an ad server. Like paid search, performance dictates which ads float to the top and which sink to the bottom. In 2011 Datran Media merged with ContextWeb to form PulsePoint.I became Chief Technology Officer of Datran Media in January 2006 after it acquired SKYLIST and UnsubCentral. I was an executive sponsor for key strategic accounts including Microsoft and Turner, lead R&D projects across the companies, and represented Datran Media to the industry and the press.

Chief Technology Officer

Formed in 2003, LashBack was born from the idea that someone should be able to automate an email unsubscribe request. Since then LashBack has developed and patented several 2nd generation anti-spam technologies which are being adopted by the largest ISPs in the world to enhance their spam fighting abilities. LashBack's unsubscribe "Reputation" services and automated unsubscribe service "UnsubSafe" will play a key role in stamping out the burden of junk email to ISP's anti-spam organizations and their consumers. LashBack is raising the value of email by developing and deploying technical solutions that bring visibility, accountability and control to all players in the email Ecosystem. Currently LashBack data is used to protect over 500 million inboxes worldwide.

Lashback

Created the technical direction, direct development resources and overall leadership for BUZZMGR. The service monitors and anlyzes online word of mouth in fan-generated media such as social networks, blogs, fan forums and influence the buzz in sports, entertainment and lifestyle markets for PR and marketing purposes.

BUZZMGR

Founder & Advisor

The Email Sender and Provider Coalition (ESPC) was formed to fight spam while protecting the delivery of legitimate email. The ESPC members have recognized the need for strong spam solutions that ensure the delivery of legitimate email and have been very active in the war against spam.I founded and co-chaired the Vendor Relations committee (which later was renamed the Receiver Relations committee) and currently co-chair the Technology <a href="http://committee.http://www.espcoalition.org/http://www.deliverability.com/">committee.http://www.espcoalition.org/http://www.deliverability.com/</a>

Email Senders and Providers Coalition (ESPC)

Committee Chair

In December 2003 Congress passed the CAN-SPAM act. It made the advertiser responsible for honoring unsubscribes and maintaining an email  suppression list, which many had never done before. In order to comply with the law, email marketers now needed to securely exchange these suppression files.We launched UnsubCentral in January 2004 to provide a secure, central repository for email suppression lists and easy access control. It quickly became the gold standard for email suppression lists and provides trusted, third party compliance for billions of email messages per month.

UnsubCentral

<a href="http://Deliverability.com">Deliverability.com</a> is the premier independent blog for the email marketing community. Tens of thousands of readers come here to find news, rumors and tips about email deliverability and email marketing posted by a dozen of the leaders in the industry.

Deliverability.com

Publisher

URaPI

Founder & CTO

Netmonitor, Inc.

<a href="http://IveBeenGood.com">IveBeenGood.com</a> was incubated in Trilogy University and also operated as UberWorks, Inc.We launched at Internet World 1999 and were covered on the CBS Evening News and New York <a href="http://Times.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz39wHj95chttp%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Ffullpage.html%3Fres%3D9901E0DC1E3DF93BA25752C1A96F958260I">Times.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz39wHj95chttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E0DC1E3DF93BA25752C1A96F958260I</a> was a key contributor from product conception to company acquisition for $20mm by Network Commerce. I developed the sales pitch and strategy for >$1M software licensing and hosting deals, opened the initial pipeline, closed $2mm+ in revenue in 6 months, and developed and executed $250,000 online marketing plan with <$3 customer acquisition cost.

IveBeenGood.com

Director of Business Development

VentureBeginnings was an Pittsburgh incubator run by RF Culbertson and focused on the students coming out of Carnegie Mellon.

VentureBeginnings

Entrepreneur in Residence

TU is a three to four month total-immersion program that many view as the most challenging and most rewarding period of their career.Each TU class is tasked with using innovation and technology to drive the execution of Trilogy's strategy. Previous TU classes have built new products and even new businesses. Others have driven Trilogy’s focus on e-commerce. A TU project in 1999 became one of our largest software deals of the year. As the company intensified its focus on leadership development the next year, a TU team created a web site that the company still uses today to communicate our vision and exchange ideas that drive forward every day.Recognized in a case study for Harvard Business School and described in an article in the Harvard Business Review magazine, TU is a program in which young professionals are proud to have participated.Here is an article from Fortune in 1998 that talks about life at Trilogy back <a href="http://then...http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/21/insanity.html">then...http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/21/insanity.html</a>

Trilogy Software

Trilogy University

I started out working with David Ferris in college as a contract programmer for his Filemaker Pro database and website. Soon I became a guest analyst, writing and reviewing research notes on emerging technology, regulation, and best practices for distribution to F500 CTO / CIO client base.

Ferris Research

Guest Analyst

I started SKYLIST as a dorm-room dot-com while studying at Carnegie Mellon. I was working with ListSTAR as an intern at StarNine and one of my consulting clients asked me if I would host the Computer Book Publishing discussion list on my server. One list became two, and then ten, and then a hundred. By the time I graduated from CMU, I had a nice little business with a few hundred thousand a year in revenue. But it was when we decided to take the plunge and create our own email platform called StormPost that the company really started to grow quickly. We also shifted focus from discussion forums to newsletters and promotions.By the time I sold SKYLIST to Datran Media, it was ranked best value by Jupiter research and had earned clients such as Microsoft, Nascar, Disney and the Boston Globe. In 2006, SKYLIST was rated one of the best places to work in Austin.Datran Media became PulsePoint and then eventually SKYLIST and UnsubCentral spun out of PulsePoint and rebranded as PostUp, where I am now an independent board member.

SKYLIST, Inc.

ListMom-Talk was an email list of almost 1,000 people who were responsible for running email lists on all platforms. Administrators from the biggest mailing list sites and the developers of mailing list software such were all active on the list. List etiquette, comparisons of list software, problems with members of a list, and listserver configuration were all appropriate topics. The List-Unsubscribe header and the rest of RFC 2369 were developed by this group and is now widely implemented by Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, LISTSERV, Majordomo and pretty much everyone <a href="http://else.http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2369.html">else.http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2369.html</a>

ListMom-Talk

Moderator

My first real job other than bagging groceries, I was hired by Tom Biddulph to respond to ListSTAR customers on public forums and develop AppleScript extensions. This is when I first started to learn about email.