Y Combinator

Northeastern University

Huangshan University

Nanjing University

William Fremd High School

Tech/Logistics/China ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Low cost, open-source inventory robot for optometrists and pharmacists.

OpenShelf

Co-Founder/CTO

Efani

ZipX.com

Shop in any other country around the world

Acquired my previous company Trusu.com and spun out
https://www.techinasia.com/ecommerce-expats-startup-trusu-acquired-hong-kong-logistics-firm-zipx
https://www.forbes.com/profile/james-steinberg/?list=30under30-asia-retail-ecommerce&sh=3e93f4c3b34f
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rubyleung/2021/07/07/hong-kong-startup-pickupp-raises-15-million-from-billionaires-and-conglomerates-for-asia-expansion/?sh=2e887b583d12

ZipX.com

Managing Director

Trusu.com

Trusu is digitizing imported goods all the way to the end customer in Asia. 
Americans uniquely have easy access to nearly everything made around the world. Right now, we are bringing that to Hong Kong. Watch what cities come next.

Funded by Y Combinator 2018

Acquired by ZipX.com

Trusu

Co-Founder

http://www.pedal.com/
Pedal provides access to gyms near you

Increased sign-up response rate from 3% to 8% by focusing on non-chain gyms
Got over 300 contracts with gyms in 14 different cities around the USA

Press:

http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/37188347/valley-tech-companies-prepare-for-start-of-ces

Pedal Holdings Inc.

Co-founder, CTO

Shotput is an API for product fulfillment. It raised over 1.7 million from Y Combinator and other investors. Shotput.com

Identified target market (overfunded kickstarters) and closed 10 medium sized businesses as customers in 3 months.
Shipped over 10,000 products around the world 
Lowered average sales time from 14 days to 26 minutes

Press:

http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/31/y-combinator-backed-shotput-helps-fulfill-product-orders-at-a-price-that-works-for-startups/
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/06/shotput-wants-to-be-the-aws-for-logistics/
http://smallbiztrends.com/2015/08/shotput-small-business-shipping-option-small-companies.html
http://blog.ycombinator.com/shotput-yc-s15-is-like-aws-for-warehousing-and-fulfillment
https://www.producthunt.com/tech/shotput
http://venturefizz.com/blog/idea-reaches-gap-funding-milestone-6-ventures-receive-non-equity-grants
http://www.northeastern.edu/idea/2014/12/11/derivatived-helps-new-grounds-food-produce-their-kickstarter-orders/
http://www.northeastern.edu/idea/tag/derivatived/

Shotput

Co-founder

Currently confidential.

Created post-sale revenue opportunity with repair service by designing a debug system for a medical product
Reduced iteration time on original prototype from 8 hours to 2 minutes

DEKA Research & Development

Engineer

Developed login page and payment gateway for Paypal using CodeIgniter
Oversaw 2 front-end Trainee Developers for basic web security and debugging assistance

Tuatara Corporation

Junior Developer

Reduced daily financials report building from 3 hours a day to under 10 seconds

Goldman Sachs

Analyst/Developer

Placed in the top 100 at the Mass Challenge Start-up Competition
Programmed and managed the back-end of (www.netblazr.com/)
Developed multiple marketing campaigns and tools for web and worked extensively with the Google Maps API

James Steinberg