Joshua Schachter

Founder, Investor, and Fan of Customer Success

Joshua Schachter is an American entrepreneur best known for creating the social bookmarking service Delicious and the web service GeoURL. He was born on January 1, 1974, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Schachter launched Delicious in 2003, which became popular for its tagging system that allowed users to organize and share links. The service was acquired by Yahoo! in 2005 for an estimated $30 million, of which Schachter received about $15 million.1 2

In addition to Delicious, Schachter co-created Memepool, a website that collected interesting web links, and developed GeoURL, a service that mapped websites based on geographic location. His innovative work has earned him recognition, including being named one of the top 35 innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review in 2006. After leaving Yahoo! in 2008, he worked at Google until 2010.1 2

Schachter's contributions to the tech industry have significantly influenced how users interact with and organize information on the web, making him a notable figure in the evolution of social media and online content sharing.1 2

Highlights

Nov 4 · twitter

if you are a fan of older systems, and you haven’t seen this, you are missing out

Oct 31 · twitter

my factorio sense is tingling https://t.co/8jeINzDlKP

Experience

Chief Executive Officer at UpdateAI since September 2020

GM, Product Director, Global Director of Energy Practice at BCG Digital Ventures (July 2015 - July 2020); Director at Boston Consulting Group (July 2015 - July 2020); Co Founder at Liveguide, LLC (April 2014 - January 2016)