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Tad Milbourn
Founder at RankedVote
Tad Milbourn is the founder and CEO of RankedVote, a company that provides an online platform for conducting ranked-choice voting.12 He is based in Madison, Wisconsin, and describes himself as someone who is "doing my best to make something people want".2
Professional Background
Tad has a diverse entrepreneurial and corporate background:
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RankedVote: Currently, he is the solo founder of RankedVote, which aims to simplify the process of making decisions using ranked-choice voting online.12
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Payable: Prior to RankedVote, Tad was the co-founder and CEO of Payable, a company that was acquired by Stripe. During his time at Payable, he successfully raised $2.9 million in venture capital funding from notable investors including Y-Combinator, Redpoint Ventures, Freestyle Capital, and General Catalyst.1
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Intuit: Tad spent 10 years at Intuit, where he held various innovation leadership roles. His work there involved revamping aspects of company culture and business models.12
Education and Training
Tad graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.1 He has also participated in Y Combinator, a prominent startup accelerator program.3
Recent Activities
Recently, Tad has been actively promoting ranked-choice voting and discussing its potential impact on elections. He has appeared on podcasts such as "The Bridge" to talk about the momentum building around ranked-choice voting and how it could upgrade the election process.456
On social media, Tad can be found on Twitter (X) with the username @tadmilbourn, where he describes himself as "Founder @RankedVote. Formerly CEO & Co-founder @Payable (acquired by @Stripe) and various innovation roles @Intuit".7
Tad Milbourn's LinkedIn profile can be found at linkedin.com/in/tadmilbourn, where he has over 500 connections.3