Seth Sternberg

Seth Sternberg is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor,[1] and CEO of Honor.[2]

Seth Sternberg
Known forCEO of Honor
Co-founder of Meebo
Angel Investor
TitleCEO and Co-founder of Honor

Education

Sternberg attended Yale University where he founded IvyBound,[3] a college consulting firm. He graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.[4]

Career

Sternberg started his career working at IBM.[5] With experience in corporate development, Sternberg provided valuation advice to new entrepreneurs like Sean Parker.[6] In September 2005, he co-founded Meebo, an instant messaging and social networking service provider.[7] He coined the role information architect as "someone who is good at data analytics and has network administrator experience."[8] In June 2012, he announced that Meebo entered into an agreement to be acquired by Google.[9]

In September 2014, Sternberg founded the home care company Honor, to help connect older adults with professional caregivers.[2][10]

Awards

In 2017, Sternberg was named one of the Top 50 Influencers in Aging by Next Avenue.[11]

References
  1. "CrunchBase". CrunchBase. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. "How The Tech Elite Plans To Reinvent Senior Care". April 2, 2015.
  3. "Business-savvy Yalies unite and just say YES".
  4. "Seth Sternberg".
  5. Jones, Bradley (2008). Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc. p. 156. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. Kirkpatrick, David (February 1, 2011). The Facebook Effect. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks. p. 110. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  7. "Startups shun forebears' excesses, and some workers even bring their own chairs". January 21, 2007.
  8. Rosenberger, Larry (2009). The Deciding Factor: The Power of Analytics to Make Every Decision a Winner. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. p. 105. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  9. "Google Is Buying Meebo". June 4, 2012.
  10. Jenkins, Jo Ann (2016). Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age. PublicAffairs. p. 98. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  11. "2017 top Influencers in Aging". 2017.
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