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Getting Arrested Intentionally
Talks about Protest, Arrest and Climate Change
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Luke Iseman
Founder of Make Sunsets
Oakland, California
Overview
Luke Iseman is the Founder of Make Sunsets, focusing on creating a cooler planet through his entrepreneurial ventures. With a background in founding and co-founding various successful startups, including boxouse and growerbot, he has demonstrated expertise in scalability and profitable business models.
Iseman's career highlights include founding Make Sunsets and being a Co-Founder at boxouse, showcasing his ability to lead innovative ventures and drive positive environmental impact through entrepreneurship.
Work Experience
Founder
2022 - Current
Global cooling, one stratospheric cloud at a time.
Make Sunsets is a Sunlight Reflection company that creates biodegradable, reflective clouds at high altitudes to cool the planet.
Raised $750,000.00 from Pioneer Fund and Boost VC.
Co-Founder
2016 - 2021
portable, affordable, beautiful smart homes
Director of Hardware
2015 - 2016
Helped Y Combinator become the best place to start a hardware company.
Founder
2014 - 2015
We create smarter gardens through web-connected soil sensors and automation
Co-Founder & CTO
2013 - 2014
Soil IQ is revolutionizing how the world grows food with beautiful, affordable precision agriculture technology.
CTO
2011 - 2013
re:char is a developer of agriculture systems to mitigate climate change and alleviate rural poverty.
Re:char is a social enterprise that uses technology to help farmers grow more food.
Founder
2008 - 2013
I create open-source hardware products, including: -the first open-source, collapsible pedicab -an automated gardening system -a GPS-enabled bike alarm that lets you shock anyone who steals it I offer projects in 3 forms: 1. Free, open-sourced plans 2. For-sale kit 3. For-sale finished product
Co-Founder
2011 - 2011
Creating your weighted social graph to deliver better recommendations and less nonsense :-)
Partnerships Director
2007 - 2008
Partner Manager
2007 - 2007
Market Development Associate
2006 - 2007
Bazaarvoice helps brands capture, analyze and act upon social data, and enables authentic customer-powered marketing.
Raised $130,552,663.00 from Constantin Partners, Battery Ventures, Austin Ventures and KG Investments.
Google Answerer
2002 - 2006
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Education
BSEcon
2001 - 2005