Ben Colman

Ben Colman

New York, New York, United States
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Reality Defender (YC W22)

About

15+ years building data-driven teams obsessed with product + privacy.

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Experience

  • Reality Defender (YC W22) Graphic

    Reality Defender (YC W22)

    New York, New York, United States

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

Education

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    First investor in Airbnb, Stripe, Instacart, Reddit, Dropbox, Doordash, Coinbase, Opensea, and countless unicorn startups, Y Combinator has solidified itself as the world's premier early stage investor.

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    Activities and Societies: Winston Churchill Society

    Macro Research Assistant, Lowe Institute for Political Economy
    Math Instructor, Camp Afflerbaugh-Paige Juvenile Detention Center
    Thesis: Prestige Theory & Economic Bubbles

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    1st Place, Amazon.com Innovation Competition
    1st Place, Cable Interacts Competition
    Team Leader, Peking University Guanghua School of Management (Beijing, China)
    Graduate Fellow, W. R. Berkley Innovation Lab & Accelerator
    Founder, Stern@SXSW Interactive

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    Student Team Leader

Projects

  • Amazon Air (1st Place Winner - Amazon.com Innovation Competition)

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    Amazon Air is a service for consumers to seamlessly and securely share millions of private WiFi networks at higher speeds and lower costs than 3G/4G cellular connections.

    Other creators

  • Author: Blockchain – The New Technology of Trust (Goldman Sachs Insights)

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    A new technology is redefining the way we transact. If that sounds incredibly far-reaching, that's because it is.

    Blockchain has the potential to change the way we buy and sell, interact with government and verify the authenticity of everything from property titles to organic vegetables.

    It combines the openness of the internet with the security of cryptography to give everyone a faster, safer way to verify key information and establish trust.

    See project

  • CountryREWARDS

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    Country-Level Rewards + Machine Learning on the Blockchain

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  • PlaceAVote (TechCrunch Disrupt - Startup Battlefield)

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    PlaceAVote is a secure, nonpartisan forum that lets users read, debate, and vote on every bill before Congress. Users are securely verified with results published onto a blockchain-style voting platform, allowing real-time data-feeds and analytics. PlaceAVote is a tool to uncover the hidden workings of what drives political movements while making an effective change.

    Other creators
    See project

Honors & Awards

  • RSA Conference - First Place

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  • Global Cyber Innovation Summit, Award Recipients

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  • SXSW Interactive - First Place

    SXSW

  • TechCrunch Disrupt - Startup Battlefield Finalist [Reality Defender]

    TechCrunch Disrupt

  • 1st Place - Amazon Innovation Competition

    Amazon.com

    http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/amazon-innovation-competition

  • 1st Place - Cable Interacts MBA Case Competition

    Viacom, Time Warner, Comcast

    http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/cable-interacts-competition

  • 1st Place - SXSW Pitch

    SXSW

  • Selected as Top 6% of Digital Health Companies Worldwide

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    https://medium.com/@MassChallengeHT/dear-pulse-masschallenge-class-of-2018-3edb28c546d6

  • TechCrunch Disrupt - Startup Battlefield [PlaceAVote]

    TechCrunch

    https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/10/placeavote-wants-to-give-voters-a-say-in-congress/

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