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Ben Damman

Pre-Business from UW Whitewater (2005), Intrapreneur at On-Site Professional Cleaning (2009-2010), Chief Architect at Twin Ports Co-op since 2008, Core Team Member at Google Twin Ports since 2010, Founder at Stealth Company since 2010.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Living The Dream
Website: http://www.typesend.com
Industries: Computing, Education, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile
Skills: Business, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Javascript, Languages, Leadership, Management, Rails, Software Engineering, Web Development
Location: Duluth, MN
Groups: Start-Up Chile
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Starting a company, Trading services
Schools: University of Wisconsin System - Whitewater

FEATURED STARTUP

Internet Handle Corporation

Internet Handle Corporation Internet Handle Corporation

Handle is a cloud-based, mass-market online platform giving users full control over their Internet experience in the spirit of protecting their privacy and improving the global Internet as a whole.

  • Startup type: Company
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Beta

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Stealth Company
Position: Founder
Time period: October 2010 - Present

Employer: Google Twin Ports
Position: Core Team Member
Time period: February 2010 - Present
Description: Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. They plan to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country. I work with an amazing group of professionals and volunteers to make Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin one of those locations, and to improve the technological and entrepreneurial ecosystem of the Twin Ports in general.

Employer: Twin Ports Co-op
Position: Chief Architect
Time period: January 2008 - Present
Description: Founded this cooperative-based startup venture as an answer to the lack of community information online; in the spirit of the Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation's "Attracting and Retaining Young Adults Initiative". Developed several web-based services designed for Twin Ports residents. The co-op is seeking funding to support its mission of organizing the people and information of the Twin Ports region of Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin.

Employer: On-Site Professional Cleaning
Position: Intrapreneur
Time period: October 2009 - February 2010
Description: Took this "regular day job" to support my entrepreneurial habit. Worked closely with the owners to improve operations until leaving to devote my full-time efforts to the Google Twin Ports initiative for the cities of Duluth and Superior.

Employer: The Shotgun Collective
Position: Founder
Time period: October 2006 - October 2009
Description: Founded and managed this Ruby on Rails consultancy which provided web-based product
development services to clients on the East and West coasts.

Employer: thriveOn Creative
Position: Web Developer
Time period: June 2006 - October 2006

Employer: BeeLine Computer Company, LLC
Position: Partner
Time period: March 2003 - October 2004
Description: After the decision to divest the computer store assets of Tachyon Technologies I attended
UW-Whitewater and operated this web development business with a single business partner, based in Burlington, Wisconsin.

Employer: Tachyon Technologies, Inc.
Position: Founder and CEO
Time period: May 1998 - June 2006
Description: I founded this website development business before entering high school, later bootstrapping the company into a full-service computer store. In 2003, roughly a year after graduating high school two employees bought the computer store assets; I continued to develop websites under the Tachyon Technologies name from time to time.

EDUCATION

University: University of Wisconsin System - Whitewater
Time period: 2004 - 2005
Degree: Pre-Business

INFORMATION

Hobbies: Reading, Biking, Juggling, Unicycling
Awards: 2002 Grant Award - Institute for Entrepreneurship & The Coleman Foundation

Ben's Startups (1)

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  • Internet Handle Corporation

    Handle is a cloud-based, mass-market online platform giving users full control over their Internet experience in the spirit of protecting their privacy and improving the global Internet as a whole.

Ben is Following (36)

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  • Canned Brains

    Game and Tools development Company with plans to revolutionize the gaming industry world-wide.

  • Echobit

    Echobit is a software development shop based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • TRUSTe

    TRUSTes is an organization that certifies websites for having good privacy practices

  • SafetyWeb

    SafetyWeb helps parents monitor their child's social networking and mobile activity to protect their privacy, safety and reputation online.

Ben's Contacts (2)

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  • Bibhudatta Nayak

    CEO at Instinct Technique Pvt Ltd since Jan 2010. Having 9years of experience in Web application development & Maintenance using cutting edge technologies Java and J2EE.

  • Diego Sarmiento

    MSc in Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica (2010), Founder at Vizalizer since 2010