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Auren Hoffman

CEO of Rapleaf. Silicon Valley dude.

Auren Hoffman is CEO of Rapleaf. Rapleaf is an automated search service that helps companies learn more about their consumers.

Auren is also a non-employee cofounder of BrightRoll and a co-founder of AdRocket.

He was formerly Chair of Stonebrick Group and the Connector Group. Previously, he founded and sold three Internet companies before age 30: BridgePath (sold in 2002), Kyber Systems (sold in 1997), and GetRelevant (sold in 2002). He is the founder of the Dialog Retreat. He's an active angel investor or advisor in: 750 Industries, AdRocket, Blip.TV, BrightRoll, Delicious Brands, GoodRec, Grouply, Huddler, LabPixies, Lefora, Mechanical Zoo, Meebo, Merchant Circle, MesmoTV, Offbeat Guides, OtherInbox, Play Megaphone, Proclivity, RateItAll, RichRelevance, SnapTalent, Socializr, Structural Wealth Management, VoxPop.tv, Yotify, Zoom Systems, and more. Auren holds a B.S.E. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the UC Berkeley. He writes a blog called Summation (http://blog.summation.net).