Clarence Wooten
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| Clarence Wooten | |
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| Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| 🏡 Residence | Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
| 💼 Occupation | Internet entrepreneur |
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| 🌐 Website | clarencewooten |
Clarence Wooten is an American internet entrepreneur, investor and product architect. He is founder of the VentureFund.io online platform for connecting startups and investors based in Palo Alto, California[1][2] and co-founder of Progressly Inc. based in Redwood City, California.[3] Wooten is best known for co-founding ImageCafe.com, later acquired by Network Solutions for $23 million.[4][5][6]
Education and early career
Wooten was born and raised in Maryland and is an alumnus of the Johns Hopkins University where he earned a B.S. in Business Management from its Carey Business School. Prior to attending Johns Hopkins, Wooten earned a A.A. in Computer Aided Design for Architecture and Engineering from CCBC in 1993. During his sophomore year in college, Wooten won an Autodesk Caddie Image Award for his production of 3D architectural walk-through animation, on which he founded Envision Designs, his first company.[7]
Entrepreneurial career
In 1993, while in college, Wooten co-founded and served as CEO and creative director of Metamorphosis Studios, an interactive multimedia development firm, until early 1998 when the company was acquired by MediSolv. Immediately following the sale of Metamorphosis Studios, at the height of the dot-com boom, Wooten co-founded ImageCafe.com, where he served as CEO until a year later when the startup was acquired by Network Solutions in November 1999 for $23 million.[8] ImageCafe was an online superstore of pre-fabricated websites for small businesses. The startup pioneered the SaaS business model and still serves as the website builder for the domain registrar Network Solutions, now a division of Web.com[9]
Following the completion of his earn-out with Verisign where he served as vice president and general manager of Verisign's ImageCafe business unit 2002, Wooten was a general partner at Venturepreneur Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm.[10] In 2006, Wooten created CollectiveX (now Groupsite.com), a self-serve SaaS platform for building branded online social collaboration communities.[11][12]
2011–present
In 2011, Wooten moved to Palo Alto and founded Arrived, a location-based geofencing mobile startup and TechCrunch disrupt finalist.
In 2013, Wooten co-founded and serves as chairman of Progressly, a marketplace for business owners and managers to replicate success by creating visual process flows in the cloud.[13]
In 2015, he founded VentureFund.io, a data-driven platform that makes it easy for entrepreneurs to build relationships with investors by sharing their app's real-time growth data.[14][15]
Service and public speaking
Wooten has also been a featured speaker at Black Tech Week, a startup business conference in 2016;[16][17] Black Enterprise Magazine's TechConnext Conference in 2015; and BE Entrepreneur Summit in 2014 and 2016. Currently, he is a member of the board of trustees of Philadelphia University and a former member of the dean's alumni advisory board for John Hopkins University's Carey Business School.[18]
Recognition
- Awarded by AACC as outstanding alumni in 2016[19]
- Recognized by Blacks in Tech as a top-10 black in technology in 2012[20][21]
- Honored by Johns Hopkins University as its distinguished alumnus in 2010[22]
- Honored by the University of Maryland as honorary alumni in 2006
- Awarded by the SBA as small business advocate of the year in 2004
- Named by the Network Journal Magazine as a top-40 under 40 in 2003
References
- ↑ Kia Kokalitcheva (17 December 2014). "VentureFund.io gives startups free growth-tracking tools so it can find gems to invest in". Venturebeat. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Marisa Kendall. "Palo Alto: New funding platform seeks to eliminate bias". Mercury News. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Safon Floyd (22 March 2016). "The Art of Cashing Out". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Barb Darrow (14 April 2012). "Startups: Build a great culture, fail small, and pay what you owe". Gigaom. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Suzanne Jorgensen (9 May 2011). "Interview with Clarence Wooten, CEO of Arrived, Inc". Washington Exec. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Lynne D Johnson (11 February 2016). "Introducing a New Way to Invest in Black Startups". Ebony. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "BIOGRAPHY". Black Tech Week. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Lucy Mccauley. "Relaunch". Fast Company. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Kristin Pryor (10 March 2016). "Here's Your Chance to Meet with Some of the Best Mentors at SXSW". Tech.Co. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Clarence Wooten biography". Johns Hopkins Alumni Association. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Liz Hacken (1 October 2009). "Five questions with Clarence Wooten". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Clarence Wooten". Welearnlive. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "New Baltimore startup is selling crowdfunding investment insurance". Bmore Media. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Samara Lynn (16 February 2016). "VentureFund.io Combats Startup Funding Bias". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Launch of New Fund Set to Change the Future of Venture Capital". The Business Journals. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Donna Owens (18 February 2016). "Could Miami Be The New Hub For Black Entrepreneurs?". NBC News. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Desire Thompson (18 February 2016). "Blerds Unite: Black Tech Week Makes Big Splash In Miami". Vibe. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "'Geeks Rock!' Affinity Group Launch Event 'Real Entrepreneur Stories: Nightmares and Inspirations'". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Outstanding Alumni Awards". American Association of Community Colleges. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ Mary Pryor (9 March 2013). "Blacks in Technology Celebrates the Contribution of African-American Tech Leaders at SXSW". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "BE 100S AWARD RECIPIENTS". Cvent. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Clarence Wooten". Fundable. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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