Stephan Ango
| Stephan Ango | |
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| Born | December 18, 1985 Paris, France |
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| 🎓 Alma mater | Colorado College ArtCenter College of Design |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur, designer, programmer |
| 🌐 Website | stephanango |
Stephan Ango (born December 18, 1985) is a French-American designer, programmer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief product officer of Lumi (company), a firm that produces supply chain software for manufacturing e-commerce packaging.[1]
Ango was born in Paris, France to an American mother and French father[2], and was raised in Meudon. Ango attended Colorado College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree (2007) in biology[2]. Ango also attended the ArtCenter College of Design where he studied industrial design and met his future business partner Jesse Genet.[2]
Ango was one of the first entrepreneurs to launch a product on Kickstarter with Jesse Genet in December 2009[3]. Their venture became known as Inkodye, and offered a solar-powered textile printing process.[4]
In January 2015, Ango and Jesse Genet joined the Y Combinator startup program to launch the Lumi (company) software platform.[5]
On Earth Day 2020, Ango launched Slash Packaging[6], an initiative that encourages companies to share sustainable packaging commitments using a standard URL format.[7] More than 60 companies including Amazon (company), Neutrogena and Rothy's have joined the initiative.[8]
Ango hosts a podcast called Well Made.
References
- ↑ Shieber, Jonathan (February 14, 2018). "Meet Lumi, the Los Angeles startup that just raised $9 million for a packaging business". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Contreras, Cesar (May 5, 2016). "Stephan Ango on Pencil vs Pixel". Pencil vs Pixel. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ Prentice, Claire (May 12, 2010). "Cash-strapped entrepreneurs get creative". BBC News. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ Fleischman, Glenn (March 3, 2013). "Here Comes The Sun". The Economist. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ Crook, Jordan (March 5, 2015). "YC-backed Lumi Will Help You Customize Anything (Literally, Anything!) On The Cheap". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ Launched: April 22, 2020 (April 22, 2020). "Slash Packaging". Stephan Ango. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ Jackson, Phillip (April 16, 2021). ""Well Made": You Need to Have a Reason Why Something Should Exist". Future Commerce. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Slash Packaging". Retrieved November 29, 2021.
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