Sean Glass

Hi, I'm Sean Glass, and entrepreneur and investor

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Sean Glass is an entrepreneur, investor, and believer in the power of people. He is currently a Venture Partner at Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Founder and CEO of Employ Insight. Prior to that he lived in London while working on Pikum, a social gaming business which was backed by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and various venture capital investors. Prior to Pikum, Sean founded the higher education focused online financial services firm, Higher One. At Higher One he served as founding president and then as part of the executive team as Chief Marketing Officer for 8 years. During that time, Higher One reached profitability and in 2008 was in the top 100 of the Inc 500 list and ranked #12 on the Entrepreneur Hot 100 list of fastest growing U.S. private companies. Higher One went public in 2010 (NYSE:ONE). Prior to Higher One, Sean helped found the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, and graduated from Yale with a B.S. in Engineering Sciences. Sean also has an M.A. in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Sean continues to invest in entrepreneurs through Top Floor Capital, and work with them through both the Yale Entrepreneurial Society and Yale Entrepreneurial Institute. Sean has been featured in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Washington Post, and Entrepreneur Magazine. He spends time in DC, San Francisco, London, and Key West Florida with his wife, son, and 90 lb golden doodle.

Advisor at happier.com

2009 - December 2009

Director at Dwight Hall at Yale

November 2005 - December 2009

Dwight Hall is an amazing organization that I am lucky to be affiliated with. Dwight Hall supports community service and advocacy efforts of students at Yale. It is an umbrella organization that nearly 3 in 4 undergrads at Yale benefit from.

Founder, Chairman, Chief Strategy Officer at Pikum Holdings, LTD

January 2008 - March 2009

Pikum built a social gaming platform and was backed by Virgin and First Round Capital.

Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Higher One

March 2000 - January 2008

Higher One is the leading providor of refund management services to Higher Education institutions. The company provides payments handling services to universities, and online banking services to its students. The company was named one of the top 100 fastest growing private companies in the US by Inc. magazine in 2007.

investor at PaperG

2007 - 2008

Venture Partner at Novak Biddle Venture Partners

September 2010

Founder and CEO at Employ Insight

March 2009

Employ Insight makes it easy to hire for fit. Our online tools help companies quickly create simple, rich, and compelling job descriptions that lead to more efficient and successful hiring. Our proprietary, science based 4D job profile captures the dimensions of a job that matter for fit - the dimensions not captured in a traditional skill and experience focused job description.

Founder and Executive Board Member at Yale Entrepreneurial Institute

2007

The Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) was formed to help undergraduate and graduate Yale students start scalable new ventures. While starting as a stand-alone 10-week summer program in 2007, YEI has since expanded into a year-round University department acting as a portal for entrepreneurship on campus and offering programs and events year round that serve the entrepreneurial interest of students and the New Haven community. WHAT MAKES YEI DIFFERENT? Unique among our peer institutions, YEI is an innovative program that puts student ventures first. As a complement to more traditional academic programs which provide a conceptual understanding and related case studies of new venture formation, YEI exists to help students execute on their actual business plans. It bands together entrepreneurial students, select faculty and administrators with new venture experience, alumni from both industry and venture capital, and local established entrepreneurs. YEI has supported the formation and growth of over 35 student-founded ventures in the last two years Of those companies, 15 have raised a total of over $17 million of outside investment capital.

Founder and Director at Yale Entrepreneurial Society

September 1999

I helped co-found the Yale Entrepreneurial Society in 1999 and the organization continues to grow, providing educational and networking opportunities for Yale students, faculty, staff, and almuni towards the goal of new venture creation. I'm lucky to still be actively involved as a member of the board.

University of Pennsylvania

2008 – 2009

MA

Concentration: Applied Positive Psychology

Yale University

1998 – 2003

B.S.

Concentration: Engineering Sciences

Value Investing, Angel Speculation, Golf, Soccer, Basketball, Architecture, Design, New Technology, Education