Cory Klippsten

Cory Klippsten is the CEO of Swan Bitcoin, a previous company they have also worked for. Cory has also worked as an investor and advisor for startups, and has been involved in companies such as Unchained Capital and Cliffstone. Cory has a wide range of interests, including multi-sided platforms, network effects, ecosystem design and growth, SaaS, consumer mobile, location/geo tech, online video, OTT/SVOD/AVOD/TVOD, ad tech, martech, AVs/EVs, transportation, logistics, and more. Cory has a wealth of experience in fundraising strategy and process, storytelling, financial modeling, business planning, pitch training and optimization, advisor strategy, recruitment and selection, investor evaluation and optimal contact/networking strategy, sales/customer acquisition strategy, user acquisition strategy and tactics (growth), sales operations, sales development, sales marketing, product and go-to-market strategy, business development, staff ramp planning and key hire definition. Cory previously worked for Google in strategy and operations for large client sales from 2011 to 2013.

Cory Klippsten received an MBA in Finance, Entrepreneurship, and International Business from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Cory also holds a Broadcast Journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and is certified as a Web Author and Web Developer from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Yan Pritzker - CTO, Brady Swenson - Head of Education report to Cory Klippsten.