Startup Weekend DC: Zaarly CoFounder Eric Koester

Startup Weekend DC: Zaarly CoFounder Eric Koester

Filmed this talk at the opening night of Startup Weekend DC.

Crunchbase:
Eric, Zaarly's COO, brings a broad range of experience in strategic, marketing, financial, legal and operations management. Eric has co-founded several businesses including Learn That Name, which was acquired in 2010.

Eric most recently served as VP Operations & General Counsel at Appature Inc., a cloud-based relationship marketing software company. Prior to joining Appature in 2010, Eric was a corporate and securities attorney for Cooley LLP where he represented public and private technology, energy and life sciences companies, venture capital firms and investment banks in a wide range of transactions, including public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, securities issuances, technology licensing transactions, corporate partnerships, commercial agreements and venture capital financings.

Before joining Cooley, Eric was the Financial Reporting Manager at Ventana Medical Systems, a leading diagnostics company acquired by Roche in 2008. Eric began his career in Morgan Stanley's financial advisory services group. He holds a JD from The George Washington University School of Law, BA in Business Administration from Marquette University and is a certified public accountant in the State of Washington.

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• zaarly
• startup
• Startup weekend
• cofounder
• internet
• Washington
• D.C.
• entrepreneur
• Business
• disruptive