Aaron Patzer
Aaron Patzer is an internet entrepreneur and the founder of Mint.com.
Patzer graduated from Duke University in 2002 with a BSEE. He also has an MSEE from Princeton University.[1] Patzer got his first work experience in the Internet boom years of 1998-2000, working for Getawebsite.com and Miadora.com (an online jewelry store). After a number of engineering positions and internet startups, Patzer founded Mint.com in March 2006.[2] According to Patzer, he got the inspiration for Mint.com in late 2005 after being frustrated with how difficult it was to use the Intuit Quicken product.[3]
Patzer developed the full alpha version of Mint.com (in Java J2EE and mySQL) in 2006 before he met Josh Kopelman (founder of half.com) and Rob Hayes at a STIRR dinner in the fall of 2006.[4] The meeting led to funding, and Patzer launched Mint.com at the TechCrunch40 conference a year later, in September 2007, winning the $50K first prize.[5]
In September 2008, Patzer was listed in Inc. magazines Top 30 Under 30.[6]
On September 14, 2009, Intuit announced that it would buy Mint.com for $170M.[7] At the time of the announced sale, Mint.com had an estimated 1.5 million users.[8] Patzer joined Intuit as VP Product Innovation and is also working on a new personal transportation systems.[9]
Mint.com currently has approximately 3.5 million users.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.firstround.com/community/profile/aaron_patzer/
- ^ LinkedIn Public Profile (apatzer
- ^ [1]
- ^ blog posting
- ^ TechCrunch.com, "Mint Wins TechCrunch40 Top Company Award; Takes $50,000 Prize" link
- ^ "The Number Cruncher"
- ^ Intuit Press Release, September 14th, 2009 link
- ^ New York Times (article)
- ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/04/mint-founder-maglev-vehicles-swift/
- ^ Inc.com - Live Aaron Patzer
