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In January 2009 [[TechCrunch]] <ref name="TechCrunch">{{cite web | title = ''Technology And Materials Marketplace Inventables Scores $2 Million From True Ventures'' | author = ''Rao, Leena'' | year = 2009 | url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/technology-and-material-marketplace-inventables-scores-2-million-from-true-ventures/}}</ref> reported Kaplan raised $2 million dollars from True Ventures a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. With the funding Inventables launched an online marketplace for materials where vendors can create free product profiles to advertise their products and engineers and designers can find these materials. |
In January 2009 [[TechCrunch]] <ref name="TechCrunch">{{cite web | title = ''Technology And Materials Marketplace Inventables Scores $2 Million From True Ventures'' | author = ''Rao, Leena'' | year = 2009 | url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/technology-and-material-marketplace-inventables-scores-2-million-from-true-ventures/}}</ref> reported Kaplan raised $2 million dollars from True Ventures a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. With the funding Inventables launched an online marketplace for materials where vendors can create free product profiles to advertise their products and engineers and designers can find these materials. |
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==Interviews== |
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[http://www.successilism.com/zach-kaplan/ Invent Your Success: An Interview with Zach Kaplan] |
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Revision as of 19:40, 28 April 2013
Zach Kaplan is an American entrepreneur and the CEO of Inventables.
Personal Life and Education
Kaplan was raised near Chicago, Illinois. He attended Glenbrook North High School, and in his senior year, built a working model roller coaster.[1] Kaplan graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.[2]
Career
Kaplan's career began while a senior at the University of Illinois. He co-founded a custom software development company called Lever Works with Keith Schacht and Brian Witlin. In December 2001 Lever Works was sold to Leo Media.
In 2002, Kaplan co-founded Inventables,[3][4] a company that connects product developers with novel materials. The company's success garnered media attention for Kaplan. He was featured on National Public Radio in 2007[5] and presented a talk on "Toys from the Future"[6] at the TED Conference in 2005. The company's products have been featured on the show Prototype This! on the Discovery Channel.[7]
In January 2009 TechCrunch [8] reported Kaplan raised $2 million dollars from True Ventures a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. With the funding Inventables launched an online marketplace for materials where vendors can create free product profiles to advertise their products and engineers and designers can find these materials.
References
- ^ Spencer, LeAnn (19 June 1997). "Riding on brains, mettle - Glenbrook North student learns that a roller coaster is not built in a day". Chicago Tribune. p. Metro Chicago 1.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "2005 Keynotes - Zach Kaplan Bio". 2005.
- ^ "Zach Kaplan: Inventor". 2008.
- ^ "Inventables". 2009.
- ^ Hausman, Sandy (2007). "Inventables Looks to the 2.0 of Products".
- ^ "Toys from the Future". 2008.
- ^ Prototype This! Inventors' Heaven. 2008.
- ^ Rao, Leena (2009). "Technology And Materials Marketplace Inventables Scores $2 Million From True Ventures".