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Howard Love
Born
Howard Love
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, Investor, Author

Howard Love (born June 9, 1960) is an American executive, author and entrepreneur. Love is the CEO of LoveToKnow Corp[1], whose web properties include Lovetoknow.com, YourDictionary.com, www.Trails.com, GolfLink.com and Knowingly (the current owner of Gigaom).[2], among others.

Love founded his first company, Inmark Development, while an undergraduate at Colgate University.[3] Inmark Development merged with Rogue Wave and subsequently went public.[4]

Love is also an active angel investor, usually specializing in the consumer Internet and mobile sectors.[2] He has made well over 50 such investments including OpenTable (IPO), Trulia (IPO),  Titan Aerospace (sold to Google), HotelTonight, and many others. [5]

Love’s first business bookThe Start-Up J Curve [6] (Greenleaf Book Group) was published in 2016.

Love was born in Detroit in 1960, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy (1974-1978) and Colgate University (1978-1983). He currently resides in Silicon Valley.

Love is the grandson of George_Augustus_Vaughn_Jr. & George_H._Love.


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  1. ^ "Howard Love". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Crunchbase - Howard Love". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "Crunchbase - InMark". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ "Crunchbase - RogueWave". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ "Howard Love". angel.co. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  6. ^ "The Startup J Curve: Six Steps to Startup Success". Howard Love. Retrieved 2017-06-29.