Howard Love

Howard Love (born June 9, 1960) is an American executive, author and entrepreneur.[1] Love is the CEO of LoveToKnow, a digital publishing firm.[2][3][4]

Howard Love
Born
Howard Love
OccupationEntrepreneur, Investor, Author

Career

Love founded his first company, Inmark Development, while he was an undergraduate at Colgate University.[5] Inmark Development merged with Rogue Wave and subsequently went public.[6]

He is also an active angel investor, usually specializing in the consumer Internet and mobile sectors.[4] He has made over 50 such investments including OpenTable (IPO), Trulia (IPO),  Titan Aerospace (sold to Google), HotelTonight, and others.[7] Love has been an entrepreneur for the past 30 years, and has founded or co-founded over 15 companies.[8]

His first business book, The Start-Up J Curve[9] (Greenleaf Book Group) was published in 2016.[10][11]

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.[12]

He is the grandson of George Augustus Vaughn Jr. & George H. Love. His father was the CEO and chairman of National Steel and served on the boards of TWA and Monsanto.[13]

References
  1. Poletti, Therese. "Potential Snap IPO effect: More unicorns to Wall Street, but with horrible terms". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  2. "Ambition Today #23: Lessons Howard Love Learned While Sitting On Both Sides Of The Table - What Howard Love learned while being a founder & investor! | Product Hunt". Product Hunt. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
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  6. "Crunchbase - RogueWave".
  7. "Howard Love". angel.co. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  8. "School for Startups Radio | August 30, 2016 – Start-Up J Curve Howard Love, College Match US David Montesano & Antidote Dr. Robert Blackman". schoolforstartupsradio.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  9. Howard, Love. The start-up J curve : the six steps to entrepreneurial success (First ed.). Austin, Texas. ISBN 9781626342927. OCLC 958691971.
  10. "null". Inc.com. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  11. "Six steps to entrepreneurial success". Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  12. Reese, Byron (2016-08-30). "Book Review: The Start-up J Curve". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  13. "Lake Placid News" (PDF).
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