Brian Witlin is Co-Founder and CEO at ShopWell. Brian also holds a Lecturer position at Stanford University’s Hasso Platner Institute of Design. Prior to joining ShopWell, Brian served as Entrepreneur in Residence at IDEO where he incubated new business concepts and led ShopWell through its series A financing. Previously, Brian co-founded Golaces, LLC, a product company (acquired by a publicly footwear company) and co-founded LeverWorks, a software development consultancy acquired by LEO Media (now Quasar Strategies). Brian holds a M.S. in Engineering and Design from Stanford University and a B.S. in Business and Economics from Lehigh University. Brian is a classically trained artist/draftsman, an avid cyclist, and has a love for his hometown Chicago style hotdogs and deep-dish pizza.
Creating and growing new ventures.
Entrepreneurship, Startups, Consumer Web, Disruptive Innovation, Startup Metrics, Teaching, Idea Generation, Product Development, Intellectual Property, Branding, Abstraction