Aaron Patzer

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American businessman (born 1980)

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Aaron Patzer (born November 20, 1980) is an Internet entrepreneur. He is the founder of Mint.com, a financial management tool which was acquired by Intuit in 2009. He was later founder and CEO of Fountain.com, which was sold to Porch.com in 2015. He later founded Vital, a health app, becoming CEO.

Early life and education

Born in 1980 in Madison, Wisconsin, Patzer graduated from Central High School in Evansville, Indiana. He completed his undergraduate studies in 2002 with a BSEE from Duke University. His bachelor's degrees were in computer science, electrical engineering and computer engineering. In 2004, he completed an MSEE from Princeton University in electrical engineering.

Career

Patzer began his career in the Internet boom years of 1998–2000, working for Getawebsite.com and Miadora.com (an online jewelry store). Before founding Mint, he was a technical lead and architect for the San Jose division of Nascentric. Previous to that, he worked for IBM and founded PWeb and International, both two web development companies. Patzer helped build the cell microprocessor in the PlayStation 3.

Mint.com

After a number of engineering positions and Internet startups, Patzer founded Mint.com in March 2006, becoming CEO. According to Patzer, the inspiration for Mint.com came to him in late 2005 after being frustrated with how difficult it was to use Intuit's Quicken product.

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. The meeting led to funding, and Patzer launched Mint.com at the TechCrunch40 conference a year later, in September 2007, winning the $50,000 first prize. In September 2008, Patzer was listed in Inc. magazine's Top 30 Under 30.

On September 14, 2009, Intuit announced that it would buy Mint.com for US$170 million. According to TechCrunch, Patzer was criticized in the startup industry for selling the company for too little. At the time of the announced sale, Mint.com had an estimated 1.5 million users. Mint had over 10 million users as of mid-2012.

Intuit

After the sale of Mint, Patzer joined Intuit as VP Product Innovation and was "tasked with improving Quicken." In 2011 he was working on a new personal transportation system, splitting his time between the new venture and his position at Intuit. In 2011, TechCrunch reported that Patzer's next project would be called "Swift" and was exploring the "feasibility of building a personal maglev vehicle transit system." He left Intuit in December 2012 in order to be able to focus on his new ventures.

Leonardo and Fountain.com

Patzer founded Leonardo Software Inc. in September 2013.

In 2013, Patzer launched Fountain.com along with Jean Sini, CTO. The software aims to connect users to any expert on mostly any topic for free via smartphones. In early 2015, the software focused solely on home and garden issues. Fountain.com was sold to Porch.com in October 2015. While Sini became the leader of Porch's San Francisco office, Patzer stepped down as CEO and became a Porch product adviser, relocating oversees for personal reasons.

Vital Software

In January 2017, Patzer relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, to start Vital Software Ltd. Vital is said to "bring that consumer-focused mindset to emergency rooms and hospitals to help them organize patient flow." In 2019, Vital raised $5.2 million in funding, launching on April 24, with Patzer as CEO.

Personal life

In 2015 Patzer had a residence in San Francisco. He had a house in New Zealand as of 2018, where he had also purchased a farm.

References

References

  1. "Aaron Patzer: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  2. Langlois, Christophe (November 20, 2009). Happy Birthday to Aaron Patzer, Founder & CEO at Mint.com! Visible Banking, 20 November 2009. Retrieved from http://www.visiblebanking.com/happy-birthday-to-aaron-patzer-founder-ceo-at-mint-com/.
  3. Shontell, Alyson. (September 20, 2011). "10 Founders Under 30 Who Grew Their Startups To $100 Million+ Exits". SFGate.
  4. Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine. (November 28, 2010). "Aaron Patzer celebrated his 30th birthday this weekend in the British Virgin Islands". Inc.com.
  5. "Aaron Patzer". First Round Capital.
  6. "Coveted asset: his brain". Investment News.
  7. Patzer, Aaron. (March 13, 2007). "The Personal Finance Tool problems began…". Intuit, Inc..
  8. Patzer, Aaron. (October 12, 2010). "Three Reasons Why I Started Mint.com". Huffington Post.
  9. (September 14, 2009). "blog posting". permanentrecord.firstround.com.
  10. (September 18, 2007). "Mint Wins TechCrunch40 Top Company Award; Takes $50,000 Prize". TechCrunch.com.
  11. Schweitzer, Tamara. (2008). "The Number Cruncher". [[Inc.com]].
  12. (September 14, 2009). "Intuit to Acquire Mint.com". Intuit, Inc..
  13. (17 May 2017). "There's no shame in a $100M startup {{!}} TechCrunch".
  14. Wortham, Jenna. (September 14, 2009). "Intuit Buys Mint, a Web-Based Finance Competitor". The New York Times.
  15. "LinkedIn.com - Aaron Patzer". Mint.com.
  16. Pegoraro, Rob. (January 23, 2020). "What the hell happened to Mint?". [[Fast Company]].
  17. Schonfeld, Erick. (December 4, 2011). "Mint Founder's New Project, Swift, Studies Personal Maglev Vehicles". AOL Inc..
  18. "LinkedIn.com - Aaron Patzer". Mint.com.
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  20. "Startup Spotlight: Fountain - Instant Answers by Mint's Aaron Patzer - Zanthro".
  21. (29 October 2015). "Porch Acquires Mobile Advice Marketplace Fountain". TechCrunch.
  22. Butcher, Mike. (October 11, 2017). "Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint, has unfinished business with AI". [[TechCrunch]].
  23. "New Zealand Business Listing".
  24. Schieber, Jonathan. "Mint founder Aaron Patzer launches Vital, an ER management tool that integrates with electronic health records". TechCrunch.
  25. Landi, Heather. (April 24, 2019). "Mint.com founder's new AI platform for emergency departments lands $5.2M in funding". Fierce Healthcare.
  26. Hoge, Patrick. (March 2015). "Mint founder's next market to disrupt: Home improvement".
  27. Sumagaysay, Levi. (September 7, 2018). "Q&A: Mint founder Aaron Patzer on Fountain, his new app". [[Times-Herald]].

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