| 词条 | Sunil Paul |
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| name = Sunil Paul | image = | image_size = | caption = Sunil Paul speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|11|12}} | birth_place = Punjab, India | residence = San Francisco | death_date = | networth = | occupation = CEO at Sidecar | spouse = | alma_mater = Vanderbilt University | ethnicity = | nationality = United States | religion = | children = 2}}Sunil Paul (born November 12, 1964) is an Internet entrepreneur who has founded companies such as Brightmail and Freeloader, Inc. He was the co-founder and CEO of Sidecar, an on-demand peer-to-peer taxi service that was billed as a rideshare community with operations based in San Francisco, CA.[1] Early life and backgroundPaul was born in Punjab, India. At the age of 4 his parents immigrated to the United States where he was raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Paul holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.[2] CareerBefore Paul became an entrepreneur he worked as a Policy Analyst at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, working on nanotechnology and information technology and work on NASA Space Station information systems. From 1988-1990 Paul served as a Senior Engineer for Booz Allen Hamilton. For the following three years he served as a Senior Analyst at the United States Congress, Office of Technology and Assessment. Starting in 1994, Paul served as an Internet Product Manager and Director of Corporate Development for America Online, Inc.. In 1996, Paul co-founded and launched his first startup with Mark Pincus, Freeloader, Inc., a web-based push technology service.[3] Paul served as the Chief Executive Officer from January 1996 - June 1996 when Freeloader, Inc. was acquired by Individual, Inc., for $38 million[4] and Paul became the President of Individual Inc. from June 1996 to July 1997. In 1998 Paul founded Brightmail (previously known as "Brightlight"), an e-mail filtering company, and raised $55 million in three rounds of venture capital led by Accel, TCV and Symantec. Brightmail was acquired by Symantec on May 19, 2004 for $370 million in cash.[5] Paul is a founding partner in Spring Ventures, a venture capital firm with investments in companies such as LinkedIn, Solazyme and has served on the board of Zynga since November 2011.[6] In February 2012 Paul co-founded Sidecar, an on-demand peer-to-peer ridesharing service with Jahan Khanna, Adrian Fortino, and Nick Allen. Sidecar was based in San Francisco, CA [7] and raised $10 million Series A funding in October 2012 from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Google Ventures.[8][9] Sidecar operated in Seattle,[10] Los Angeles, Austin, Philadelphia,[11] Chicago,[12] Boston, New York City[13] and Washington, D.C.. Sidecar closed on December 31, 2015. He is also active in clean technology non profit projects such as Clean Economy Network, Gigaton Awards and Gigaton Throwdown,[14][15] Carbon War Room and MapLight. Paul was a founding investor in Nanosolar, Advent Solar, Oorja Protonics, Solazyme, and Zeachem. PatentIssued to Paul in 2002, Sidecar held the US Patent #6356838 which covers a method for accepting a transportation request for passenger pickup, determining location and directing a vehicle to the requested location. Personal lifePrior to moving to San Francisco, CA Paul has lived in Nashville, TN and Washington, D.C.. References1. ^{{cite web|last=Constine|first=Josh|title=Hail A Fellow Human, Not A Taxi With "SideCar" – The New P2P Uber|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/26/sidecar/|work=TechCrunch|accessdate=26 June 2012}} 2. ^{{cite news|last=Fones|first=Mardy |url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-engineering/2010/04/from-startups-to-success/|title=From Startups to Success: VUSE engineers thrive as entrepreneurs in businesses large and small|accessdate=March 2010|newspaper=Vanderbilt Magazine}} 3. ^{{cite news|last=Sreenivasan|first=Sreenath|title=The World Wide Wait: Don't Get Mad, Get Off|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/30/business/the-world-wide-wait-don-t-get-mad-get-off.html|work=The New York Times|accessdate=31 December 2015|date=30 September 1996}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Individual buys FreeLoader for $38 million|url=http://adage.com/article/news/individual-buys-freeloader-38-million/1981/|work=Advertising Age|date=4 June 1996|accessdate=31 December 2015}} 5. ^{{cite news|last=Fordahl|first=Matthew|title=Symantec to acquire anti-spam firm Brightmail for $370M|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/techmergers/2004-05-20-symantec-brightmail_x.htm|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=20 May 2004|date=20 May 2004}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Zynga Investor Relations Board of Directors|url=http://investor.zynga.com/directors.cfm|publisher=Zynga|accessdate=22 March 2013}} 7. ^{{cite news|last=Riddell|first=Lindsay|title=Entrepreneur Sunil Paul launches ride-sharing app|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/06/entrepreneur-sunil-paul-launches.html?page=all|work=San Francisco Business Times|accessdate=26 June 2012}} 8. ^{{cite news|last=Geron|first=Tomio|title=Sidecar Raises $10 Million From Google Ventures, Lightspeed|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/10/10/sidecar-raises-10-million-from-google-ventures-lightspeed/|work=Forbes|accessdate=10 October 2012}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Gannes|first=Liz|title=Sunil Paul's Sidecar Ride-Sharing App Will Flag a Stranger's Car for You|url=http://allthingsd.com/20120626/sunil-pauls-sidecar-app-will-flag-a-strangers-car-for-you/|work=All Things D|accessdate=26 June 2012}} 10. ^{{cite news|last=Parkhurst|first=Emily|title=Sidecar launches ridesharing service in Seattle|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/11/sidecar-launches-ridesharing-service.html?page=all|work=Puget Sound Business Journal|accessdate=2 November 2012}} 11. ^{{cite news|last=Geron|first=Tomio|title=Sidecar Acquires Austin's HeyRide, Launches In Los Angeles, Austin, Philadelphia|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/02/14/sidecar-acquires-austins-heyride-launches-in-los-angeles-austin-philadelphia/|work=Forbes|accessdate=14 February 2013}} 12. ^{{cite web|last=Robertson|first=Adi|title=After suing Austin for the right to operate and failing, Sidecar expands ride-sharing to Brooklyn, Boston, and Chicago|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/15/4108102/sidecar-expands-into-brooklyn-chicago-and-boston|work=The Verge|accessdate=15 March 2013}} 13. ^{{cite news|last=SLOANE|first=Garett|title=Upstart Sidecar zips into Big Apple traffic|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/upstart_sidecar_zips_into_big_apple_RBEc9ycmaZWvZ2fn4YmBTJ|work=New York Post|accessdate=15 March 2013}} 14. ^{{cite news|last=Coben|first=Larry|title=Time for the Gigaton Throwdown!|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-coben/time-for-the-gigaton-thro_b_219812.html|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=23 June 2009}} 15. ^{{cite web|last=Makower|first=Joel|title=The 'Gigaton Throwdown' and the Big Hairy Audacious Question|url=http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/06/24/gigaton-throwdown-and-big-hairy-audacious-question|work=GreenBiz.com|accessdate=24 June 2009}} External links{{Commons category}}
6 : 1964 births|Living people|American people of Punjabi descent|Vanderbilt University alumni|Indian emigrants to the United States|American businessmen of Indian descent |
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