Jasen Fici

"I'm an idea guy Chuck".

Specialties: Entrepreneurship, application development, marketing, finance, customer service, and sales when required :-) I've been writing code since God was a child but what I love most is running SaaS companies and seeing people get real-world benefits from my team's creations.

During the 90's Internet bubble I played a key role as one of the earliest employees a...
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After leaving Sequoia, I went on to found Velaro, Inc. with a long time friend and business partner. We chose a different path and never raised a penny in outside funding. We grew Velaro to a multi-million dollar leading live chat vendor and helped pioneer that space. During our growth, my partner and I tag teamed leadership roles and would re-arrange our strategic responsibilities often.

Eventually the "startup" bug came back and I needed to start something new. After a couple attempts at a few other ideas, I invented and founded StatusCast, a corporate status page application that allows companies to keep their employees and customers informed when things aren't going "quite right". I now spend my days nurturing this business in hopes of seeing it be as successful as my previous ventures.

Gender: Male