Eric Olson is a Massachusetts native (go Red Sox!) and Bentley College alumnus (B.S. Finance w/ IT Minor - Magna Cum Laude - 2004) who now resides in Chicago. He is currently working as an Associate at DFJ Portage while also advising a couple of Midwest-based startups.
Prior to DFJ Portage Eric worked in Partner Development at Google and in Business Development for Chicago-based startup FeedBurner which was acquired by Google in June 2007.
In his “spare” time Eric is one half the founding/managing duo of TECH cocktail which is a quarterly event for technology people in Chicago, Washington D.C. and Boston (soon to be in other cities as well). Eric also volunteers at World Bicycle Relief where he advises on web strategy and is the drummer for the Button Pushers (an alternative rock band in Chicago).
Eric’s interests include: baseball, cycling, drumming, technology, venture capital, microfinance, archeology, history, physics, movies, writing and reading.
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To learn more about Eric’s experience (and see what is essentially a resume) please click the LinkedIn button above. If you’re not already on LinkedIn you should be. It’s one of Eric’s favorite web services!
You can also check out Eric’s Kiva lender page, his personal DNA report and his bike route to work if you’d like.
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Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions on this site are all Eric Olson’s and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of his employer. Basically, if he says anything stupid it’s all him.
** Writing in the third person is weird… Not sure if I like my “author” page in third person or not.