Jed Rose
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Jed Rose | |
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| Occupation | Businessman, entrepreneur |
| Alma mater | Stanford University Cambridge University |
Jed Rose is a British-based American businessman and entrepreneur.
Education
[edit]Rose received an MBA from Cambridge University and a BSc with Honors in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.[1]
Career
[edit]After graduating Stanford, Rose worked in product management at Microsoft, where he was responsible for consumer marketing on Microsoft Windows[2] and also led in the creation of Microsoft's $3 Student Innovation Suite for students in developing countries.[citation needed] During his time there, he also brought to market a new technology called Windows Multipoint Mouse,[3] which allowed for improved shared access computing for classrooms and had widespread success in Southeast Asia.[4]
After working on several entrepreneurial ventures, he served as CEO and Managing Director for Paymentsense, a merchant services payment provider.[5] He then worked about two years as the General Manager of EMEA for Airwallex, an international payments company for businesses.[6] Rose is currently a Partner at Antler, which is an early-stage venture capital firm, and doing investments from the UK fund. The fund has done over 100 investments since 2019.[7] While Rose has been running the fund, Antler was named the "VC Firm of the Year" by the Growth Investor Awards in 2022.[8]
Improvisational Theatre
[edit]Rose started doing improv in a class at Stanford.[9] While at Microsoft, Rose worked with Unexpected Productions[citation needed] and was an ensemble member of Quiet Monkey Fight.[10] In addition to several years of performing and teaching improvisational theatre in Seattle,[9] Rose developed an interest in applied improvisation and its potential for impact with businesses.[9] Rose co-authored a paper for the International Journal of Management Reviews.[11] He is an alumnus of Cambridge University's largest and oldest student-run improv troupe, the Cambridge Impronauts.[9][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jed Rose Stanford bio". stanford.edu. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ Burrows, Peter. "Looking Beyond The Big Brands". Archived from the original on July 26, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ "The Birth of MultiPoint". Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ Nystedt, Dan (May 29, 2009). "Microsoft MultiPoint Livens Thai Math Class". Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ Rose, Jed. "Startups and VC". JedRose.com. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ "Airwallex hires tech veteran and venture capitalist as new EMEA General Manager, joining global management bench". Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Antler's Next UK Cohort: Meet The Entrepreneurs Shaping The Future | Antler". www.antler.co. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ "Winners 2022 | Growth Investor Awards". growthinvestorawards.com. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Brown, Peter (April 12, 2012). "Find the funny side to business". The Independent. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ "Quiet Monkey Fight presents a Fairy Tale". Del Close Marathon. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ Rose, Jed (June 1, 2015). "Organizational Improvisation: A Consolidating Review and Framework". International Journal of Management Reviews. 17 (4): 437–459. doi:10.1111/ijmr.12047.
- ^ "The Cambridge Impronauts". Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "2013: An Improv Odyssey". February 28, 2013. The Tab Cambridge. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
