| University of California at Santa Barbara | |
| Business Economics |
Kendall Fargo was the founder and CEO of StepUp Commerce, Inc. StepUp was acquired by Intuit in September 2006. StepUp was the Internet’s first local shopping service.
Kendall was the VP of Internet and Enterprise Business at Handspring, Inc. (Acquired by Palm) from June 2000 through December 2003 and oversaw the company’s e-commerce business.
Before joining Handspring, Kendall was the Vice President, of Corporate Operations at Beyond.com (IPO 2008) from early 1997 though June 2000. As an original member of the founding team, he was a key figure in Beyond.com’s early growth and helped lead Beyond.com’s IPO.
Kendall had also been an original employee at CyberSource Corporation (Acquired by Visa) starting in March 1995 where he was General Manager of web sales and marketing until he directed the spin-off of Beyond.com (previously Software.net) as a separate company.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| DeliveryEdge | 12/07 | Angel | $1.5M | 1 |