| Website | linkedin.com/in/l... |
| @leonardspeiser | |
| Birthplace | Arizona |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. | 1996 |
| Urban Planning |
Prior to founding Twables, an application platform for Twitter, Leonard worked at Trinity Ventures as an EIR. Before that Leonard co-founded Bix, a website that enables anyone to create, enter or join a contest. Yahoo acquired the company in February of 2007 and Leonard took on the additional responsibility of running the Yahoo Groups business.
Prior to Bix, Leonard was the Group Product Manager for Buying at eBay. During his five years at the company, Leonard added fixed price to the marketplace and led product initiatives for the API program, Search, the Home Page, Registration, My eBay, and Email. Prior to eBay, Leonard worked at Intuit launching new businesses in the consumer space. Leonard also founded two other companies including one of the first Instant Messaging systems in 1996.
Leonard is also a director of Startup2Startup, a non-profit group dedicated to helping entrepreneurs get their business off the ground.
