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Mark Goldenson

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Mark Goldenson is CEO of Breakthrough.com, a startup that helps people find a therapist and receive online counseling. Breakthrough.com was a TechCrunch 50 Finalist.

Mark was a product manager at PayPal and previously co-founded PlayCafe, a live game show network. PlayCafe saw engagement of over 80 minutes per day from players but did not reach enough players, returning $300k of its $1M raised. Mark was also co-founder and COO of Woosh, a startup that created automated online storefronts for small businesses. Woosh raised $21 million in funding and was a finalist in the 1998 Stanford E-Challenge.

Mark also co-founded the Stanford Bazaar, a local online marketplace acquired by Stanford, and founded the Stanford Squash Team, home to national champion Lily Lorentzen and world champion coach Mark Talbott. Mark also founded a Stanford philosophy club and researched brain imaging of lucid dreams for four years in the Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory. Mark has completed coursework for a B.A. in Human Biology and a minor in Symbolic Systems from Stanford.

Mark previously wrote a column evaluating new startup ideas for VentureBeat.

Recent Milestones

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  Mark Goldenson added a position as CEO at Breakthrough.com.
  Posted 9/5/09 at 7:53pm
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  Mark Goldenson added a position as CEO at PlayCafe.
  Posted 4/9/08 at 5:18pm

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