Michael Dearing

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In Spring 2006, after seven years at eBay, Michael Dearing joined the faculty at Stanford University as Consulting Associate Professor. At the same time, he began working closely with and investing in a few early stage technology companies. In 2008, Michael established Harrison Metal.

In his work at Stanford, Michael has co-developed and co-taught courses including Creating Infectious Action, Creating Mass Market Experiences, and Entrepreneurial Finance. He also teaches graduate seminars including Innovation in Complex Organizations, Creative Product Marketing. Michael’s current interests include process design for new product development, productizing emerging technologies, web-based businesses, product marketing, and pricing.

Before joining the d.school, Michael spent nearly seven years at eBay (NASDAQ - EBAY) serving most recently as Senior Vice President & General Merchandise Manager of eBay.com. In that role, he led category management, product marketing, seller development, eBay Stores, and direct-to-consumer marketing for eBay North America. While at eBay, Michael and his colleagues were also responsible for the launch and growth of many new merchandise categories, and new businesses such as Buy-it-Now, the listings upgrade business, eBay Stores, and ProStores. Prior to eBay, Michael held leadership positions at Bain & Company, Filene’s Basement, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE-DIS), and Industrial Shoe Warehouse.

Michael is an east coast native, now happily a citizen of the Bay Area. He holds an AB in Economics, with a focus in economic history, from Brown University, and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. Michael can be reached at md@harrisonmetal.com.

Milestones

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• Invested in mocospace. (8/27/07)
  Posted 8/24/07 at 6:24am
• Invested in Lumos Labs. (6/11/07)
  Posted 5/22/08 at 9:29am
• Invested in AdMob. (3/1/07)
  Posted 8/30/07 at 5:29am
• Invested in LiveOps. (2/13/07)
  Posted 3/13/08 at 2:08pm
• Invested in Xoopit. (12/06)
  Posted 3/31/08 at 10:57am
• Invested in AdMob. (9/1/06)
  Posted 8/30/07 at 5:32am
• Added position as Advisor and Investor at Aardvark.
  Posted 10/29/08 at 11:50am
• Added position as Investor at AdMob.
  Posted 11/1/08 at 6:45pm
• Added position as Advisor and Investor at Cafepress.
  Posted 11/1/08 at 6:45pm
• Added position as Advisor and Investor at FanSnap.
  Posted 10/29/08 at 11:47am
• Added position as Board of Directors and Investor at Widgetbox.
  Posted 2/2/08 at 1:10am
• Invested in Panjiva.
  Posted 8/12/09 at 6:56pm
• Added position as Advisor and Investor at DocVerse.
  Posted 11/1/08 at 6:45pm
• Added position as Investor and Advisor at Doostang.
  Posted 11/1/08 at 6:45pm
• Added position as Advisor and Investor at Lumos Labs.
  Posted 11/1/08 at 6:45pm
• Added position as Investor at mocospace.
  Posted 11/1/08 at 6:45pm
• Added position as Investor at Polyvore.
  Posted 11/1/08 at 6:45pm
• Added position as Investor at Xoopit.
  Posted 11/1/08 at 6:45pm

Videos

Investments

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1. MocoSpace Raises $3M for Mobile Network (mashable.com) []
2. Lumosity raises $400,000 for games to improve brain (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. americanventuremagazine.com [edit]
4. Benchmark Capital (benchmark.com) [edit]
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