David Oates
CEO And Co-Founder at Curtsy
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Oates is a seasoned software entrepreneur and product leader based in San Francisco, with more than a decade of experience building consumer-focused platforms. As CEO and Co-Founder of Curtsy since 2015, he has steered a lean, YC-alumni startup to 10x growth, a top-20 App Store ranking, and a sustainable resale solution for Gen Z. His background spans design leadership at HubSpot CRM, where he simplified sales workflows, and early ventures like Mummify and Oates Web Design that showcase hands-on full-stack capability. He previously advised student entrepreneurs as a partner at Rough Draft Ventures, reflecting a commitment to nurturing founders. David holds a CS and Philosophy degree from Northeastern, blending rigorous technical training with a people-centric approach to product and business. He hosts the Something Like That podcast to share real-world lessons from building Curtsy.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science and Philosophy, Computer Science and Philosophy at Northeastern University
Github Skills (11)
part-of-speech6
nlp6
language-processing5
machine-learning4
named-entity-recognition4
growl4
natural-language-processing4
alerts4
android2
hubspot2
ios2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
deoates/curtsy.github.io
Jan 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:48 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
deoates/netpulse
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:40 pushes, 2 branches in 16 days
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