Leah Edwards

Brainstormer, Business leader, Connector, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Explorer, Idea generator

Leah directs the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she also received her MBA. She is also a senior advisor to Method Advisors, a fund-of-funds focused on capital for small businesses. Prior to returning to the GSB, Leah was a serial startup co-founder and consultant to other entrepreneurs and investors. Most recently, Leah was co-founder of Overstat, an online analytics and conversion rate optimization platform, sold to Tealeaf Technology in December 2011 (now part of IBM). Some of her prior projects include helping to grow a software company called Building Solutions, which she then helped to sell to SolarCity. She also helped sell GreenHomeGuide to the Green Building Council and launched the first green blog network, GreenOptions, which was purchased by Virgance (now 1Bog.com). Leah began her entrepreneurial career by launching products for companies such as Intuit, Sega of America, Oracle and Taligent (a joint venture of IBM and Apple Computing) and joined her first startup in the late 90’s, as a member of the founding team of Post Communications, which was funded by Mohr Davidow and sold to Netcentives for $380 million. Leah also co-founded a consulting center for entrepreneurs as the Czech and Slovak Republics transitioned to a market economy. And she continues to help organizations developing innovation programs. In addition to having served on the boards of numerous nonprofit arts groups, Leah was co-director of HANG ART gallery and has coached individual artists on issues of career advancement and financial stabilization. Leah also holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley and earned a Certificate of Public Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business along with her MBA.

Creativity, innovation, the arts, the environment

Innovation, entrepreneurship, early-stage investing, the Arts, d

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