Aug 15, 2014
Paul Allen is the cofounder of Ancestry.com which is the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world with revenues of $400 million and 1,000 employees worldwide. Before Ancestry, Paul co-founded Infobases with Dan Taggart, which made Inc. magazine's 500 fastest-growing companies in 1996.
Paul has founded and has been a board member for many other startups and non-profit organizations including MyFamily.com, FamilyLink, Funium, FundingUniverse.com, LDSAudio.com, and More Good Foundation. MyFamily.com founded in 1998, was the fastest growing community website of its time. Reaching a million users in just 140 days which is faster growth than Dropbox, Pinterest, Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter.
Paul is now a Strengths Evangelist with Gallup helping take StrengthsFinder 2.0worldwide to help people discover their true strengths.
Paul is interviewed by Brian Park, COO of Startup Grind. Paul talks about the benefits of networking, living a balanced life, and how to acquire users.