Francois Dufour
Founder at Product-Led Leaders
Profile
Francois Dufour is the founder of Product-Led Leaders, which was founded in 2022.
He is currently the Acting CMO at Apollo Graph, Inc. since 2018, an Independent Board Member at MadKudu, Inc. since 2021, a Marketing Partner and CMO in Residence at Decibel Partners LLC since 2021, and a Marketing Advisor at Chainlink Labs, Inc. since 2021.
Mr. Dufour's former positions include Director-Product Marketing at Yahoo!, Inc. from 2004 to 2008, Senior Director-Marketing & Talent Solutions at LinkedIn Corp.
from 2008 to 2013, Vice President-Global Marketing at Twilio, Inc. from 2015 to 2017, Vice President-Marketing at Udacity, Inc. from 2014 to 2015, and Marketing Advisor at Algolia, Inc. from 2017 to 2018.
Mr. Dufour received his undergraduate degree from ESSEC Business School in 1995 and his MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 2004.
Francois Dufour active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Decibel Partners LLC
Decibel Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Decibel Partners LLC (Decibel Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jon Skoda. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Sales & Marketing | 2021-05-31 |
MadKudu, Inc.
MadKudu, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services MadKudu, Inc. develops sales analytics tool. It provides a platform that converts free users into paying customers. The company was founded by Francis Brero, Sam, Levan, and Paul Cothenet on July 14, 2014 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2020-12-31 |
Chainlink Labs, Inc.
Chainlink Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Chainlink Labs, Inc. is a leading provider of secure and reliable open-source blockchain oracle solutions. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded by Sergey Nazarov, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company enhances smart contracts by connecting them to a wide range of off-chain data sources and computations, such as asset prices, web APIs, IoT devices, payment systems, and more. Chainlink is dedicated to the development and integration of its decentralized oracle framework as the industry standard for building, accessing, and selling oracle services needed to power hybrid smart contracts on any blockchain. | Consultant / Advisor | 2020-12-31 |
Apollo Graph, Inc.
Apollo Graph, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Apollo Graph, Inc. operates a open-source platform for building web applications. It applications used for creating templates, forms and adding user accounts. The firm?s projects include blaze which is user interface library. The company was founded by Nicholas C. Martin, James Lindenbaum, David Greenspan, Geoff Schmidt and Matthew DeBergalis in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Sales & Marketing | 2018-08-31 |
Product-Led Leaders | Founder | 2022-09-30 |
Former positions of Francois Dufour
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Algolia, Inc.
Algolia, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Algolia, Inc. develops a hosted search application programming interface. The firm?s solutions include security & compliance, E-commerce, media, SaaS, magento, salesforce commerce cloud, shopify and azure. The company was founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 2018-10-31 |
TWILIO INC. | Sales & Marketing | 2017-08-31 |
Udacity, Inc.
Udacity, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Udacity, Inc. provides online higher educational courses. The firm offers online courses in computer science, mathematics, general sciences, programming and entrepreneurship. The company was founded in June 2011 by Sebastian Thrun, David M. Stavens and Michael Sokolsky and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Sales & Marketing | 2015-05-31 |
LINKEDIN CORP | Sales & Marketing | 2013-11-30 |
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Training of Francois Dufour
ESSEC Business School | Undergraduate Degree |
Harvard Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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TWILIO INC. | Technology Services |
Private companies | 9 |
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Yahoo!, Inc.
Yahoo!, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Yahoo!, Inc. is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific. The company was founded by Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
LinkedIn Corp.
LinkedIn Corp. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services LinkedIn Corp. operates an online professional network on the internet. Its proprietary platform enables members to create, manage, and share their professional identities online, build, and engage with professional networks, access shared knowledge and insights, and find business opportunities. The company was founded by Allen Blue, Reid G. Hoffman, Jean-Luc Vaillant, Konstantin Guericke, and Eric Ly in November 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Apollo Graph, Inc.
Apollo Graph, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Apollo Graph, Inc. operates a open-source platform for building web applications. It applications used for creating templates, forms and adding user accounts. The firm?s projects include blaze which is user interface library. The company was founded by Nicholas C. Martin, James Lindenbaum, David Greenspan, Geoff Schmidt and Matthew DeBergalis in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Algolia, Inc.
Algolia, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Algolia, Inc. develops a hosted search application programming interface. The firm?s solutions include security & compliance, E-commerce, media, SaaS, magento, salesforce commerce cloud, shopify and azure. The company was founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
MadKudu, Inc.
MadKudu, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services MadKudu, Inc. develops sales analytics tool. It provides a platform that converts free users into paying customers. The company was founded by Francis Brero, Sam, Levan, and Paul Cothenet on July 14, 2014 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Decibel Partners LLC
Decibel Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Decibel Partners LLC (Decibel Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jon Skoda. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Chainlink Labs, Inc.
Chainlink Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Chainlink Labs, Inc. is a leading provider of secure and reliable open-source blockchain oracle solutions. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded by Sergey Nazarov, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company enhances smart contracts by connecting them to a wide range of off-chain data sources and computations, such as asset prices, web APIs, IoT devices, payment systems, and more. Chainlink is dedicated to the development and integration of its decentralized oracle framework as the industry standard for building, accessing, and selling oracle services needed to power hybrid smart contracts on any blockchain. | Technology Services |
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Udacity, Inc.
Udacity, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Udacity, Inc. provides online higher educational courses. The firm offers online courses in computer science, mathematics, general sciences, programming and entrepreneurship. The company was founded in June 2011 by Sebastian Thrun, David M. Stavens and Michael Sokolsky and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
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