Ben Klenk
Co-Founder & CEO at Hotplate- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Hotplate
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder & CEO
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Jan 2020 - 4 years
San Francisco Bay Area Hotplate.com is a platform that allows chefs, bakers, and anyone else to start, manage, and grow a business by selling via presale drops. Think of it as Shopify for Chefs, a new way to sell food.
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Longhorn Entrepreneurship Agency
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United States
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Higher Education
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Director
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Aug 2019 - May 2020
Austin, Texas Area Longhorn Entrepreneurship Agency is the leading entrepreneurship student organization at the University of Texas at Austin. Our organization fosters entrepreneurship among UT students through a variety of regular events, workshops, and opportunities. As the Director, I facilitate and plan all aspects of our operation. This has included: - Managing our 5 teams encompassing 40 active members - Helped organize over 75 individual events over the course of the school year -… Show more Longhorn Entrepreneurship Agency is the leading entrepreneurship student organization at the University of Texas at Austin. Our organization fosters entrepreneurship among UT students through a variety of regular events, workshops, and opportunities. As the Director, I facilitate and plan all aspects of our operation. This has included: - Managing our 5 teams encompassing 40 active members - Helped organize over 75 individual events over the course of the school year - Spearheaded and launched one of Texas' largest student pitch competitions with over 35 teams participating in a prize pool of over $75,000 - Worked with my executive team to organize Entrepreneurship Week, a series of over 25 events over the week of February, ending on Saturday with a 12-hour student Hackathon on the 8th floor of Capital Factory in downtown Austin Show less
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Horizons School of Technology
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineering Fellowship
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
San Francisco Bay Area 60 hours a week of full-stack software engineering.
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Founder and CEO
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Aug 2016 - Jul 2018
Philadelphia PA - Created a cross-platform application that consolidated and simplified the college touring process for prospective freshmen - Centralized the college touring process and gathered an immense amount of tour feedback that is both invaluable to universities and hard to come by with previous touring models - Developed business partnerships with 20+ accredited Universities - Responsible for the headache-free planning of over 50,000 college tours
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Apple
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United States
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Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Consultant
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Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
Cupertino, CA - Invited by Apple executives to work in Cupertino, CA during the summer of 2016 - Developed features and advised emerging Apple ventures intended to satisfy the wants of an emerging gen Z market
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Education
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Y Combinator
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The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor’s Degree, Business Honors Program -
Horizons School of Technology